2007 ZX-10

10 years of FD ownership for me this month, and I still say, this car kicks serious ***....I will never sell it

2007 ZX-10

it does suck down the petroleum, though

Juan

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Im going on 5 years this December (I think)

Time, money, and gas sure flies when you have an FD!

kvondutch

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congratulations! this month is my one year :] i already know i wont sell it although its gotten to the point a few times where i almost had to but i worked things out

pomanferrari

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13 years for me.

On my 3rd engine
2nd tranny
2nd Diff
2nd Twins
3rd Catalytic
3rd set of injectors

I'm keeping it for my son (another 14 years though).

2007 ZX-10

3rd engine for me (the 2nd one was a reman and it popped when I farted too loud)...original trans (some new parts) and diff...no cat

poman, just for old times, can I hear another crack about the jimlab nylon bushings? the "wooden ship listing into the wind" quip had me rolling

Zoolander

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Eight years of ownership with only 20K of my driving on it. The car probably has never run smoothly for more than 6 month at a time, if that. It has done it's fair share of "sitting". It was sitting for the last year....the longest it has ever sat. I just got fed up with all the little things with it....it was so nice and easy to turn on my DD and have it go. No hesitation, jerking, stalling, dying. Seriously considered selling the rexxer.....but something always held me back. Could it be the zoom-zoom? hahahaha.

Just got it fixed up last month....and I completely agree: the car kicks butt and I hope to keep it forever. Of course, that's when things are running smooth. But wow, I love that ride! I can look at it for days.......But of course now, I need to fix up the suspension - new bushings and springs and shocks........uhhh vay.

Here's a question: When/if the 4th gen comes out....how much prestige/value will the 3rd gen lose? I guess it depends on the 4th gen's design/power/"wow" factor etc.......but I'm curious to know what people think. I think the 3rd gens design is timeless ..... and it will still hold.

thewird

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There isn't gonna be a 4th gen. Its gonna be an RX-9 or something along those lines.

thewird

Rotors R Cool

I'm only interested in that motor. I could care less for the new car itself. Direct injection, mmmmmm.

thewird

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Maybe they'll fix the gas mileage problem rotaries are plagued with? .... doubt it.

thewird

RFFG

Awesome...

JStrib

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I heard something about the RX9 is going to just basically be a hydrogen 8...

thewird

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Um no, it will have a 16x engine (1.6 liter) and by the looks it will sadly be another N/A...

thewird

2007 ZX-10

if it pushes 300+ hp, weighs 2800 or less, and gets decent mileage, it should be a winner

thewird

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I'd be happy with that too but seeing how Mazda failed with the RX-8 and the new RX-8 its not looking good. But then again, we don't have anything close to production yet so its too soon to say anything

thewird

pomanferrari

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Thanks but it was true. Should have known better than to buy engineered parts from a Microsoft virtualware engineer. Jim still has his car on the jacks. I guess he uses it as a marital aid tool instead of ****.

2007 ZX-10

LOL

mdpalmer

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^ Ouch!

PowerStripe

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i love my FD A few headaches here and there but it all goes away once im on the road

dean23

i love the new rx-8. atleast the R3 model.
http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/disp...ehicleCode=RX8
its about time mazda makes something sexy again. i would easily take a single turbo R3 over a single R1. but thats just me.

spoolage

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Wait... jim lab's car still is not put together yet? I remember reading about that guy years ago!!! He was always a vicious with his posts, I was always scared to post on the forum for fear of his name popping up on the thread!!!

2007 ZX-10

the new R3 is an improvement, but I'm still not sold on the RX-8

jim is primarily on the V8rx7 forum these days, but yeah the car is still on jacks

https://www.rx7club.com/v-8-powered-rx-7s-299/little-progress-639013/

Sgtblue

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On this forum it probably is.

Rotors R Cool

The gas mileage issue can never be fixed as well as a piston motor. It's just the shape of the combustion chamber makes it difficult to get a perfect mixture or a perfect burn. But if the 16x is a good motor, I'll be putting one in as soon as I pop my 13b. The 16x will drop right into any 13b car. It's exterior dimensions are the same as the 13b.

mdpalmer

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Is that true? Do you have any references? I'm not trying to call you out, just want to "trust but verify" if you know what I mean