Newbie - Which RX7 to go for pls & differences?

[scooby_si]

I may well be wrong but that was my understanding it\'s only access for the competitors vehicles & support vehicles & i guess with those alone will take a lot of space especially with the handling couse etc n all that, tiz a big site but guess not enough space for a mass of parking for spectators too sure there\'s planty of transport from York &/or the various local camp sites etc thou. Anyway i\'ll say no more incase i am talking poo but that was my understanding of it as an out & out go not show event....
I\'m still guna be very tempted to go even if it doesn\';t mean the usual showing off yer own car stuff as it does look awesome all the top bollock cars in the UK being tested to their limits! :god
Si

[FDDreamer]

I think TOTB3 is at Elvington, Yorks, on sunday 1st august. Tickets are £15 in advance or £20 on the day. Will be great, the last 2 sounded epic!

Cheers for the site Gurj, not an awful lot in just now but another one to keep my eye on!

Yeah, talk about all the luck! The CSL is costing my friend just over a grand which i thought was awesome, all things considered. But then he\'s been driving since he was 17, and had back-to-back performance cars. Lucky people!! :p

The car is just lovely. I agree with most people that it\'s over-priced, but it\'s special for sure. It didn\'t feel much quicker than his old E46 M3, but we were doing 175 in what felt like no time at all after giving it full throttle. And get this - the crazy machine down-shifted at 160mph from top back to 5th!!! Has a feature called \'aggression ratio\' which controls how snappy gear-shifts are, and how high you can rev the engine to. Put right up it\'s fantastic. Also, it has launch control...which has to be seen to be believed. Holds the revs at 5000, you simply put your foot to the floor, it sqeaks for a split-second, then just launches! Got a great lil clip on my phone which i look at once in a while when suffering from withdrawal symptoms!

The most impressive part, though, is the sound. It\'s a bit marmite, as it\'s not by any means a boomy sound which some people like. It\'s more like a animal screaming, like it\'s got some kind of creature under the bonnet! It\'s all thanks to the biggest and most bling induction set-up i\'ve seen, CF everywhere. Will miss it, the evo will be at least as quick (being tuned to roughly 400bhp) but not the same.

I\'ll be very interested in hearing about your exploits at the weekend. Good luck finding something to have a play in!

You\'re prob right Si, i\'m just trying to convince myself. But, if the worse comes to the worse, do you think anyone would be up for a lil pub meet or something before or after the show?

[Gav]

Gurj,

You have PM, unfortunately I dont think Im going to be able to make the meet this Sunday after all.

If things change I\'ll give you a call.

Cheers
Gav

[gsb876]

Hi Gav,

have pm\'d ya.

Anyhow if your mate still wants to pop down he\'s more than welcome as its a jap car meet.

To be honest if theres no new guys coming from the rx scene then i prob wont go either, as know the rest of the gang plus washed car yesterday so canna be arsed to do it again!!!:o

Si - car still broke - no show:rolleyes:

[scooby_si]

it\'s not broke it\'s just lacking paint http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/3/3_2_108.gif\' border=0> lol
Si
PS This week Gurjs car was mostly cleaned by blind chipmonks with sandpaper

[Gav]

Gurj,

Just sent you a PM.

Cheers
Gav

[FDDreamer]

Anyone managed to find out whether or not TOTB3 is gonna have any kind of large parking area? We\'ve had our internet access revoked at work (marvellous) so i\'m only able to nip on for a matter of seconds at a time! :o

How did you get on at the weekend Gav? Find anything?

[Gav]

Hi Adrian,

No joy yet Im afraid. I did spot one at Southampton which looked quite good, 36,000 certified miles on an L reg, black, Type R, for just under £7000. Thought it sounded a bargain, so wanted to view it next weekend, typically though, its been sold.

Had a hectic weekend so didnt manage to look at any, RX7\'s and was unable to make the meet on SUnday, which was a shame as the weather was pretty good.

Been out and about in my MR2 today with the roof off. Ive only taken it off about 3 times since Ive had it, due to the bad weather.

Just found out that on the MR2 owners club stand at JAE is a free bbq for MR2 owners. SO, if I do make it down to JAE, I\'ll get you all a free burger.

Hows the car hunting going your end? Anything turned up that your interested in?

Gurj, Cheers for the PM, I\'ll let you know about the convoy shortly.

Cheers
Gav

[gsb876]

//www.awesomeimports.com

£9995 or £9495

[FDDreamer]

Well it\'s been made much harder by these inconsiderate types at work! Since i don\'t have internet access at home, i have to try and fit all the seaching etc into 2 30 minute breaks!! :o

I\'m waiting to see some more info on the silver number at linney.org. Sounds great from the brief description Ben has put up - love the GT-C front end (what do you think?) and VeilSide skirts. Think the rear wing is a little excessive (but don\'t worry Gurj - your car definitely looks fab as it\'s a much meaner colour with the sleek light kit etc, just don\'t think it suits the silver one!). 95 Type R, 29k miles (i think!) for £13.5k. Also, not a lot of engine mods (good for the insurance!) but with a new ECU and exhaust system. That\'s from memory, think it\'s about right.

You certainly did find a bargain...£7k for that kind of mileage is a very fair price. Too bad it\'s gone already, but like we know, this is probably going to take a while!

MR2 sounds fab mate. The old dear has one (can\'t remember if i said that or not...getting old!) and it\'s great fun. Only the NA version, but sounds lovely at high revs and still gets a fair tramp on above 6000rpm. Quality of the interior is high too, full leather etc. Still, can\'t beat a bit of roof-down driving, my brother had an old 205 convertible, was great.

Too bad i can\'t make it down for JAE, that\'s gonna be great. Haha and free burgers too? Really looking forward to TOTB3, you guys all going? Quite soon after JAE...

[FDDreamer]

Oh! And thanks for your continued hard work Gurj! Another site to monitor! That one was well-priced, but not too keen on the kit and why do people put supra-style wings on FDs?! :p

[gsb876]

Hi Adrian,

yea was just looking around autotrader site, saw that one and thought one of you guys on here might be interested as its only done 33000miles, but yea the rear wings naff!!!

The silver one at Linney\'s is cool mate, give Ben a ring i know ben quite well and hes a top bloke very easy to talk to no jargon or bullshit. I very highly recommend Ben to anyone!!! When he saw my car at Bolney it was great to hear he actually tried to buy it himself in Japan at auction but missed out!!! Makes me feel happier that it got his attention.

Not sure i put down //www.nemesisperformance.co.uk :confused:

[gsb876]

Not at work tomrrow so up late surfing as you do, saw a few cars someone on here might fancy, see what you think??

First one £10600, 15k on new rebuild, built by Roteknics, 07785 997593.

[gsb876]

Second one, £12495, looks immaculate, 400bhp!!! 35000miles

[gsb876]

And finally this one which does look sweet if not alittle pricey at £12995, 35k 01923839090.