Oh yeah, Jeff....you see YOU probably REALLY set the stage for confusion. Imagine this:

Guy #1 "Look! Look over there! An RX-7!"
Guy #2 "Cool car...what's it got in it?"
Guy #1 "I dunno....wait, look at his tag! It says 'no piston 7'.....must have some sort of new experimental engine in it..... guess MOST of them have pistons...."

Dude, you just set us BACK a few years...lol!

 

Check, I think about 6 times I've had to say "No, it's not a Miata."

Check, guy at the car wash said it looked like a viper.

Check, asked if it's the "non-turbo rx-7" or "does it have turbo" all the time.


But let's face it. That's part of the fun. Don't act like you guys don't love every minute of it. Part of the allure of the FD is that they are unique cars and most people don't have a clue about them, but the fact that they go out of their way to ASK us about them says alot about the timeless look of the 1992 design. And with that look, of course they are gonna want to know about what's doing under the hood...

 

Baja

Never thought about it before but you are probably right. But if I wanted a car that everyone else had I would have bought a Corvette C-6. Of course then instead of the "what kind of car/motor/turbo/supercharger is that?", I would have to put up with the "...pretty fat *** for a sports car, don't you think?"

 

I hate people...

 

Finally got my FD registered last week and the DMV counter lady asks among other things "how many cylinders?" The old, out of state title says 4. I thought for a second and said "6." She says "are you sure?" I lied and said "yeah."