How many of you use your 7\'s

[Ilogik]

haha damn it you people are making me really want one, from what you lot say though they dont sound as bad as people make them out to be, and sound pretty reliable.

Ok for my final question does Birmingham host any good places that could look and work on a 7?

[Ada7]

I use mine every day at the moment but want to find something else to use over the winter. Just some little run about would be nice so the 7 doesnt get covered in crap and chiped to death by stones. Plus i\'d like to try and save some cash for some changes to it over the winter and spring time for next years shows!

I dont do that many miles a week but i\'d perfer to only use mine for better journeys than just to work. I think then i would enjoy the drives even more than i do now, and i would have to worry about putting so many miles on it. I think you can get used to driving them every day and kinda forget how specail they are. If you were to only drive it now and again you\'d realise how fast and powerfull they are and how slow other cars seem to be :rollin

Adam

[nikp]

Birmingham isn\'t a million miles away from WGT (Which is near liverpool and manc). Pip charges a lot per hour, but then he manages to fix your problem twice as fast as any other garage would (Probably faster!), so the price is economical anyway!

[Nath]

I got my RX in 2003 and for 2 years it was used every day as a daily drive ,only had 2 issues in those 2 years , first was the radiator split (common issue with the plastic end caps) and a small engine fire due to perished fuel lines (small damage iirc it come to about £250 to fix)

Then in May this year the engine finally gave up on 80K (on first engine) so it had a good life (also it was modified aswell) i have just got it back with its rebuild and im running it in now, ive done about 650 miles under 3K with no boost and this has to be the hardest thing ever knowig that i probally need to do about another 1K before i can have some fun is hard

But in the long run it will be worth it  :yes

[gonzoninja]

I use mine everyday. From a full tank I get about 250 miles. I only live about 8 miles from work so I\'m not sure I\'m getting the most efficiency out of it. Also there isn\'t very many places to boot it on the way, so I guess that helps!

Having bought and RX7 , I couldn\'t possibly imagine driving another car, I absolutely love it.

[PETE SMITH]

Regular drive for 6 years..yes, i must be slightly mental... :rolleyes:
Conditions...slow town traffic plus short motorway blasts
Average fuel-- 190miles per tank, which is now £50-60 squid!! :eek
BUT, i only average 8,000 miles per year.
My car must be female, otherwise i wouldn\'t love it!! :spank  :flamed
Pete

[big_spin_flip]

Ok for my final question does Birmingham host any good places that could look and work on a 7?

There is a garage in Birmingham that re-builds and works on RX-7\'s, but i wouldn\'t consider him a specialist in the same league as Pip or Ross at Dragon. His name is Chang and he is at Optimum Auto\'s in Mosely. Worth going to see him to check over the looks of the car, but i take mine to Ross for any work (near Honiton - but worth the trip).

If you just want to have a look at one, i\'m based in Redditch so you can always come and have a look, although bear in mind that mines heavily modded (and the 2nd turbo still hasn\'t been fixed yet!)

Flip

[kbareham]

I regularly use mine for the commute to work which is 65 miles each way, mostly motorway with a little A road fun thrown in. I am usually stuck at 50 -60 MPH on the motorway an have seen 24 MPG as a result. I have recently installed a PFC and not really noticed much diffference in fuel consumption. Short trips round town really hurt the fuel consumption, but then I use my little run around for that.

Keith

[hotstepper1973]

i agree with ada 7 that using everyday spoils the car some what.

But my consumption is not very good very lucky to get 150 to a tank but that is because everytime i take mine out cannot help myself absolutely caning it over the mountain which obviously means mpg suffers but hey you cant have it all i think most people if they were on a autobahn or like here a road with with no speed limits they would be the same.

Hope you get one soon and welcome to the club.

[gsb876]

Last year i was using the rx every other day for usual things,

This year probably once or twice a year as bought a cheaper can for city driving.

[gmogle]

Only use mine at weekends. Use a bus the rest of the week so I always look forward to using the 7.

However if we are going somewhere dodgy or a friends house where you can only park on the road we take the missus car !!!! lol

Gareth

[Red and Single]

Only use mine at weekends. Use a bus the rest of the week so I always look forward to using the 7.

However if we are going somewhere dodgy or a friends house where you can only park on the road we take the missus car !!!! lol

Gareth

Let me think......

FD...

or

Bus...

Hmmmmm

Real tough decision I have each mornin\'

:chat

No prizes for guessin\' the result !!

[gmogle]

I know mate.... tell me about it !!

Luckily I have an IPOD to keep me amused and to stop me listening to the schoolkids !

Why oh why do they have their phones on too loud ?!!!?

Would love to use it also but I work in the centre of Norwich and its expensive to park in a decent car park. Plus I reckon the parking dents on my car would breed like rabbits if I left it in a car park all the time !!!!

Gareth

[ashc]

i\'ve used mine as a daily driver since May, but only notched up 3000 miles since i don\'t live too far from work. I didn\'t buy it to gawp at! Fuel consumption? who cares!!

ash

[907]

I bought mine about 2 years ago as my every day sensible car( or atleast that what i told myself) and I get about 190 miles to a tank but most of my trip to work is down fast twisty b roads.