simple question

[johnnywas]

just thought i would ask,is their anyone who has never had any bother with their rex ,reason i ask is this forum is full of people with blown engines or something,i thought about a rex but after driveing 2 i cant see wat you guys put up with one of the most unreliable cars proberly ever made,

[AshRX]

Yep my second FD now and never had a problem ( touch wood ) and its far from standard.

You go on Skyline Owners club and there will be loads of people there with problems. You mod an engine expect problems eventually. Same on any engine.

For example a simple rebuild on a RB26 lump with some inbternal mods and your looking at 10K rebuild price. You can get 3 13b rebuilds out of that and probably have more power

[chrisJDM]

i had mine for 4 years and never had any serious issues, i had a few issues with the first turbo not boosting properly but never had any problems with the main part of the engine.  I have always driven it quite hard aswel :chat  I have a mate who has an impreza running simliar power to my rx and he blew his engine twice in 2 years, he works for subaru so knows his stuff has spent 50k on the car and has it tuned by one of the best tuners in the country.  If Rx7s where that bad why would any of us have them??? I admit there are alot of poor examples out there, they tend to blow up if not looked after or tuned properly thats what gives the car a bad name, I think if you look after one, treat it right and have it well tuned with the right mods they are very reliable

[Aubec]

What you have to remember is that a lot of people will only post when they have a problem, so of course the forum will have lots of people with faults.  Plus there are a lo of cars on here >15 years old, is it surprising things break eventually?

We all like our Rex\'s cos they\'re gorgeous, unusual, and will eat most other cars for breakfast with a third less power because they are RWD, so light and chuckable.  I love Evo\'s and GTRs too, but if I can only have one toy it\'s gonna stay the RX7!

But you know that, you\'re just trolling

[skybusr34]

ive had 3 rexs now, been  tempted away by the thought of owning of an evo, skyline , escort cossi, but after test drives they all all good in there own right but none give the feedback the rex does. none of mine ever gave me any hassle. except soliniod problem one one. apart from that all good.

in my opinion best value for money prpoer sports car available

[DR SCHNITZEL]

I have blown one engine up in 20,000 hard miles. It was only because i...
 
a) didnt have uprated cooling
b) running stupid injector duties on full boost
c) no boost controller
d) i was trying to blow it up

[chrisJDM]

lol why were you trying to blow it up?

[pdtaylor18]

I have had Mk1 rx7, FC\'s by the bucket load and an FD. All of them fun, all of them a PITA at times but totally worth it. I think that if you get access to this whole forum then you will see a lot of hard work by countless people modifying, experimental work, renovation etc and it sets an outstanding presidence on what you can achieve. I really dont think this forum is all about engine rebuilds at all. That will happen to some of us but please dont let that put you off a rotary car of some sort. All mine have been 100% reliable.................ok I had a rebuild in my FD but then I guessed as much when I bought it and my FC had a rebuild because it was engineered wrongly after its last rebuild causing it to wear prematurely. Again I bought the car knowing it was to be a rebuild.  Other cars of this stature have the same problems as along with performance comes the cost of maintenance and technical challenges, however compared to them we are still cheap.  It is far from being the most unreliable car ever made.

[L18M]

one of the most unreliable cars proberly ever made,

that would be the TVR :evillaugh

[trevtubby]

As said, of course the majority of posts will be problems. People dont often post things like "another month of rex ownership gone by, and had no problems".

People will only post with problems or queries. Its the same on any forum.

I`ve had my FD 3 years, ive also owned an mr2 turbo, integra type r, evo`s, impreza`s, gt4`s, lotus elise...and the rex has been the most reliable by far.

Its all about looking after them and driving them properly. If you look after your car, they will look after you.

[pdtaylor18]

Its all about looking after them and driving them properly. If you look after your car, they will look after you.

That is the quote of the week and so very very true.

[nikp]

I thought that Lotus\' were the most unreliable car:

Lots Of Trouble Usual Serious

[NurburgRob]

If you have to ask the question, you\'ve probably never driven one

just thought i would ask,is their anyone who has never had any bother with their rex ,reason i ask is this forum is full of people with blown engines or something,i thought about a rex but after driveing 2 i cant see wat you guys put up with one of the most unreliable cars proberly ever made,

[smarts]

If you have to ask the question, you\'ve probably never driven one

What he said!!  :Thumbsup!

[Prof]

My car\'s now 20 years old, is regularly given a good workout and has it\'s share of problems.  Is it unreliable - not really - it\'s had parts failing - which after this length of time I would kind of expect, but nothing that can\'t be sorted relatively easily and cheaply in many cases.
 
Is it the most unreliable car - no - I\'d say talk to vauxhaull owners who brought brand new cars and are on their 3rd or 4th fuel pump and fuel pressure regulator.  Or talk to Volvo owners who\'ve replaced throttle body sensors for the 2nd or 3rd time.
 
All I can say is you didn\'t drive a good rex if you think they aren\'t worth it, and for that I feel sorry for you.
 
Rx7 - excellent drive :cheers