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prew 06-18-08 09:30 PM

17 in december of 2001.

stlFD 06-18-08 09:31 PM

I was 19 when I bought mine in Sept 01. I had my heart set on an MR2 turbo, but when my FD popped up at a dealership that I had worked at, I knew I had to have it. They let it go for essentially what they paid for it on trade in, which was 8000. I put up 6000 in cash and financed the rest on a 0% intro credit card. FYI, I just pulled the car out of extended hiatus last Monday. I've spent the last 5 years working on it off and on, replacing practically everything. Runs like a champ now.

jbtam99 06-18-08 09:42 PM

23... had it since way back in 2000 ;)

b@@sted_fd 06-18-08 10:35 PM


Originally Posted by purerx7 (Post 8297315)
I am fortunate enough to have wealthy parents. They bought the fd, i have put over $25,000 of my own money into aftermarket items. Funding was sourced through working at a very high end restaurant making $400+ a night. I also whore my self-out occasionally.

I got no respect for that. I dreamed of getting one when I was 16. I worked my ass off and bought a mint Touring one cash for $26,000 when I was 22 and have had it for 5 years now with over $60k invested into it now. I make plenty of dough now and the RX-7 is just a hobbie. Some rich kid says "Daddy I want, I want!, I need" and gets one bought for him on his 16th Birthday. That's gay man. you don't deserve it.

SLOASFK 06-18-08 10:49 PM


Originally Posted by b@@sted_fd (Post 8297567)
I got no respect for that. I dreamed of getting one when I was 16. I worked my ass off and bought a mint Touring one cash for $26,000 when I was 22 and have had it for 5 years now with over $60k invested into it now. I make plenty of dough now and the RX-7 is just a hobbie. Some rich kid says "Daddy I want, I want!, I need" and gets one bought for him on his 16th Birthday. That's gay man. you don't deserve it.

You're right, but this isn't the thread to be bitter in.

FD3Smaniac 06-18-08 10:56 PM


Originally Posted by FDFDFD (Post 8296778)
hmm may I ask what business you are running?


Also, anyone regret their purchase? If so, for what reason?


At 16 my mother helped me get an aftermarket car parts business off the ground... putting it in her name until i turned 18. FDFDFD PM me for the name of the site. i am not allowed to publicly advertise my site on this forum.

FD3Smaniac 06-18-08 10:58 PM


Originally Posted by Mybaby (Post 8296812)
Was almost 17.
Also recieved it bone stock in Sept 96 with 50 dealer miles.
Its a 95 PEP Chaste white Auto.
Still have the girl and she's only got 50K on it
but far from bone stock many years and $$$ later, but well worth it.


wasnt there something like 26 of these exact ones made? i know this is one of the rarest FD's on the US market.

lt1_rx7 06-18-08 10:59 PM

red one - 22 yrs old, early july 2004 about 3 wks before my 23rd b-day while I was still in Iraq, first saw it in person Oct. 9th when I got home

black one - b-day present to myself when i turned 26 last year

Hitokiri_Gensai 06-18-08 10:59 PM

im pretty sure the average age for an RX-7 owner is like... 23 or something...
somewhere i read its like 35 for the average RX-8 owner.

jdmrxluver 06-18-08 11:01 PM

Got mine at 20 in april 06 of this year bone stock.

c00lduke 06-18-08 11:08 PM

I picked mine up 7 years ago when I was 16.

scottyboy 06-18-08 11:11 PM

18
just bought my RX7 last week
i've been working since i was little, before i was 14

JStrib 06-18-08 11:49 PM

19 and got it last June
w00t!

just about 21 now so havn't had it too long...

Tim Benton 06-18-08 11:54 PM


Originally Posted by Hitokiri_Gensai (Post 8297644)
im pretty sure the average age for an RX-7 owner is like... 23 or something...
somewhere i read its like 35 for the average RX-8 owner.

That's sounds about right. I would imagine the average age of the RX-7 owner when it came out was 30+ as well back in 1993-95. The RX-8 owners age will drop as well to a point, depending on what people think of it's looks, mod-ability, price, etc in the next few years.

Tim

Miata_mx5 06-18-08 11:57 PM


Originally Posted by b@@sted_fd (Post 8297567)
I got no respect for that. I dreamed of getting one when I was 16. I worked my ass off and bought a mint Touring one cash for $26,000 when I was 22 and have had it for 5 years now with over $60k invested into it now. I make plenty of dough now and the RX-7 is just a hobbie. Some rich kid says "Daddy I want, I want!, I need" and gets one bought for him on his 16th Birthday. That's gay man. you don't deserve it.

Different walks of life. Jealousy is a bitch, and life is not fair.

Quit sipping on the hateraid.:wallbash: :wallbash: :wallbash:

PowerStripe 06-19-08 01:01 AM

i was 19, picked her up on 5/7/07. One of the happiest days of my life so far.

BoostedFd3s 06-19-08 01:03 AM

i was 17 when i got the first one..and I worked my ass off at Bojangles :D

MX722 06-19-08 01:05 AM

My dad bought mine in march of this year. I was 17, now 18 (as of today) $1500 and had been sitting in a backyard in Florida for 5+ years. Since we've bought the car its been sitting in that same yard waiting for me to get down there to it (which im doing this weekend). And will be moving it and myself into our new home. From there, im getting a job at a chevy dealer (dont bash to hard) and will be returning it into the life it deserves. Pretty legit.

Drifter288 06-19-08 01:11 AM

22 on April 2008!

StreetRage 06-19-08 01:44 AM

I am among the VERY few people who got an FD at 16!!!!!!!!! SIXTEEN BABY!!!! =D
I got it just a couple of months ago. March 18th. =)
I am proud to say that i truly do DESERVE it!!!!! I fell in love with the car when i was in 6th grade!!! Ever since then my mind has been set on getting the RX-7!!!! I always told my friends that i was gonna get a RX-7!!! Not a single person ever believed me!!! Everyone told me that there was no way that i could afford it, or even find it..... My LIFE GOAL was to get the FD when i was 16 years old for my first car!!!!! I started saving up when i was 14 and on March 18th I bought my very own FD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WITHOUT ANY HELP!!!! No help from parents, no help from anyone!! Did it all on my own!!! One of my main goals in life is now complete!!!! and if i die tomorrow, i will die in peace!!! =)

PowerStripe 06-19-08 09:24 AM

^how much did you get ur FD for? saving for only 2 years...(assuming you were allowed to work at 14) you must have had a very well paying job? either way congrats, i fell in love with the FD when i saw a CYM R1 in the 2nd grade and ever since i have wanted one. sure enough after many years of saving up i could afford it.

dabigesii 06-19-08 09:31 AM

Bought it at 18 on March 3, 2004...still have it too

StreetRage 06-19-08 09:54 AM

Wow. U fell in love with it in second grade?! Thats crazy!!! hahahaha!! in second grade i was in love with lamborghini diablo... lol
how i saved up?... well at 14 i didnt have a real job but i started doing litle things like, washing and cleaning out ppl's cars in the apartments where we used to live, had a bunch of pokemon and yugioh cards which i never played with so i sold them off ebay, Made over 400 for that. And then we had a garage sale and i sold all my old crap... lol everything i didnt need. So during my 14th year i made about 1G. At 15 my cousin hooked me up and i got a job at KFC. worked there for a long time and saved up all my money. And at early 16 i started working for a heating and air conditioning company which my dad owns.. $12 an hour for now....

chugga_chugga 06-19-08 09:55 AM

I was 32 @ March 1999

surfmon 06-19-08 10:00 AM

26........2006


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