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Originally Posted by SA3R
(Post 11629909)
Mazda has just issued a press release the other day, saying the future of the rotary (and thus any new RX cars in development) is dead because the rotary is not a viable sales option anymore.
ummmm......16X ??? or, is it that after developing that engine they realised its pointless..? |
Originally Posted by 00SPEC
(Post 11630104)
ummmm......16X ??? or, is it that after developing that engine they realised its pointless..?
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Originally Posted by purerx7
(Post 11629998)
Last year I sold the FD for a Viper GTS and recently sold the Viper to fund a Murci/Gallardo. Haven't looked back!
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On topic I think we all go through this in the winter. I finally purchased a fun 4 door daily(E55 with all the bolt ons) and it doesn't make me feel as bad about the FD sitting during bad weather. The only other vehicles that "do it" for me are Vipers and Campagna Trex. The TRex is the only other vehicle I have owned that when I sold it I immediately missed it. However the viper and TRex are far less practical in the winter than the FD.
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Had a great time driving mine on track last weekend.
My GT3 was getting fixed up some with a new diff, exhaust work etc.... it's delivered to me at the track and I take it out for a lap or two to see if it's OK. It's fine but doesn't hold a candle to my FD and this is a pretty well prepped GT3. I'll ALWAYS have an FD there's is nothing like it :icon_tup: PS In the fall winter and spring I just buy more of them LOL |
Originally Posted by djseven
(Post 11630203)
Wasn't yours an auto?:scratch: if you are looking for attention you will be happy with your decisions. If you are looking for the thrill factor you have sold the two best options and about to purchase a lot of let down. Great for attention and can be incredible when built. Just a lot of money for a low 12 second car.
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My dad had a 512BB when i was a kid. He poured money into it for a few years, then went back to Porsches. He's got a TurboS now...Man, it's a nice car, and it doesn't spend half it's life (and half his bank account) at Bruce Canepa getting tuned.
If you do all your own work on the Lambo, you will save yourself 10s of thousands of dollars every year. I wonder what a Gallardo fuel pump costs? Installed by someone like Canepa? |
Maintenance on a modern Lambo is extremely inexpensive as they have gotten much more reliable than their predecessors ie diablo and countach. Unless you break something you won't spend more than a few hundred on annual maintenance for the G, the clutch is roughly $4-5k and needs to be changed every 20k miles. I already looked at insurance quotes and that will run $1100/yr with less than 3000 miles driven annually. Aftermarket parts are another story, a decent aftermarket fiberglass LP front bumper runs $4,000 before paint and install, ss exhausts start at $3k.
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$100,000+ for that Murci turbo kit ain't exactly extremely inexpensive, but who wouldn't want to own a Lambo one day? :)
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Originally Posted by Natey
(Post 11630304)
$100,000+ for that Murci turbo kit ain't exactly extremely inexpensive, but who wouldn't want to own a Lambo one day? :)
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Originally Posted by MOBEONER
(Post 11629863)
It's that time of the year. The time where I loose all interest in the FD and thoughts of selling it start to take over. You start to take Note and realize how much money you have spent on the car and the numbers are overwhelming. Is it worth it to keep going?
How many of you go through this winter crisis and what do you do to shake it off? |
Stop spending money on 'mods' and drive the car! :)
Mods does not equal investment. It's an expense. Just like rent. I find it amazing how long people are willing to have the FD off the road for extended periods of times. I get antsy if I can't drive the car whenever I want. Even mild bolt-ons the car is a blast to drive. |
I talk to my wife about 2
And deeply inside the first one that wants me to sell my car is her But when she see that am really thinking about it She tells me not think about it because the one who is going to deal with me crying about it later is her lol
Originally Posted by Funkspectrum
(Post 11629866)
I go back and forth...Then I talk to my wife and she convinces me to keep it.
I've done that with both my FD and my 10thAE. |
Originally Posted by dradon03
(Post 11630011)
Lookatme take notes this is how you do it.
The winter blues always come for those with snow as it is associated to the buying parts period of the year. Took notes. but I don't want a lambo or anything. I like my rx7. |
Originally Posted by gracer7-rx7
(Post 11630351)
Stop spending money on 'mods' and drive the car! :)
Mods does not equal investment. It's an expense. Just like rent. I find it amazing how long people are willing to have the FD off the road for extended periods of times. I get antsy if I can't drive the car whenever I want. Even mild bolt-ons the car is a blast to drive. I just want to get my car on the road and DRIVE DRIVE DIVE , forget about POWAR , or other silly mods I just want to get in and drive it everywhere M car was down for 6 months , and now will probably be down a couple more weeks , but not really for mods just getting the car running correctly |
Originally Posted by Natey
(Post 11630304)
...who wouldn't want to own a Lambo one day? :)
Originally Posted by gracer7-rx7
(Post 11630351)
Stop spending money on 'mods' and drive the car! ....I find it amazing how long people are willing to have the FD off the road for extended periods of times. I get antsy if I can't drive the car whenever I want. Even mild bolt-ons the car is a blast to drive.
A while back I mentioned in another thread that I quit trying to make my car "faster" a long time ago. Now I just focus on making it "better". IMO there's a difference. It's also cheaper and way more fun than looking at it sitting in the garage or at the shop. |
Just buy an older snowmobile, It will keep you busy having to fix it constantly plus it will make your FD seem reliable
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Sell the frame only buy and frs and put the entire drivetrain on it :)
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Originally Posted by MOBEONER
(Post 11629863)
It's that time of the year. The time where I loose all interest in the FD and thoughts of selling it start to take over. You start to take Note and realize how much money you have spent on the car and the numbers are overwhelming. Is it worth it to keep going?
How many of you go through this winter crisis and what do you do to shake it off? Buy more parts to make the other part purchases seem trivial. Thats what I do. Once you get on track next year you will never want to sell it. If you do sell it, I got dibs on the Fikses:). |
"A while back I mentioned in another thread that I quit trying to make my car "faster" a long time ago. Now I just focus on making it "better". IMO there's a difference. It's also cheaper and way more fun than looking at it sitting in the garage or at the shop"
This is the stage I am at currently at and couldn't agree more... I finaly realized that I am constantly making changes and not driving the car enough. I have made the decision to reverse that and I am having a blast with her.... Loving every minute of it... |
You need to remember that the FD performance makes it a real supercar, and it out performs almost all supercars since the first Lambo. For the money it is unbeatable as a driver car and not a showoff I am rich car.
Sure mine has pissed me off since buying it in June 1992, but so does my wife once and a while. The real question is, do you have the balls to be a FD owner like me? It is also fun improving it every few years so that it is still faster and better than most new high cost supercars. |
Originally Posted by Sgtblue
(Post 11630387)
Me. I want a car, not a fashion statement. :)
Finally...this! ^ A while back I mentioned in another thread that I quit trying to make my car "faster" a long time ago. Now I just focus on making it "better". IMO there's a difference. It's also cheaper and way more fun than looking at it sitting in the garage or at the shop. |
About the only money Ive spent on my car in the last couple years is on tires, spark plugs and oil. I spent a good amount on building it the way I wanted but once I felt I was pretty much done with it its really not expensive at all.
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Think about how unique the Fd rx7 is. If anything the winter should make you crazy because you want to drive it, not make you sell it.
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Originally Posted by cewrx7r1
(Post 11630642)
The real question is, do you have the balls to be a FD owner like me?
I was without an FD for 2 years, ended up convincing myself that buying another was a sensible thing to do. Once initiated into FD ownership, you cannot escape :egrin::lol:. |
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