FC love
 

I was just wondering how many people actually like there fc and are not just get on because they couldn't get an fd.

i love my fc btu if i could get either car for free i would take a fd over an fc but i dont see and fd anywhere in my future i love the fc

I dont own an FC, but I'd rather have on then a FD anyday. Same with my mk3, I'd take it over an mk4 anyday.

There is too much $$$ in my FC, for me not to like it.

But I'd trade it in a second for an FD :)

I cant understand people, I love my car because MK3's are so rare now days, I swear 75% of them are in the junkyard. In a few years there will be so few MK3's, and it will be owners like me who continue to completely restore the car + make it faster. Our cars never die the only get faster! Plus the older body style will definately be more of a collectors item, 4 more years and I get collectors plates for my baby!

Same thing with a 2nd gen.

I love them both. For me, its not one or the other, its FC until it becomes a monster. Then it's time to get an FD as well.

When I first started looking at rx7's a long time ago.. I was all hooked on the 3rd gen and thought the 2nd gen was nasty.


As I kept looking at pics and more pics of the 2nd gen.. I fell in love with it.

A year later I have one. :) I love it.

second gen all the way.
I love it.

I've had 4 FC's and 2 FD's, and I like TurboII's more, at least for day to day use, they're more fun to drive in the city. =)

Heck, I sold my FD to get a TurboII.

FC all the way, but if I could get an FD I would (and no, I'd not give up my FC just to get the FD). :D

I love my FC. I never want to get rid of it. Some day maybe I'll be able to get a FD, but I'll still have my FC.

:angel:

Yo,

FC fo' Evah!

I'd never own an FD, unless it had an LT1/LS1 in it.

Kevin
1989 GTUs "Or maybe a SR20DET..."

Could of owned an FD. But just barely. I would probably be eating nothing but Ramen and go back to college in my home city to save money. So I just invested the FD money about close to 2 years ago. Its still in the bank so I'm looking to treat myself to a nicer car in a few years (older NSX?)

Anyways, didn't dawn on me that FC's were so cheap. 2-3 grand on average. Thought it'd be a fun weekend car. A still beautiful looking car too. Got my tax return and spare cash, and bought myself an NA FC. Few months later, sold it for a TII. FC love baby!! :D

http://www3.telus.net/jlahey/flamene...carpenterm.gif

:D

Gotta love the FC. It's my first car, especially. I think that i would want to get a FD sometime too.

Yea the question has been pondering on me where to go with the old school fc or the sleek fd both so sexy but which way to go

i will just take 2 of evrything

Fell in love w/ the FC when they fist came out- specifically the 'vert.

She was my first love, and although I would have a fling with an FD, I'll be coming home to my FC every night.

:D

Only if the FD drivers catch wind of his transgression.

I won't tell if you won't! :wink:

FC= RX-7
FD= whoops Mazda screwed up

FD= high-maintenance, hard to work on, poor cooling system having, good looking, horrible-for-daily-driving bitch.

Hmmm... i thought the FD has better maintenance since Mazda had time to improve on the rotary engine and plus it's newer so better parts

Well, Icemark said it, so I believe it.


:D

Not exactly. The sequential twin turbo setup is much more complicated with more vacuum hoses, solenoids, actuators, etc. Not to mention that Mazda had to cut some corners in the quality department when they went all out on the FD's performance.

The FD is fast, one of the best cars for cornering, looks great, but even that can't hide its numerous recalls, lack of quality, and reliability.

haha... so i guess what u r saying that the fd is almost a complete pos for daily driving

i used to want an FD sooo bad....when i was like 16...they were like brand new at the time. now after getting an FC and getting to know guys who have FD's i realize i don't really want one anymore. not unless its as a weekend car (every third weekend acutally because it won't run the other 2) and i have a good daily driver. oh lots of money is also good to have as well.

I can't decide. I think I'd like to have both :) . The FD looks beautiful is a little more refined, but there's just something about the FC that I love. I just love late 80s/early 90s Japanese sports cars. I'll take two of each. :D

FC all the way, I mean I like the FD, but if I did not own this one and was looking into getting a weekend car, The FD wouldn’t be my first choice.

FD = Sexy
FC = aquired taste

I've always wanted an FD. The FC was supposed to be a stepping stone, but now I have enough money into it that I could have bought an FD... *sigh*

I love my FC, but I want a FD much more. Yes, its reliability is poor at best, and it has its problems, but I have yet to see a car that looks even close to as good as an FD. PLus, they can be stupid fast. I dont even use my N/A FC as a daily driver, so that isnt an issue. I keep Rx-7s for my "fun" car, and that will be a FD in less than a year hopefully :D

(God I cant wait..)

I like them both. I own a vert/t2 now and i was really liking the top down action and if it was not for that I would have a 3rd gen.

not really, I think the fd is reliable, its just that people complain about problems, but really don't post when they're happy, since there isn't a reason to.

I daily drove my old FD for two years, no problems whatsoever.

I only sold it cuz I got sick of red.

aww just could have just a new sexy black paint job. damn can't go wrong wit black

I've got the FC love. There is just something about the flat butt, circle tails, nice big scoop in the hood, and a sweet single turbo that makes me love the TII. I would love having an FD just because they look so sexy, but my heart is with the FC.

didn't want to pull the motor and pay 4k for new paint.

A true rotorhead, I started my collection from the ground up. I'm still working my way toward an FD, but not til the FC is "done".

By then FD's will be purty cheap :wink:

I know I wouldn't have as much fun with an FD as I do my FC

I'd baby it too much; FC is fun to drive and is a good daily too

No shit, I would rather have an FD but if I was to start over again...FC for sure. Its performance to price....the TII comes out way on top.

couldn't have said it better myself

FC's being the best of them

I'd have said the gen3 was the best early 90's sportscar myself ;)
I'm not blinded by love for my fc... it's a great little car, but the fd is just *better* at everything. I'm more a driving enthusiast than a car enthusiast I guess...

Exactly. No matter how fast an FD can be, you can never cruise with the top down. Vert T2s are pimp.

I love FD's more than FC's. And im sorry to say but yes i bought my FC only because there was no way i could afford an FD. But is this a bad thing? Of corse not, I love my FC to death, its fun as hell and its easy to work on. But i could never say that if money wasent a factor id only stick with my FC. Id more than likely keep my TII and get an FD also.

i just want a TII 5spd, 1990 S5 just like my car but a turbo TII with a stick.

Considering they didnt make automatic Turbo2s in North America, I dont think finding a 5-speed should be a problem...

could have had an FD...I love my FC

My mother had the first Red Gen 1 of the truck in Chicago, Illinois. That same RX7 was the first car I ever drove. I have loved the RX7 since. 10 years later I saw a shiney red convertible being backed off a truck at the Mazda dealer I drove by going to work eveyday. I got in the office and called the dealer. He said it was an RX7 and I proceeded to buy my 88 Convertible via fax and phone from my office. They dropped it off to me at lunch... I don't need to tell anyone I never made it back into the office that day.


FCs FOREVER BABY!

Hey,

With all the money my FC has gone through and with a 20B making 400+kw i'll never trade for anything else. I could have bought a FD but i actually prefer the look and feel of the FC. There just awsome cars.

Cheers Chris

I swear me and this gentleman right here must have been seperated at birth..... or something like that.

I wouldnt want an FD with the engine in there, Hell, i hardly like rotary engines period, but the cars are great. I would LOVE an LS1 or hell and LS6 in a damn FD. Crank everytime, ride smooth as hell, and over 400 ponies and the tq to back it up from 1500RPM on up. Hell id like an 350 swap in the ol FC too.

Yo,

Don't get me wrong, the FD is the sexiest shape ever to leave Japan. It's gorgeous. WAY better looking than my FC. Buut...have any of you guys actually looked under the hood of one of those things?

You will not find a more compact mass of technology anywheres in autodom. There was a guy with a CYM R1 at the track who was having problems (an FD...having problems? Naaah!) and I couldn't even locate the freakin' coil packs. [They're under the upper intake manifold, I've been told.]

It's crazy, it's like a rat's nest wrapped up in a ball of yarn. Everything is so tight...I don't see how you can work on the thing. Not to mention all the plastic in the engine bay. Plastic IC tops, plastic IC piping, plastic this, plastic that...yeah...that's going to last in the inferno that is a rotary's engine bay.

There is just no way I'd own one, since I know how much money it takes to get an FD running safely and correctly. You pay $15K for the car, you better have half that for "reliabilty" mods.

Honestly, the only FD I've ever wanted was Jim Swantko's R2. It had a single turbo, stand alone, cage, Volks, professionally tuned by PFS...just everything you'd want. A turn key. But he sold it and got a single turbo Supra. Why? Because he was always worried about the motor popping.

I know I'd just stress about it. I'd rather have an FD with a Renesis, or a NA 20B in it. I'm just a die hard NA fan...I've known too many people who have had bad luck with turbo rotaries.

Phew! Can you tell I'm bored at work?

Kevin
1989 GTUs "FD3S...Finally Drove 3 Seconds."

Talk about being separated at birth.

I wholeheartedly concur.