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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 08:40 PM
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Up and coming! Will be 30 August 3rd!!
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 08:41 PM
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Up and coming! Will be 30 August 3rd
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 09:18 PM
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 09:25 PM
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28 and decided I was too old for HOnda's so I got me a 7.
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 09:38 PM
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My dad rotary head since 1977. I am 26 so i can say i have been around rx7s all my life.
first rx7-1989 turbo II when i was 18, currently 1993 VR.
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 10:36 PM
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53 and been driving my '94 chaste white for over 15 years now.
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 11:35 PM
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Up and Coming - 20 years old
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 01:18 AM
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Sure "up and coming" whatever you want to call it: 23 and owned 4 FC's prior to owning my FD. I mention that because I believe owning and working on an FC should be a pre-requisite to buying an FD.
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 01:54 PM
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21 up and comer
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by staticguitar313
Sure "up and coming" whatever you want to call it: 23 and owned 4 FC's prior to owning my FD. I mention that because I believe owning and working on an FC should be a pre-requisite to buying an FD.



good way of putting it, ive owned 7 FC'sbefore i got my FD.

i learned sooo much from them, and bout rotary...
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 02:46 PM
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37, but what am I up and coming for...the center stage?
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 03:13 PM
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22, FD owner & Rx7club member for 6years
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 03:29 PM
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25 have oned my FD since I gratuated college, some people really make this car out to be harder to work on than it really is, I have done all of my own work on my car but thats because I am mechanically inclined
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 06:21 PM
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19. owned my rx7 for 2 months now. the nicest rx7 in Saskatchewan at the moment i believe
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 06:29 PM
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 06:35 PM
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FD Owner Age Check! Young Punk, Up And Coming, Center Stage, Old Dude?

I'm 53 & the original owner of my 94
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 06:39 PM
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I'm "Up and Coming"
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 07:07 PM
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24 now. bought my FD at 20 after my 1st tour in iraq. got a purple heart (got shot in the leg), went to iraq twice, married, divorced, been blown up 6 times with swelling in left side of my brain. so technically im about 43 years old now lol
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 08:06 PM
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33 and I've owned 2 FD's since 1996.......
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 08:11 PM
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26. 27 in sept. have had my 2 FDs, one for 1 year the other I've had for 5 years.
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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 02:15 AM
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21 - Had her just over a year.
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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 03:02 AM
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26, hitting 27 in sept.

ive owned my FD for about 2 years, its been one hell of an adventure. i can now say with the utmost confidence that any mechanical failure that occurs i can easily shrug it off after owning this demon. you just can't help but quote Jack Burton "what the hell" and continue the addiction.
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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 03:31 AM
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23. I bought my first one when i was 16 in my sophmore year of high school and saving every last cent i got it running senior year. I just purchased my 3rd fd chassis a few months ago for the 20b project. I cant imagine not owning one of these monsters.
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 11:50 PM
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32 here. I have mine for almost 10 yrs. on my third engine, overhaul in progress, but can't wait to get it back on the road.
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 12:06 AM
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36 on my second FD. I'm an old fart! I have thatand the dog wagon/people mover

I've lived around 7s in one fashion or another, my dad had an 85 GSL. First manual car I learned to drive at 14. My bestfriend had an 88 vert, lots of skipping school.
When the FD came out I was graduating high school. My plan was to buy a nice used car after college, pay it off and get an FD.
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