What do you use your it for ?

[rx7ben]

As above really what do you use your car for, daily use , track car, weekend car. Personally i use my car daily to and from work doing about 24 miles per day and it still cost load in fuel lol. I find the rx7 really easy and comfortable to drive everyday, the only thing that bothers me is the miles being put on it and the fact it could go pop, but as long as i keep the maintance up touch wood it will be ok.
 
Allso on another note what was the 3rd gen Rx7 designed for ? was built to be a daily car or as a track car or road going racing car. Just a few things that hace crossed my mind. Its must have been built as a car you can use everyday.

[BlitzBoy]

well yes it was designed as an every day sportscar.
If it was designed as weekend car like a TVR or Ferrari they would have released it with more power with more service intervals needed imo

[rx7ben]

What was the service intervals ? On my paperwork i got from the rebuild it says the oil has to be changed every 3000 miles and a full service every 5000

[BlitzBoy]

Seems about right, not much in a service in a rotary though, oil,filter and plugs.
Other items like fuel filter and brake pads,coolant like any other car on the road nothing special

[J_T]

Aren\'t TVRs weekend cars because they need to spend the week in the garage to fix what broke that weekend?

[rx7ben]

Aren\'t TVRs weekend cars because they need to spend the week in the garage to fix what broke that weekend?

 
:rollinYour probaley right lol but i would love to have one. You can get a Tuscan for really good money now

[D2BBA]

I did look at a Tuscan, however the talk of engine probs on the forums got me down.

The last straw came when someone suggested replacing the TVR lump with something more reliable and a rotary was suggested!  I couldnt see the point in changing the RX for one then.

Chris

[Nik da Greek]

I use mine as a daily driver all year round (although I tend to use the bike more in summer, I still use that all year too). Work commute is about thirty miles minimum round trip, so it makes it worthwhile getting her out the garage at least. Also pressed into service for going to the tip, DIY shop, collecting secondhand bits of other RX-7s from all over the country,in fact everything you\'d use....well, a car for really. After all.....it\'s a car!

[gyles18]

we have both a tvr and the rx7 in our family. the tvr is a cerbera and the 3rd one my old man has had and the only he\'s had had trouble with .(blown engine)
the tvr gets used as a daily car and is driven all over the country on a regular basis. its a fantastic car and with the new engine has turned out to be very reliable (took a little while to get there). it can return around 30mpg on a long motorway journey and is quite refined i have to say. it\'s got uprated intrax suspension. i think it will be my next car when i decide to get rid of the rex.
as for the rx7, i use to use it as a daily drive. i use to do regular trips in it every 10days to belgium and back and basicly lived out of it, commuting with two holdalls in the back and my bike tucked in the back seats.i must of covered a good 30k in about 8-12 months. cost me a fortune in fuel but i\'ve had some of the best drives in it though. i think thats why i haven\'t been worried about spending the money on it, because i know that when its working properly, its a fantastic car and ill find it hard to beat.
from what ive learnt with the rx7 and the tvr, any car can be a good work horse, as long as you look after it. e.g. make sure its got plenty of oil, you warm it up/cool down properly, regular servicing etc...

[TTMan]

i use mine as a daily driver & toy, do reading - newbury and back every day which is about 50 miles, not had any problems since my rebuild just keep up on all the maintenance and keep everything crossed!

[hairyhoover]

early tuscans did suffer. the oil gally to the head was to small and it was causing the head to wear very quickly. Once sorted there shouldnt be a problem! Hopefully

[chrisJDM]

mine is a weekend car as i have a company car otherwise i wouldnt have bought a rx7, i have to say i dont think i would want one as a daily drive would do my head in lol

[Ada7]

Mine is mainly a weekend car but seeing as i work shifts that can be any day of the week. Would love to have it as my daily car but i think i\'d need to win the Euro lottery tomorrow noght to afford the fuel due to not being able to resist the temptation of putting my righht foot hard down all the time.
Do take it to shows and enjoy the odd bit of RWYB too

Adam

[gmogle]

Mines a weekend car, driving it everyday has done my head in. The smell, the noise, the worrying about engine temps etc does your head in at 8am in morning traffic !!!

Have to put up with the bus during the week now which also is smelly, noisey and always hot.....aaarrgghhh I should drive :-)

Seriously though weekend car, the petrol costs would make me broke in everyday usage.

[pigeon]

Weekend toy and hopefully a little track once its ready. There is no way im doing 90 miles a day in an RX7 lol.