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brought my first RX7 in 93ish it was a gen 1 series 3 85 in black, brought it as i moved house and it was layed up on the street with no road tax, a woman 2 doors down owned it, loved the look of the car knew nothing about rotary engines, left a note on it asking if she wanted to sell it. She has just got a company car and knew she had to sell it but had done nothing with it.... the rest is history!
Because I didn\'t know Rx7 had "the" Rotary engine which will blow on me 6 times!! We all know, if I had known that fact, I would have never imported one!! Loll
Mir
because rotary\'s like two stoke bikes, "powerband" and hooked ever since from the 80\'s
and also never own a turbo/fuel injection car in my life, just carb only!
Bought mine in 2007 when I got promoted at work, was over 25 and I thought the RX8 looked interesting and would be more dependable than a TVR. Not so sure now but I\'m hooked!
Quote from: RotorHeid;847014because rotary\'s like two stoke bikes, "powerband" and hooked ever since from the 80\'s
and also never own a turbo/fuel injection car in my life, just carb only!
remember watching the JPS Nortons with my dad they just blew everything away! (In a straight line anyway!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBg86bjr8l0
1995 Saw my first 3rd gen in Coventry Mazda when buying an MX-6, loved the 3rd gen :god :InLove, thought it was out of reach :Nono!
1999 late 30s, mid-life crisis, :Party :guinness :Hammer getting divorced, had some cash, didn\'t want to share cash with ex :bandit, Ad for new imported 3rd gens in Sunday Times, test drive :yes:driving, bought for xmas :Santa :3gears-lh
Because FastLane back in 1987 told me too ;)
Ever since seeing the vert in that Magazine - Article was called Max Headroom if I recall - I made a mental note to own and drive one.
Once bitten... :burnout
My interest was perked due to an edition of Max Power where Gary Goodings purple rx7 was the cover car, never seen one before and loved the curves and the overall look of it.
When searching for my first RX a friend then pointed out that i might want to watch Fast and Furious as the main character drives a RX7 :Laugh
Have owned 4 rotaries since then, only moved away from the scene after needing a family car for my 2 kids :Ladys-man
After seeing one in max power`s "beast from the east" vhs tape back in 1999 i thought it was the most beautiful car i`d ever seen. Fast forward to 2006 and i brought a standard red fd. It took me a month to pluck up the courage to floor it on a topspeed run on the a1, couldn`t believe how fast it was.
Even tho i`ve parted way with the rotary in favour of a v8 i still respect it and will always have my fd..
Always wanted one ever since seeingthe Dragon Performance drag fd In max power. Went from a 1275GT mini too an FD! At least 4 times the power BUT didn\'t feel that much more powerful.
Now onto my rx4, maybe once iv finished it I will have another fd as a toy
Was looking for a new car in 2004 and wanted something a "bit different" to feed my (early ;)) mid-life crisis.
I had a long list of potential cars to test drive, gleaned from internet and magazine research. I test drove an RX-8 first and promptly tore up the rest of the list without looking any further :). Put deposit down next day for RX-8 as there was a 4 month wait.
Now also have an RX-7 1st Gen alongside the RX-8 in the garage :InLove
Rotary engine cars should come with a health warning to say they are addictive - nobody warned me :Laugh
in a nut shell :
http://www.fc3s.co.uk/my%20cars/my%20cars.php
was looking for something a bit faster than my toyota mr2 and ended up buying my rx7 in 2004, happy days till last year my tip blew.rebuilt and back on the road again now
Many of you know I started out with Mazda as an apprentice "swooning" over early Rotarys, particularly over the RX-4.
I then lost touch with Rotarys while off racing all sorts of piston engined things until 1997 when I went out looking for a Ford Sierra Turbo Diesel estate for work and came back with an EGI :3Confused.
The rest as they say is history, had I not clapped eyes on the EGI pictured below there would have been no MRC !!
Bought my first one i think it was 1987, looked so white and sporty knew it was a Rotary, but knew nothing about them, until i needed a new exhaust, cost £1000.00. so started the modding removing pumps and pulley, and fitted a Janspeed system.
Got bored of my Nova, wanted something \'different\' to the usual 19 year olds cars. Always liked the FD, couldn\'t afford one. Liked the FC turbo II, couldn\'t afford one. Managed to pick up an egi for a good price, turned out I could\'t afford to run it. Then got a Turbo II later I life and let\'s just say that didn\'t go to well either... But I\'ll be back :Giggle
Mine was a fluke! I was looking for a 2 seater sports car as a second car, my mate was doing some repairs in a house and come across an fd in a garage looking sorry for itself, spoke to the home owner, she said it had sat for 6 years and was for sale, my mate told me about it, went to look at it bought it and never looked back since
first saw a black convertible in the "golden mile" of Brisbane\'s car dealerships, had no idea what it was, got back to the UK and my mate had a TII, I then thought it was unobtainable being 19 or 20 at the time, found an EGi going cheap, not too bad on the insurance and I have never really looked back.
I was bored of just burning money. Thought I\'d get an fd instead :p
Adam
Quote from: Ada7;848625I was bored of just burning money. Thought I\'d get an fd instead :p
Adam
So you wanted to burn more money then!!!
Yeh, that\'s the joke ;)
Adam