DON\'S 1st GEN PURCHASE

[antnicuk]

if it has no rot i would give you what you paid for it as it stands now.

[don wyatt]

if it has no rot i would give you what you paid for it as it stands now.

well thats a start I suppose, but also a no brainer :Hammer

[gnj37]

WTF are u thinking of selling it already Where in kent are u based brother lives in swanley Funny must be a blue thing my car was totally rust free also

[don wyatt]

Gary, Im near Tonbridge mate, a fair way from you tho

As said, Im thinking about it, basically if I can return a reasonable profit on the car, i will sell it on to a MRC member, who can love and cherish it as a one previous owner car.

Or, Im quite happy to keep it, if there isnt much interest. It then becomes a 2 owner vehicle, and I may change/alter a few things on it.

As the car stands it should be of interest to a club member given its status and originality ?

I would be looking at offers of to start at £1200, (even at £1500 it would be very cheap considering its history). So if anyone is genuinly interested get in touch. If not, I will enjoy it myself. :cool

[RamoNZ]

Hi mate,

Im going to say what I know others are thinking.

You have popped up here with what seems like unbound enthusiasm for a car we all share a passion for. We have shared this with you and gotten excited for the fact you managed to get hold of a good version of a car most of of us already have.

Yet less than 24hours into \'ownership\' you are trying to turn the enthusiasm you have drummed up into a cheeky few hundred quid.

Recall your opening gambit:

Hi chaps,
I have officially arrived in the RX 7Heaven.

I must say that this now makes you sound disingenuous as the \'heaven\' part is simply the realisation that you might make a few bucks?

If you do sell, what then? Clearly with no more RX7 you would have no place here so your short stay would appear to some to simply be a mugging, if you were to search for another, clearly you are a man after perfection and perhaps you stumble across another \'bargain\' would that be up for sale again?

My personal opinion is that you should own, drive and enjoy the car we all do and accept you got a bargain and let us be jealous of the fact, not try to deter from the great community spirit we have got here by offloading what seems to be a great car for a profit.

Just my 2c (0.9p)

[David Nock (RIP)]

I would say it\'s gone quiet \'cos we\'re all thinking...I for one went to sleep on it last night.
Ramon has put into words above what first flashed through my mind...use us and dump us.
But it\'s not quite like that is it Don? You\'ve got excited because you\'re sitting on a good few hundred quid profit instantly....and why not?
Here\'s the rub though, If you sell and buy another 1st Gen you\'re no better off...your profit has gone buying another motor for a realistic price. So if you do sell you\'ll then have to wave bye and look outside the club.
No, I think the opportunity fairy has tapped you on the shoulder and you should keep TMX for a while and ride along with us.
I think I know why you\'ve pushed the \'sell now\' suggestion out to the Forum...it\'s \'cos you\'re an excitable guy who wants things to be moving along all the time. I\'m the same really and once the idea struck, the urge to put the post up must have become overwhelming to you.
Anyway, as said, the profit can only be had once and I for one would think deffer it.

So the Magnificent Eight might drop back to the Magnificent Seven and if Chico says "Who was that Gringo riding with us", I\'ll say "Just some High Plains Drifter wanted company for a while; gone on a different trail now".
Then you\'ll hear \'Clip Clop\' (X7) fading into the distance as the Seven look for the next mission to help fight the oppressed and downtrodden.

[Ian65]

Hi mate,

Im going to say what I know others are thinking.

You have popped up here with what seems like unbound enthusiasm for a car we all share a passion for. We have shared this with you and gotten excited for the fact you managed to get hold of a good version of a car most of of us already have.

Yet less than 24hours into \'ownership\' you are trying to turn the enthusiasm you have drummed up into a cheeky few hundred quid.

Recall your opening gambit:


I must say that this now makes you sound disingenuous as the \'heaven\' part is simply the realisation that you might make a few bucks?

If you do sell, what then? Clearly with no more RX7 you would have no place here so your short stay would appear to some to simply be a mugging, if you were to search for another, clearly you are a man after perfection and perhaps you stumble across another \'bargain\' would that be up for sale again?

My personal opinion is that you should own, drive and enjoy the car we all do and accept you got a bargain and let us be jealous of the fact, not try to deter from the great community spirit we have got here by offloading what seems to be a great car for a profit.

Just my 2c (0.9p)

Amen                          .

[syebba]

The silence was deafening.

[don wyatt]

I would say it\'s gone quiet \'cos we\'re all thinking...I for one went to sleep on it last night.
Ramon has put into words above what first flashed through my mind...use us and dump us.
But it\'s not quite like that is it Don? You\'ve got excited because you\'re sitting on a good few hundred quid profit instantly....and why not?
Here\'s the rub though, If you sell and buy another 1st Gen you\'re no better off...your profit has gone buying another motor for a realistic price. So if you do sell you\'ll then have to wave bye and look outside the club.
No, I think the opportunity fairy has tapped you on the shoulder and you should keep TMX for a while and ride along with us.
I think I know why you\'ve pushed the \'sell now\' suggestion out to the Forum...it\'s \'cos you\'re an excitable guy who wants things to be moving along all the time. I\'m the same really and once the idea struck, the urge to put the post up must have become overwhelming to you.
Anyway, as said, the profit can only be had once and I for one would think deffer it.

So the Magnificent Eight might drop back to the Magnificent Seven and if Chico says "Who was that Gringo riding with us", I\'ll say "Just some High Plains Drifter wanted company for a while; gone on a different trail now".
Then you\'ll hear \'Clip Clop\' (X7) fading into the distance as the Seven look for the next mission to help fight the oppressed and downtrodden.

Absolutely brilliant post , and so very true. I am still grinning as I hear the gringos guitars playing, and my cigar stub burns my lips. (god i love that movie).
look guys, dont take this the wrong way, that is so easy to do, Im not a money grabbing, quick profit merchant, use and abuse people type of person. Lets take the "ive sold TMX" version first, If I did this, and yes it would be quite sweet to gain a few pounds for once in my classic car life, but if I did this, I wouldnt simply disappear anyway, I belong to several club forums, and have a great relationship with so many folks in the classic car world. Please dont get up tight anyone, Please dont think I am or have been using anyone. I simply am excited about this little RX7, and am still looking forward to spending some cash on it, and showing off, if only to my friends at work !
However I truly LOVE all classics and am constantly  looking at something new, trust me please, I recentley purchased a 2CV Woody Estate, and extremely rare heap of tosh, and my wife nearly divorced me when I put that on the drive, so you see, Im just nuts on old cars. I also get a buzz, and believe me when I say this as it is true on my kids lives, I also get a buzz from being a good samaritan, where is the harm in letting like minded people benefit from your own good fortune. You know, if someone said to me, Hi Don, I have been looking for an RX7 for 10 years, its my dream, and I cant afford more than £1000, or £850, (which I what I am about to pay for the car) I would most likely say, Here you go, have this one.
Im not a greedy, disingenuous person at all, in fact those of you who may get to know me, will find that I am 110% honest, generous and would never do anything to offend or rip off my like minded working fellows.

If I keep the car which I most likely will now, unless someone makes an offer, (and I would most likely kick myself for selling it as I normally do), then I will try my best to fall deeply in love with the whole scene, cos, I do very much like the RX7, so I will have to stop looking on ebay, and putting notes on peoples cars, as I did with this particular one.

Listen chaps, you need to make up your own minds about this infiltrator who has come along and stirred up your forum. We are not all the same, some of us are different, it does not mean we are crooks, it does not mean we are disingenuous.  Jesus, should I get you guys some references ?

If you want to share in my luck, in winning this little car, please dont cast stones at me. I will probably want to part with it at some stage, whether thats next week or next year, and you chaps will be the first to know.
Is that fair ? or am I still the .... you think I am ?

Don.:confused: :confused:

[don wyatt]

Sorry I must just add;

RamonNZ, I know you, and you say others, are a bit confused by all this, and I dont take your comments personally because you have been welcoming to me before this, but your quotes;

  "seems disingenuous " and,

 "not try to deter from the great community spirit we have got here"

are really completely wrong about me and this topic.

Don.

[don wyatt]

And here chaps is just one of many references I am able to pass on to prove that I am genuine, this is from another club forum.


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Made@kent
 Posted 06 September 2010 15:12   , In: DISCUSSIONS
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My partner, daughter and I would like to say a big THANK YOU to Don.
He came to met us and spent the day with us in Kent. Showing us new people the ropes and giving us tips. Also having time to help my daughter.

It was really nice to meet another digger that could spare time to help us. I hope in time to come we can help other diggers. We also bumped into Mark again who spent time and gave us a few pointers.

Thank you Don it was great to meet you and hope to meet you again soon or if your ever up our way we can take you to one of our tips.

 Sarah & Steve

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Don\'t know Don myself, but not the first post I\'ve read similar to this one.
Well done Don.  

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[RamoNZ]

Hi Don,

No one expects you to keep the car forever, but the point was that I was a little offended that you were looking to offload the thing after not even turning a wheel as the owner, but what appeared to be only after you saw the reactions of the good folk here sharing in your good fortune. I think you perhaps mistook the delight of the others as something else but hopefully you realise it was just that - happiness for you and your new car.

Now that that is out of the way, should you keep her, which we all hope you do, we eagerly await the news of arrival and plans for TMX.
If you want my opinion, (Nobody asked I know...) I think you should leave the colour as is (mine is also Tender Blue) but spend the money on some engine porting to bring out the character of the rotary engine and free up some of those trapped horses.

A simple extend port with the right fueling and exhaust mods can unleash up to 180bhp whilst being completely streetable. In such a light car it is a lot of fun!

[don wyatt]

Hi Don,

No one expects you to keep the car forever, but the point was that I was a little offended that you were looking to offload the thing after not even turning a wheel as the owner, but what appeared to be only after you saw the reactions of the good folk here sharing in your good fortune. I think you perhaps mistook the delight of the others as something else but hopefully you realise it was just that - happiness for you and your new car. [/I]

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Hello Mate,

Thanks for the info on the upgrading of the engine, Im a complete dunce with engine and stuff, so i will need to pick your brains and use you all again (joke intended) if I do this.

Have to say tho buddy, you are completely wrong about my reason for considering selling,  you shouldn\'t be offended by another persons innocent right to make a choice. I was and am honoured to receive advice and well wishes from you chaps, and your well meant good wishes. I certainly DID NOT mistake those good wishes as anything else. If you don\'t mind me saying you still seem to be suggesting that I was manipulating these newly found cyber friendships for some kind of gain ? I am not so silly not to understand that £850 quid is cheap, had I been solely after making a profit and nothing else, I would not have logged in to MRC, or paid a subscription to become a member.
When all I needed to do, was buy the car, and whack it onto ebay for everyone to see, and I would have made an instant profit.
Again, I don\'t wish to be rude, but "offload" ??
If this was my intention, ebay would have served this intention far better with such a wide audience.

I will say this again, and it is for you to decide whether you believe me or not,
I am not disingenuous, I am not out to use anyone, or offload my purchase, and I am not happy with that label come to that.
TMX will be available if someone is interested, if not, no big deal, I\'m happy either way.
Nuff said I think.

[Ian65]

Don,
As far as I am aware, no one has any axe to grind with you on this forum and everyone, myself included, seems to have gone out of their way to make you feel welcome, offer advice and share in your excitement at buying this car.
You can appreciate however when someone new appears on the forum, gets a bunch of enthusiasts interested in a vehicle for sale, secures the purchase and then within 24 hrs is hawking it around the forum for a higher price than they paid for it, people will assume that they have been used and it does not endear you to anyone, even if you felt you were doing it with the best of intentions.
I must  say that I was a bit stunned last night when I read you’d basically posted an ad for it before you’d even completed the purchase and I can well understand how some members felt a bit put out by it. I also felt  disappointed about it and Ramons post summed up my feelings about it this morning perfectly.
I truly hope that you keep the car for a while and enjoy it and likewise, continue to enjoy this forum.
Most people who have owned a 1st gen RX7 love them and even after parting with them for whatever reason, still have a soft spot for them. I’m sure you’ll feel the same.
Here’s looking forward to getting it on your drive next week!

[RamoNZ]

OK Don, more than happy to draw a line under this.

And yes, we are all more than happy to help with whatever you need help with - but I try not to get involved unless it involves making these engines do what they were intended to - rev and make happy pulsing horsepower!