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Old Oct 7, 2018 | 03:12 PM
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New Owner - JDM FD3S RX-7 Type R

My name is Mike and I am taking delivery of a beautiful imported 1993 Mazda RX-7 Type R this week. The car has 50k verified miles (80,xxx kilometers) and has motor rebuild receipts dating to late 2016. Despite the recent rebuild, I still wanted to confirm the motor was healthy so I had a compression test performed. The first rotor's results were 115 across the board and the second rotor read 110, 110, 105. My research about compression testing confirmed that the motor is indeed healthy. Additionally, the car has just received some maintenance including an oil change, new coolant, and new spark plugs.


There are modifications on the car and they are as follows:

- Apexi N1 Dual Tip Exhaust

- Apexi ECU Power Commander

- Work Emotion CR- Kai wheels

- Mazdaspeed Type 2 Replica Wing

- Tein Driving Master Type-HA Coilovers

- Pioneer Navigation Head Unit

- Alpine Speakers w/ Tweeters

- Mazdaspeed Carbon Fiber Shift ****

- Defi Boost and Water Temperature Gauges

- Red "Rx-7" Badge

- HID Headlights

- LED Interior Lights.


I have never owned a rotary car prior to this one, but I am very excited for this ownership. The car will serve as a promotional car for my Gray Market automotive classifieds website called IMPORTR (Importr.com). The car will be stickered up with our logo and going to events around the country soon. If you see me around please come introduce yourself! I am looking forward to being a part of RX-7 Club and the rotary community in general! Thanks for reading.


- Mike W.












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Old Oct 7, 2018 | 03:24 PM
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Car looks great! Welcome.
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Old Oct 8, 2018 | 02:37 AM
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Car looks great! Welcome.
Thank you!
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Old Oct 8, 2018 | 07:47 AM
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Welcome . Very nice FD you have there
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Old Oct 8, 2018 | 11:19 AM
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Nice looking car!
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Old Oct 9, 2018 | 06:11 AM
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And the steering wheel is on the correct side
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Old Oct 9, 2018 | 12:49 PM
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Wow, nice! How's it driving RHD? I was actually considering a JDM 99 spec once it's legal, but hesitant about driving on the other side everyday.
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Old Oct 10, 2018 | 01:12 AM
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Thank you everyone for the kind words. Unfortunately the seller sold it from under me and decided to tell me after I already had it insured and was traveling to purchase the car. Extremely upsetting but hopefully I’ll find an even better 7!
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Old Oct 10, 2018 | 06:28 AM
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Good luck on your search for another, I've had cars sold many times out from under me and its sucks...
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Old Oct 10, 2018 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by twnmr2
Good luck on your search for another, I've had cars sold many times out from under me and its sucks...
Yes it definitely sucks. Especially because the car was exactly what I was looking for but oh well. It’s not the end of the world
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Old Oct 11, 2018 | 12:43 AM
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That Stinks loosing car like that, Good luck with your hunt for another one
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Old Oct 11, 2018 | 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by WJM ROTARIES
That Stinks loosing car like that, Good luck with your hunt for another one
Thanks!
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Old Oct 11, 2018 | 06:32 PM
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Beautiful!!
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Old Oct 19, 2018 | 09:18 PM
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Sorry to hear. That is heartbreaking. What a beautiful car. Good luck on your search.
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by SlowMo
Sorry to hear. That is heartbreaking. What a beautiful car. Good luck on your search.
Yes definitely heartbreaking but thank you!
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 12:09 PM
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Can’t imagine your frustration with that, keep lookin out you’ll find one even better than that!
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ecurbd02
Can’t imagine your frustration with that, keep lookin out you’ll find one even better than that!
Totally! I couldn’t agree more bud
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Old Oct 23, 2018 | 03:44 PM
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Looks amazing. I have a black FD also. Love the way the sky reflect on them.
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Old Oct 25, 2018 | 01:27 PM
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Oh yea, I would of been pissed =/. Sorry to hear that man.
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Old Oct 30, 2018 | 02:01 AM
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Oh yea, I would of been pissed =/. Sorry to hear that man.
I was at first but hopefully it happened for a reason!
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Old Nov 9, 2018 | 12:24 PM
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If you don't mind me asking, around what price point would a car like that be?
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Old Nov 9, 2018 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by KDR83
If you don't mind me asking, around what price point would a car like that be?
The car sold for $25,000. In my opinion, whoever bought it paid too much. I was willing to pay $23,000 and I felt like I was paying up even at 23k.
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Old Nov 9, 2018 | 02:27 PM
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Gotcha, was curious how Jdm prices compared to NA models
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Old Nov 9, 2018 | 03:38 PM
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The car sold for $25,000. In my opinion, whoever bought it paid too much. I was willing to pay $23,000 and I felt like I was paying up even at 23k.
Ooof, RIP. I can't believe that's how much they are going for and people are willing to pay for them. I bought mine for $13,000 ..CDN.. and that's even when registration was all said and done. Even R32 GTRs were between $10-$15k. There goes my hope for owning a second FD.. at least for a while. Good luck on your search.
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Old Nov 15, 2018 | 11:04 AM
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Dang, that sucks to have been undercut like that. Good luck with your search for another.
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