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I know its always risky, and also know Miguel is a good guy, but you know, im also a good guy, and tried to be as understanding as possible.
After making sure every penny was paid on or before time to Newera, the car I had taken out bank loans for, and worked very hard for, arrived a month late. It then proceded to break down, not start, overheat, and eventually completely blow within the first 5 - 6 weeks of owning it.

I took out more loans to cover the £3250 rebuild until the warranty money was supposed to come through, which it didnt, and drove an A-Class rent a car for three weeks while it was off the road, also out of my own money, so as much as I want to feel "its rare" or "its a one off" or "Miguels a great guy", I struggle to.

Im not rich by any means, but I had worked to a position where I could afford to run what was one of my dream cars. I researched very carefully before I bought, and went with the most recommended supplier, and I still got badly burnt, to the point where I had no money at all to run the car, and sold it for no profit regardless of the thousands id put into it.

Hopefully im a one off, but it also serves as a warning that no matter how much you research, how ever many good intentions people have, things can go very wrong.
RX7\'s are awesome, but are extremely risky due to the nature of their engines, so any potential buyers out there make sure you have money in the coffer, and if you want my advise, get a car thats been rebuilt in the UK, and has no more than say 25k miles on it since the rebuild, they are out there.

Yip, good guy, but then you cant help feeling hard done by when it happens to you, and im sure you\'d feel differently if you had spent many thousands with Newera, and then many thousands getting the car they\'d supplied you a month late to run right.

Its a case of imagining how you would react if an import (or any)company did that to you, its so annoying you wouldnt believe, and massively frustrating.

I know the popular thing on here is to kiss Miguels feet whenever possible, but there are bad cases, bad cars, and unhappy customers, and regardless of how few, its still something that needs to be recognised.

Warranty was through Motormall, but I asked Miguel to confirm that this would cover a rebuild, which he did.
They basicaly viewed it as gasket failure, as the water seals went, but then trying to get it sorted from there was the difficult part.
Its a pity, I sometimes feel I should have kept it after all that, as I sold it with a good rebuild and everything done, for the same as I bought it for initially!! but I was just sick of the sight of it by that stage.

Miguel was very good, even called from Japan to discuss the problems, but at the end of the day, he\'s over there, and the people you\'re dealing with are here, and a lot less interested than Miguel is.

The warranty side I gave up on out of frustration, whereas I really should have pushed it, but by this stage id been to Portsmouth about 5 times, had been driving a hire car for two weeks, had paid out a lot of money, and jut become so frustrated with it all that I wrote off my losses, which were £3250 for the rebuild, plus numerous other costs, including a £500 service to try and get it running right.

Miguel is a genuine bloke, who does care about who he sells cars to, but without trying to harm any importers business, if I ever did go fd route again (unlikely), id get a car that had been imported, and gone through a rebuild, service, and a good few months life in the UK, that way your risk is virtually completely removed.

[Hi matey! :wave Personally i\'m gonna be getting mine either from Brian @ rotaryimports.com or Miguel @ neweraimports.com. There are a couple of reasons why...First of all, their knowledge of the FD is amazing. You can be guaranteed that any car they source for you will be in tip-top condition, as they really really know their way around these unique machines. Also, they are both very proud of the reputation established in forums such as this one. And for good reason - i\'ve never heard a bad word said against either company...and in contrast spoke to many, many happy customers!]

Originally posted by FDDreamer
Hi matey! :wave

Personally i\'m gonna be getting mine either from Brian @ rotaryimports.com or Miguel @ neweraimports.com. There are a couple of reasons why...

First of all, their knowledge of the FD is amazing. You can be guaranteed that any car they source for you will be in tip-top condition, as they really really know their way around these unique machines. Also, they are both very proud of the reputation established in forums such as this one. And for good reason - i\'ve never heard a bad word said against either company...and in contrast spoke to many, many happy customers!
 

I didnt have a good experience buying a RX7 from Newera. I agree mines a rare case, so still a good bet for buying one, but you also should know that there are bad examples from Newera, and forums at least give you the opportunity to hear good and bad stories.

My RX7 "experience" lasted only 4 months as a consequence, and chasing the warranty got tiresome, so never actually got a penny when the engine blew within a month (bounced between ReWorx telling me they had the wrong warranty number, and Motormall saying they had the right one).

All in all, the breakdowns, inconvenience, and expense robbed any enjoyment I would have had with what I used to consider a dream car, still love them, but wouldnt buy another unless it had been owned in UK for a while, and had had a recent rebuild.

There\'s a few about like that, and its worth waiting.

Hi Lee, glad you\'re enjoying it mate.
Be interesting to hear how it goes on track, that was one fast b*stard!!

Im resigned to driving a Clio 172 Cup, which is fun, althou not a patch speed wise on the rex.

Enjoy it.

What are the details on it? model, year etc, looks really awesome!!

Thanks Max, that sounds exactly right.
Ive got a Knighsports ecu, so no one can map or program them, so it will mean getting something else like a Motec or Power FC I guess.

Good excuse to buy more bits, but im going to leave it as is for a while, and hopefully it doesnt cause any probs for now.

What are typical symptoms of a rex overfuelling? (\'93 Type-R)
My exhaust seems to get to a very black state very quickly, and Im always gettings loads of pops and bangs, so thought perhaps this indicated overfueling?

I know overfueling is a lot better than underfueling, but are there any negative sides to overfuelling? (other than petrol consumption!!)
and what would typical symptoms be?

I have induction, exhaust, no cat, and a knightsports ecu, and these things may well be normal, but thought id check.

Cheers
Graham

Very very nice, not sure how many Spirit R\'s ther are in the UK, but that must be one extremely rare, top the range RX.

and as for looking like something out of the 80\'s, thats not a bad thing is it? remember that enormous shoulder pads and big hair came out of the 80\'s, and they\'re still cool....err, I think ill stop there


I was waiting at some lights once, and a group of kids walked by, and one goes "whoa!! it looks like Batmans car!!", and Batmans car was from the 70\'s, so tell her it actually looks like something out of the 70\'s

I can only comment on what my 3rd gen does, and thats pop and bang all the time.

I have a racing beat cat back, and metalit cat, and mine seems to pop and bang whenever im pushing on.

Saying that, its not been starting too well lately, so backfiring may well be an indication of poor compression.

Cheers Brian
Ive got a boost guage, so will keep an eye on it.

Good about the noise, lol, bit too quiet as is, you recon lots more noise? ive got a racing beat cat back single exit exhaust on there too.

Ive got a blitz induction kit coming to replace the arc kit, which should help no end getting air in, so hopefully with lots of potential for getting air out, the car will go that bit quicker.

Ive just bought a second hand bonez straight through pipe, have a knighsports ecu, but is there anything else id need to get done to prevent boost creep or anything else nasty happening?

Also, anyone had experience of the bonez? its the one Bill advertised on fduk, he didnt end up putting it on his car, so wanted to find out whether this particular one will bolt on without any modifications to flanges etc?

Thanks
Graham

PS: have a metalit cat replacement pipe on at the mo, but it may have seen many miles, what sort of power differences would I notice going to a straight through?

Those are Mazda OEM skirts, look really good, but one of them looks like some muppet tried to jack the car up on it or something, quite badly damaged, but only shows if you look for it, so not toooo worried.

Just fitted new pads, and some Pioneer rear speakers, I always seem to be doing something with the car, its fun, but expensive!!

Cheers!!
Original colour that, it looks more green to me than Montego Blue too, looks really nice in sunshine, and luckily, really mean when it gets darker, almost turns a deep black colour.

Im chuffed with the colour, as I hadnt seen one like that before, and wasnt sure what to expect.

Thanks for the comments.