Gurj\'s old RX (the matt black one) on pistonheads

[Lum]

Just spotted this on pistonheads
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/467936.htm
The guy can\'t have had it long:3Confused

[ENVYD]

looks like he carnt be arsed to sell it the way that add is lol!

[shafster]

with the cost of fuel, i wouldnt be suprised if everyone was selling up

[Abe130]

That car\'s a Beauty! Loved the read up in Japanese performance too although I could not understand the choice of Nankang tyres!?

[gsb876]

Spoke with the new owner as to why he is selling it,

Just found out his girlfriend is pregnant, thus the car goes to get a place to live :InLove

The purple rx7 is on Piston Heads too

[CraigWWW]

Thats why I am never having kids.

[FDAsh]

I agree Craig, cars are better than kids.

Having said that I love my nephew, but I can always give him back to my sister if he gets too much! :rollin

[gsb876]

with the cost of fuel, i wouldnt be suprised if everyone was selling up

Its a good point really, the rotaries are not good on fuel and the prices are not going to be coming down any time soon. One of the reasons i have not bothered getting another one just yet.

As a example i put £10 of fuel in the Punto at 104.9p and it did 91 miles before needing more :Laugh the FD would have done about 25-30 miles only.

But yep i do miss the pure drive of the rx :o

[gsb876]

Just did a quick calculation.

I got 9.63 litres for £10, in the Punto it worked out at 43.1 mpg, in the RX it would be 14.1 mpg.

On the larger scale this would mean to complete 10,000 miles it would cost £1111 in the Punto and in the RX it would cost £3371 :Nono!

For the average person with a rx as a show car you might complete say 2000 miles a year in which case its a nice £674 a year which is more reasonable, the same amount in the Punto would cost £222

Before the daft price rises of fuel i remember it was about 80p, which would mean 10,000 miles would have cost £2568, and 2000 miles would have cost £513.



All worked out at 105.0p

[johnf]

These figures might look scary but what scares me is when I hear what

ppl pay to watch a football match each week or spend down the pub. or the cost of

gym memberships etc etc........................

I don\'t do any of the above - it goes in the tank - each to their own.

John

[Kevin]

I agree Craig, cars are better than kids.

I totally 100%.......... Disagee.

I had a 2 seater RX7 before I had children.....  My family has grown and I now have a son, but my RX7 has also grown and is now a 2+2.

To be honest the usual "Selling because girlfriend is pregnant" or "Selling because just had kids" is just a poor excuse which they think sounds good.  My son has made no difference to me running my RX7.

[gsb876]

These figures might look scary but what scares me is when I hear what

ppl pay to watch a football match each week or spend down the pub. or the cost of

gym memberships etc etc........................

I don\'t do any of the above - it goes in the tank - each to their own.

John

Hear what you are saying John, i dont drink or smoke but with the current inflation on everything am not rushing to buy another RX until i see how the inflation pans out, Currently all bills are rising, the cost of fuel is rising, the rate of tax is rising, and buying a car running 14mpg is not a good idea just at the mo.

I think the step forward is to get a RX and then a £500 small car for day to day driving

[T11MNM]

With regards to the cost of petrol putting people off ownership, i run a very cheap VW Polo which costs me pennies to insure and run and the RX comes out when it\'s sunny.

My fuel bill in the Polo is ~ £80 a month, i\'d probably use close to that each week if i used the RX for my commute, i did the sums before buying and it made no sense at all to run the RX everyday, and unless there are some big changes i don\'t think it ever will.

[Nik da Greek]

I totally 100%.......... Disagee.
 
I had a 2 seater RX7 before I had children..... My family has grown and I now have a son, but my RX7 has also grown and is now a 2+2.
 
To be honest the usual "Selling because girlfriend is pregnant" or "Selling because just had kids" is just a poor excuse which they think sounds good. My son has made no difference to me running my RX7.

 
Well said, dude! I have no intention of selling my Rex just to accomodate my little son. If he wants practical transport, he can save up and buy it himself! No reason for me to have to grow up, too!
 
But theriouthly, so long as I can fit a kiddie seat in, I don\'t see why it\'s any more or less practical than any other car as far as kids are concerned. Plus, I can start him on the true path of a righteous petrolhead as soon as possible, just like it should be. I\'ll even put the back seat and pillion pegs back on the bike for him, then the wife\'ll be begging me to take him places in the nice, sensible, safe FD!

[FDAsh]

From what people say of the seats in the back of an RX7, they were designed solely for children anyway haha.