Fd affordability
#51
Originally Posted by rynberg
I mostly agree with you, I'm just bitchy today. But I disagree that these cars are significantly more unreliable than other sports cars. Everyone talks about Supras being so much more reliable, well, they also cost 10-15k more than the FD too.
Compared to a Porsche or Ferrari, etc, the maintenance costs on an FD are cheap.
Compared to a Porsche or Ferrari, etc, the maintenance costs on an FD are cheap.
I have been meaning to check on the price of a brake job for a 2006 Z06.
20 Pistons( 8 pot front, 4 pot rear), one pad for each piston.
The Z06 uses exotic materials, has low production numbers, and shares few parts with the std Corvette. Imagine maintaing it 15 years from now.
#52
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Originally Posted by 1QWIK7
Originally Posted by dgeesaman
I don't agree with that conclusion - you may never have a truly major problem for the time you own the car - but the chances are always significant.
I dont think so. They sell it because of problems. You see it here, i know you do. Its always, "cant get the car to start, losing hope", or, "boost problems", "engine may be blown" which in then turns into a decision to sell the car.
Or people who dont run into problems, get an FD to do an LS1 swap, well half of them sell the car a year or 2 later because they got bored. They do the LS1 swap in the first place to prevent any rx7 problems, and probably sold it because the swap put them in debt or they just wanted a project and finished and want to move onto something else.
There is not ONE FD owner right now who has their car for more than 3, 4 years without any problems. And im not talking about maintenance (fuel filter, oil, tranny etc), im talking about a car related issue, something where you have to attend to make it normal again. There is not one.
But not everyone has had major repair bills. There are some owners who have owned the car since new and are at 90k miles and never had a major repair. Or those who bought a well-maintained car, owned it for 5 years, and never had a major repair bill. Of course, I'm talking about the low mileage drivers, few power mods, deep(er) wallets, etc. I sorta fall into that category - about 5k/year, engine is only 20k old, I don't flog it much, and I do a lot of preventive maintenance.
My point is that while this is no Camry, buying an FD is not sentencing yourself to thousands of maintenance dollars each year. It's an expensive car, yes, if your engine and turbos hold up, you take the time to buy the right one, you have the right mechanic keeping up with it, and you don't pile lots of abuse or mileage on it, you probably won't see huge bills. I just think those people aren't on the forums much.
Originally Posted by 1QWIK7
Originally Posted by dgeesaman
If at any time a huge repair bill or downtime will put your finances and livelihood at risk or in a strain, don't get the ca
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#53
just dont care.
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steps to having a non POS fd:
step 1: dont buy a junky beatup FD to begin with. if you did, do a rebuild or get a rebuilt motor
step 2: do ALL cooling mods and get a downpipe
step 3: replace turbos with low-mileage set (or rebuilt set) and do full non-sequential mod
step 4: use premium fuel and keep up with the regular maintenance (oil, antifreeze, brakes, tranny/diff oil, etc)
if you want to go fast and be reliable, thats a whole different story
then you're all good.
step 1: dont buy a junky beatup FD to begin with. if you did, do a rebuild or get a rebuilt motor
step 2: do ALL cooling mods and get a downpipe
step 3: replace turbos with low-mileage set (or rebuilt set) and do full non-sequential mod
step 4: use premium fuel and keep up with the regular maintenance (oil, antifreeze, brakes, tranny/diff oil, etc)
if you want to go fast and be reliable, thats a whole different story
then you're all good.
#54
Lets see... I am 18, I dont make much much money a week probally bout 400 a week. I have the FC FD and a ranger. I budget the **** out of my money, so if something happens I can deal with it... I replaced everything on my fd pretty much already... went single did fuel, pfc, cooling, next is suspension and little things I just want to make it perfect
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Originally Posted by skir2222
Lets see... I am 18, I dont make much much money a week probally bout 400 a week. I have the FC FD and a ranger. I budget the **** out of my money, so if something happens I can deal with it... I replaced everything on my fd pretty much already... went single did fuel, pfc, cooling, next is suspension and little things I just want to make it perfect
Some people here have kids, mortgage, other cars or all of the above, its hard to just own and maintain an old turbo sports car.
You say you make 400 a week, some people make twice or 3 times as that and still have a hard time keeping this car. I make nearly 4 times that a week and sometimes i feel like im throwing money into the 7 more than it should be, i have a mortgage now and i wanna buy a new car so all the unnecessary bills for this car is not worth it. Not all FD's are the same, sometimes you get the money pits, if you're lucky you get the ones that need nothing but maintenance for years.
I feel like anyone in the market for an FD should ALWAYS expect the worse, that way they are prepared before even purchasing one.
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