"That's got twin turbos, right?"
Me "No, it is a single turbo 20B"
"Oh, that's too bad"

"What kind of car is that?"
Me "Chevy Cavalier"
"My dad has one of those, it's fast!"

"That's one of those Rotax engines"

 

^nice Vette or Nice Porsche or my favorite was from a Hobo in Virginia. "What's this? Italian or something?"

 

So far the three most common things I've been told, 1. how much will you sell it for, 2. lower it, and 3. how much power is it making.

 

All of these posts are hilarious.

 

Haha our wife must know each other
but sooo true !

 

Is that 1995 model??
Me- "93"
Damn thought it was 95. Still a cool car.


Is it the turbo model?
Me- "All FD's are turbo, twin turbo to be exact. I changed it to a modern single however"
Na dawg, you mean you did a turbo swap? Most are N/A trust me, look it up.

(C5 Z vette guy in a chevy badged up fire suite at a track day) Nice car, too bad those rotary seals are a pain and they have no tq out of corners. Good luck buddy.
Me- "Thanks, seals arnt that bad. Ive never blown a motor. She has enough tq imo"
Vette guy laughs.
1 session later I posted a time 3 seconds faster. Vette guy comes back, Your on slicks right??
Me- laughing and walking away "street tires buddy"

...Hate it when ppl call me buddy

 

 

I get, "is that turbo? I didn't know that they all came turbo."
I also was asked if the hazard button came out with a switch in it, and if the passenger seat had the secret compartment like Fast And Furious. hahaha

 

lol...it was a crazy time when the first Fast and Furious came out...'cuz people who didn't know a 3rd gen even existed were suddenly 'experts', and I believe I too heard every single one of the comments from the posts above.


One of my favorite though was before F&F came out, I'd gone to a local lumber yard for a pipe fitting and came out to see 3 young guys standing around my car and one guy was sagely explaining to his friends that it was "the new Miata hardtop". He had all sorts of facts and data of which...NONE of it was correct, of course! The amazing thing was that none of them had ever seen a 3rd gen before...and this would have been...no later than 2001 or so. They knew about the first two generations, comment was, "I thought the last RX-7 was the one that looked like a Porsche 944...?"
Cool guys, just misinformed a bit.

 

Ridiculous part 1:
there's a greek figure of speech that something has an expiration date (figuratively anyway) if its not very reliable.
So i was asked where is that expiration date of the rotary engine by a whole bunch of people over the years

Ridiculous part 2:

Q:Is this 2.6 or 1.3?
A: 1.3
Response: No you dont know what you are talking about. if you use the original key from mazda it becomes 2.6.

Ridiculous part 3, discussion with a " reputable mechanic"
Q:so yours is the twin turbo? (FD)
A: They only come as twin turbo, mine is converted into a single turbo
Response.. i have been working on Rx7s for so many years, theres a non-turbo version of this car

Ridiculous part 4:
Q: Do you build your own engines?
A: yes
Response: impossible, mazda uses special machinery to install the rotors in the rotor housings. thats why the rebuilt engines dont last !

 

I've heard all the above but my favorite recent comment is "it's got the right engine in it".

Love that one but clearly there are far too many v8 FDs driving around

 

"Is that a super miata?"

Buddies car didn't have his ecu configured to run the OMP yet. It was smoking from the excess 2-cycle oil being injected.

"You have a blown head gasket. I know what I am talking about, completely blown head gasket."

 

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"If I were you I would have chosen the 1.6L one"

" how much oil liters/100km ?"

" Is your rx-7 still rolling?"

" that red color is so ******* hot"

" the most sexiest car I've ever seen"

" Citroën did that before then stopped because it doesn't work"

All the above are translated from french. Can't translate below.

"Elle m'a collé une mi-molle"

 

Few of the funniest remarks:

A trucker guy during a red-line stop - "maan, lemme hear that 12 cylinders"

A homeless man standing in the middle of intersection - "What's going on? Today I've seen all the F&F cars"

Two women - "wow is this a four or six cylinder turbo"
me - "no, this car has no cylinders"
them - staring at me amused
me - "it has a jet engine, spinning rotors"
them - "ahh, I see..."

 

^^^ This sums it up exactly.
I'd also add "HURRY UP!" and "Do you still have your FD??".

 

Son: Wow look at that new car, what is it?
Father: Oh that's RX7, they are pretty old
Son: But it looks new, doesn't it?
Father: Its quite fast too!

 

"Don't see many of these about anymore"

Lil kid in car park...
"Whaaaaa sick corvette man!!"
(My face) -__-

But the best thing ever is when you pass another Rex driver on the road.....instant smile, instant thumbs up and nod of the head....instant respect.

 

^Agreed. Doesn't happen too often where I live...not a lot of 7's. But the 8 guys and most Miata guys all wave or too.

 

The RX7 is normally a sausage car (attracting more dudes then girls attention), but a month ago I pull up to meet a buddy to eat. A couple of younger girls in their early 20s pop their heads out of the SUV next to me and start cheesing. The really cute one in the middle says, "you need to bang a bunch of bad bitches in that thing" I just smiled and winked...the two guys in the front of the SUV were even cool and drooling over the car.

 

Ok, you win Show_off. Only car that's ever gotten me chicks was my first car. 69 Camaro, gigity.

 

That makes 3 of us!

 

While pumping gas, wife sitting shotgun, two girls pull up in a C7 and said... "Nice Porsche! Can we get a ride?"

My wife looks at me and says... "Really? I hate this F'n car!" Lol

 

I also had a girl flash me her ***** when my GF was sitting next to me in the car, that was awkward, for her....

 

Thats not where the oil goes (premix)

Parts store: "Let me write the gap for your plugs (bur9eq) on the box" Me: "open the box and look at them"..... Confused look.