Help! Need Knowledge

[bennyboy]

Im thinking about buying an RX7 in the near future, and i need all you knowledgable ones to tell me what i should look out for when buying, what the running cost are like, how reliable are RX7\'s to use generally and on a daily basis, cause at the mo all i read is how people struggle to keep them going!?  i live in wimborne in dorset and have seen a couple locally but i have never been in one (only just seen them at the shows), anyone in the area be kind enough to take me for a spin and to make sure that i get hooked on the RX7. I have seen a generation 3, single turbo type s in silver advertised on //www.bonsaicars.com. let me know what you think.

Many thanks

Ben:D

[johnf]

Your first consideration \'MUST\' be insurance.

Have you looked into insurance quotes yet?

There\'s loads of threads covering this, have a read.

Good luck.

[Andyp]

What the heck is a 1992 type S anyway? never heard of type S, heard of RS but Bonsai reckon it\'s one below type R?

Personally I wouldn\'t buy one from them. Only ever heard things like that they are ex crash cars & so on. Don\'t know anyone that\'s bought one from them... price is quite low too..

[20B_boy]

Jonh\'s on the money, at 22 you\'ll find it hard enough to insure a bone-stock FD, forget about a single turbo\'d car unless you have a few £K to chuck away each year for the insurance premium

I\'ve seen a fair few Bonsai cars, none that special to be honest, they buy a look of accident cars I believe which is why some of their motors are very cheap. Having said that there seem to be a few FD\'s on their stock list that are listed as grade 4 cars; just see the auction sheet to confirm all is as it should be thats all.

Wimbourne, good location mate; Tim/RX Motors in on your door step in Minchington, Blanford Forum. He\'s a great guy and well respected, one of the most experienced Rotary guys in the UK without a doubt. And good value.

As for the info you\'re after about relialbility and all that, search the archives, there are loads of threads on this kind of thing unsurprisingly...

HTH,

[20B_boy]

Originally posted by Andyp
What the heck is a 1992 type S anyway? never heard of type S, heard of RS but Bonsai reckon it\'s one below type R?

Type S was the early base car, no extras, the cheapest FD money could buy.

See Brians model list here for the differences between the type this and the type that...

[Andyp]

ooo can\'t say i\'ve ever seen one of them for sale!

cheers for the info

[Gman]

If your coming to Paris you will see one :p

[Andyp]

ahh you got one av ya
be able to tell ya in the next week or so...

[Gman]

I have in deed, bit modded so its not bog standard anymore.

[jetpilot]

hi, i have sent you a PM mate, i am only down the road from you in Poole, so might be able to help.