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I'd be shitting my pants if I got an FD for the price you did, Charlie hooked you up! (P.S. - I'm the one taking his 35r kit off his hands, so hook him up =)

 

Yah he did! Charlie's the man and I AM hooking him up . He's getting a 500R kit for a STEAL plus some other goodies!

 

Charlie shoulda bought it then. He's always telling me how he wants to sell his FD.

Sorry charles

 

Really though guys, he could soak it in gas and burn it to the ground if he wanted to. It's his car, he paid for it, he can do what he wants with it. If some of you are so upset that someone parts out a car that is perfectly restorable, maybe you should of bought it. And if you can't afford to save every FD in the world that is being or will be stripped, I suggest taking care of the one you have and not worrying about it.

 

+1, I agree completely! The one and ONLY reason I bought this car is because it was such a great find. I really couldn't pass it up. I have no need for additional FD's at the moment, which doesn't mean at all that I won't want more in the future .

Honestly, the car is NOT in the greatest of conditions and I have no desire to spend more money on it. I will make this car MINT though and probably better condition than it's been in the past few years. I see cars in the F/S section being parted out ALL the time and I mean complete cars. The only difference is that the owner isn't advertising the car i.e. pictures, descriptions of the car whole.

If someone wants to "save" this car then by all means contact me and "save" it, otherwise I will do whatever's the best investment for me with the exception that I won't be destroying an FD. Maybe no longer keeping it rotary, but keeping it 100% FD .

Later,

Riz

 

Some people actually care about these rare cars, and understand that there are not many left. Evidently you, and the thread starter, are not among them.

 

I agree, they are getting fewer by the day, but even still it's not anyone one's place to say anything or rip on an owner for parting one for his own profit and gain.

If it breaks your heart and upsets you so much, buy it from him. If you can't afford it, then what the **** is the point of bitching seeing how you never would of had a chance to do anything with it anyway. You can't expect him, just because he bought it, to dump 10k+ into because they are rare and you can't bare to see it parted, that's just ******* stupid to expect that out of someone and their money. His money, his car, his choice.

The way I see it, if he did part out the entire car, how many other non-running FD's would be put back on the road at the sacrifice of just one? 5? 10? 20? Who knows, but I'm sure it would put more than 1 back into working order, and that's better than all of them sitting in the garage rotting away for another year or longer.

 

Thats really bad logic. Reducing the numbers of any rare object for profit is bad PERIOD!! That's like saying that its ok to eat endangered species, or to hunt them for sport. There are plenty of new parts available for FD's, so he isn't saving ANY cars by parting it out.

Reducing the number of FD's is bad. Any "real" car enthusiast understands this. Any "real" FD enthusiast should be upset by this.

 

I'd kill an endangered species to feed 3 others of it's kind so they could survive.

Okay, send him and everyone else that might buy off that car the difference from using parts off of one car as apposed to buying them new, and everyone will be happy.

You talk like there are less than 100 of these left in the world. The US has like 8 or 9 THOUSAND still left, I don't think they are going to "disappear" any time soon. They are rare, but not in an endangered way. If I wanted to buy 100 FD's and I had to money, I could do so before the end of the day.

I never said I would part it out if it was mine, I'm saying it's his car, he can do what he wants with it and doesn't need anyone's approval to do so. If I had a Spirit R and decided it would be funny to throw it over a cliff just to see if it would bounce when it hit the bottom, what would anyone do about it? Yes, it would be stupid as hell and lots of people would be furious and heart broken, but then again, I doubt anyone would be willing to buy the car off of me to stop me from doing so just to save it, unless they were actually in the market for a spirit r and had a **** load of cash to spend.

I don't see you in the for parts for sale section hammering on everyone parting out cars, or asking to see pics of where that part came from. I would venture to guess you have possibly maybe even purchase used parts in the for sale section before and I bet they didn't all come off an FD that was cut in half by a telephone pole never to live again.


And why the **** are we fighting over what someone else is or isn't going or should do with their car?

 

If some jagoff stuffs a v8 in it, it sure as hell isn't '100% FD' anymore

 

You don't have to kill an endangered species to feed another of its kind. All species are capable of eating something other than themselves.

That's a brilliant idea. Absolute genius!!! Why didn't I think of that?

I disagree. More and more of them are being destroyed by youthful drivers crashing them at an alarming rate.

And the point of this statement is?????

Of course he can do what he wants to. However, that doesn't make it right.

Most of the people in the parts section are selling parts that they have taken off of their running cars. These parts have been swapped out for something else. Almost all of the rest are from cars that have been totalled. It is extremely rare that someone takes a viable car, and parts it out. Even in that rare case, the person is generally smart enough not to announce it here.

Not fighting. Just expressing a difference of opinion.

 

+1, agree completely, well spoken

 

 

Okay now I understand. You must hug trees in your spare time.

Everyone has their opinion though, but in the end, it's his car, and there is no right or wrong. If he stole the car and parted it out, that would be wrong. He bought it, it's his, he owns it, and with ownership of something comes the bonus of getting to do whatever you want with it.

 

Hmmm, just playing devil's advocate here:

I own my dog, does that make it ok to kick the **** out of him every day?

 

How much did you pay for it?

 

i personally would just keep what you want off of the car and sell the rest to someone who is willing to put the time and money into it to get a nice R1 back on the road. it would be a great starting point, especially with such nice interior. that in itself is a great selling point. and whoever said to put an LS1 into it......you sir.....*refrains*. it is str8yd's car and he can do whatever he wants with it. i just hope what he does is right in his mind. if we disagree, so be it. if i had extra money i might make him an offer. until then i'll just sit back and mind my own.

 

No, you don't have a clue. Perhaps someday (in the distant future), you will figure it out.

A true car enthusiast would never agree with that. Therefore, you are not a true car enthusiast.

Every once in a while, I will be watching a movie scene where they crash (destroy) a classic car. I really hate seeing that. The people making the movie think like you. They buy the car, don't give a **** about it, and destroy it because they can. They have no appreciation for the car itself.

 

I'd rather not disclose the price, but it was a very good deal. As far as the car goes, I'm almost 100% positive had I not bought this car myself it would've been converted to an LS1 anyways. Infact, in all honesty, if I had the extra money and wasn't worried about starting two projects I would convert this to an LS1 FD myself and keep it stock as my daily RX-7.

Most of the anger is spawning from those that dislike LS1 FD's in the first place. I'm not a fan of the conversion, but I do understand completely why people choose to do it and I've accepted that it's being done quite frequently nowadays.

One way or another this FD will be back on the road and will probably still be nicer than most of the ones I see around.

 

+1. i completely agree. destroying something just because you own it is ridiculous. a true car enthusiast respects and values his cars, no matter the condition and always sees hope or potential in it.

 

I don't really understand all this dabate over the LS1 swap. I am a true rotary fan, have had one since 96. Only in 2004 did I start to have issues, and they were from my own stupidity. I, my self would like to have both in my garage. I will never do a motor swap in my 93 with 33K on it. But when I buy another FD I will most likly be putting an LSx in it. The resale value with a LSx in it is nutz right now. I personally love the styling of the FD and the handling. I, like most are afraid of the tempremental rotary. Yes, they can be reliable, if safely tuned and kept to a decent power leval. I like to push the limits of an engine. The rotary doesn't bode well with this, unfortunatly. I don't want to say that an LSx is bullitproof, it is sure not. It just has a larger margen for safty. I have always loved the touque that V8's put out. To combine the buetiful styling and handling of the FD with the torque and lightness of the LS1 sounds like a great idea.

Just my $.02

PS give me call (riz) if you want help taking that thing apart.

 

This thread has gone in a completely different direction but all i have to say is that im going to be very pleased with my new setup

 

Evidently, as you could just purchase 100 more anytime of the day, if you had the money.

It's not as if they were rare or anything

 

Did you think of that all by yourself?


Guys, I'm not saying I would strip a perfectly good car to pieces that I loved just for profit, I would be upset too, as I love these cars, I was merely trying to say that it's his car, he can do whatever he wants with it. I wouldn't strip it, not one in that condition, but that's me.

And a dog is a little different than a car as it is a living breathing creature. But if you bought a couch and wanted to kick the **** out of it, that's your choice....just make sure to post a video


Oh, and just so you know, now days in movies when they trash a classic/rare car.......it usually isn't the real deal.