RX7?
21 February 2006, 01:11 PM
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RX7?
Hi,
I sold my scooby near 3 moths ago and bought a M3 Evo, and now am bored of that and have someone comming to buy it on Thursday!
I was thinking about getting an RX7, as i think they are cheap enough and the insurance is affordable.
Can someone please tell me what the rx7 is all about, what i should look out for...from what i have found and read on the car i feel i should really keep away from the car?
Any thoughts?
I sold my scooby near 3 moths ago and bought a M3 Evo, and now am bored of that and have someone comming to buy it on Thursday!
I was thinking about getting an RX7, as i think they are cheap enough and the insurance is affordable.
Can someone please tell me what the rx7 is all about, what i should look out for...from what i have found and read on the car i feel i should really keep away from the car?
Any thoughts?
21 February 2006, 01:14 PM
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I'm fond of the rx, it's timeless styling is a big feature 
Problems are with the wankel engine, usually require rebuilds and unfortunalty most cars will require at least one in their life time. For power hiking they don't offer the best bhp per pound, but sound absolutly
Problems are with the wankel engine, usually require rebuilds and unfortunalty most cars will require at least one in their life time. For power hiking they don't offer the best bhp per pound, but sound absolutly
21 February 2006, 03:26 PM
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Rebuilds start at £2000 if you can reuse parts but budget more on about £3000 for the average rebuild.
I love mine, its a real drivers car, few simple mods and Im running 325bhp. Few cars on the road can touch it, handles ten times better than the Impreza ever did IMO. drifting is easy if thats what you want to do, keeping it straight is easy too IMO... never once lost it.
As alloy said timeless styling, sleek and aerodynamic. sexy car IMO. Can buy a good rebuilt car for about £6-7k now.
Reliability wise, I bought mine in May 05 and the only problem I had is whilst the car was off the road for a month I left the hand brake on and the piston stuck so just faffed about with that and its fine again. never had a problem with owt else, oil need changing often but look on the bright side, £10 mineral oil from Halfords is what you need
Petrol is expensive though, you cant help but have a heavy right foot, get approx 13mpg in mine but dont do many miles about 12 miles each way too work... longer runs can see about 25 if your gentle on the pedal. 20 is more like it though.
I love mine, its a real drivers car, few simple mods and Im running 325bhp. Few cars on the road can touch it, handles ten times better than the Impreza ever did IMO. drifting is easy if thats what you want to do, keeping it straight is easy too IMO... never once lost it.
As alloy said timeless styling, sleek and aerodynamic. sexy car IMO. Can buy a good rebuilt car for about £6-7k now.
Reliability wise, I bought mine in May 05 and the only problem I had is whilst the car was off the road for a month I left the hand brake on and the piston stuck so just faffed about with that and its fine again. never had a problem with owt else, oil need changing often but look on the bright side, £10 mineral oil from Halfords is what you need
Petrol is expensive though, you cant help but have a heavy right foot, get approx 13mpg in mine but dont do many miles about 12 miles each way too work... longer runs can see about 25 if your gentle on the pedal. 20 is more like it though.
21 February 2006, 10:23 PM
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Hi there, I'm also looking at one of these, sounds like a great car, but could be a mine field to find a good one!
Try www.maxdarotaryclub.com some good buying advise on there & model guides plus loads of company's to put things right when it goes wrong.
Mark.
Try www.maxdarotaryclub.com some good buying advise on there & model guides plus loads of company's to put things right when it goes wrong.
Mark.
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22 February 2006, 09:33 AM
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www.mazdarotaryclub.com
www.fduk.org
I dont think you'll have a problem finding a good one with the amount for sale. Some right bargains about.
www.fduk.org
I dont think you'll have a problem finding a good one with the amount for sale. Some right bargains about.
22 February 2006, 11:02 AM
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After the test drive, restart the car after about 30 minutes of cool-down. The car should start easily and the idle should quickly stabilize at around 800 RPM. If it doesn't the engine bay may be too hot and causing vapor lock in the fuel lines.
The second thing you need to do before purchasing the car is have the engine compression checked. This is really the only way to determine if the engine is healthy. Many RX-7 owners have had to replace their engines around 60,000 miles so spend the money and get it tested
Reading the article it does make it sound scary but it really isnt...
As I say the only thing Ive had to spend money on is 2 new tyres in almost a year... Theyre not that bad...No worse than many other performance cars IMO
p.s. IMO dont buy one with over 50k miles and no rebuild unless your getting it cheap and rebuilding it yourself
22 February 2006, 12:32 PM
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Is there a type of driving behaviour / mechanical ignorance that really kills them? (like nothing but short runs / wrong grade fuel / running out of 2-stroke oil etc)
I'm asking 'cos a guy I know had a Mazda approved used Turbo II in the mid-90s, which blew three engines in under a year in his ownership. After the third blow-up he came to an arrangement with the dealer for a cash settlement.
He was a mechanical f*ckwit though, so he was probably abusing it, I just don't know how.
I'm asking 'cos a guy I know had a Mazda approved used Turbo II in the mid-90s, which blew three engines in under a year in his ownership. After the third blow-up he came to an arrangement with the dealer for a cash settlement.
He was a mechanical f*ckwit though, so he was probably abusing it, I just don't know how.
22 February 2006, 12:57 PM
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they drink alot of oil, need topping up, every week, Id say half a litre at a time... which is alot of some idiot owns one. 4 month without a top up you could be getting dangerous levels which is not going to be good for any car really, although the oil top up is cheap because as I say its cheap mineral oil not fully synthetic.
22 February 2006, 08:50 PM
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I've had the opposite experience to Dave and been through more than my fair share of engines in the last few years. Just seems to be down to luck whether an engine lasts or not as any number of minor mechanical problems can result in it going pop.
They are very cheap at the moment, so worth it as a second car, but wouldn't recommend one as an only car as they can be fickle.
They are very cheap at the moment, so worth it as a second car, but wouldn't recommend one as an only car as they can be fickle.
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