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Old 03-13-02, 09:42 PM
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How Much Maintence Problems Are There?

I was thinking of buying a '93 RX7...but ive heard there a lot of maintence issues...like replacing the whole engine at 60k miles...whats the longjevity on these things(200k miles...or way less)...and is tehre a lot of care required? Thanks guys...
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http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/buying.html

http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/reliability.html

It's a sports car. No matter what sports car you purchase, maintanance is very important.
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hehe...doi...hehe. I know that...but ive heard RX7's have a rep for a crapload of maintence...is there a lot? Like in the shop every few months? Just curious...thanks for the quick response..
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Originally posted by Zahn87
hehe...doi...hehe. I know that...but ive heard RX7's have a rep for a crapload of maintence...is there a lot? Like in the shop every few months? Just curious...thanks for the quick response..
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It all depends on how you treat the car. You treat it like crap, then yes, you'll be under the hood more than on the road.

It's a pure sports car so there isn't much room for error. If something isn't working right, you don't keep driving it until you get around to fixing it or you risk tearing up the car even more.
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GEE WILLICKERS guys! man...lol...talk about avoiding a question. In general, would it have a lotta maintence from speedin and stuff, compared to a WRX? And what are the average miles on this thing before everything starts falling apart? Thanks for the quick response again...
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Nevermind...after actually looking at those links you gave...that gave me the answer i was looking for...sorry to sound like an ***...thanks for the reply again...
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Originally posted by Zahn87
GEE WILLICKERS guys! man...lol...talk about avoiding a question. In general, would it have a lotta maintence from speedin and stuff, compared to a WRX? And what are the average miles on this thing before everything starts falling apart? Thanks for the quick response again...
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gee willickers? yes, in general you would have a lot of maintenance... that's the short answer.

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It's not like the English Motors Jaguar XJ6, where it spends more time in the shop than you do in it, but it definitely requires much more special attention than most sports cars just as old. These repairs are also far more expensive. If you *** performance mods your car, not only will it be more expensive to service, but less people can service them and you can expect more problems more frequently. However, if you do all of the reliability mods, keep it under the red line, and regilously keep up the preventative maintainence, then the car will need MUCH less shop time and be cheaper to maintain than most other sports cars. A question like you are asking is like, "How long will this lollypop last?" or "How long will these running shoes last?" The misleading part of an FD is it's initial price. It's cost is far more than that. To give you a one word answer is difficult at best. Judging by your posts I would answer "YES" this going to be a very expensive car for someone like you.
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In general you must maintain it more than other cars.
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