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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 05:57 PM
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Running perfect.

Car was purchased in May. Been driving it to work and back, about 40 miles a day.
Since I bought it, I look forward to getting up in the morning and going to work.
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Mazda99Nikon
Running perfect.

Since I bought it, I look forward to getting up in the morning and going to work.
That about sums it up for me. Having to be at my Battalion at 0430 hours always sucked, but blasting onto post in the FD always made it better.......you know you have something special when you jump out of bed at 0330 in the morning to get ready for work
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 07:01 PM
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Ok, I'll play along. I replaced the engine back in November ('03) and since I have not had any problems. I have driven my car to work (only about 10 miles round trip) almost every day since except for about 3 or 4 due to snow. That is about all the snow we typically get in Seattle each winter. Rain is another story though... my FD sees plenty of rain - otherwise I'd never get to drive it! I have taken it on a couple road trips (400+ miles) since November. It ran great and averaged 23.9 mpg for the 2 trips. Now mpg for city driving is another story... Oh well, that is not why I own the car anyway. I totally agree with Goodfella and Mazda99 about the FD making the mornings a little brighter.
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S
That about sums it up for me. Having to be at my Battalion at 0430 hours always sucked, but blasting onto post in the FD always made it better.......you know you have something special when you jump out of bed at 0330 in the morning to get ready for work
Yes, military got to love formation.
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 08:17 PM
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Smile My fd runs great

I bought a 93 vr touring last month with 71816 miles on it. I have put on 800 miles so for with no problems. knock on wood

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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 08:55 PM
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Just finished off TO4R install and she runs great. Took me a few tries though.
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 01:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Fd3BOOST
Just finished off TO4R install and she runs great. Took me a few tries though.
bad ***, i know you got a big smile when you spool that turbo up!


as for my car, runs almost perfect. just front suspension 'clicking' (wheel bearing, control arm, sway bar endlinks, something) when i'm making full left or right turns, and occasionally when coming to a stop. but other than that runs perfect.

started it up after getting home after a friend called me up to see if i wanted to do a spirited run in the back roads here. i agreed. warmed her up, then went for a spirited ride on some twisties. for a short portion of the run, had it in 3rd doing several 5k-to-redline pulls coming out turns. car feels good, engine strong, nice turbo spool whine very audible echoing from the surrounding trees. gotta get a boost gauge to make sure the secondary is hitting 10psi, but i don't see why it wouldn't (was inspected by mechanic during overhaul). not to mention it pulls strong.

hope it feels and runs this good for many years to come.

chris
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 01:56 AM
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Both my RX7s one is 11 years old and the other is 9 years old, both are in mint condition! Both like new! Never had problems with either of them, but than again I don't really drive them unless its the weekends. I've only put 280 miles on my '95 since I've owned her to keep the miles down.


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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by turbotuner.com
Both my RX7s one is 11 years old and the other is 9 years old, both are in mint condition! Both like new! Never had problems with either of them, but than again I don't really drive them unless its the weekends. I've only put 280 miles on my '95 since I've owned her to keep the miles down.
I thought you sold the black one?


Anyway, mine is running great. Last month I took it on a 2-day, 1100 mile trip to NC and back. Performed flawlessly. The only thing that's gone wrong with it so far, is one of the glove box hinges broke off, and the drivers side exterior door handle broke last week. Just need to pick up a new handle.
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 05:48 PM
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My car runs like a champ. All stock even ast. Woot i'm a superstar.
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 07:03 PM
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Year and a half of daily driving. My baby purrs like a happy kitten. She still needs some things like new bushings and motor mounts, but she's such a pleasure to drive none the less.
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 10:22 PM
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all trivial issues aside, both my fds have been working great :-)
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by turbotuner.com
Both my RX7s one is 11 years old and the other is 9 years old, both are in mint condition! Both like new! Never had problems with either of them, but than again I don't really drive them unless its the weekends. I've only put 280 miles on my '95 since I've owned her to keep the miles down.


You have 2 nice FD's over there MR Turbotuner , Verry nice

Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S
Well, Mr. Party Pooper, allow me to say this:

Give me about $1000 worth of rebuild parts and 48 hours, and I can have your FD back up and running for you. This assumes that you didn't overheat it badly and warp a rotor housing.

Something tells me that the mighty V8 conversion will cost just a bit more time and money. I never intend to find out. Best of luck to you
To each their own Goodfella , when he gets his ls1 swap done hes going to have a monster for likely much less of an investment than it would cost to get the rotary to push out the same HP and still be less than half as reliable as the V8. I wish I could say my fd was running sweet but it will be in a couple of months, hopefully!
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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 01:11 PM
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its all running well... my tach is still dancing a little bit, but its just a minor annorance that i'll fix when i get my beater and can take it apart proper the suspension noise i was having is near the top of the shock tower so... i'm not sure what that is but pretty sure everything in and around there will be getting replaced in the spring anyways hoo-ray for all the goodness
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Old Jul 27, 2004 | 01:46 AM
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my runs fine, drive it to and from work. the secret is to leave it alone (well, most things anyway )

any post on reliability issues for 3rd gens should be directed to this thread. can be quite daunting for anyone interested in buying a 3rd gen and reading post on this forum (especially when there is so much rumored crap out there already)
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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 09:18 AM
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still working great!
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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 06:56 PM
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Purchased in May with 41,xxx miles. Today I have 45,xxx miles. Daily driver. Still Purrrrfect. Thanks, Tim, wherever you are.
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Old Nov 23, 2004 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by moehler
In my 2 years of daily driving, mines only not been driven for about 10 days total... and most of that was putting in mods .
same here, but make that one year
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Old Nov 23, 2004 | 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by damian
all trivial issues aside, both my fds have been working great :-)
Ditto, only I have one, not two.
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Old Nov 23, 2004 | 04:43 PM
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Mine is the only car I drive. 107K+ miles so far, running like a top. Now the stereo, however, needs work.
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