Is your FD your daily driver????
12-19-05, 08:01 PM
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i daily drive my single turbo FD, i bought it in march and the next week i installed a new 3mm seal motor. it has about 8k on it now, i single turboed it about 4 months ago with a garrett T04s..
12-19-05, 09:10 PM
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I bought mine with 90k on it drove it from Dallas, TX to Ohio during two of the hottest days this summer with no problems. I drive mine everyday until snow falls then its put away until all the salt is off the road.
12-19-05, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by stokedxiv
A daily driver is the best modification you can get for your FD. Seriously, I know it's possible, but why would you want to? For the cost of a new motor you can find a nice old honda, get minimum insurance and get twice the gas mileage!
You do realize that rotarys that sit up for extra lengths of time tend to have more carbon flaking problems than a rotary that are driven all the time? I got my Fd with 65k back in January of 2003 and have put nearly 40k in it in 3 years daily driven. It runs better now than it did when I got it. The previous owner never drove it enough. People don't realize that cars tend to have more reliability problems when they sit up compared to cars that are driven regularly.
12-19-05, 10:18 PM
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You could DD a dump truck if you really had the urge, as long as you don't expect it to provide the same fuel economy and relaibility of a Honda Civic. Sheesh, use a little common sense people.
Having said that, whenever someone pops up asking if you can DD an FD, more then likely they don't have the financial means or the mechanical savy to make it possible. If they did, they wouldn't be trying to grasp some tiny bit of comfort/reassurance/ray hope out of people's responses.
Therefore, if you have to ask - no.
Having said that, whenever someone pops up asking if you can DD an FD, more then likely they don't have the financial means or the mechanical savy to make it possible. If they did, they wouldn't be trying to grasp some tiny bit of comfort/reassurance/ray hope out of people's responses.
Therefore, if you have to ask - no.
12-20-05, 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by t-von
You do realize that rotarys that sit up for extra lengths of time tend to have more carbon flaking problems than a rotary that are driven all the time? I got my Fd with 65k back in January of 2003 and have put nearly 40k in it in 3 years daily driven. It runs better now than it did when I got it. The previous owner never drove it enough. People don't realize that cars tend to have more reliability problems when they sit up compared to cars that are driven regularly.
12-20-05, 12:47 AM
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My FD is currently my daily-driver...
my bro's been driving my Honda. >_>
~200 miles a tank, whooo..
Eh...at least it's only an 8 mile drive to/from work. Rush-hour traffic hurts me, though.
I don't think the FD makes a great daily-driver. Gas mileage is killing me. I'd rather be spending that kinda money on mods, but even if I had my Honda back, I'd still want to drive her a few times a week; Weekends, short trips to the pool hall, fun shtuff like that. The honda would basically be my work car and used for longer trips........like driving to my mom's house.
^_____^
My ideal situation is to have a '91 clean black/white FC as my daily, and the FD as my weekend. You know...keep it in the family...rotary style.
my bro's been driving my Honda. >_>
~200 miles a tank, whooo..
Eh...at least it's only an 8 mile drive to/from work. Rush-hour traffic hurts me, though.
I don't think the FD makes a great daily-driver. Gas mileage is killing me. I'd rather be spending that kinda money on mods, but even if I had my Honda back, I'd still want to drive her a few times a week; Weekends, short trips to the pool hall, fun shtuff like that. The honda would basically be my work car and used for longer trips........like driving to my mom's house.
^_____^
My ideal situation is to have a '91 clean black/white FC as my daily, and the FD as my weekend. You know...keep it in the family...rotary style.
12-20-05, 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by stokedxiv
You don't get carbon buildup problems from leaving the car in the garage, you get carbon problems from driving it like an old lady.
I never said carbon build-up, I said carbon flaking. That's two totally different things. The internal carbon build-up on the rotor faces becomes more powdery over time when the engine sits up. When you fire it up, pieces of carbon flakes will break away from the engine. Would you want dust circulating around your engine? This forms small scratches over time and "could" lower the compression slightly. This is also how engines carbon lock(ask me how I know). Besides when I say cars tend to have more problems when they sit up, I wasn't just talking about the engine itself. The cooling system gets more corrosive when the water isn't circulating.
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12-20-05, 02:30 PM
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Mine has been DD all it's life, and treated me good until a blow coolant seal in which it sat for a year and was rebuilt. $12,000 grand later it still needs paint and wouldn't trust it on a trip of more than 200 miles. After modding my car is a money pit that I feel committed to or should be committed for wasting so much money into.
For my next ride I will have a healthy American V8.
For my next ride I will have a healthy American V8.
12-20-05, 03:12 PM
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I have only had my car for about a month and it has 83K on it, however I use my car as my work car delievering pizza three days a week on average and drive to school in it everyday. I saved my money to buy a nice car that I would actually drive every day why would you not drive it after spending money on it, to me it would be like buying a house and not living in it because it is too nice.
P.S. I do have the fastest delievering car, beat that stupid supra
P.S. I do have the fastest delievering car, beat that stupid supra
12-20-05, 03:15 PM
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My first FD back in 97 was my daily, used it everywhere from rain to sun to snow, loved it, no major issues. Sold it, regretted it, bought another one in 2000. More recently had a 2003 GTI for my daily while driving 90 miles/day, fun car nice little turbo. Finally we moved my office...now got rid of the GTI since it is only 20 miles each way and just use the Jeep and the FD. Probably 25% FD 75% Jeep - I figure all bases covered w/ the Jeep & RX-7 - I have a convertible, 4x4 and pure speed car!
12-20-05, 03:22 PM
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I work 5 days a week, and there is no way in hell that Ill drive it there, so mine isnt a daily driver. But I do drive it as hard as I want with no fear of breaking it. And in the off chance that I do, Ill just fix it.
12-20-05, 06:22 PM
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i daily mine. i bought it buy in june with 97xxx now it has 105xxx. it has never let me down once and i've even driven it 1000 to and 1000 back from here in FL to texas. i bought my car with a reman in it. it had i think 6,000 on it when i bougt it now it has 13000 and runs prefect. cept during start up b/c the primary has a slight oil leak. i'm going to run this egine for while stock except with the mods i currently have(intake CB DP) and then i'm thinking of going three rotor NA for an upgrade in power.
12-21-05, 01:22 AM
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After 3.5 years and 32k miles, my car is no longer my DD. And I'm very happy it's not anymore. Driving your FD to get the grocery store or to the gym or whatever and parking it in the typical parking lot with narrow spaces and careless ******** gets very old....
Just a fun street/track car now.
Just a fun street/track car now.
12-21-05, 01:26 AM
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During the summer months i pretty much drive it daily i'd say 80% of the time and if im driving long distance i won't take it or when/if it breaks down of course im not driving it!