PaulFitzwarryne

What a pathetic forum response to a person seeking advice on whether to import one of the last model RX-7s from the period when Americans had given up buying them.

All he said was, he was not interested in getting an early model gen 3, being concerned with the unreliability of such an old car. Thus, buying one at say $15,000, was not value for his money.

I fully support his freedom to hold that view, and believe it is a cheap insult to say, if you are not willing to buy an early gen3 at that price you do not deserve to own a RX-7. Such comment shows gross immaturity on the part of the person making that response.

We all hold different values. I could easily afford a garage full of gen 3s, however would never have paid over US$2,000 for a set of R100 hub caps which occuried recently. Its simply not something I would have spent my money on, but have no need to be critical of the person who did to improve his R100.

I apologize to 'enthused' for the disgusting way he was treated by some stupid members of this forum. Not many genuine rotary enthusiasts have such closed and limited minds.

FlameThrowingRotary

I think he got flamed so much because his posts seemed more to defend his pride more than just listening to what they're trying to say. If your not willing to pay premiums for the car then it probably isn't the right car what he's looking for. I paid 10,800 for my bone stock faded paint car with a new engine and turbos and since then have crossed the 50k mark and have still yet to even acquire a single turbo and fuel system. between 4 motors, 3 trannys, and 12 year old parts breaking on almost a daily occurance from driving it. These cars require devotion from the wallet and time and paitentce just to keep from kicking the **** out of it. I dont think he realizes what he's really buying if he decides to buy one.

stlFD

blah, blah, blah. You don't deserve an FD. An FD is more than just any other car; you have to be obsessed with it, otherwise you'll just get pissed off at it. If you don't want to pay the real market value for a low-mileage, stock R1, then have fun not owning one. If you have money, then save yourself the headache of owning an unreliable sports car and buy an elise, an evo, or a WRX Sti or something like that. You can have plenty of fun with one of those and you can show it off to all your buddies and i'm sure you will impress them. Save the RX-7's for the people who really care about them.

iron4jones

I apologize if I came a little heated but some of your responses to members of this forum were quite defensive. That isnt the point of my post though. You stated that you have money and you are continuing to research finding the right car for you. Importing a newer rx-7 would give you more hassle than wanted. I dont feel anyone was trying to sway your opinion, but based on how much you want to spend on an RX-7 they were merely suggesting you buy another car. They were not demanding that you buy another car. I wish you the best of luck with your search.

CheesePowder

Did my comment sound insulting? It was meant to be funny but I guess nobody here could relate to the analogy with a brothel.

It's interesting how something so harmless as a post for information, when initially responded to the wrong way, can start a series of arguments that eventually digress from the original intent of the first post. Now one person is unhappy, others feel burned, and someone is apologizing on another's behalf.

I myself am not sorry. I said nothing in the way of suggestions nor insults (IMHO). I just wanted everyone to remember that searching for the perfect FD is like hunting for a virgin at a brothel and it's such a pain in the *** that you might as well pay cheaper for one of the more "seasoned" ******. It took me a year to track down the perfect one for me and I paid a bit of a premium over bluebook, but I knew the car was a steal! It might take enthused 2 years to hunt down and import the right one- or it might be a few months and it'll be totally freagin sweet cuz he might find a loophole that will totally help us all out and start a new trend on the forum! Most of us don't believe that's possible but I know that when I did the research for foreign imports (I too once dreamed) I only did a half-assed job so I can't say whether it's possible or not. Maybe all of us have only done half-assed jobs of researching???

So anyway, enthused, please don't misunderstand my comment- I like to make stupid analogies. If you DO end up deciding to import, I'd like to hear about it. I knew a guy who had found a loophole to importing the R34 GTR for 50k total (without MotoRex) in Alabama. It's possible. I live in Southern CA and I found 2 imported FD's on sale. I think the owners gave up trying to register them (CA is probably more strict than other states as far as smog). Also, it's much easier if you are with the armed forces and are stationed in Japan. You can have it imported free of charge I believe (rumors).

Peace and sorry for the long winded reply.
Huy

PaulFitzwarryne

FlameThrowingRotary- the insult was on the second reply, the first did supply info. Here was a person who said he was enthusiastic about getting an RX-7, and would pay between $30,000-50,000 to get a good late one.

You have my sympathy, it must be frustrating to have spent $50k and still have your car " breaking down on almost a daily occurance'. Perhaps car repair is your hobby rather thancar driving! This I think is what 'enthused' was trying to say. unreliability was the reason why he wanted a late not an earlier model gen 3.

Yet he was crudely rubbished. The last response by stiFD easily proves my point as to the childish responses of some gen 3 owners.

Perhaps I have a bias, my RX-7 has to take me 800 mile one way trips with total reliability otherwise I would fly.

web777

I would have to agree with Paul FW. The responses here are pretty harsh and childish especially to new members.

FlameThrowingRotary

You have my sympathy, it must be frustrating to have spent $50k and still have your car " breaking down on almost a daily occurance'. Perhaps car repair is your hobby rather thancar driving! This I think is what 'enthused' was trying to say. unreliability was the reason why he wanted a late not an earlier model gen 3.



Must be lol. Out of the last 15 months it's been in the shop for 11 of them and only got to put 1500 miles on the engine before It went back to the shop where it currently resides waiting in line for the motor to get torn down again. I think it's cool if he can do it but He just sounds like an emotional flake and has more money than sense. I just hate to see someone get upset and wreck a 7 because they're b/f broke up with them lol

rynberg

My suggestion to move on was my way of trying to be nice.

I think this is one of the funniest and absolutely ignorant statements I've seen on the forum in quite a long time -- and that is saying a LOT.

By that rationale, a '67 Vette roadster with the 427/435 4-speed would be worth what, approximately $500? Hmm...last time I looked, they were demanding over $100k. Your rationale doesn't even work for a fricking Honda Civic and there are millions of those in circulation.

The value of FDs has stayed relatively stable for several years, and it has little to do with bad movies or anime cartoons. It doesn't matter one whit that YOU think a good condition FD should be worth $7-9k, because no one else here or at NAD or KBB thinks so.

Judging from your comments, you hardly sound like an car "enthusiast" to me.

CheesePowder

Yeah, rynberg says it perfectly. However, I don't think enthused is with us any longer...

He's probably out calculating appreciation values for homes in Southern California and wondering why a 200,000 dollar home is selling for 600,000.