New To 2nd Gen...
12-21-01, 04:59 AM
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New To 2nd Gen...
hey, i have two 1st gens and im looking into buying my first 2nd gen and i was just looking at a 2nd gen that some guy near me has thats an 88 GXL...he doesnt say if it has turbo or not and i dont know if thats something that was stock for this model or not, cause if not i dont want it 
hes only asking $500 because it has a "bad motor"? and in my experiance this is because the owner doesnt know squat about rotary engines and its probably just flooded (does this even happen on the 2nd gens?) or something like that, im gonna call him and find out. oh well for $500 i could get it running again for a few more bucks...right? any opinions are welcome...thanks
hes only asking $500 because it has a "bad motor"? and in my experiance this is because the owner doesnt know squat about rotary engines and its probably just flooded (does this even happen on the 2nd gens?) or something like that, im gonna call him and find out. oh well for $500 i could get it running again for a few more bucks...right? any opinions are welcome...thanks
12-21-01, 06:02 AM
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You really need to do a compression check on it. If it really is a bad motor, I don't know if I'd pay $500 for it. It'd have to be in really decent shape other than the engine.
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12-21-01, 11:42 AM
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I paid $150 for mine. The previous owner had no idea what the car was worth. All he saw was a car with 158K miles and he needed money really bad. 
12-21-01, 12:38 PM
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$150??
I can do better than $150! I got the RX-7 from a friend of mine who isn't car-inclined. Guess for how much. If you ad it all up, maybe 60 bucks. All I had to do is buy him an alarm with keyless entry off of ebay and install it in his T-Bird. Piece-of-cake. Once I was done, the RX-7 was mine. It's an '86 with some body damage and a leaky exhaust. All it needed was a new battery to get it running, but now I have to make it pass emissions. It's soaking in ATF right now.
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12-21-01, 12:47 PM
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Re: $150??
Originally posted by pjhrad
I can do better than $150! I got the RX-7 from a friend of mine who isn't car-inclined. Guess for how much. If you ad it all up, maybe 60 bucks. All I had to do is buy him an alarm with keyless entry off of ebay and install it in his T-Bird. Piece-of-cake. Once I was done, the RX-7 was mine. It's an '86 with some body damage and a leaky exhaust. All it needed was a new battery to get it running, but now I have to make it pass emissions. It's soaking in ATF right now.
PJ
I can do better than $150! I got the RX-7 from a friend of mine who isn't car-inclined. Guess for how much. If you ad it all up, maybe 60 bucks. All I had to do is buy him an alarm with keyless entry off of ebay and install it in his T-Bird. Piece-of-cake. Once I was done, the RX-7 was mine. It's an '86 with some body damage and a leaky exhaust. All it needed was a new battery to get it running, but now I have to make it pass emissions. It's soaking in ATF right now.
PJ
Mine runs, very light dent in the hood from a trailer hitch, and a broken drivers seat from the fat-*** previous owner. Oh well I guess I'll have to replace it with a Recaro or a Spearco.
. Brand new tires and OEM cat-back, both were done a week b4 he took it off the road.
