Yellow '79

first, its because of my dad that i like rx7s, he had bought one in 79 im gessing he liked it but he only drove it for 10yrs then let it die in our yard. my mum think that i need to bond with my dad more, so i thought that since we share something in common that it would work. ive tried to spark his intrest in rx7s again by having him bring me to meets, i have pictures of them on the refrigerator and on the computer, ive told him when ever there was a 7 for sale in the area. ive even tried to see if he wanted to restore his car. i dont know what else to do to get him back into rx7s, do any of you have any ideas? sorry for long thread

ZeikHunter

hm, try guns. if cars dont work, guns will.

but maybe you shouldnt take my advice, my father split when i was 7.

rOtAryIsbEttEr

my father did alot of crack when i was a child and attempted to steal my rx7 last chirstmas. it is because of this that i wish to disinterest him in rx7's and i have no useful advice to offer you.
good day sir, and lol
-jason

John64

Not good^^^^^^^^

Get your dad to sit in his car and see the red line at 5,000 and have him rev it a few times. Sit him down in a 7 and let him feal the 8,000rpm winding up!

rolfs_7

wow ^^ thats some rough stuff there. well my dad and i never really got a long but why dont you have him help you with yours or somthing so it might rekindle some old memories of yesteryear. if that doesnt work start sending him subliminal msgs.

Yellow '79

^^ like what kinda messages, ive been leaving pics of 7 on the comp for when he gets on, on of the side badges fell of the cr so i left it on the dresser next to his bed...

Nicholas P.

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Used rx-8s on the rx8 club.

Yellow '79

^i dont think he likes those to much and nither do i

Nicholas P.

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rx7 "Damn kids".
rx8 "what did I do!".

lol


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-nick-

terryks

So you and your dad both have RX7's? Or you have his old RX7?

Yellow '79

i have his old 7. i wash it and keep it clean and when ever i mess up in school he thretens to hve smeone come and crush it. so i gess i own it

Nismo Convert86

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Turbo Rotary, there is no greater addiction.

Alex-7

terryks

Seems like there could be alot of variables to figure this one out.
Was the RX7 "just a car" to your dad when he was driving it? Or was it a passion? A vehicle he loved and cherished and learned all about it that he could. If he drove it 10 years I am guessing he had a love for the car itself. If that is true, he must have some faith in you that you will take care of it or he wouldn't let you be behind the wheel.

Does he work on the car? Is he a fairly mechanically inclined person? If not, maybe he got burnt out on having the car serviced and tuned. Ten years of driving though, I doubt it.

Do you give him any reasons to not want to spend time working on your car?(i.e. your always breaking it, back tires are always bald, fellow church members tell him every week about how they see you doing donuts in the local parking lots, speeding and wreckless driving tickets that he pays for you,etc)

Without knowing you or your dad personally it is hard to know why he doesn't seem to have an interest. I would say you are on the right track with letting him know you really like the RX7's. Even if he never seems to get back into them. Keep enjoying and learning all you can about them. You never know, he could come to you 10 years from now and say..."Lets go for a spin in your RX7...I am proud of you for following your passion for so many years". Then again maybe not. Best of luck to you.

bliffle

Clean it up, especially the interior, and invite him to test drive it. If that doesn't work, lemme know if you're available for adoption: my kids don't like 7s and I have 3 of them. You might like driving the mountain roads 5 minutes from my house in Los Altos, at the foot of the Santa Cruz mountains.

terryks

DP oops.

terryks

The adoption process just for a kid with RX7 in his genes...

Naegleria_Fowleri

My dad is an alcoholic drug addict, so he and I don't really see eye to eye either.

I've founded my life on not being him, and thus I can't fathom the want to share an interest with him.

Alex-7

****Calling all emo kids and troubled teens. Please report to this thread ASAP****

boog

try to please yer dad and he would then love to help you do whatever you want....do really good in school for example(not saying you dont, but surprise him) and as a reward ask him if you guys can get the rx7 up to snuff or go all out performnace wise or sumthin....he'll probly get sick of rotaries if you talk about them all the time but if he knows theey are important to you and you keep him happy then maybe he'll jump back on the rotary band wagon

aussiesmg

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Take him to the next autocross and have him be a passenger and offer a drive...if he has any blood left in his viens he'll be converted.

Yellow '79

my bags are packet and i know a guy that can transport the car so i cna be there this weekend is that cool with you?

A-im not sure what the car was to my dad, he said he belonged to an rx7club, and he oens the hynes manule, but he never did his own mantanince
B-like i said he had the dealership do the work for him
C-the car dosnt run so i cant do burnouts in in, even if it did work i would baby the car and never abuse it like that

no mader what happends with him and me im going to always love rx7s, so if he dosnt ever get back into them no big deal but my mum would like to see us doing somthing together and for both of us to be happy

LookThatsMe

dont feel bad i had an 87 and the only thing i heard from my dad about the car is that i keep throwing money into it and it aint gettin nowhere (no motor turbo swap in mind) and then he keeps telling me to buy an STI or an EVO but he just dont understand... so i got rid of it and he then he asked me wheres the car i told him i sold it and hes like ohhh ok and then i told him im picking up a 91 next week lol

Yellow '79

^^i told him i was going ot buy the silver 79 that i really like and was in my price range he got real pissed haha, but i didnt get the car

rolfs_7

do what aussiesmg said.