Yup, i'm sort of sad that my FD is going to be gone in a few weeks. I'm getting $12000 for an automatic, 81111 miles and counting. Everything engine wise works great except the coolant lines. I think the turbo coolant hose is leaking, since i could smell it from the engine bay but i can't see any leaks coming from the bottom.

Here's the story, so there were two buyers that wanted my car. A) a 16 year old that didn't know jack **** about RX-7s and B) my co-workers dad who used to own a FD wants to buy another one and works on cars.

I questioned the 16 year old a lot about the car whether or not he knows anything about this car. Simple things like: "DO you know how a rotary engine works?" His reply: "Yeah somewhat I need to read more up on it." :P.

He claimed he had 6g's to lay down right away and the rest to pull out on a loan. But when I gave him a test ride (there's no way in hell i'm letting this guy drive the car, since this would be his first car) he said that he actually only had $4g's and didn't know what happened to the other $2g's. Ok this guy makes me skeptical so i told him everything that was "bad" or unreliable about the car to make him change his mind. I told him about the leaking coolant, how 80000 is one of the key points in a rotary's lifetime where it might need a rebuild etc. I asked him what he was driving at the moment, and he said his mom's cadillac, I told him that would be a huge jump from cadillac to FD, and he said he'd be taking it easy for the first couple weeks.... man......................... i so didn't want to sell it to him, even though he would have the money up front a little quicker.

As for the other buyer (co-workers dad, and my co-worker), they want to put money down and pay the rest off by the end of may, but with the car still in my posession until full payment is made. I guess they're going to be making it into a project car for my co-worker. They already have plans to convert it into a stick, man am I jealous, i wish my dad was like that.

Well, it's evident where this car is going, it's going to buyer B). At least they live nearby, I can check out the progress that I was never able to achieve with the car since i have PCS disease (poor college student). Looks like it's back to the daily driver saturn! In replacement of the FD i'm going back to street bikes to save on gas, a zx-10r, not as cool as the FD but at least i'll be saving gas and don't have to worry about coolant problems.

To wrap it up, thanks guys for your help on the forums and in person to the local guys, and this definitely isn't going to be the last time I'll own an FD, after I get my nursing degree (yes, ******* Focker style) I'll actually own another FD preferably 5sp, that I can afford, rather than own but can't afford, it truly makes a difference, and I should've listened to you guys about the extra money required to own an FD, I've been struggling financially mostly because of my commute to and from school from the gas, good thing i live with my parents. At the same time I'm sad to see it go, but happy knowing it's going to be built into a great car.




Thanks!

 

You should have just told contestant A) that you weren't selling it to him because he's 1) too young, and 2) a moron.

 

haha, that would've been hilarious. "um yeah dude, i can't sell you the car because it says right here on my moron radar, that you're pretty much off the scale" you're never to young to own the car you want, if he was 16 and extremely knowledgable about it and knew what he was getting into to, then definitely, he'd be considered

 

Not in my book. But that's cool. I just don't think anyone that age has enough real world driving experience to own a car like this. Just my opinion though.

 

NINjaX7 saying that a 16 year old is too young hits pretty close to his own age.

 

damn man, you had this fd for sale for a while huh?

im glad you sold it (siding with you since you wanted to sell it) and i wish you luck for whatever car you get next..

didnt you say you are trying to get a 5spd fd?

 

Ha im 16 and i have a T-78 FD 5 speed so NINjaX7 come down to missouri with yours and we will race

 

yeah i did actually, automatic just isn't my thing, i sacrificed a lot while i had this car, i couldn't go anywhere at times because i had no money for gas. gotta love being a poor college student! my saturn is still out of commission. I still have to change the slave cylinder, i changed the friction disc, throwout bearing, and pressure plate on it recently and it grabs really tight, but i can't shift into gear because the hydraulic fluid is dirty! and saturns won't let you bleed em, the whole hydraulic unit has to be replaced, haha. yeah, thanks man, i'm glad i sold it too, but i'll miss it since it was my first experience with something i've always wanted (and still want).

well the next car i'll get is definitely going to be another FD. but right now the next thing i'm going to be getting is another bike, i originally was going to get another kawi ninja after i sold my first ninja and wanted to move up to a zx-10r before i got the FD. my parents wanted me to get rid of the bike because my tire popped on the freeway and i almost crashed, which is why they opted or directed me to stay safe and move my hobbies to cars like i originally wanted to. i found out it was too expensive.

 

We rest our case.

 

haha

 

You guys are making us look bad ... not all of us are morons (BTW I'm 17, not that much different).

 

well...it all depends on knowledge.
that 16 year just didnt know jack...good thing he stayed away from the fd
its always better to start with a maintenance free car...
like a honda

 

Quite hatin on 16yr old FD owners! I did exactly what this kid is tryin to do, I was 16, i had 6g's down and financed the rest. I didn’t know **** about the car when I bought it and I didn't **** the car up, and now I am 20. We all have to start somewhere. God Damn Old People Forum

 

well they will die before us....

 

You got to be kidding? You even have a license?

 

^^some states allow the age of 16 as starting age to get a drivers license which is DUMB IMO..

and ib he posts a month later on how another fd bit the dust..

 

Sure. I agree. With a car that isn't a high performance vehicle. How about a nice coupe to learn how to drive, learn what to look for, learn how to react in different situations before jumping in to a high powered sports car capable of incredible speeds. ******* kids.

 

man 500 hp is a lot for a 16 yo... i got an T2 fc when i was 17, then got a fd last fall and got it out this spring. im still learning, and it has scared me a few times on wet roads, i know i couldnt handle a car with that much power yet. maybe when im 20 i can go single and start boostin. gl though man, keep that car on the road and dont be stupid!

 

I agree if the kid is a ****** dumb ***. I learned how to drive/drive a stick, on a 98' T/A ram air, and I didn’t **** that car up. Yeah I went through a set of tires, but that’s how I learned. I could say that if this car was the kids first car EVER, then it would be a different story. But I don’t think it is. I guess I was also more responsible at 16 then most people are at lets say 33 . I had a full time job and went to school and still managed to graduate from high school as a junior.

 

Many of us disagree.

*cough*https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/new-body-kit-lookin-feedback-263252/*cough*

 

hahahah.. that is some funny ****.

 

Here i will prove you wrong.......

 

nice, mine is currently with the c-west unpainted in the front, kinda ugly right now, the other bumper that came with the car was cracking, it was the shogun erebuni and that thing says asscrack gonnorhea hole all over it. C-west has a mix of a agressive and conservative at the same time imo, i'm letting the new owners paint it

 

Lots of kids held down full time jobs while in school. I did. I was the GM of a movie theater my junior and senior year of HS. So you can talk about being Mr. Responsibility all you like. Fact is, it's my opinion that I don't think unexperienced drivers should be driving a car with this kind of power. Which is why I didn't sell my car to any of the numerous 16 and 17 year olds that wanted to buy it. Sure there are responsible kids, and sure there are irresponsible 33 year olds.........and I can guarantee you if a 33 year old who showed me that he was irresponsible and wanted to buy my car, I wouldn't sell it to him in a million years. However that irresponsible 33 year old has more real world driving experience than the most responsible 16 year old. Which is why I say that even a responsible 16 year old shouldn't own a car like this.

Again, just my opinion.

 

Nice Orange color on the first pic !