Hello from a new 1st gen owner

[richrx]

Hi

No im not selling mine, infact im taking it a trip north tonight to loch long to meet up with keith who I bought it from in april, hes up here on holiday and wanted to see the car. After he owned it 21 years I cant say no, amd im happy to show him the car again

Hopfully I\'ll get spending some time and money on it soon. But I want to keep it original as posible!

Lol with the 3rd gen economy,  I got 9-12 mpg out mine, and was using it daily :s since my fc gor 17 daily or 25 on a run. The 1st gets about 30mpg on a run. No idea for local driving but its not too bad, but hardly does any miles.

You selling the fd damz ? Not that I can afford one till I have a proper garage to store it in?

Rich

[KaiserDamz]

I was close to selling it as the turbo\'s were acting weird and kept going into limp mode. turned out the ecu was just bad as I put in a different one and it worked perfectly. so shall keep it for a while.  There are not many cars that would interest me at the moment, only really s2000 or some other 2 seater or 2+2 sports cars.

 I walk to work so fuel consumption isn\'t a huge issue for me atm, need to get the bike back on the road, the battery is completely dead now.

was your fc a turbo one or just na?

[mick choi]

(hi m8 the reason im asking is im bidding on a fb that looks like yours on ebay reg no. c175kvw just wanna make sure its legit cheers mick)

[richrx]

(hi m8 the reason im asking is im bidding on a fb that looks like yours on ebay reg no. c175kvw just wanna make sure its legit cheers mick)

Hi

Certainly not the same car,  different registration marks and different rust spots... no idea if its legit :p

Rich

[richrx]

I was close to selling it as the turbo\'s were acting weird and kept going into limp mode. turned out the ecu was just bad as I put in a different one and it worked perfectly. so shall keep it for a while.  There are not many cars that would interest me at the moment, only really s2000 or some other 2 seater or 2+2 sports cars.

 I walk to work so fuel consumption isn\'t a huge issue for me atm, need to get the bike back on the road, the battery is completely dead now.

was your fc a turbo one or just na?

Lol were you gonna flog a dodgy car? :p

The pic of the FC is at the tp of the page, its a turbo 2 convertible, loved it, grinder ( from this forum) has it just now, I sold it for my wedding, big mistake. Thankfully ive got first refusal if he ever sells it...

Haha yeah walking to work would help alot with fuel definitely keep the fd as long as possible there one of a kind and I doubt much will come close to its looks wise and performance wise in one package. I think alot of cars will dissapoint in comparison!

I just got a new bike this year, trying to move away from the sports bikes for my licence sake, got a bmw k1200r,  trying to make as much of it carbon/ matt black as I can

Rich

[richrx]

Hi folks

Just thought I\'d share last night\'s events with you.  I had a call from Keith earlier in the week,  keiths who I bought my 1st gen from, he told me he had a holiday booked to Scotland and wanted to meet up if possible.

So a last minute change of shift,  re-arranged holiday( well weekend break) later and a trip to the ardgarten hotel at loch long I met up with keith and stella to reunite them with the car they owned, loved and drove over france on family holidays for 21 years! He seemed very appreciative and we had a good chat over some coffee.

I think keith was particularly pleased to find out I polish the rex with autoglym,  as he has for the past 21 years!

Anyhow both my wife and I had a great time chatting,  and the setting was lovely

Just goes to show how much we all get attached to these old cars

Heres a couple of photos....

Rich