The RX-7 club knows another, in Iceland
OBEY YOUR MAZDA
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From: Denmark
Originally posted by turboren
but it may not be finished until Oliver gets back next week.
I'll try, though.
Ren
but it may not be finished until Oliver gets back next week.
I'll try, though.
Ren
How'd you do that, Kim? Wish I had Skillz like you. 
'Last Minute' Rallying
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From: Lincoln, England
Originally posted by Kim
I cant find anyone screennamed Glen, am I not looking hard enough or is glen his real name and you forgot it wasnt his screenname?
I cant find anyone screennamed Glen, am I not looking hard enough or is glen his real name and you forgot it wasnt his screenname?
try this
http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forum...=&threadid=542
OBEY YOUR MAZDA
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From: Denmark
I like this one.
You can find some more smileys at.
http://bling.imperial.org/smile/
This fruit smilie might come in handy too
Last edited by Kim; Mar 11, 2003 at 07:16 AM.
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Rotary Freak
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From: Hampton Roads, VA
Part Four: The TII
First of all, I need to say
1. Sorry for not keeping you all better posted. No, I haven't gone to Iraq, thankfully. Nor am I likely to be, at least not until June. The first week of my absence was due to final exams for the school term. The second week was due to a vacation I took with my girlfriend, a 6-day tour around most of the country (Iceland). The third week, until today, was due to working late shift, and being too lazy to update when I got up.
2. Thank you all for your concern. It really means something to me that you wished me well in my absense. Though I don't have to go now, and hopefully never will, the possibility always exists. It helps knowing that I have friends all over Europe that think about me.
OK, now, on with the story...
"A TII, you say?" I asked, incredulously.
"Yes, a 91, I think." He told me of how he had known of the car and its previous owner. He also said it had been offered to him when it was first wrecked, but he didn't have the time to fix it.
He told me where to find it. I had driven by it many times, strangely enough, but hadn't seen it. More odd was the fact that it wasn't too far from his shop (Erlingur was his name, BTW, the 86 Sport owner), which I apparently had also driven by without knowing.
With that news, I was ready to go see my third FC. I thanked him immensely, left my e-mail and phone number, and also got his. I could barely contain my excitement as I rushed back to my car, with my girlfriend still waiting. I gave her a brief on what transpired, and explained to her my need to see another car, and one in a junkyard at that.
We headed off to the other side of the city. I knew the area, but had never known about the yard before, because it was on a hill, and not easily seen from the street. We got there in near-record time, and I found the yard rather easily. Interestingly, the car could be seen from the road, if you knew what to look for.
We parked, and I got out to look, although my g/f was a little concerned, since it was by now almost midnight. I didn't have any problems, though, and I managed to get as good a look as possible in the dark (thanks to the street lights not too far away). Sure enough, it was a black S5 TII. It had been rolled, obviously, and all of the outer glass was broken. It was missing both front fenders, the front bumper cover, and the front seats, but the rest was fairly intact. I wondered secretly how much it would be sold for. "I must save it from certain doom," I thought, "I have to have it!"
Feeling a strange mix of ecstacy and emptiness, I headed back to my car. How could my mass-produced econobox compare to the power and mystique of the FC's I had seen that night? It simply couldn't. I tried to explain this to my girl as we headed back home....
I think I may just have to make up for lost time and post Part Five tonight as well.
Ren
1. Sorry for not keeping you all better posted. No, I haven't gone to Iraq, thankfully. Nor am I likely to be, at least not until June. The first week of my absence was due to final exams for the school term. The second week was due to a vacation I took with my girlfriend, a 6-day tour around most of the country (Iceland). The third week, until today, was due to working late shift, and being too lazy to update when I got up.
2. Thank you all for your concern. It really means something to me that you wished me well in my absense. Though I don't have to go now, and hopefully never will, the possibility always exists. It helps knowing that I have friends all over Europe that think about me.
OK, now, on with the story...
"A TII, you say?" I asked, incredulously.
"Yes, a 91, I think." He told me of how he had known of the car and its previous owner. He also said it had been offered to him when it was first wrecked, but he didn't have the time to fix it.
He told me where to find it. I had driven by it many times, strangely enough, but hadn't seen it. More odd was the fact that it wasn't too far from his shop (Erlingur was his name, BTW, the 86 Sport owner), which I apparently had also driven by without knowing.
With that news, I was ready to go see my third FC. I thanked him immensely, left my e-mail and phone number, and also got his. I could barely contain my excitement as I rushed back to my car, with my girlfriend still waiting. I gave her a brief on what transpired, and explained to her my need to see another car, and one in a junkyard at that.
We headed off to the other side of the city. I knew the area, but had never known about the yard before, because it was on a hill, and not easily seen from the street. We got there in near-record time, and I found the yard rather easily. Interestingly, the car could be seen from the road, if you knew what to look for.
We parked, and I got out to look, although my g/f was a little concerned, since it was by now almost midnight. I didn't have any problems, though, and I managed to get as good a look as possible in the dark (thanks to the street lights not too far away). Sure enough, it was a black S5 TII. It had been rolled, obviously, and all of the outer glass was broken. It was missing both front fenders, the front bumper cover, and the front seats, but the rest was fairly intact. I wondered secretly how much it would be sold for. "I must save it from certain doom," I thought, "I have to have it!"
Feeling a strange mix of ecstacy and emptiness, I headed back to my car. How could my mass-produced econobox compare to the power and mystique of the FC's I had seen that night? It simply couldn't. I tried to explain this to my girl as we headed back home....
I think I may just have to make up for lost time and post Part Five tonight as well.
Ren
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From: Denmark
Welcome back Ren. Glad to hear you've just been busy and had some free time with your girlfriend. I'm thinking your fighting sand storms, etc.. and instead your promoting world peace 
Look forward to part 5
Oliver
Look forward to part 5
Oliver
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Rotary Freak
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From: Hampton Roads, VA
Sorry about not posting Part Five last night. I was a bit busy at work, and might not have time to get to it tonight, either. I should have time in the next day or two to finish, though.
Ren
Ren
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Rotary Freak
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From: Hampton Roads, VA
Svalt! Hringðu mig í síma 895-0797. Ég er bandarískur, auðvitað, en ég tala litla íslensku. Ég var í Rvk alla helgina. Hvað annað... Ég mun vera þarna aftur á miðv.
Þú mátt líka e-mail mig á turboren@yahoo.com.
Ég myndi hafa mikla ánægju að fá af hitta ykkur!!
Ren
with editing from kæresta mín
Ég mun vera þarna aftur á miðv. Þú mátt líka e-mail mig á turboren@yahoo.com.
Ég myndi hafa mikla ánægju að fá af hitta ykkur!!
Ren
with editing from kæresta mín
Last edited by turboren; Apr 28, 2003 at 11:23 AM.
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Rotary Freak
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From: Hampton Roads, VA
Part Five: The Crazy Salesman
A couple days later, I went back to see what the junkyard owner wanted for the car. I wasn't expecting it to be cheap, of course, since it was one of the only cars like it in the junkyards of Iceland. Turns out I was right, and then some. 
It took me a little while to find how to get into the building. I couldn't find the front door (still don't know where it is), so I had to go in the back. After wading through a sea of cars and parts in the indoor storage, I made my way to the office. I found the owner and asked him about the 7.
Maybe it was because I went in there wearing my Mazda ballcap and RotaryNews.com t-shirt, maybe it was because I was American, or maybe it was because he was just insane. Whatever the cause, effect was that he wanted WAY too much for the car. In exactly the condition it was, without being able to show that the engine would run, he wanted 150.000 Icelandic Krónur for it without the wheels, or 180.000 kr with them. At the time, this equated to roughly $2000 - $2400 US. Just crazy!
I asked him why he wanted so much for it, and he said that there were several FD's in the country that needed engines. I tried to explain to him that the 13BT and 13BREW weren't interchangeable without serious modifications, but it was no use. I also explained to him that I could buy a car in this shape for $500 or less in the States, and that for the price he wanted, I could buy a running TII (ok, S4 in not great shaoe, but running, anyway), but he wasn't hearing that, either. He had his price, and he was set on it.
It shouldn't come as a surprise that the car sits there still...
Up next: Part Six
No, really, I swear, I actually have the next three parts already written for a change. Stay tuned tomorrow...
It took me a little while to find how to get into the building. I couldn't find the front door (still don't know where it is), so I had to go in the back. After wading through a sea of cars and parts in the indoor storage, I made my way to the office. I found the owner and asked him about the 7.
Maybe it was because I went in there wearing my Mazda ballcap and RotaryNews.com t-shirt, maybe it was because I was American, or maybe it was because he was just insane. Whatever the cause, effect was that he wanted WAY too much for the car. In exactly the condition it was, without being able to show that the engine would run, he wanted 150.000 Icelandic Krónur for it without the wheels, or 180.000 kr with them. At the time, this equated to roughly $2000 - $2400 US. Just crazy!
I asked him why he wanted so much for it, and he said that there were several FD's in the country that needed engines. I tried to explain to him that the 13BT and 13BREW weren't interchangeable without serious modifications, but it was no use. I also explained to him that I could buy a car in this shape for $500 or less in the States, and that for the price he wanted, I could buy a running TII (ok, S4 in not great shaoe, but running, anyway), but he wasn't hearing that, either. He had his price, and he was set on it.
It shouldn't come as a surprise that the car sits there still...
Up next: Part Six
No, really, I swear, I actually have the next three parts already written for a change. Stay tuned tomorrow...
Dorifto Tengoku No More
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From: On the mountain of Thessaloniki, Greece
I don't have to do anything if I don't want to. (fact)
I do want to read your story, but the tension has me at the edge of my seat... (if I fall down, it will be all your fault!!!)
I do want to read your story, but the tension has me at the edge of my seat... (if I fall down, it will be all your fault!!!)
HEAVY METAL THUNDER
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From: Elsenborn, Belgian Eifel
Originally posted by FxF
I don't have to do anything if I don't want to.
I don't have to do anything if I don't want to.
Or whan the traffic light is at red... Or when my car says "gas tank empty". I don't have to tank if I don't want to! Yes sure...
Dorifto Tengoku No More
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From: On the mountain of Thessaloniki, Greece
Originally posted by rotary emotions
Yeah, sure! I said that when the tax men came... what tax men??? I haven't been taxed.....
Or whan the traffic light is at red... You don't have to stop at a traffic light when you are on foot.
Or when my car says "gas tank empty". I don't have to tank if I don't want to!Yes sure...
You don't have to gas up your car if you can take a taxi.
Yeah, sure! I said that when the tax men came...
what tax men??? I haven't been taxed.....Or whan the traffic light is at red... You don't have to stop at a traffic light when you are on foot.
Or when my car says "gas tank empty". I don't have to tank if I don't want to!Yes sure...
You don't have to gas up your car if you can take a taxi.
Last edited by FxF; Jun 3, 2003 at 07:52 PM.
Dorifto Tengoku No More
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From: On the mountain of Thessaloniki, Greece
Originally posted by rotary emotions
Well, you still HAVE to work hard to get as many posts as I have!
Well, you still HAVE to work hard to get as many posts as I have!
I really like you Bart. You make me laugh. Are you single???
