K3ogh_sti

This is my mates rex! cant believe he,s selling absolute beast ! What do you all think?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAZDA-RX7-...item4ac0bb1383

Saxo Boy

Same old, same old.

No doubt a nice engine spec that is completely ruined by gash bodykits, etc. Pretty much every single RX7 and Supra are the same - really grinds my gears. My mate has a 400ish bhp RX7 that looks far better IMHO because it is virtually stock. It's not perfect - it is primarily a track car as opposed to a show car - but it least it looks like an RX7 and not a Halfords shop front.

K3ogh_sti

this car is far from halfrauds style let me assure you on that £££££s spent on this car to get i how it is, those wheels look like some cheap bk racing jobbies

Saxo Boy

Yeah, but £££'s to make it look pants! Money doesn't buy taste....

K3ogh_sti

each to their own i guess, but this car is some bit of kit, i hate body kits too but this isnt some piece of ****e body kit bodged on

Saxo Boy

Look at this lot for example, it is just abortion after abortion:

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifie...sed-cars&M=584

The nicest cars in there are This and This.

All they need is a tasteful set of 18" alloys to give them a more up to date look. The rest with the stupid whacky wide body kits are just cheapened and nasty.

Jap tunning is 90% tasteful when the cars still cost £40k+ to buy; see Alloy's GTR for example. However, once they drop in value it seems everyone is determined to add as much weight, sticky out bits and nonsense to them as they can. Mark my words 15 years from now 90%+ of the R35 GTR's you will see on the road will make you want to gouge your eyes out with a spoon!

Saxo Boy

I certainly don't hold it against you for liking it, each to their own as they say.

What frustrates is that I have in the past and may in the future contemplate an RX7 purchase. There are many with a good engine spec but nearly all of them have stupid stuff that would be expensive/difficult to remove. As a seller you are limiting your market and as a potential buyer it is very annoying.

That said, it's the same with houses. So many people stick in god awful kitchen/bathrooms and horrible wallpaper (so called 'feature') and wonder why their house sticks on the market for 3 years. It's because people like me get excited when they read the spec only to turbo hit back when the pics load.

Saxo Boy

Japanese Jesus Wept

K3ogh_sti

im sorry but ross coles rx7 is far better than any of them links except the r35 as i said this car needs to be seen and heard to apriciate it . Thanks for the input though

hodgy0_2

interesting to see what it actually sells for

Saxo Boy

Dunno like, the Army Supra is mint!

K3ogh_sti

Im sure he will get asking price, i hope it doesnt sell it to be honest

K3ogh_sti

It would be could for doing close target recce id say stealth

saints_forever

If he changes the horrid colour, the mechano spolier, the cheese grater bonnet, the wheels and the body kit, it will look like a nice car. I am sure hes worked wonders on the cars engine, as with the suspension, handling etc. Like many others, I am just bored of the jap 'chav' look and personally like cars subtly modded and near standard looking. But each to their own, it would be boring if we all liked/did the same thing.

speedymonkey

Im with Saxo boy here big time...I love jap cars (RX7's, Skylines & Supra's etc) but they could be fitted with a £100k body kit and I wouldn't care, Id much rather have an unmolested original in mint nick and save the $$$ for engine mod's and handling...makes me shudder when you see a good car ruined

I'm sure it sounds amazing and goes like the clappers but its way to fast & furious looking for me

Brun

I'd be forced to wear a balaclava if i had to drive that.

Luan Pra bang

Car looks crap, would not even buy that if it had 1000bhp, you would need your head read to pay 12k for it.

hodgy0_2

yuh, I suspect he will struggle to sell at that price

(i am sure he has spent alot of time and money on it and it is very well done)

but if I was looking for a performance car, for 12.5k I am sure you could get a mint 4/5 year old M3, that would be faster, more comfortable, more economical, more reliable, lose less money etc etc etc

I am sure there is someone out there willing to pay 12.5k for it, it is just finding them that is the bugger

I suspect he will keep it

Badger_88

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Seen this a few times and when gt garage originally had it. Gt garage make some very high quality, high spec cars. I think it looks awesome, even better in the flesh! Has got a real drift car look to it!

sonic93

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I love it its what rx7 s ment to look like I love them

hodgy0_2

if i was to spend that sort of cash on something "special" i would be looking at a Lancia Delta Evo 2 or an Escort Cossie

zippy!

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Have to agree with Saxo boy to an extent what goes through people's minds when making things like that green monstrosity I hate the snow plough bumpers and sharp angled look! I do however like a subtle kit that follows the shape of the car and a nice set of rims

Saxo Boy

Er, you're wide of the mark there! Even mildly tuned RX7's are faster than an M3. If you look closely at the RX7 shot I took from the rear looking out from Rest & Be Thankful you'll spot the e46 M3 in the background (my other mates). With (iirc) about 390bhp at the time the RX would pass the M3 like it was standing still. Unmolested RX7's have a super low drag-coefficient and only weigh between 1200-1300kg.

You were right on every other count and, in fairness, despite the monumental power of the car OP posted I'd question how much of that can be put to the tarmac effectively. It probably scrapes and bottoms out on everything and the tyres are stretched rubbers bands!

hodgy0_2

happy to be corrected Saxy Boy

btw I do think the RX7 is a very very pretty car in standard trim

abbott

I LOVE IT !!
Now i almost bought me a red one a few years ago by my over the road "mature" neighbour. I was offered it for 3k but regretably turned it down.
Thats pretty much how i pictured it ending up looking like if i signed that damn V5 , but the wankel worried me it woulda been a one or the other either an absolute money pit or some healthy profit .... Ended up with a 98 Integra Type R instead which i ended up selling within 2 weeks for a very nice pocket bonus !

wrx271

iTrader: (1)

I love rx7s in any form their are obvious bad ones the yellow one looks lovely won't appeal to everyone but the Rex seems to be one of few jap cars that can pull it off.
I had a 94 uk spec in red 18.9 gtr's on the front 9.5s on the rear and a wacking great big greddy turbo with some rare mazdaspeed seats used to literally laugh everytime I took it out. It's a shame they are horrendous on fuel even with today's standards of powerfull cars they guzzle the stuff.

Luan Pra bang

They are brilliant in their way and I would love to have one running 400bhp but they always gave me the impression that they spend more time in bits than on the road.

Saxo Boy

They have aged remarkably well, even the interior isn't that bad. I think they key thing is that the basic shape of them is bang on. They also sound mental with an exhaust and a tune up.

Regarding the M3 thing, I made the same mistake a few years back. I seriously didn't understand how light and slippy RX7's are. They were allegedly 276bhp (lol, remember that unwritten rule) when standard but 300bhp+ was very easy to obtain. Even with basic mods it was the measure of an M3 in a straight line. Quite fascinating when you consider it was designed long before the e46 M3.

However, while it might seem somewhat natural to compare it to the M3, the RX7 was initially conceived as a 911 rival. I think history will record that it fell woefully short; nevertheless, time has done it many favours. Unfortunately, the truly great examples that have lots of money spent on tasteful mods seem to exists exclusively in the states. There are some absolutely stunning RX7's over there with big and useable power.

Edit:

I'd have one in a heartbeat but the problem is that if you buy a tuned up one it invariably has a world of nonsense kit with it. If you buy a standard car (clean slate) you have to pay something of a premium for an unmolested example. For say 400bhp you're going to want to rebuild it, possibly port it, strip out the twins and put in a big turbo, injectors, fuel pumps, labour, brakes, suspension, respray or touch up, nice alloys, good rubber, costs, costs, costs. Before long you are £20k+ in the hole (to do it tastefully, reliably and right). That seems a trifle silly for a car that could never be sold for that amount and when there is so much interesting machinery for the money. That said, you occasionally get the odd high powered minter working through the system.

Gear Head

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I think it looks bloody awful.
The RX7 in standard trim is a beautiful car, probably in my top 3 of all time. Why ruin it?
Ever since one was used as Vin Diesels car in Fast and Furious, so many have been ruined by schools kids with money.

oliVeR6

I have to say that I do in fact like that RX7. I agree it may be a tad low to be able to use the all the power available without damaging arches, skirts or worse under the car, but that can easily be corrected!
I was also at the fabled jap cross roads of RX7, Supra, Skyline, Impreza and, dare I say it, Evo and it came down to the Impreza or the rex. As above I was worried about reliability issues of the rex and ended up with the Hawkeye. But if I had the chance I'd love a rex, not too dissimilar looks wise to this one, as a third car.
£12.5k does seem a tad on the high side though but nevertheless good luck to him.