cptpain

iTrader: (1)

Well heres the story...

I have been lusting over the FD since its release wayy back in 93...... its 2010. Im 25 so do the math and thats how long i've been waiting, hehe.

3 years ago I have been trying to buy an FD, but it was difficult to save up because I was irresponsible with my money, and was wreckless at times leaving me barely enough to buy groceries for lunch after paying bills.(I lived with my parents). So I gave up after trying to save for one year.

I have since then settled all my debts, taken care of myself by eating right and getting in shape to prep for the military.

I went to USAF Basic Training back in Nov '09 and was scheduled to graduate Jan '10, but an unexpected turn of events caused me to stay for another 3 months;
I hurt both my tibia( according to doctors, they feared I developed stress fractures from pushing myself too hard trying to get my 1.5 mile run time down) So i was in medical hold until August. I was finally healed and passed my final PT test with 60push ups and 70 situps and my run time was an 11:40, minimum pass is 11:57

Fast forward to June, starting my 5th week of tech school. I am finally able to buy an FD thanks to the money saved from 6mo prior to going to basic all the way up to June, I started looking for an FD and i found one that met all my criteria for my perfect FD. And found it on AutoTrader.
Bone Stock, Unmolested, well taken care of....... except one factor that I didn't like. It was Red.
I have a history with red cars. I really did not want Red, but for the price, mileage, and condition it was hard to say no.

So i contacted the seller and we began the task of constantly email each other to talk about the car.
I ran a carfax and it came back clean.
I looked over the car and test drove it, and it was better than the pics on AT.
It was recently repainted due to common scratches and a few small door dings.
I found only 2 small dings in the whole body, and they are soo small you'd have to be looking at it from the right angle to actually find it.
The antenna had been replaced with a new factory unit, the Bose radio system works great(that wave woofer thingamajig, im not very fond of but it does its job).
Everything works as it should.

Car has 45k miles, a/c only needs a recharge of R12, freshly tinted windows(legal), new S-Drive tires from Discount, Serp-belt interior smells like a brand new car(this is very indicative of a well taken care of car). It has the 3krpm hesitation, its very slight, but noticeable and will be corrected ASAP.
The only faults with the interior are that of the common 93 problems such as material flaking, it is minimal, but still going to get fixed with brand new 95 parts.

All gauges work, and work as accurate as possible.


In preparation to take delivery of the car, i bought the following maintenance/reliability items;

Left to right;
Amsoil 75/90 Tranny Fluid, 3qts
Amsoil 80/90 Diff Fluid, 3qts
Magnecor 8.5mm plug wires
OEM AST hoses
RP fuel filter
OEM T-stat
Aluminum AST

Not Pictured but also purchased;
FC Thermoswitch
5qts Castrol 20/50
Fast-Acting IAT sensor and pnp harness from wannaspeed.com
NGK 9's, all around



The car is listed for 16k, which exactly at BB value, and exactly what im willing to pay for it.
The remainder of the money was financed from USAA at 4.3% for 60mo(but will be paid off in 48)
I'll be paying $150/mo for full coverage with a $250 deductible, USAA as well.

Cant wait to finally drive this car home next wednesday!

rx7FDrider

iTrader: (16)

have fun man. you are going to have a lot of good times and blood/sweat times.. lol

cptpain

iTrader: (1)

thats one thing i wont worry too much about....

Once im deployed to Afghanistan which will be in a year and a half, all work will be done by the folks at Rotary Performance.