Well yesterday I headed up to Garland with my brother to visit a friend. The car was packed with paintballing equipment and clothes and surprisingly was a very comfortable drive. A nice scenic trip that was exactly what the FD needed. All went well. Nothing broke down, no leaks, nothing. Sad to say I didn't get a chance to visit Rotary Performance which was going to be the highlight of the trip. If you saw a R1 with a 99spec lip and Blitz exhaust on I45 or anywhere around Garland and Dallas it was me.

Just had to keep the rotary spirit up.

 

You play often?

 

HOW NICE TO SEEE A THREAD THAT ISNT F#$#@$ I POPPED MY MOTOR.

anyway on a side note. im planning to take a trip from CA to TX this spring. that will be a trip!

 

Lol..Is that a reference to my unfortunate predicament?

 

lol yes and no.

third gen forum is dominated by oh **** i blew my motor or whats the strange problem i swear i searched threads.. so yeah.. just nice to see a yay my car works and im greatful thread lol

 

Yeah a big +1 to that.

 

i still love how we have to post up that that we drove our car for two/three or four hours and nothing catastrophic happened. lol

 

loll just noticed how sad that is.

to keep this thread in 3rd gen because is it digressing.. the 4 rotor FD won the lamons awhile ago so we cant forget that..

 

Well, it is a tech forum. I have owned my FD for a year and a half, and been able to drive it for about 3 months of that time. That seems par for the course for FD owners... :-)

 

well if you wanted to get technical :fufu:

1993-2002 Discussion including performance modifications and Technical Support Sections.

no one talks about perfomance mods anymore all i hear is whining. not to say i didnt do my fair share..

and please tell me youve been driving that fd for the last 3 months and not 3 months all together..

 

3 months would be Oct-Dec in 05. Developed a fuel leak, had a mechanic friend fix it since I was still in the apartment, and then couldn't pass emissions. Fast forward to last month, resolve emissions problems, drive a few days, and lo and behold, fuel smell comes back!!!

Ordered fuel hose recall kit from Ray at Malloy. This weekend I will be replacing fuel lines and pressure testing the system to ensure no more leaks exist. Good times with my most expensive lawn ornament...

 

im planning to make a rotary powered lawn mower btw....

lol but you could have tracked your car while it didnt pass emissions!

 

pssh ive put 2000 miles in 2.5 years on my TII. then again i *may* have self induced some projects on it that require downtime...

actually the only thing that the car itself broke was the FD fuel pump i put in it...

 

dont hate the part. hate the game

seriously off topic.

 

My RX-7 did daily-driver duty for about two years (from 45k miles to 75k miles), without any problems. Long trips (Vegas, or a beach run) were nice, because you get better gas mileage cruising at highway speeds. Now that I've got another daily driver, the RX-7 gets cranky if I let it sit for too long. My lightweight battery drained itself after sitting for about a month, which was a bummer. Time to buy a trickle charger, or drive the car more often...

-s-

 

That's exactly why I posted. My car has 81k on it and it is pretty reliable. That is why I'm glad I have an awesome tuner. The trip was somewhere around 600-700 miles total by the time I got back home.

 

I drive my FD every month or so on a 2 hour trip up and another 2 hour trip back... in fact I went for a 4 hour drive yesterday with a friend to check out a silvia, and guess what!? NO PROBLEMS Haha.

 

^ dont have to rub it in man.. jeeze.. jk

 

I just drove 5 hours one day, 3 the next then another 5. ITS A FREAKING CAR THEY DRIVE!!!!!! DUHHHH

 

I'm going to be moving to Nashville, TN in the last week of June. First year of college and starting it off right with a summer session! The FD is coming with me. Trying to find a house with a garage.

The trip is about 12 hours. My challenge, to make sure my car is ready for it. I'm sure it is though. Depending on how the engine runs this next month and a half determines whether or not I'm going to get it rebuilt before I go.