Any Good?

[croig]

Hi there!
Firstly like to say what a helpfull site this is, been scanning it for months now.

Basically im looking for my 1st rex (or i wouldnt be here!) and viewed one today.
 
Looked real nice, good paint work, a couple of \'trolly dints\' only been in the country since late december, had full engine overhaul by Jimmy\'s and a turbo refurb in Jan, N reg and 95k km.
 
I think it was a fair (?) asking pice at under £7k.
However i was a little dissapointed at the interior, seemed really cheap and plasticy and it looked well used! is this normal?
Does this seem about going price?
 
Any help and thorts wouyld be much appriciated.
 
Thanks
Craig

[Rotary_Menace]

95 with rebuild for under £7k yeah i would say thats good, just ring around a couple of bodyshops or theres even companys out there that drive to your house and pull out all the dent for a fixed price as ask how much it will cost, but i think on onto a winner there.

Neil  

Ps the interiors arent that good, but by japanese sports car standards of this age there pretty good.

[allstaruk]

Its not a bad price don\'t rush into anything though I\'ve seen some nice ones arround that price too so somehting good will come up.

alan

[elford_tim]

I\'d say from what I\'ve seen on here the price is probably decent[1] but not spectacular. Depending on what spec you\'re after, you can probably save yourself a grand or three...

I\'m with Neil regarding calling in one of those paintless dent removal guys if/when you decide to get a car as they can do a very good job...

[1] I\'m paying slightly above 7k for a car with a fresh rebuild and about 1.3ks worth of uprated parts.

[croig]

Thanks for the words of wisdom guys!
 
One more thing tho, can you tell what model is what by the interiors?  Only asking because the one i looked at had a mini cubby hole thing (almost like a deepish change holder, with a hinged lid over it {Very wobbly lid!}) on the central divider, behind the gear stick. I have not seen these in the other rex\'s i have looked at.
 
Il try to get a pic up of what i mean.

[croig]

 
The ones i have seen dont have this. Any idea if this points to exactly what model it is? The car itself is badged as an Efini, but the owner at the moment does not know.
 
Cheers
Craig

[johnf]

I don\'t think the interior will help distinguish the modes and

I think the you\'ll find  \'cubby hole thing\' is an alternative to ther being an ash tray there.


John

[johnf]

I wouldn\'t worry too much about the interior you can do things with it

[croig]

Nice interior! Presume thats your rex?

[RobbieRX-7]

To say these cars are getting on for 15 years old i think the interiors have aged really well compared to other cars.  Everything is curved inside and not square like inside skylines or hondas. They are basic inside but that\'s why its called a pure sports car. The interiors can be spruced up to look real nice so thats no big deal really. The easiest way to tell what model it is, is to look inside both front vents on the bumper. If there is an oil cooler behind each vent it stands a good chance of being an TypeR R2 but there might be more to it than that. Look here for the model differences http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=394

[croig]

Thanks for that Robbie il get reading that!

[Grizzly]

 
The ones i have seen dont have this. Any idea if this points to exactly what model it is? The car itself is badged as an Efini, but the owner at the moment does not know.
 
Cheers
Craig

That looks very much like an R2, does it have rear Boxes (ie Two seater), There the Carbon look seats.

[croig]

No mate, it has the rear seats (Laughs!!)!

[strange_days_uk]

For 6K you could get a seriously nice, modified, fast freshly rebuilt RX7.  There are some being sold on here.  RE:Worx are selling or recently sold a single turbo one, and single tubs are the last word mate.

SO don\'t rush into it, if anything 7K is too much, don\'t look to spend more than 6K !

[croig]

Well like i said this one i went to see was only rebuilt in jan with turbo refurbs by Jimmy\'s and had a blitz \'zorst and BOV.
 
To be honest im not looking to get a much more modified than that! The only thing is that the interior looked tatty, but other than that i really liked it
 
I have been scanning around on here for a bit but the cars i like are already sold! dammit!
 
Thanks for the advice strange_days! So realistically not look to spend any more than £6k?
 
The  one i saw was just under £7k, plus my car trading in another £2k on top of that, plus hope to get the price down a bit!