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Old Feb 2, 2007 | 02:10 PM
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Welcome, and sweet FD!

One word of caution----those Advans look to be 'competition' rubber by the tread pattern, meaning they have a low treadwear, are very sticky, won't last all that long (6-10k miles), and will NOT perform well in the rain. Proceed with caution, living in Cali I'm sure you don't see many rainy days but I'd consider switching to something like a Bridgestone Potenza S03, which is a great high performance tire that won't be dangerous in the rain.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....el=ADVAN+A032R
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Old Feb 2, 2007 | 03:02 PM
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Congrats, car looks REALLY clean and i LOVE how few miles on are it.
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Old Feb 2, 2007 | 03:10 PM
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It's funny that you say that 'cause I was looking into Potenza's for when I got back. Yeah--I got the car on Thursday last week--and had to leave that Sunday. It rained from Friday until Sunday morning--and I knew the tread on those Advan's wouldn't let me drive too safely in the rain, so I just kept it parked. It sucked for sure having to leave and not drive my car very much. I only have a couple K left on the Advan's like you said--so I'm not too sad about having to take them off. I'll just garage them and get a a couple track days out of them in the near future. Definately thanks for the heads up--I appreciate it. FD owners have to look out for eachother right ?


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Old Feb 2, 2007 | 03:25 PM
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Thats one of the rarest US FDs, great find and good luck!

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Old Feb 2, 2007 | 03:30 PM
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Congratulations on owning your new FD...

Welcome to the RX7Club.com forums -aka- The Addiction!

Dwayne
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Old Feb 2, 2007 | 03:45 PM
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Yeah--I'm already addicted. And thanks a lot! I still feel guilt thinking I might take away it's rarity with my miles. Never thought it would have entered into the equation, haha. I should have gotten one with 50K and I wouldn't feel so bad about it.


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Old Feb 2, 2007 | 04:13 PM
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Good find, wish I saw that one when I bought mine. Probably would have avoided all the trouble I went through

Congrats and welcome to the community
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Old Feb 2, 2007 | 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by AreTwo
Yeah--I'm already addicted. And thanks a lot! I still feel guilt thinking I might take away it's rarity with my miles. Never thought it would have entered into the equation, haha. I should have gotten one with 50K and I wouldn't feel so bad about it.


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Hah,my FD has 115k on it and I still feel bad about adding more miles to it!

Great find though!
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Old Feb 2, 2007 | 04:44 PM
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Haha, I don't know if that makes me feel better or worse :P

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Old Feb 2, 2007 | 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by AreTwo
Yeah--I'm already addicted. And thanks a lot! I still feel guilt thinking I might take away it's rarity with my miles. Never thought it would have entered into the equation, haha. I should have gotten one with 50K and I wouldn't feel so bad about it.


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lol, Told ya!...

As for the low miles. Savor everyone of them. Don't use the car for transportation or you will really feel guilty... Only use it for recreation, like to a meet or sunday drives... This will keep the miles low and will give you plenty of great memories with the car... One more bit of advice. When out on the town, only park it where you can see it...

Dwayne

PS. Have some one at home start the car once every 2 weeks...

PS2. I bought mine with 19,000 miles... 5 years later it has 30,167... All cruise miles...
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Old Feb 2, 2007 | 06:11 PM
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Very nice car matt, I'm kinda jealous, though i love my FD even with its high miles but i cant complain with the price, your FD is amazingly clean and it will be great if it stays in that clean, low mile state for years to come, and it seems like it surely will with you being the owner. Great find, hope you enjoy it when you get back to Cali.
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Old Feb 2, 2007 | 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by RX7UP
lol, Told ya!...

As for the low miles. Savor everyone of them. Don't use the car for transportation or you will really feel guilty... Only use it for recreation, like to a meet or sunday drives... This will keep the miles low and will give you plenty of great memories with the car... One more bit of advice. When out on the town, only park it where you can see it...

Dwayne

PS. Have some one at home start the car once every 2 weeks...

PS2. I bought mine with 19,000 miles... 5 years later it has 30,167... All cruise miles...

Good advice for sure. Encouraging to see you enjoying your car and not putting many miles on it--haha. Yeah, my family has the grocery getter that will definately see a majority of the miles I drive around. Damn, I'm like twitching now wanting to drive. The bus really does suck.

Rex--thanks a lot man, you're welcome for a ride anytime, haha.


Much respect,
-Matt

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