why do we love our fd\'s?

[pearl_rex]

what is it that makes you love your rex? for me its the look on scooby drivers faces when you kill them :chat also how much attention it gets, ive been working on it on the drive quite alot recently and no word of a lie about 20 people have stopped and given me 100 q\'s about it!! it may break alot...and i mean ALOT lol but i still love it more than any other car by a long long long shot!
 
so im just interested in why everyone else is in love with theirs?
 
 
ste :cheers

[Kash_]

For me the FD still looks amazing for such an old design! Looks different and better then a lot of the newer performance cars out there, even has a super car kind of look about it Also like the fact that there are not that many on the road which makes it unique and has people wondering what it is lol.... I\'ve had my FD mistaken for a new Ferrari and a new Porsche! The performance, sound and driving characteristics are awesome, everytime I drive it it brings a smile to my face, feels like a REAL sports car. You can drive an FD slow and still have fun... what other cars can you do that in? Also like the fact that I\'ve seen off a lot of other higher perfomance cars in a straight line as well as some Ferrari\'s, 911 Turbos and an Aston Martin... oh and not forgetting the biker boys :Thumbs-up... above all for me it\'s the heart of the FD, the Rotary engine which really does it for me... such a unique design which is different from the rest, something so small which can push out so much power and embarrass those V8\'s and V10\'s! yes the Rotary is thirsty and fragile blah blah blah BUT with the right engine build and a good map (very important) it\'s soooo adictive... I don\'t think anything can beat the sound and driving style a Rotary can give :driving

[m1tch]

I think FDs are loved so much as they are a proper sports car with a proper engine that has turbos rather than the newer sports cars that are heavily restricted with loads of emmission stuff and less powerful engines. I think its cause cause they are amazing to look at, but not hugely expensive to buy, plus there aren\'t many of them, my FC is the only 1 around where I live, Haven\'t seen another FC been driven around near me or past me unless I go visit Prof

[REVIT93RX7]

For me it just has the right dimensions, light weight long hood short backside.  It\'s stance is wonderful too look at from any angle.  The 50/50 weight distribution with a good amount of power gives you a feeling when driving that very few other cars do.  My Crossfire SRT6 is close but fails in cornering compared to the RX7.  The fact that very few are around even makes it more special.  I bought mine with 7 miles in Sept 1992.  It is sleeping at the moment but will awake better than ever next year.  Doing a full restore, from the suspension too a brand new motor.

[pete sparrow]

Maybe one of the most beautiful  cars ever produced! Certainly one of the most financialy depressing too own known too man.
You should never start a sentence with the word but,so i won\'t,but an RX7 is unique and always will be! Thats what makes the breed special and they stand out from the rest!
Looks,engine,design and character,the Rex has the lot! Can\'t be beaten!
Fact!!!
 Oh and mine especially is ubber sexy!!!:yes

[gmogle]

Yeah the design of the car is superb and the rotary engine sound is unlike anything else. People just love the look of the car, if I\'m cruising anywhere on a bypass and they overtake they are always glued to the windows looking at the car and trying to decide what it is, I\'ve had kids walk across a really busy road just to take pics using camera phones, anybody stops me and has a chat about the car which is ace.
The handling is fantastic, the pickup from the sequential turbos are great, the ****pit is brilliant and the performance even for a standard car is sensational. Most of all though there are 3 superb forums where people are happy to give advice, guidance and technical help which has lead me to do all the work on the car myself.

The only bad points are that it is a 15 year old car and bits are starting to fail, there are too many nice aftermarket bits that I convince myself I must have and the final point is when you do tell people it is a Mazda I think they are disappointed.

[Initial-D]

Unique Rotary sound, awsome Rotary style... enough said!

[Nik da Greek]

Because it looks fantastic (and I\'m shallow!), it\'s ridiculously loud (which matters since I\'m already half deaf), it\'s stupidly fast (which is important cos I\'ve spent too long on two wheels to drive sensibly now) and you never get tired of explaining exactly what a "Wankel" is to people.Thirteen year-old kids think it\'s "sick" and "shady" (which means good apparently), and they\'re the ultimate test of whether something\'s cool or not!

[Hi RX7]

Can\'t argue with a thing said about the car so far, and I think pete sparrow\'s second sentence is so true with regards to my new ownership of the car.
Before buying the RX7 I tried and was prepared to buy a car 3 times what I paid for the RX7 but if you drive the RX then within a day of trying most other high performance cars you just seem to find there is something about the whole package, speed, handling and looks that Mazda by luck or judgement got right.

[SiH]

Because it makes me wee a little with excitment every time I see it.

It\'s beautiful, rapid, sounds gorgeous, effortlessly prett, timelss (There was one at the uk motorshow this year - it didn\'t look in the slightest bit out of place) and genuinely different.

[CharlieP]

The noise too! I get bored of CDs after a while, but I\'m not the slightest bit bored of that nurspec!
Especially through tunnels, and when I chop it down....maybe thats why I use so much fuel!:2Rolleyes

[SavageUK]

it just gives me a warm feeling inside

[marcusd666]

What more could be said about this piece of history I have always want one from seeing my first FB when I was a kid on holiday. Now I have got my FD it just put a smile on my face when I go out in it or just looking at it on the drive or road, when it comes to driving it from the sound of the twin rotors coupled to the twin turbos spinning up and the way it pulls there is nothing to touch it and when it comes to the looks where do you start it is really beautiful from any angle. Last thing to say about the car dreams can come true when you drive the FD.:Thumbs-up

[karl_tate]

i love mine, the sound, the way it drives, the looks, the performance, but i dont think i could drive it everyday as its just not that type of car

[Habanos]

For the money, I don\'t think there is anything better :burnout