I love my RX-7 dearly, but when I turn 18, and it gets signed over to me, it will be way to expensive to keep and maintain.
Plus it's got 170,000 miles, so the engine won't last too much longer. So, I'm looking for a nice, yet inexpensive car, with good miliage, but is also reliable. I was wondering what kind of car do you think is good for this role?

I don't care if it's sporty or not, but i don't really want a Civic or Accord.

Maybe somewhere along the lines of an Eclipse, but those are a little to pricey to buy for me.

 

What do you think of Pontiac Fieros?
Cheap as hell here, looked in the auto trader and saw 3 for about $900

Do they get better fuel economy than an FB?

 

yep, and they catch on fire too, lol. you need to define pricey. whats your spending range, because even at 18 a 1st gen shouldn't cost you that much.

 

What makes you so sure? Have you read about pouring some ATF down the carb primaries? I agree that they are more expensive to keep-up than the average car, but they're just so neat!

Pontiac Fiero? The engine is loud and noisy, yet it's a pretty fast car. Stick with the RX-7. There aren't enough 1st gens cruising the roads.

 

well if it doesnt have to be sporty, as much as I hate them, I'd go with a toyota sedan.

They are some of the most reliable cars I have ever seen. My dad has had 4 of them, and his last one he had over 300,000 miles on it.

Most sportier cars like an eclipse are going to just as expensive to maintain as your 7, if not more.

I'd just keep the 7. My car has so many new parts in it now from my motor swap, its going to last a LONG time.

 

FB's are cheap to both maintain and work on, keep it.

 

Adam,

that was a "stupid" question in asking if you should keep the rex.... look what forum you posted it on, hell look at the web site name. haha just kiddin.

maybe a 2nd gen MR2? mid engine RWD

 

I wouldn't recommend the fiero OR the mr2... mid engine = very difficult to work on, especially if the fiero had a v-6.

I would make every attempt to hang on the the 7 if I were you.. you'll be kicking yourself later if you get rid of it. You won't get much on a trade-in for it anyway, so maybe you should keep it and get another reliable cheapo daily driver.

I had very good luck w/ an old '88 Ford Ranger I drove for years. My cousin still has it w/ over 150,000 miles.

 

RX-7 = Midship engine'd rear-wheel-drive

 

my dad owned an integra GSR and never had a single problem with it. i know most of you are honda haters lol but they make great engines. honda isnt bad, its just the civic i hate

 

Adam,
You've seen my 7. With routine care your engine may outlast the 280,000 I had.
At any rate, I also have an '87 Toyota Tercel, affectionately called The TuRD, modded with inverted aircleaner cover and holes drilled in the muffler Picked it up for $600 and I beat it up all day and has double the gas mileage as my SE.

 

You might want to take a look at Proteges. They are nice little cars, especially the 1st gens

 

AMEN

honda's are very nice looking cars, but really **** quality build. annd VERY expensive to fix!
and honda engines spin the wrong way!

 

Ditto. Im 18 and Ive had two RX-7s as daily drivers. One (1985) has over 215,xxx miles on it and still runs. The other (1983) is the one in my sig. Ill grant you that they arent the best with fuel economy, but other than that, theres not much to worry about with keeping the 7. Routine maintenance, like oil changes, arent that bad at all. Just buy your oil by the case when you can afford it, get your filters in packs, and get a fuel filter eveynow and then. Theres really not much to worry about other than gas, and putting miles on her. Unfortunatly, Ive put 6,000 miles on my 1983 since I started driving it about 2 months ago . I have seriously thought about getting another car to rack the miles up on, just because I like the 7 too much to kill the engine in it. Anyway, the 7 isint really all that expensive, so you should just keep it .

~T.J.

 

I agree. A stock FB is cheap to maintain. When you start mod'ing the crap out of it, is when it starts to cost more to maintain.

-Error

 

I'd also stick with the FB. My rx-7 is my first and only car, I bought it when I turned 16 a little more than a year ago. I pay for EVERYTHING on it, and still have enough $ to go out whenever I want and afford to keep a g/f. They are very easy to maintain. My job sucks too, I only get about 150 every 2 weeks, I can't get any hours working here. But it is still much more than enough to keep up with maintainance. '85 GS, 131k miles, runs strong as hell, beats my friends stock -SE