I just helped my friend get his first car. Its a 1990 GXL with 90,1XX miles, came with HKS intake and full racing beat exhaust system. The car has some shoddy gold paint and i can tell it was red before. He wants to make sure it runs good and wants to do a full tune up. Also its an auto and don't say do a 5-speed swap because he cant drive stick. what should he do to it? I told him already that he needs new tires,spark plugs,fluids changed and maybe some other stuff. When its nice out and when he gets a new battery then im going to compression test it. So anyone have some ideas what to do first? and also he paid 2g which i thought was pretty reasonable.

 

Does it have red interior? and did he get it from shirley? if so I seen the car on craigslists. It looked good. Good luck to him n congrates.

 

ahaha yeah thats funny it has red interior and its from shirley. The pic on craigslist made the car look better than it really was but it still is a pretty soild car.

 

Lol .

 

Change the oil, new oil filter, of course.

 

http://www.aaroncake.net/RX-7/newowner.htm

And tell him to learn how to drive a stick. It's not rocket science.

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^^ yeah i know but i wouldnt dare teach him in my car.

 

My5Ababy thanks for that site. I seen it along time ago and i never needed it but this will be helpful stuff for him.

 

I taught my father how to drive a stick on my 7, and hes a 55 year old man..so come on...you could teach your friend to drive a stick. lol.

 

you should learn to drive a stick as part of your drivers license test, when I was 15 i wasnt allowed to get my license until i could drive one, glad my dad made me learn to drive that way

what happens if you are in a situation where you MUST drive one?

 

You ever been in a situation where your car was an automatic, but you HAD to drive a standard? ... Anybody?

 

Loki101 He learned at 55? Why didnt he learn earilyer? All those years and no fun with stick? OMG lol

and 311unity thats cool your dad MADE you do that, I didnt want to try automatic i went straight to stick because of learning young on ATVs already gave me a good understanding.
I remember the first time ever driving was my dads rx-7 when he broke his right arm and left his car at work. We went there and he let me drive back without a permit or even learning yet. I only stalled once because the car wasn't fully warmed up and i didnt slip the clutch either. I was so proud of myself that day. haha