New RX owner

[Alex T]

what company is that you work for Alison?

[Paul1982]

I\'ve just had a Quote via Greenlight and they quoted £697 (i\'m 25, 5 years no claims & no points etc) :-) not bad i thought!

[Alison]

what company is that you work for Alison?

NFU Mutual - only good for rural areas, and won\'t quote for under 25\'s unless there is an existing policy either in your own name or a close relative. (Or you work for them ) Great staff though lol!!

[ghostjd]

255bhp .............

Yes if you have a UK car but if you have a jap import its a slightly different story.
 
Mazda RX7 Mk 3 Twin Rotor, Twin Turbo: UK and European Models 92 - 2001
Engine (cc)  (2 x 654 cc 2R),  
Power 255 bhp (UK) (240 Eur)
Max Speed 155*
0-60 mph 5.9
MPG 18
Transmission 5 Speed Manual
Mazda RX7 Mk3 Type R Twin Rotor, Twin Turbo: JDM Type R 92 â€" 93
Engine (cc)  (2 x 654 cc 2R),  
Power 280 bhp  
Max Speed 155*
0-60 mph 5.1
MPG 17
Transmission 5 Speed Manual
Mazda RX7 Mk 3 Type RB Twin Rotor, Twin Turbo: JDM 94 - 98
Engine (cc)  (2 x 654 cc 2R),  
Power 265 bhp  
Max Speed 155*
0-60 mph 5.3
MPG 18
Transmission 5 Speed Manual / 4 Sp Auto
Mazda RX7 Mk3 Type RS Twin Rotor, Twin Turbo: JDM Type RS 99 - 2001
Engine (cc)  (2 x 654 cc 2R),  
Power 280 bhp  
Max Speed 155*
0-60 mph 5.1
MPG 17
Transmission 5 Speed Manual

JDM Japanees Domestic Model
All cars were limited to a top speed of 155 mph, pretty sure this was due to wheels and tyres

[Kevin]

Where ever you got that info from is crap.... a 1992 -93 JDM RX7 has never been 280 bhp.

They only went 280 in 99 when they revised there turbo\'s and the UK cars were 235bhp not 255bhp.

[Matt_K]

omg.. my type R has 280bhp innit!

All cars were limited to a top speed of 155 mph, pretty sure this was due to wheels and tyres

roflllll..

[Kevin]

UK Models: 235bhp

Early models upto December 1995 - 255 bhp

Revised 16 bit ecu etc 1996 -1999 - 265bhp

Revised turbo\'s etc 1999 - 2002 - 280bhp

Plus I wouldnt trust a website that couldnt spell Japanese......... "Japanees"?

[thetera]

omg.. my type R has 280bhp innit!
 
 
 
roflllll..

I thought everyone knew that Mazda pioneered speed limiting alloys back in 1992 :rollin

[ghostjd]

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Plus I wouldn’t trust a website that couldn’t spell Japanese......... "Japanees"?

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My fingers don\'t always do what my brain tells it and my spelling is wobbly, I spell everything correctly and the letters wobble all over the place

Got the info from Bonsaicars website they are the company that imported the car for me.  Was I miss-informed.  I was told that JDM 92 - 94 type R models had the same power output as the RS 99 - 2001 at 280bhp.

[Kevin]

Lol, i\'ve seen worse spelling of Japanese.

All JDM RX-7\'s upto 1996 were 255bhp mate.  It was only the 99 onwards that were 280bhp.

[ghostjd]

They misslead me the lots of bad words.  
 
To be honest doesn\'t matter much as its quicker and more powerful than I had expected.  Driven cars with more hp but they didn\'t seen to accelerate as well as the Rx7
 
Only been out in it once since buying it and got temp insurance for a day (well my mum did) to take it my parents house to go into storage (My house doesn\'t have a garage) and I\'m not going to be insured untill the 24th Oct.  Can\'t wait.