What is it about driving a rotary that's so satisfying? It's more than a fixed fuel leak, a replaced water pump and deeper than varying exhaust fumes.

It's about the experience, the knowledge you are driving something few people have the honor of driving. It's knowing you are controlling something truly unique in a sea of similar piston powered engines.

Somewhere deep in the heart of RX7 owners, we all know we are different. We all know that every car since Henry Ford is roughly identical and we yearn to be different. Seeing other cars created, year after year, are basically the same with new bits of flash and new additions of wonder. But Henry ford lives on in each and every one of them.

Enter the Wankel. Nothing prepares a person to experience one for the first time - that engine sound, the exhaust note and the exceptionally smooth power delivery. It is impossible to explain the stark contract is creates versus a normal car.

To me, it's about the love I have created for my RX7. My 1988 vert, all 300k miles of her. Fuel leaks, water pumps and other problems be damned - she means I can be different from everyone else. She means I can stand in a crowd and know I belong to a different group.

She means that each and every day - I get to drive a piece of history.

And I love it.

PZ

 

You made my morning with this post, thank you

 

kuddos to you! i love rotary! its so unique and feels very smooth when you drive it. It really shows how far we come along when it comes to technology. Someday i dream of having RX-9

 

Thanks guys.

So many people miss the point of cars in general.

Cars are a significant investment right? Time, money, blood, tears... and in our cases oil. So I can't imagine something that requires so much sacrifice, no matter the vehicle, shouldn't be a representation of who you are.

Do people buy shoes to represent something? Phones? Clothes? All these small things are an expression of a person within, yet they all skip the car. Something they drive everyday, are seen in everyday and pay for everyday. Boggles the mind.

Ask anyone with any car, why they have it. I bet you the most common answer will be a utiility answer. "I need space" "Gas mileage" "<insert answer here>"

Noone ways "because it expresses something."

So sad really, because once you understand the deeper meaning behind it, you drive and feel different.

I love my RX7 no matter how strained our relationship gets. I love her because everyday she starts, besides being a miracle (haha), I know one thing for a fact....

My symbiotic connection to her is like nothing else I have ever experienced.

 

Very well thought out.

Glad there are still people who enjoy these cars this mucj.

 

Thank you.

Every person that has ever driven mine has always been left smiling.

 

Now that's an introducing to be heard. It's very inspiring.

 

Thank you for that.

I think about this everyday. I feel this everyday.

People will look at you and smile or wave when you're in an RX7. Every single person I have met has told stories of the memories they had in years past while owning an RX7. I've heard some incredible stories and then, always, the sad ending of not having one anymore.

I'm blessed to STILL be making memories in my rotary powered dream car.

 

Wonderful thread mate!!

It goes without saying that I feel the same way about Rotary engines. They might not be the best in certain areas and some times be hard to get along with BUT we all still love them.

Every time I see a fellow rotary powered car around I always try to find the owner and learn the history or listen to there stories of the experience. Useally we both leave smiling and probably learned something from each other.

I have an 1985 RX-7 GSL with an 12A (stock for now) that I am about to work on finishing restoring it and do some engine work.

Better yet... It was my first car when I was 17 years old. I have owned it now for 10 years now and I probably will own it the rest of my life.

Thanks for your thread and it really brings smiles/memories back to me.

LONG LIVE ROTARY ENGINES!!!

 

Great timing, especially with Mazda's recent news. Thanks for posting and welcome to das forum

 

after seeing this i want to start working on my 86 n/a again....think i might start it up this weekend,, thanks!!

 

what recent news?

 

Im glad i could be a source of inspiration! I'm glad people are seeing this thread and remembering how special it is to own a rotary.

It's better than warm cookies, Santa Claus, puppy licks, cold beer..........

It's the best thing in the history of the planet.

 

Agreed! I'm always wondering how people got into their rotary and if they really know the history. Even more, it's always fun to help new owners learn the little things that make our cars interesting... Let it warm up, watch the turbo temps.. and for the love of god - CHECK YOUR FPD!!!

 

This is so true, and exactly the reason I'm trying to get into the rotary scene

fingers crossed!

 

Coming up on 2 years driving my rotary. In 2 months, I'll be rolling past 300,000 miles.

I absolutely love my car.

 

... And thats what it is to be a gearhead in general, and a rotary lover. Love it. Makes me wanna get one right now! Soon enough, one more year of college. Then I can have the rest of my life with her.

 

When I bought my 93 (already having owned an FC which I stripped of its triangles not long after purchase) I had plans to do the same to the FD. After driving it around town with a motor in the last stages of its life I realized that I could not do to the FD what I had done to the FC.

You are right the rotary is something special

 

Yea bro taking the rotary outta an rx is like taking the heart outta a living thing

 

Very inspiring : )

 

its gotta be something you love to do rotays, and deep pockets helps

 

Powerful.

 

This thread is amazing, really makes you think back to the reasons you own a rotary. I am new to rx7s, just got my first (a 1990 rx7 convertible), but everything mentioned are the reasons I partnered up with mine. Thank you for posting this!

 

Love it!!!!!

 

Thank you for this, very well put!!