Lately I have seen a few other RX7 owners in my small valley.

I try to meet them and say hello but time is always short.

I've been pulled over (expired plates) and the policeman asked me if I was a helicopter pilot becasue my plates say 2ROTOR.

I met a young man with an RX8 and he knew what my car was right away.

I took a gal at work for a drive as her first rotary drive and she couldnt believe it.

Ah - the memories continue...

 

It's definitely a different feeling..The sound and power is like no other. I like the fact of its originality and history in automotive engineering.

Waaay better feel than the Honda VTEC I experienced in the past 15 years

 

That was a beautiful post
My 83 to me special.
It's my dream car; and it's amazing to get to drive my dream car at just 19.
Fixing problems like bad electrical.
Sweet talking it before i start it.
I've never had such a bond with any of my cars.
I love it

 

I've owned many cars, yet this is the only one I've kept for more than 20 years.

I just got a brand new car and I'm having more fun driving my old '89 vert.

 

This car will be the one I hand down to my son. (He is 22 months old).

 

a-men.

 

Good post.

What I love is that a casual street hoon is all down to the stones.. A piston has a perfect time to change gear with the torque curve. The rotary is a different beast.. Lots of emotion comes into how hard you push before grabbing the next gear (assuming you aren't driving a standard RPM limited rotary).

To me, thats good fun.

 

I just purchased my first rotary, an 83. This is the first experience in person to all of the rotary's goodness, driving, working on one, etc. Its very different from the world of V8's I came from. I like small cars and I had a miata but with there being 100's of them everywhere the tiny 1st gen Rx7 is what I wanted. I have only driven it a few times since i got it running, with a few of those miles on a race track and it is a whole different animal. The fun was unfortunately cut short do to my brake caliber guide pin falling out of the front driver side and going into the rim... Once I can find a replacement I hope to continue this road of weird and strangeness that is the rotary.

 

300k amazing

 

they just keep going when you take care of them!

 

Thanks everyone. Means alot that so many of us can feel the same way and have never met in person.

 

Awesome
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i did not expect that at all. with that being said i like it

 

lol +1

 

I have been excited by Mazda rotaries since I drove one in 1969. I'm looking to own a RX-7.

 

Nice thread. I've been impressed by Mazdas in general and rotary powered Mazdas in particular since the late 70's when I first started seeing them raced in IMSA. My first Mazda was a 1985 GSL-SE that I purchased in 1988, and I have owned at least one Mazda every day since then. We currently own three.

Why? They are different, they are a blast to drive, and if you treat them well they are actually very reliable. What more could you ask for?

Zoom Zoom...

 

Love it, very well put

 

This is exactly why i joined this community.. good post mate!

 

I had a friend ask my recently.. "Is it time for a new car? Your suspension is expensive to fix, the bolts for the top are $28 a piece and with 313,000 miles bad things are bound to happen."

I gave it thought because frankly this person is right. My car isn't getting any younger and as a father with a wife and two kids, my finances are always on my mind.

Then, I looked over at my dog, Jumper.

She is 13 and has been with me through everything. My first marriage, my military career, my blurry time after the military, my wife (amazing woman), my two children... She is a part of my memories and she deserves, and will get, every chance to enjoy her moments with me. She is a part of me.

Same with my RX7. Sure it's getting old but I have just as vivid of memories with her too, granted she isn't a living creature. She taught me what fear is when gas is leaking from the pulsation damper all the way home (100 miles) on a summer day. She taught me what cold was when we alternator went out in a parking lot in the mountains of Idaho - I bought another and swapped it in -10 degree weather. She taught me what a suspension repair really costs. She taught me how much fun it can be to replace a convertible top with my Dad on a summer day - merely because I got to spend all day with my Dad (who lives 2 days drive away). She taught me that every time she starts miracles are real.

My RX7 was the first convertible ride my daughter and, later, son went on. My RX7 has started more conversations with strangers than anything else I have ever owned. My RX7 has shown me that dreams aren't openly for 65+ year old men but for younger guys who work hard, know good mechanics and have understanding wives.

Most of all, like Jumper, my RX7 is an interwoven part of the memory I create and remember each and everyday.

So, no, it isn't time for a new car. It's time yet again to experience my current one...