How many of you use your 7\'s

Ilogik · October 21, 2005, 11:19:51 AM

as an everyday car? what sort of mpg do you get on a full tank, aiming at people with Fd\'s.

Kieron · October 21, 2005, 11:27:24 AM

I do, although I dont need to, It\'s walking distance to work so I normally end up driving around for a while to make sure its up to temp before turning it off.

I\'ve only ever filled it up when doing motorway driving, but never bothered to check the MPG, I alredy know its crap :p

IIRC if you get a decent map on your ecu you get better MPG, if you havent done already, get an Apexi ECU

Red and Single · October 21, 2005, 11:28:24 AM

I use mine daily, and I must be mad, but I love it so :chat

I see between 12 and 15mpg to a tank around town, although I am slightly modified :chat

Take today for example, Â£60 = 198 miles 14.8mpg, but that includes a steady run to scr and a few trips up the strip :evillaugh

Hope that helps :chat

Ilogik · October 21, 2005, 11:33:25 AM

Glad you guys use it daily, its really making me want one more and more, kieron you used to own an mr2 befor? from mr2oc? So my last problem really is, how old are you all and what is your insurance like?

Kieron · October 21, 2005, 11:46:10 AM

Sorry to say yes I did, never again thouh :reallymad bloody car LOL

I\'m 21 and pay Just over Â£1000, insurance is cheap for me cos I was driving a modified MR2 turbo @ 17 and have never claimed so they go easy on me.

TonyBlair · October 21, 2005, 11:51:17 AM

IMO to run your 7 as a \'daily drive\' you either have to have the money to do it, remember you\'re putting miles on your car that will bring the inevitable rebuild closer, or you have to be a bit mad or simply addicted to driving your 7.

I\'m the later, most owners are all or a combination of the above

Cheers
Jon

Ilogik · October 21, 2005, 11:51:23 AM

Quote from: KieronSorry to say yes I did, never again thouh :reallymad bloody car LOL

I\'m 21 and pay Just over Â£1000, insurance is cheap for me cos I was driving a modified MR2 turbo @ 17 and have never claimed so they go easy on me.

Nice same as mate, just got n/a mr2 though, how reliable you finding the 7? and how much did you pay for it, with how many miles ect. If I wanted one should I just buy a standard car?

Kieron · October 21, 2005, 11:54:07 AM

Mine was Â£8000 with a rebuilt street ported engine. chasis had done 56000miles.

I\'ve now done about 4000miles + 4 drag days getting in over 20 runs and its been very reliable. Until now, but its probably my own fauly for running an ecu with an AFR of low 12 :spank

P.S Mr Blair, I\'m an addict, I\'ve had 2 daily runners and just couldnt not drive the RX

Ilogik · October 21, 2005, 11:56:39 AM

so if I was to buy one try and go for one thats had a rebuild.
stay away from the 4-5 ones with 50-60k on clock?

Red and Single · October 21, 2005, 12:02:52 PM

Quote from: TonyBlairIMO to run your 7 as a \'daily drive\' you either have to have the money to do it, remember you\'re putting miles on your car that will bring the inevitable rebuild closer, or you have to be a bit mad or simply addicted to driving your 7.

I\'m the later, most owners are all or a combination of the above

Cheers
Jon

I only do about 12 miles a day so that side of things is not too bad, I gave up smoking last year and that more than pays for the extra juice :cheers

But you are absolutely right I think with my twin plate clutch and 1.5way I\'m definately in the latter catagory too !!! :burnout :rollin :evillaugh

Initial-D · October 21, 2005, 12:11:02 PM

Bear in mind if you modify it with nice expensive bodykits and GT wings you won\'t want to leave it anywhere for fear of it getting pinched!

Thats my biggest problem, I normally end up using my brothers car for trips to the shops etc.. mines to low and wide I can\'t even get in a multistory carpark lol!! Makes me laugh as I can\'t even get it to my mates carpark so I have to leave it parked up down the road... oh dear...!

Yeah go for a 96 plus car unless you want to replace bushes etc.. 50-60 is fine if the price is low enough and you can still afford the rebuild, you at least get to choose who does the build and can know it hasn\'t been booted during the run in period which will get you used to the car gradually.

deanflowers · October 21, 2005, 12:26:16 PM

i used my FD for 6 months everyday until i took it off road to rebuild, generally getting 200 miles per tank.

my daily drive now is a 4.0 litre xj6 which is actually better on juice

when peolple ask how much MPG i get i just say my other cars an rx7 and they say \'OH well nevermind\'

Mattie · October 21, 2005, 12:30:32 PM

I use mine daily. I do about 1000 miles per month in it and average about 20-22mpg. All my driving is cross country though, so if you do a lot of town driving the economy will suffer. Fuel is pretty expensive, but these cars were built for driving

My car is running an Apexi PFC at 0.9bar peak with a full de-cat.

Tim Oldland · October 21, 2005, 12:37:16 PM

I use mine daily, though i have a short trip to work. I get around 220 miles to a tank of Optimax, which IIRC is Â£63ish.

Works out at about 15mpg average since i\'ve owned it.

Red and Single · October 21, 2005, 12:42:55 PM

Quote from: ZX636RI use mine daily. I do about 1000 miles per month in it and average about 20-22mpg. All my driving is cross country though, so if you do a lot of town driving the economy will suffer. Fuel is pretty expensive, but these cars were built for driving My car is running an Apexi PFC at 0.9bar peak with a full de-cat.

22mpg !!! :eek

I cant better 17mpg even on the friggin motorway (may be something to do with the fact that I cannot sit between 60 and 85 as it\'s too fduking boomy from my zorst, so I can cruise around 55 or 90+ mph)

If I wanted an economical car, I would not have bought a rx :chat