definitive FD buyers guide from hagerty...
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Number of errors in that article, but it's to be expected.
Wonder where the "you gotta keep up with oil changes to keep a rotary happy" comes from. Yes, they are good, but that's not the real killer of the engines in these cars.
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Wonder where the "you gotta keep up with oil changes to keep a rotary happy" comes from. Yes, they are good, but that's not the real killer of the engines in these cars.
Dale
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One of the better articles on the FD. Thanks.
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Ok. Is this true?
“Base cars came standard with a limited-slip differential, tape player, and cloth seats, but you could get cruise control and leather upholstery added as options.“?
I have a base with leather upholstery and cruise control and I didn’t know they came like that. Always thought it was after the fact from a previous owner. Stange to see but I like it this way.
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One of the things I like about this article is its recognition that there are commonly done and beneficial "reliability modifications". Hagerty more or less blesses their presence as acceptably stock. It will improve the pricing and collectibility of cars with these types of mods on BAT and elsewhere.
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Ok. Is this true?
“Base cars came standard with a limited-slip differential, tape player, and cloth seats, but you could get cruise control and leather upholstery added as options.“?
I have a base with leather upholstery and cruise control and I didn’t know they came like that. Always thought it was after the fact from a previous owner. Stange to see but I like it this way.
i should post some accessories, Mazda sold the CD player, and wings (among other bits), so a lot of those things could have been dealer installed, or even installed after.
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if it were truly base.. the original owner would have had the following changed for aarkaahs fd...
beige interior to include all plastic panels with door bins and carpet.. added cruise control and rear spoiler.. removed rear wiper...
seems odd to go through all that when they could have just bought a touring... unless of course he was too tall for a sunroof...
beige interior to include all plastic panels with door bins and carpet.. added cruise control and rear spoiler.. removed rear wiper...
seems odd to go through all that when they could have just bought a touring... unless of course he was too tall for a sunroof...
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if it were truly base.. the original owner would have had the following changed for aarkaahs fd...
beige interior to include all plastic panels with door bins and carpet.. added cruise control and rear spoiler.. removed rear wiper...
seems odd to go through all that when they could have just bought a touring... unless of course he was too tall for a sunroof...
beige interior to include all plastic panels with door bins and carpet.. added cruise control and rear spoiler.. removed rear wiper...
seems odd to go through all that when they could have just bought a touring... unless of course he was too tall for a sunroof...
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1993 base cars came standard with cruise control and cloth seats. Single disk and a 6-disk CD changer were dealer-installed options.
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the point is that there was some mixing and matching right from new, my friend has a 94 touring with a rear wing, dealer installed
and of course the car they used in the pics is Canadian, so its a yellow base model, because the yellow only being an R1 was a US thing
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yes, AFAIK all leather colors were available as a stand-alone option. R1's of course were cloth only. Bins matched the seat color, but red leather had black carpet. I'm looking at a picture in the brochure and looks like tan leather had a tan/brown carpet. I'm sure someone can confirm that. Remember this is for 1993 FD's, not sure about 94-95
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in 1993, the seats, carpet, door panels, bins and headliner go with the interior color, 94-94, its just the seats and carpet