New RX-7 ?

[FRENCH7]

I found those pictures into  "RX-7 magazine"
WAOW!

Look at the upper retractable headlight!!

[richrx]

that looks nutts, but in a good way. Does anyone loke the rx-8? i do but no one else does. AT ALL

[FRENCH7]

Of course i like the RX-8 too ! I hope that i will see this wonderful car next month in Paris !


And do you know the RX-8 forum ?
//www.rx8forum.com


A new book about the RX-8 ! (but in German only...)
More details here : //www.whs-online.de/news/news.html

[BlueAdept]

Originally posted by richrx
that looks nutts, but in a good way. Does anyone loke the rx-8? i do but no one else does. AT ALL

Don\'t sweat it... I love it and will be buying one... All we need is a little more info about WHEN we CAN buy one!

[richrx]

i wish i was confident of buing one! But im too young and too poor. Have you heard that mazda are possibly going to produce a turbo rx-8 360 bhp!!!!;) i hope its true

[BlueAdept]

Originally posted by richrx
i wish i was confident of buing one! But im too young and too poor. Have you heard that mazda are possibly going to produce a turbo rx-8 360 bhp!!!!;) i hope its true

How young is too young?  I guess insurance is an issue... do you have any no-claims?

It\'s not a cheap car, I\'m basically putting money away until it comes out!

Quick question for anyone reading this

Speaking of being "Too young"... does anyone know where somone too young to hold a driving licence can go to have a (supervised) go... legally I mean... I want to teach some basic driving skills to one of my younger relatives and am really drawing a blank on a location.

[richrx]

im 20 and i cant get insurance till im 21, ive got a quote for £1000 fully comp on a £9000 3rd gen, 9000 miles a year. i\'ll have 2 yrs no claims when im 21 i hope. Does anyone know a classic insurance company who would insure me for pre-classic insurance on a 3rd gen??? If you want to let your son drive legally you can go to any private ground, like a large industrial estate.

[MikeLMR]

Originally posted by richrx
im 20 and i cant get insurance till im 21, ive got a quote for £1000 fully comp on a £9000 3rd gen, 9000 miles a year. i\'ll have 2 yrs no claims when im 21 i hope. Does anyone know a classic insurance company who would insure me for pre-classic insurance on a 3rd gen??? If you want to let your son drive legally you can go to any private ground, like a large industrial estate.

errrrr £1000, thats rather cheap .. I\'m 21 and I pay £600 for 1.3 323 - tpft (2years NCB) as my daily driver and £450ish (0 years no claims but I get a discount as its a second car) - fully comp 3000 miles per year limited on my first gen

Mazdarotary club has some recommended insurance companies I think - have a look on the website and try them + I got a good deal from Adrian Flux and I personally have not had a problem with them so far (touch wood)

If you can afford a £9000 car when your 21 I\'m sure a grand in insurance will be nothing to you anyway

[richrx]

im insured on my car now with adrian flux for £1400 thats the best quote i could get, and thats on a Cavalier sri 8v. Try Elephant.co.uk they give good quotes for 21+ although they vary sometimes with the price.

[BlueAdept]

Originally posted by richrx
If you want to let your son drive legally you can go to any private ground, like a large industrial estate.

Not my son, I\'m not THAT old... LOL.. my cousin, 14.  But I\'ve not been able to find anywhere large/suitable enoughas yet!  

Anyone got an airfield in their back garden they want to rent out?  LOL.

[richrx]

sorry man. you should just call the police and tell them of a bomb over the other side of town! then there\'ll be no coppers around to catch you. lol

[BlueAdept]

Originally posted by richrx
sorry man. you should just call the police and tell them of a bomb over the other side of town! then there\'ll be no coppers around to catch you. lol

Yay...  Wry smile!

Did you see that thing in the newspaper where a guy called the police and said "There\'s a guy in my garage stealing my tools" and they said that there was noone available... he waited 2 minutes, called them back and said "You know that guy in my garage, you don\'t need to hurry now because I\'ve shot him"... Strangely enough they turned up in about 60 seconds.

[richrx]

nope didnt hear that one. did you hear the joke:

A man driving home from work was pulled for speeding, when the cop asked why he was speeding the man replied " im sorry i was nervous about the gun in my glovebox". The cop replied "thats illegal you know! Why have you got it?". The man replies "O, i shot my wife, shes in the boot", the copper decides this is too much for me so calls in his super intendant. The Super searches the car and finds no gun or body and asks the man "why did you say you had a gun and a dead body in the car?" The man replies "i never said such a thing!!!! I bet the bastard told you i  was speeding too!!!!!! lol:D :cool:

[t2rew]

Originally posted by BlueAdept


Don\'t sweat it... I love it and will be buying one... All we need is a little more info about WHEN we CAN buy one!

look at that engine,just imagine haveing to rebiuld it in the average 60.000 miles.

[BlueAdept]

Originally posted by jason turner
look at that engine,just imagine haveing to rebiuld it in the average 60.000 miles.

And which friend of humanity convinced you of that... there are 2 golden rules with a rotary engine... change the oil very regularly, and NEVER let it overheat....

There are plenty of people on the US forum who have run their 13B\'s past 300,000 miles without a rebuild using only that advice and standard servicing.... do you think this engine, will be any worse for 20 years of development?

Do you also not remember 20 years ago when 100,000 miles was a lot for a piston engine?

It\'s true that rotaries are sensative to proper maintainance, and it\'s ALSO true that the 3rd gen RX-7 had overheating problems as well as other turbo problems (It was the first production car to have sequential twin turbo\'s)... but if you believe one thing, believe this... Mazda are not going to have spent the last 5 years testing this engine for nothing, and they damn well don\'t intend to get burned again for reliability...   I have it on good authority that these tests have shown the current engine to be rock solid.