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Happy Hazard 01-26-07 11:55 PM

Any US Military guys here?
 
Hey all,

As you can see this is my first post on the boards, but just wanted to stop in the euro forums and say hi.

Im in the US Army stationed in Belgium at the moment. Im currently in the market for a US Spec FD so if anyone is PCS'ing and wants to sell, drop me a line :)

Currently ive got a Euro spec CRX VT that im selling this month, so its time to finally get the car ive been drooling over for years :P

Anyways, hello everyone, im glad to be here.

/wave

eo2am 01-27-07 02:33 PM

Good luck broon finding a RX7. I just took orders to Souda Bay and I was thinking about taking my RX7 but decided not to and pick up something there.

turboren 02-06-07 07:55 PM

FD's are rather hard to come by in Europe as is, let alone US-spec ones. If you're going to be there for long enough, you can probably have one sent to you from the US on the military's dime.

Have fun in Europe. I know I did. ;)

Ren

ArmyOfOne 02-07-07 09:55 AM

Best thing to do is buy one stateside and bring it with you. There are plenty of us here that can help you keep it running.

AF_H1VLTG3 02-08-07 06:47 AM

LOL i started with an CRX when I first came over here. Fun as hell. Welcome to the club.

hercdriver 02-08-07 10:51 AM

I'll be arriving in March (Ramstein). I'm having my FD sent over this month so I probably won't see it until about end of April.

AF_H1VLTG3 02-09-07 02:27 AM

Good deal, fd owners have a rep to fix out here in the RX7 community (In Germany). The last few were major dicks and very anti-social. Hopfully you will be mutch nicer than the last few. Mabey you will be up for our traditional summer time sunday drives into the German mountain sides. :)

hercdriver 02-11-07 11:41 AM


Originally Posted by AF_H1VLTG3
Good deal, fd owners have a rep to fix out here in the RX7 community (In Germany). The last few were major dicks and very anti-social. Hopfully you will be mutch nicer than the last few. Mabey you will be up for our traditional summer time sunday drives into the German mountain sides. :)

I'm always up for a drive. IF I can get the thing tagged when I get there. If the guy inspecting the car gets too detailed in his inspection, I'm probably screwed. The only good news is there are so few FDs brought into Germany they probably won't know what its supposed to look like under the hood or how loud they usually are. I also only have a 8 gallon fuel cell now so I can't get too far without stopping for gas. I'll let you guys know when my car gets there, I definitely want to meet the rotor heads that are over there. After pulling the engine for the 3rd time in the last year I need to meet someone I can talk into helping if I need to pull it sometime while I'm there.

hIGGI 02-11-07 03:39 PM

i am sure inspection in Ramstein would not be issue :D

hercdriver 02-11-07 10:25 PM

I'm not worried about the base inspection. Its the one I have to get when I get it at the shipping facility. The German one. I think I can pass it because the car is completely mechanically sound but its loud as hell and its a PITA to get started and idling correctly. I'll have my laptop with to swap out maps but it takes about 10 mins of running before you can let off the gas (no cold start left in the car). Once its up to temp it idles fine. The clutch is also a bit tricky if you don't know what your doing. The limited slip is set to full lock so you spin the tires if you don't know the trick to it. Basically I'm worried they won't say its safe for the streets because they can't drive it and the 4 inch open exhaust will blister your ears.
The turbo is also loud as a freaking jet engine when it spools so that doesn't help. I can cripple the car when they get it so its not so bad, I'm just a little nervous.

AF_H1VLTG3 02-12-07 01:33 AM

Ahhh I just saw your from Texas. This means your going to the place on Mockingbird Lane? BTW on base inspection my not be that easy. There is this dude we have nicknamed Zee German that does the inspections. He is real fickel about the cars that come thru. This guy is worse than a Cali inspector somtimes. He tried to call me out for having no cats on my FC. I came back later when my friend was working and slid thru... I guess doing audio installs does come in handy.

hercdriver 02-12-07 06:59 PM

I met a guy on here that said he would help me out with the base inspection. Either way I don't care. This is not my daily driver and I don't have to take it on base to do anything but work on it. If they won't let me do that I'll just work on it in my garage. I just want to be able to drive on the Autobahn, etc... with it. Nothing like feeding a Ferrari humble pie :)

Smokin_Nunz 03-10-07 06:29 PM

I'm new to the forum community also. i just moved to ramstein bout three months ago. the base inspection list is pretty small, no need to pop the hood, just a lookover on lights and exhaust leaks, thats pretty much it.

K.ronic 03-11-07 01:36 PM


Originally Posted by Smokin_Nunz
I'm new to the forum community also. i just moved to ramstein bout three months ago. the base inspection list is pretty small, no need to pop the hood, just a lookover on lights and exhaust leaks, thats pretty much it.

Which 7 is yours???

Smokin_Nunz 03-11-07 09:30 PM

Iv got a titanium grey 1988 non-turbo. mightv seem me around vogolweh also. which is yours?

AF_H1VLTG3 03-12-07 01:52 AM

Krons is a white T2 Vert and mine is a Orange T2 with a cracked exaust manifold.

Smokin_Nunz 03-14-07 12:03 PM

did one of u guys leave me a note on my car about the club, a while back!? cuz i lost it like the same day.

AF_H1VLTG3 03-15-07 02:22 AM

Yea I think Kron did. Which car was it, Color ect...

Smokin_Nunz 03-15-07 03:42 AM

dunno. i think the note had the guys name on it......i wanna say eric?? that sound right? but when i walked out to my car i seen the note and my first thought was "HOLY ASS-CRACKERS, what did i get a ticket for???" ,..............im just glad i didnt have to pay anybody!

AF_H1VLTG3 03-15-07 04:48 AM

LoLz Yea It was Eric driver of teh sexy white vert. Do you drive the Black FC, Tan FC, Or black FD?

Smokin_Nunz 03-15-07 12:49 PM

I drive a grey n/a fc. iv seen ur guys cars though, Ur T2 kinda stands out in a parking lot AF! where can i get a compression ck done in this country!???

AF_H1VLTG3 03-16-07 01:59 AM

Well.... Ill talk to Kron because he took his car to Mikes Garage and he seemed to know rotarys. Otherwise you will have to do it yourself because just like the states either the mazda dealers dont know or refuse to work on our cars.

K.ronic 03-17-07 06:37 AM

I was me (Eric) that left the note, but I could have sworn that it was on a black TII with the friggin' huge tach.......And as for a compression test......you have 2 choices. Either take it to Mike because he's about the only one that I trust to touch my car besides Mireck (who lives in Holland). Or you could take it to Mazda Becker and stand over them as they do the compression check and don't, for the love of God, let them touch anything else. Mazda Becker = teh suk. And let me know if you need and S4 TII parts cuz I got lots..........

eo2am 03-17-07 08:07 AM

If I had my tools I would help you. I'm going to ramstein this week.

AF_H1VLTG3 03-18-07 12:15 PM

I'm stilll looking for somone to tell me how screwed my setup is LOL


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