Hi - another new potential owner?

[michaelb]

Hi Bug4Life

Welcome to the forum

I use my 96 Rx as a daily driver in all weathers including leaving it at airports for 3 days at a time and have no problems.  I mostly drive in London and put in around 6k miles a year.

Car starts every time…get your self an aftermarket temp gauge.  The stock one is rubbish.
You will be able to exactly know when the car is worm and ready to drive off

I am not sure about a 10min warm up, but a 5min will probably do..

Regards
Michaelb

[BUG4LIFE]

Just had an interesting chat with an RX specialist about the prospect of owning an RX7 and using it as my commute car - and he said the car will do it, though not really enjoy it! He mentioned the car constantly being driven on the choke [not good] and even driving the car for an extended journey once a week may not be enough - even going as far as saying my 5 mile, 20 minute trip to work in stop/start traffic would actually cause the engine damage :eek
 
His surgestion of a second run-around car does make sense [I could keep my Mk2 16v GTI and get a bigger loan for the RX], but then I\'d hardly use the Rex - I\'d wanna use it all the time, as even a short journey would be an event in such a legend.
 
:confused:

[Cally]

So if driving it every day to work, plus a big run every week isnt good for it what the hell are you meant to do with these cars? Look at them?

[Carl]

These cars are fine as a daily user.
In fact I think they are much the better for it,than only having one as a weekend car.
I am not sure that I agree that a 5 mile commute is no good either.
You just need to keep up the maintenance on them and a run at weekends would be good from time to time too.
Regards
Carl

[BUG4LIFE]

If I was still living with my parents; 20 miles from my work over some nice B-roads, that would be perfect for RX driving [though the fuel bills would be huge]. I think he meant the short stop/start trip I now have to take aint ideal - I could take the long way home though, down the by-passes, or to the nearest Shell garage?
 
Good to speak to you guys though - and get opinions like Carl there.