I just done a WOT through 3rd gear... I didn't notice how much it set you back when the secondary turbo kicked in! I drive mine daily, so I stay off boost, but DAMN! hahaha.

 

Back when I had my first FD I drove a friend around the block and then pulled back into a parking lot where some other friends were hanging out. The guy that I drove gets out and is all excited about my car and goes "look at the exhaust" and grabs the exhaust tip with his bare hand. He was walking about with a bag of ice in his hand the rest of the night.

 

best ever for me:

i had my boost set at 1.4 bar .. completely forgot to tone it down for regular street driving, went WOT down my friends street with a different friend who was in the car because he was bitching about how he had never gotten a ride in the 6 years I'd known him blah blah blah..


he **** himself - and then had to be carried out of the car because he was weak in the knees.

how bad is that lol - the only thing that sucked about it was the cleaning bill lol

 

Had a kid who had no idea what he'd gotten himself into when he hopped into the passanger side seat my FD...

160 with the windows down on a nice loooonnnng straight-away

white knuckled clinched fist, pale white face, and heart in his throat 17 year old kid = Logan

his words exactly. . . "omg, OMG dude, OMG DUDE!!!!! Please for the love of God and all things holy...STOP!"

after we stopped he literally rolled out of the car and was shaking and when he stood he said "that was the coolest/scariest thing that I have ever been put through"

and I could only reply. . ."guess what...Its a daily driver!"

 

haha, my girlfriend always says it looks like a ****.

 

everybody I gave a ride always was just so impressed with everything, especially the speed. It always blew them away... My dad almost refused to ride in it after I nailed it in 3rd and 4th gear one time for him.

 

The usual on the highway is "Is it going to stop accelerating?!?" on the twisites its "Holy ****!!! Is this thing on rails?!?!"

 

My brother came and visited me las week here in Japan. He's been working at Maranello Ferrari's factory and got to ride a couple of fast cars back then but he was surprised how fast the FD was. He told me he was even scared a bit (maybe because first time for him in a fast car driving on the other side of the road). Anyway, he told me that he no longer wanted a Supra and wanted a FD for himself too!

 

they just get speechless

 

Females - OMG I think I just wet myself

Dad - And how many tickets have you gotten thusfar?

Best Friend - Where the f*ck are the cupholders??? All this **** in here and no cupholders... Man you drive a shiny d!ck with wheels and I guess we the ***** just draggin along...

Home Owners association - Please keep your vehicle at a minimal decibel rate.

 

Most everybody wondered what the hell was clunking so much in the back...

 

i have had quite a few interesting reactions!
i took my friend for a ride the other day, we pulled out of a street and i gave it some gas. (car was already warm) he said
"oh my god, you dont need this, why the hell do you need this!?"

i have also had "I thought your subaru was fast but this thing is just stupid"

and the "holy crap what size engine does this thing have!?, how many litres!?"

and
"Wow your car sounds grunty, it sounds like a bi-plane..."

people are always commenting on how low you are sitting to the ground, and also the gauge layout..i have the stock gauges with a colum mounted re-amemeia boost gauge..

 

Yesterday the autox had time for fun runs. A couple guys got to drive it:
"dude you car has soooo much grip!" (a testament to the neutral balance of the suspension and the v710s)
"your car is so well maintained" (a testament to the fact that the sequentials really can work sequentially)

 

most say OMG did you see all the people staring?

 

Sonic what was the noise? I have a clunking to!

 

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...light=clunking
1. do a search.
2. start your own thead.

sorry to sound like an ***.

 

No its all right. I should have done a search, I was just hoping for a quick response on this thread.

Thx for pointing me in the right direction.

 

Yesterday I ran into a kid who grew up across the street with my kids. He is 20 and started working as a mechanic at an Infinity dealer after graduating from UTI in Phoenix. I need to take the car to get some pictures taken (selling it) so I offered to let him ride along.

I picked him up at his house and we took off driving real easy on the residential streets. Yeah, he thought it was cool, was asking all sorts of well educated questions about the car and the setup. We took the pics, examined the engine bay etc.... I offered to let him drive it, but he was too nervous and declined. So, I took us down to a creek ravine nearby with a nice uphill road that winds and curves. Drove to the bottom, turned around and waited for a nice long empty spot of traffic.

Up until this time I hadn't gotten into boost at all. A couple times he thought it was just because of the acceleration but I pointed to the boost gauge. However, as soon as I took off and blasted up hill, he could no longer act cool. By the time I was passing 5000k in first he had a huge grin from ear to ear. When I shifted into second and was gripping the curves he was started to make unintelligent giggling noises. All that am my secondary isn't even working properly.

I turned around, drove down to the bottom and turned around again. As he was chatting on about how amazing everything was and what an incredible experience that acceleration was, I took out the AVC-R and changed from my street setting of .6 bar to my auto-x setting of 8.5 bar. We did it again.

I was then able to convince him to try driving it. I set the boost back down and let him take a couple runs and then drive us back to his house. It was a blast watching how much fun this kid was having. When we got back to his house I then spent 20 minutes explaining to both he and his dad (Fire chief and former paramedic) that while the car is for sale, it would not be a good car for him to buy.

I haven't had that much fun since I first experienced the car myself.

 

INDEED! Funding and location provided by NizzleMania Productions. Up and coming in the next "Jailbait's getting some FD luvin 3" and "OMG, my FD got me laid.. again!"


Other favorite quotes in this thread:

- "haha, my girlfriend always says it looks like a ****." -- Ahh, gives a whole new meaning to what a BOV would be used for!

- "The guy that I drove gets out and is all excited about my car and goes "look at the exhaust" and grabs the exhaust tip with his bare hand." -- This is why we need to have genetic screening or the human race is doomed.

And my personal fav:

passenger: "so how many pistons does the engine have?"
me: "none."
passenger: "so it's electric then... "
me: "yah, that's why it's so loud. "

 

I rarely give rides, let them get their own (if they can find one). All my comments come from people that see it in the garage. What's that?

 

Lots of funny stories on here.

I rarely give anyone joy rides but I do take my wife out now and then in the FD. When I get on it, she usually gets real quiet like she wants to scream in fear but her breath is stuck and she clenches / rips out the passenger side handle.

I usually find it amusing.

Never did bother fixing that handle after the second time she did that...

 

In my FC : "Where'd the porsche go?"

 

Since I can't currently drive because of a cast I get my son to come out once a week to take it out for a cruise. He smiles and laughes like a three year old from the time we start it up until we put it back in the garage.

 

1. First drive out with my wife: "Is all this smoke normal?" - Steam everywhere after the first boot around the block. I bought my FD, and the engine was badly hurt, unbeknownst to me.

2. First drive out with my buddy. "Why the heck do you need such a fancy car? I'm totally happy with my Accent. I just don't understand whyyyayaaaaaahhhh!!! Shiiiit!!!" let's just say he got it after that on-ramp.

 

last time my wife got in it(a few weeks ago before car went into a coma).....

"your car smells like ****,theres smoke everywhere,my legs are burning,full of smoke,and the fawkin' seatbelt doesnt wooooooooooooork!!!"

she doesnt ride with me any longer(ask gordon,she took her own car to the Carlisi meet)