The best part of owning an RX7....

RedRummy · January 13, 2007, 12:46:04 AM

... for me, is not having to do 3 point turns anymore...

Turn the wheel, give it some revs, drop the clutch...

BOOM - 180!!

:Thumbs-up

PETE SMITH · January 13, 2007, 01:17:23 AM

I can\'t let it go!
Both old and young admire it.
Only Porsche and Ferrari get respect....don\'t mention Beem n Merc:Giggle
Unique engine noise
Once you respect it, it will respect you!!!!!!!!!!1:cheers

RedRummy · January 13, 2007, 01:27:05 AM

for me, Porsche\'s don\'t get respect... I enjoy watching them size me up..

ooer, that sounded a bit dirty LOL

Then I enjoy blasting them into the rear view mirror.... :DD

RedRummy · January 13, 2007, 01:32:44 AM

I had my first scary moment the other day -

Over Christmas I went out for a spin... roads were dry but it was very cold...

I eventually got onto this road that was especially cold, was in shadow and probably had some surface ice, though it was invisible....

I was pulling away from a roundabout, pretty slowly, in 3rd, reached about 50mph and the back end just snapped out... no warning... I was facing the central reservation!!

Managed to get it back in line, back had to change me underwear LOL...

turned around and decided to head back... all the way back on that road, the back end was really twitchy... in any gear I could feel it stepping out, so I crawloed home and thanked my lucky stars... I thoguht my LSD had crumpled, it felt so bad, but all is fine.

Also spun at a roundabout - backend spun out at about 15mph, literally... since that day I give major respect to the Rex.

Drive sensibly and she\'s fine... be a **** and you\'ll end up in the wall... simple as.

PETE SMITH · January 13, 2007, 01:36:14 AM

Tis true,
Had a burn with a Carrera gt4...he gave the respect sign and we went our own way.:driving
Now, would a Beem/Merc do that???.................i doubt it.........it\'s a funny old world ain\'t it??:rollin :p

PETE SMITH · January 13, 2007, 01:40:05 AM

Rummy,
your comments on the rear-end reminds me of my first year of ownership...i had a few moments of "brown-trousers" and "Ooo, that was close".............regular driving of the FD provides fairly quick "how to drive it" feelings!:guinness

RedRummy · January 13, 2007, 01:43:42 AM

yeah, its gotta be a proper Porsche... like the gt... none of this cheap, yummy mummy nonsense

PETE SMITH · January 13, 2007, 01:45:53 AM

Quote from: RedRummyyeah, its gotta be a proper Porsche... like the gt... none of this cheap, yummy mummy nonsense

Ahh, you mean the "boxster"?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:rollin :rollin

RedRummy · January 13, 2007, 01:50:56 AM

Quote from: PETE SMITHRummy,
your comments on the rear-end reminds me of my first year of ownership...i had a few moments of "brown-trousers" and "Ooo, that was close".............regular driving of the FD provides fairly quick "how to drive it" feelings!:guinness

The thing is, I\'m really quite a sensible driver... I don;t floor it on the bends and I take care to watch the road conditions... I was driving normally and it still caught me out... I had been driving the car for months, sometimes (ok, quite often) a lot more aggresively than I was here and yet is still snapped out...

I even considered winter storage after that... but I couldn\'t bring myself to shut her away!!
:burnout

PETE SMITH · January 13, 2007, 01:55:02 AM

Are all your tyres the same brand?....makes a huge difference.
Knackered suspension leads to wallowy ride.
Like any RWD motor, it\'s fun but unpredictable!:2eek :Giggle

gonzoninja · January 13, 2007, 09:03:53 AM

The best thing is watching people who think they\'ve got fast cars disappearing in your rear view mirror, because they don\'t know what a rex is.

I had someone with a T5 Volvo (for god\'s sake!!!) thinking he was a bit hot, diving between lanes trying to get one car ahead or everyone, he pulled up very close behind me on the motorway, I didn\'t even bother dropping a gear for that...enjoyed watching disappear, he didn\'t get quite so close to me after that.

RobbieRX-7 · January 13, 2007, 10:32:16 AM

Yeah you gotta laugh when some tool in a gti or whatever thinks he is fast. When i fitted my pfc on thu i took it for a spin. Bear in mind that my fd is totally stock except twin k&n filters and now the pfc. I was driving along the bypass by my house which is ace for testing the performancce of the car. There was a nissan almera gti infront. When the road opened up to a long straight the almera gunned it and shot off up the road leaving me about 100 meters behind. I thought well i might as well floor it and see what a difference this pfc makes so i floor it. Before i know it im flying past this almera and all i could do was laugh at how pathetic this almera gti driver looked. It was one of the most funniest moments i\'ve had in the fd.

Cally · January 13, 2007, 02:51:56 PM

I didnt know anyone with one and none about where I stay so it makes it a bit more speshul!

RedRummy · January 13, 2007, 08:51:48 PM

Quote from: PETE SMITHAre all your tyres the same brand?....makes a huge difference.
Knackered suspension leads to wallowy ride.
Like any RWD motor, it\'s fun but unpredictable!:2eek :Giggle

front tyres are different to the rear.

And I *may* have slight suspension issues, not sure yet - its going into Re:Worx on tuesday for a full service.... Feels fine to me, but they said I should get it looked at when they fixed my LIM before Xmas.. :reallymad

PETE SMITH · January 13, 2007, 11:37:23 PM

What is "LIM" RR??:evillaugh

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