http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EydZpzli2LM
Is this Dave Collins rex?
Ta Stu
Yep, thats Dave\'s pristeen car :driving
Beautiful isn\'t it?
I do worry about how he\'s cleaned inside the exhaust with a toothbrush though!
Few niggles with the commentary, 18mpg round town might be right but it should then lift to around 24 mpg on a reasonable run. (Mine is 23.6 average over the last year - in most traffic conditions). Also no one would get mine (or Dave\'s I suspect) for £2000.
Yep & another niggle,u need a specialist to service them,eh?
What\'s so hard about oil,plugs,air filter,antifreeze change etc:xconfused
Ta Stu..
My daily driver is a 4 litre and it beats the RX7 for MPG hands down.
21 around town and 30 on a good run.
My RX7 doesn\'t come anywhere near this.
Also, as we all know, unless you have to take the engine apart, they are a doddle to work on, especially in comparison to modern cars.
Specialists my a*** !
I saw this feature on the tele a while back and thought then that it was a bit of a missed opportunity to positively promote the cars.
Not as bad though as practical classics feature on them a while back which was dire, rehashed dross. I remember they showed a picture of the engine bay on the series 3 feature car and boldly stated that the \'beehive\' oil cooler was a \'thermal reactor\'.
Stu,
Thanks for the link to this. I did previously post pictures of the filming at
http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17639
As far as the script went Alex Riley received it the night before and seemed to be fine tuning each bit just before the take. I did have the chance to talk to him a bit about the car and add a few bits which appeared to influence some of the dialogue however I think most was pre-written by researchers. I do remember telling him that I did all the regular work on the car myself and that the only item that had needed changing was the exhaust.
Only downside of the day is that I picked up a nail through the front offside tyre at some point during the day, typically it was on the shoulder of the tyre and thus unrepairable.
David - I have used a toothbrush to clean some bits on the car (those annoying bits in the Mazda badges etc.) however I can not remember using on the exhaust. My normal trick to clean and shine tail pipe is a rag with some T-cut on. Gets rid of the black stuff a treat!!
Dave