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Old Apr 10, 2003 | 10:00 PM
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I like it when people ask if I got my 7 with the piston or rotary engine... They are at least trying...
Old Apr 10, 2003 | 11:23 PM
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Originally posted by skunks
I never got asked that one before but i did cruise with a ferrari at about 120 for about 20 miles last night

(not really that fast untill you consider how many cops there are in hawaii, how small this island is and how rare both of our cars are here )
yea, i heard, my sister was visiting hawaii and was bitching how the speed limit everywhere is 35mph,.
Old Apr 11, 2003 | 05:45 AM
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yea, i heard, my sister was visiting hawaii and was bitching how the speed limit everywhere is 35mph,.
haha its more like 25 damn near everywhere, speedlimit on the highway is 50mph (apparently we were cruising at near 2 1/2 times the speed limit )
Old Apr 11, 2003 | 07:15 AM
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I think in California, especially the Bay Area, they are more common so I don't get as many comments. When I pulled into the parking lot of my new job last year, someone did tell me I had the same car the CTO drives.

I told them the CTO has good taste.
Old Apr 11, 2003 | 07:58 AM
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Old Apr 11, 2003 | 12:50 PM
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this is great...i was gettin a lil discouraged in my search for a low milage cym...i was thinking about waiting a lil while and buying somethin else for now but no way...i was reading this thread and talkin to my friend on aim and im like if i ever doubt myself about buying a rx7 slap the **** out of me....this car is one of the best ever made...i need to own one
Old Apr 11, 2003 | 09:49 PM
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I've gotten the viper thing quite a few times, and if I had a dollar for every time I heard the "Is that twin turbo?" thing, I could have 2 fd's. My favorite was whenever an old friend came over, and I told him I had a new car. He looked at it and asked "Is that a 2001 or 2002?" That made my day when I told him it was a 93. The only annoying thing about nobody knowing jack is that they automatically know it all once you say, "You know, Vin Diesel's car?" That's the worst.
Old Apr 11, 2003 | 10:20 PM
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Just wondering...you own an FD? If you do then how could your friend scream out it was worth one million dollars from the BACK SEAT?
In Japan the base and touring model does come with back seats and there are people who did the mod over here. Well I did managed to have a third passenger in my car, once was when I still got the storage bins. My girlfriend and I was hanging out in her friend's place overnight the next morning that girl (my gf's friend) weren't feeling well so have to take her to her family doctor and since mine was the only car avalible her brother took the car, so she have to sat/lie on top of the bins, how she did that I don't know. There are two more times but that was after I took out the storage bins to save some weight, one time my friend was sitting in the back (3 people in my FD) and I raced with my other friend's modded TSI when we are going to a go-kart place, man he lost so bad we started off a stop light and race to the go-kart place right from the sart I kept pulling and pulling and after a few minutes I can barely see his headlights. Another time my gf was sitting at the back because my brother was with me at that time and my brother is 5"8 (about 180lbs i guess) so compare to my brother she is tiny so she have to go to the back, after that she said it wasn't that bad sitting at the back.
Old Apr 12, 2003 | 06:28 AM
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I think this will end any conversation of a third passenger. Back in 92 I got a wreckless driving ticket for having 7 people in my first gen rx7. They were all drunk and I wasnt so I offered to take them all home. Backroads only less than 20 mph at 3am - I thought it would be better than letting them drive home. The officer didnt. Nor did the judge.

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Now back to the "is that a ferrari...." stories that I was enjoying so much.
Old Apr 12, 2003 | 07:34 AM
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was going to watch the girl soccer match in this international school and the security guard stoped me... Bloody scary looking that guy!!! like an ugly bouncer or something...

he told me to open up my window... i did and he said... "is this the batmobile???" hahahahaha LMAO....
Old Apr 12, 2003 | 01:23 PM
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jelly bean. haha lol.
My best 6 closest friends drive supras mkiv.
Odd baller, but thats ok. The money ived saved not buying a supra gives me the aftermarket advantage of kicking all their supra ***'s.
I get the Viper thing a lot. Death To The Supras! lol
Old Apr 12, 2003 | 05:54 PM
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what i hate is (i get this in aol car chats a lot):
"is it naturally asperated"
"no its a third gen"
"so is it naturally asperated"
"blah blah blah"
"blah blah blah"
and so on and so on.....
Old Apr 12, 2003 | 10:03 PM
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Originally posted by 7racer
Just yestarday someone asked me if that was a Jaguar! That was a new one to me....

I think the best was when I lived in LA and had my car Valet'd at the Ritz-Carlton in Pasedena.

When I came out to get my car....there were 4 cars fanned out in the front. A ferrari modena, BMW M3, Porsche 911, and my lil RX-7.....

I was like...uh....yea.....that one there.

*whispering to the valet...you guys know that thats a Mazda right?
Jaguar? WTF were they thinking?? But the Valet thing I totally get. After I did the bodywork and new pain
t, almost every Valet parked my car in some spotlight place without me paying for any VIP treatment. The last time at Bahama Breeze, it was a Red Viper, my car, and my bro's M3 with mine aguably in the primo spot.

Damn, I'm missing my car My insurance check should be here any day and it will all begin again
Old Apr 12, 2003 | 11:29 PM
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Originally posted by DavidDeco
Yeah, I showed a picture of my car the other day to my neighbor beofre my crash and he's like "That's a Mazda?" .

I hear that all the time. It's like they are so impressed and think its an exotic and then they say "Mazda -wtf?".

That's why I only have Effini badges on it. Let them wonder and marvel
I think most people say "Oh Mazda" or some such because they cannot imagine a high-performance Mazda. They only know MPV vans, popular but slow Miata's, and non-descript 626's, econobox 323's and cars like that.

Mazda is only known as a performance company within the RX-7 community. It's kinda like Apple computers. Those who own them, love them, nobody else has any idea what is different about them.

The lack of knowledge outside the community might be due to the fact that Mazda never really advertised the RX. The last RX-7 commercial I remember was the one for the 88 RX-7 Convertible (with James Garner).

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Old Apr 13, 2003 | 01:33 AM
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Originally posted by BLKTOPTRVL

Mazda is only known as a performance company within the RX-7 community. It's kinda like Apple computers. Those who own them, love them, nobody else has any idea what is different about them.

ok one thing... Apple's Suck... they are out dated pos's. Grahpic's , video Editting, SGI owns all ..
maybe apple is only good in music.. :\

..since my lil Brush with Fate.. from some Cuban idoit..
all i hear.. " dude your car needs a paint job. " " looks like someone jizz'd on the whole side of your car. ( rear 1/4 pannel "

but when it was All pretty i had this conversation with someone while i was leaving Denny's

guy: "how many pistions does it have. "
me: " none "
guy: " how does it move then "
me: " theirs a couple midgets under my hood who push the car. "
guy: " i know your lying.. Seriously what is under your hood. "
me: " 2 Triangles. "
guy: "holy ****.... "


But all in all.. i seriously love my car.. ( more than my Girlfriend too, shhh keep that a secrect. ) but no matter how much money i need to dump in it. i cant ever get mad at my car.. its just something i worked so hard for.. ( first thing i have ever supported on my own. i am only 19 got the car when i was 18 ) even when i have a problem.. i love to hate the problem i have... cuz its a Rx-7 problem.. dunno its weird... but i see what being a rx-7 owner is all about.. love for the Rex.

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Old Apr 13, 2003 | 04:45 AM
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Originally posted by NiM0r
ok one thing... Apple's Suck... they are out dated pos's. Grahpic's , video Editting, SGI owns all ..
maybe apple is only good in music.. :\
Thats like saying. "Mazda's Suck... they are out dated pos's, who wants a rotary anyway. <other company> owns all .. maybe mazda is only good in idling.. :\

Anyways, I've gotten miata, ferrari, viper, porsche, testing a new concept..

oh, and "do those still have rotaries?" from a guy that looked to be in his 80s.
Old Apr 13, 2003 | 04:51 AM
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... The only annoying thing about nobody knowing jack is that they automatically know it all once you say, "You know, Vin Diesel's car?" That's the worst.
Heh, do they try to lift the passenger seat cushion to see your bottles?
Old Apr 13, 2003 | 11:53 AM
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Originally posted by meddle
Iv, never had anyone mistake my car fora ferrari, but most people can't beleive the car is a 93.
Yeah i've had my car mistaken for a Ferrari before at Spring break, some stupid girls were like, "OH ****, Look at that Ferrari!!!" as i drove by some glass buildings and lit a large flame loose

Most of the time at gas stations, people can't believe its a Mazda RX-7 and that it is a 93. They all think its brand new, guess its true, the styling is timeless

I Love it!
Old Apr 13, 2003 | 12:01 PM
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HAHA I just got the Ferrari question last night. I could hear this guy bellowing out of hie VW so I rolled down the window to get the Ferrari inquery. I was going to tell him "Ya man it's a Modena...." and let him look like a dork to everyone he tells.lol I have also got asked if it was an S2000... some older guy....tryin to be cool. hehe Alot of people don't know because of the Efini badge...screws them up .......... PAPA LIKES!!!
Old Apr 13, 2003 | 03:33 PM
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Originally posted by 2furious
The only annoying thing about nobody knowing jack is that they automatically know it all once you say, "You know, Vin Diesel's car?" That's the worst.
Amen man. The only way i can explain the car to people who don't know what it is, is by sighing and saying, have you seen the fast and the furious, y'know the little red thing Dom drives, yeah, that.
Old Apr 13, 2003 | 03:51 PM
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somebody should just get some ferrari badges
Old Apr 13, 2003 | 04:18 PM
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somebody should just get some ferrari badges
Then they would stop asking!! SUKKAAAAS!
Old Apr 13, 2003 | 04:40 PM
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lol .

i had the viper,vett thing before. but one dayi was out our kinda mazda dealer they don't sell them any more theough and i wa asking how much a part cost . then when i went out side there was this older guy looking at my car

me: hows it goin?
him:good u
me:also good.
him: u want to sell your car?
me : umm nto to sure why?
cause i have never seen one liek thsi before.
me: oh yeah what do you think it is ?
him. no clue but i will give you 30 000 for it.
me: umm i dont think i want to sell it.
then when i was getting into my car i said he jsut offerd me 30 000 for a 93 mazda rx7 and i swaer he almost **** his pants. it was so funny.
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Old Apr 13, 2003 | 06:27 PM
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Why can't the next RX7 look like that? It'd be great
Old Apr 13, 2003 | 07:33 PM
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Hehehe, 100 posts, woot.

Its funny though, a fd looks absolutly nothing like a viper, their completely different.



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