Hi guys , just a quick post to say hello and to ask if any of you have any advise on buying a 7 , been wanting one for a while now and will be in the market to buy next march/april , but am a bit unsure what to go for , ideally I want something as new a poss , I spoke to brian at rotary imports a while back and he told me theres a prob importing newer than 96 .
Another thing I\'ve been wondering is what are the service costs like , and I hear you need new tips on the rotars quite often
Insurance could be a bit of a pig as well had a few quotes ranging from £1000 to £2500 , tryed AON for a quote but they told me it would have to be garaged and limited to 5000 miles a year .
Let me know your thoughts I\'m gonna have between 10 and 14 grand to play with that includes insurance
Cheers
Paul
Paul, you should have a look here! (http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=40)
Plenty of information for you.
Dan
Hi Paul,
Me again. No problem importing a post 96 rx7 mate.
Servicing is new engine oil and spark plug every 3,000 miles.
The expense of an rx7 is (1) petrol especially if you do alot of driving in traffic (2) if you have a bad one and lots of things go wrong. If you buy a good one you will only have petrol to worry about. The rotor tips/seals are prone to going around
60,000 - 70,000 miles. Most that go early are usually poorly looked after cars or modified car with not very good mapping
imo.
rgds
Are you sure plugs every 3k is needed?
Once a year or every 3rd service seems more reasonable unless the car is heavily modded.
Iain
Cheers for the info fellas , guess I should have had a good look through the forum before posting
:wave Dont worry m8 it\'s all good init :D
The bonus of the situation yer looking at is you have a healthy time frame so you can look at getting one of the good importers to find you sumin sweet & then do the time consuming thing of importing & SVA\'ing..........
All the peaps on here seem pucker, i\'m currently waiting for my new found toy to arrive c/o Miguel at newera imports (http://www.neweraimports.com/) but as i say all the other main offenders you\'ll find on this site r also pucker, picked up a few tips from Brian only last weekend ;)
So as long as you have sufficient cash etc to start with then the 3 months or so to source, ship & SVA car will get you a good deal & great car. God the wait is painful when you know it\'s kuming thou :( :D lol
So Brian weren\'t/aren\'t the regulations supposed to be changing which were going to make >96 cars hard/impossible to import without european wide sumin or other? as per this thread (http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8742&highlight=importing) I know it keeps getting put back which aint a bad thing but will this not apply to RX7 as well?
Si
Hi mate,
Yep loophole is soon to disappear, but im working on something
at present so by the time the loophole goes I should have model report.
rgds
Paul,
I started looking into buying my car back in September/October last year, then finally bought my car in May of this year. The best thing to do is look at lots of information. Ask questions (as you have done) go to a meet if possible.
The main costs are insurance and petrol. Oil change is every 3K miles (nice a cheap) Servicing is very reasonable I think for the performance this car gives (£250-350). If the engine goes bang you are looking at beetween £2-3K. This is going to be required approx 50-60K miles (can be more, can be less).
This car is great to drive, I love it and so glad I bought it. Only thing is you want to keep spending money on it!!!
try and find one with stuff already done to it, will save u lots in the long run
Hi there.
I have owned 2 Rx7\'s, a 1st generation and a 3rd generation. My first generation got stolen and I still have my 3rd generation.
If you are going to have one of these outstanding cars, you need to be very disciplined.
Rotary engines, even after solving the problems with premature engine failure (in 1974) still to this day have a reputation of being unreliable and not lasting. This is almost totally due to the fact that people do not look after them.
There are some very basic rules when it comes to rotary engines.
Do not not thrash the engine when its cold, run the engine down when you have been dealing to it, change the oil every 6 months or every 3000 miles (5000Kms for me).
You should get at least 100,000 miles out of a 3rd generation engine that is standard. I saw a neglected 3rd generation this morning at my mechanic\'s garage, and it had done just over 100,000 miles and had just had reconditioned turbos put on it. The engine is still good.
One of my mechanic\'s customers has a 2nd generation that has done 165,000 miles on the engine and turbo. The only major work that has been done it it was a clutch. Its still fine.
However I also know of stories where people have bought a 3rd generation and have blown the engine in 3 weeks, from it thrashing cold...
I don\'t know why people here are saying 60,000 to 70,000 miles for engine rebuild time, must be something wrong with the cars.
I get nearly 2 years out of a set of plugs on mine. The major work that I have had done on my car in 4 years is cooling hoses, air separtion tank, overflow tank, radiator caps and a clutch.
It gets very warm in the engine bay, and plastic and rubber breaks down after several years...
When I bought my 3rd generation, I got it checked over by my mechanic. A compression test is a good way to see what shape the motor is in.
Words can\'t describe what an outstanding machine the 3rd generation is really.
Cheers
Marcus
does anyone know where i can get the conversion kit from to make the car into miles a hour insted of kilometers please and does that take the restriction off the car