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Newbie questions
A quick overview:
I just started looking into getting a used RX7. I like the 2nd Gen Turbo-2 and love the 3rd Gen RX7! I hesitate seriously looking into 3rd Gen though because of all the horror story's I have read about reliability. So my questions are:
How many of you guys use your 3rd gen as your daily driver? How much money do you spend on average for upkeep per year? Would I be crazy to buy a 3rd gen RX7 without hardly any experience working on cars?? Most of the used RX7s I see have over 100k miles, on a car like that should I just assume I am going to need to rebuild/replace the engine and if so how much would that cost?
Thanks for any help guys!
I just started looking into getting a used RX7. I like the 2nd Gen Turbo-2 and love the 3rd Gen RX7! I hesitate seriously looking into 3rd Gen though because of all the horror story's I have read about reliability. So my questions are:
How many of you guys use your 3rd gen as your daily driver? How much money do you spend on average for upkeep per year? Would I be crazy to buy a 3rd gen RX7 without hardly any experience working on cars?? Most of the used RX7s I see have over 100k miles, on a car like that should I just assume I am going to need to rebuild/replace the engine and if so how much would that cost?
Thanks for any help guys!
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Originally Posted by Blue R32
A quick overview:
I just started looking into getting a used RX7. I like the 2nd Gen Turbo-2 and love the 3rd Gen RX7! I hesitate seriously looking into 3rd Gen though because of all the horror story's I have read about reliability. So my questions are:
How many of you guys use your 3rd gen as your daily driver?
I just started looking into getting a used RX7. I like the 2nd Gen Turbo-2 and love the 3rd Gen RX7! I hesitate seriously looking into 3rd Gen though because of all the horror story's I have read about reliability. So my questions are:
How many of you guys use your 3rd gen as your daily driver?
Originally Posted by blue R32
How much money do you spend on average for upkeep per year?
Originally Posted by Blue R32
Would I be crazy to buy a 3rd gen RX7 without hardly any experience working on cars??
Originally Posted by Blue R32
Most of the used RX7s I see have over 100k miles, on a car like that should I just assume I am going to need to rebuild/replace the engine and if so how much would that cost?
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Originally Posted by pugg57
crazy, no... will this be incredibly expensive? HELL yes.
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Originally Posted by Blue R32
What I was trying to get at with that question is: how difficult is it to learn as you go with a 3rd Gen RX7 or are they very difficult to work on without some experience? The reason being that as far as I know there is no shops in my immediate vicinity that work on rotary engine, and I'm not going to tow my car 100+ miles to get it fixed every few months .
if you don't have a shop nearby and you might not be able to fix it yourself, either be prepared to spend alot of money getting it done, or be prepared to be without your car for extended periods of time... periodically
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Originally Posted by pugg57
if its your only car, my advice to you would be NOT to do it. I have it as my only car and have "limited" mechanical ability... but i have a dealer around here that is VERY good with rotary cars (they actually have two Mazda certified rotary specialists) and if that isn't what i feel like doing, there's a gentleman about and hour from my office that is a self-taught master of rotaries.
if you don't have a shop nearby and you might not be able to fix it yourself, either be prepared to spend alot of money getting it done, or be prepared to be without your car for extended periods of time... periodically
if you don't have a shop nearby and you might not be able to fix it yourself, either be prepared to spend alot of money getting it done, or be prepared to be without your car for extended periods of time... periodically
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Since I don't have time to repeat myself, read
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/faq-3rd-gen-other-useful-links-68640/ Read the last section (FAQ) first
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ght=learn+work
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ght=learn+work
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ght=learn+work
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ght=learn+work
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...threadid=27094
http://www.epinions.com/content_92709097092
If you buy one from TurboJeff (Eugene I believe) you'll get a beautiful car that got a second chance. I wish he was closer to my area.
Dave
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/faq-3rd-gen-other-useful-links-68640/ Read the last section (FAQ) first
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ght=learn+work
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ght=learn+work
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ght=learn+work
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ght=learn+work
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...threadid=27094
http://www.epinions.com/content_92709097092
If you buy one from TurboJeff (Eugene I believe) you'll get a beautiful car that got a second chance. I wish he was closer to my area.
Dave
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Originally Posted by Blue R32
I have another car, so at least I wouldn't be completely dependent on the RX7. If you don't mind me asking, what problems have you run into that you felt you couldn't/didn't want to handle on your own?
Originally Posted by Blue R32
Also how regularly has your RX7 had significant problems?
Originally Posted by dgeesaman
If you buy one from TurboJeff (Eugene I believe) you'll get a beautiful car that got a second chance. I wish he was closer to my area.
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