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Old 07-21-02, 01:03 AM
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Do people ever yell at you about your car?

Ive had my FD for about 14 hours and I've already had at least 5 people yell "nice car" or something else at me. Makes it all worth while .

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Old 07-21-02, 01:05 AM
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It get lots of "WOAH...." from people that I pass by.
I stopped at a gas station on the way home from picking up my FD and these girls were checkin it out.
FD's are perty cars..
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I remember my gas station attendant in NJ would always at it when I pulled in, and I've always been told it was the cleanest 7 they ever say. Well, this was before I needed a paint job
Old 07-21-02, 01:18 AM
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Last night, five girls gettin out of a honda outside a bar, Yell "They have a new hummer, they must be rich, let's get'em". 3 out of 5 = FAT, Fat, fat...... = ME SCREAMING "TURBO HUMMER DON"T LET ME DOWN"
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rofl jeffshoots

I have people that yell stuff at me in my car all the time... Either "Nice car!" or "Where'd you go?" hah.
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I get very little attention in my white FD. Maybe it's bc there are too many nice cars in CA.
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Ive had people stop in intercetions to look at my car. Some kids today yelled to me "NICE CAR!" while they were on thier bikes. depending on where you are you can get attention. the good thing about the car is that it will fit in anywhere. i dont think you could take this car very many places and get looked at like you were too broke to be there. thats just MHO.
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I had my FD valet parked at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, it is about the most "exclusive" place in the city but that isn't saying much. Any way, the guy parked it right in front next to the main building entrance for everybody to see as they came in, I guess he thought it was a "nice car".
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I get looks in my car everytime I take it out. I get the "hey, nice car" comment almost everytime time i go out in it. I love having a rx7.
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I get...

How much for that?
How much for this?
What is that?
Cool GT wing...
Nice car...
The women give the looks of course...
ALSO what the hell is a rotary?!?! and
I say its an engine that will blow your
car away.. hehe lets drag....

Also americans that stop Japan take a
kinds of pictures...

Got to love the FD....
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Originally posted by canman6969
I get...

How much for that?
How much for this?
What is that?
Cool GT wing...
Nice car...
The women give the looks of course...
ALSO what the hell is a rotary?!?! and
I say its an engine that will blow your
car away.. hehe lets drag....

Also americans that stop Japan take a
kinds of pictures...

Got to love the FD....
i thought FDs were kinda common cars in japan. dont people regularly see them on the streets?
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I get the "nice car" comment from little kids all the time. Although they don't say anything, I always get the weird look from the old guys in porsches. I think the best instance of this was when someone came into my work and asked everyone who owned the rx7 out in the parking lot.
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i dont get any looks . my car has been on ramps for like 2 months. . . but once it gets back on the road, people are gonna be beggin to look haha. i might let em if they can catch up. not too many cars like the fd in tennessee.

paul
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All the time. I love it.
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Within the first 5 minutes of me owning this car,

guy: Excuse me?

me: looks over

guy: nice car, what is it?

Me: mazda

guy: wow I didn't know they made anything like that!! What year is it 2002??

me: 94

That made my day, plus it was some old dude and his wife

Mostly I get nice car; is that turbo; is it for sale

me: thanks, yes, yah right
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I get people offering to buy it from me all the time.

when people go driving with me, they just laugh about how many people just stare as I drive by. I've gotten kind of used to it. But then when I go up to Vancouver or something, my car is just "average" .. :P
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Considering there are like 10 here in italy, I get:

Cosa e' un 2001? (is it a 2001 model)
Motore Wankel????????????
E' un corvette quello li'? (is it a corvette? Idiots, just cuz I am american they assume it is a corvette)
Non e' possibile che sia un mille tre! (Impossible that it is a 1300cc engine)
Guarda, Fast and Foorious! (look the fast and the furious...thats the gayest one)
Bel atrezzo. (Nice tool)
Bella macchina? (nice car)


I always get an audience when I wash it too. The best is when it is a chick and her boyfriend and she tells her boyfriend to check it out. The dude is always so pissed.
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Originally posted by chachidu
Considering there are like 10 here in italy, I get:

Cosa e' un 2001? (is it a 2001 model)
Motore Wankel????????????
E' un corvette quello li'? (is it a corvette? Idiots, just cuz I am american they assume it is a corvette)
Non e' possibile che sia un mille tre! (Impossible that it is a 1300cc engine)
Guarda, Fast and Foorious! (look the fast and the furious...thats the gayest one)
Bel atrezzo. (Nice tool)
Bella macchina? (nice car)


I always get an audience when I wash it too. The best is when it is a chick and her boyfriend and she tells her boyfriend to check it out. The dude is always so pissed.
Ah Italy, land of the famous Ferrari!!! If people in Italy can respect a car like the FD then thats a tremendous compliment. Do you see many Ferrari's on the road??
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One last thing Modena Italy is where Enzo Ferrari was born!!!!! Viva Ferrari!!
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i had a little boy yell out "hey, nice car" as i drove down the street
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by ZMhacker
I think the best instance of this was when someone came into my work and asked everyone who owned the rx7 out in the parking lot.

i got that before too. i was working and my boss yelled at me to come up to the front. I didnt know what the hell was going on, then he told me to go outside and show this guy my car. GOOD TIMES
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a couple of guys stopped in the middle of the street the other day to inform me that they loved my car and that "RX-7's ROCK!". i get nods from S2000 guys alot it seems. the high school girls at the movie theater jock the FD also. when i got my car licensed here in missouri, the lady asked me how many cylinders it had, cause that's how the figure how much your plates will cost. i told her it had 0 cylinders, so they should be free. most rednecks think it's a 4 cylinder... they find out soon enough. enjoy your FD charlie
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Everyone thinks i have a V6. its funny. i also forgot to add, i was at a bar one time and i was talking to one of my friends up at the bar and the bartender there said to a patron "did you see that RX7 across the street? thats like my DREAM car!" that was a nice thing to hear too. too bad she wasnt very good looking
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The best time was when I won a race against my boss in his relatively new Trans Am. He told me not to let him win. I'm just glad he didn't fire me.
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Originally posted by chachidu
Considering there are like 10 here in italy, I get:

Cosa e' un 2001? (is it a 2001 model)
Motore Wankel????????????
E' un corvette quello li'? (is it a corvette? Idiots, just cuz I am american they assume it is a corvette)
Non e' possibile che sia un mille tre! (Impossible that it is a 1300cc engine)
Guarda, Fast and Foorious! (look the fast and the furious...thats the gayest one)
Bel atrezzo. (Nice tool)
Bella macchina? (nice car)


I always get an audience when I wash it too. The best is when it is a chick and her boyfriend and she tells her boyfriend to check it out. The dude is always so pissed.
i think the coolest thing is that you live in modena italy. thats my dream car.....360 that is. so do you see a lot of ferraris??


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