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Hey guys want to know whats the lenght of time u guys have kept ur 7?

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Old 11-04-05, 08:09 AM
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1yr 5months, $9k, and still loving/hating her!!!!
Old 11-04-05, 08:24 AM
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About 6 months now and I've loved every minute of it.
Old 11-04-05, 08:57 AM
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I've had mine since feb '98 and I plan on taking it to the grave with me.
Old 11-04-05, 09:08 AM
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had mine since May 04... contemplating selling or keeping... Loved everyday with her though.
Old 11-04-05, 09:08 AM
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Bought mine in 97.
I think about selling it everyday, but the resale value on these cars is so shitty that it would be absoultley retarded to sell.
Old 11-04-05, 11:19 AM
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I bought mine new from the dealer in 94 and have 39,400 miles on it now. I was planning to get rid of it in 98 when I got a new Corvette, but the comparison made me decide to keep it.
Old 11-04-05, 06:26 PM
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I've had my '93 since October of 2000. Bought it on Halloween, truth be known.
Old 11-04-05, 06:48 PM
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Oct. 95, got it w/8K miles, I put over 105K+ miles... used her as a daly driver, on and off when my beaters were down or gone.
Will most likely never let her go... Had my bad days with her to, but overall she was always mobile, the longest down time, ~1 month, when I converted her to single ...
Old 11-04-05, 09:20 PM
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Second owner bought in may of '94 with 45K on it. Drove it to 110K in 2002, rebuilt the engine, rebuilt the tranny and redid the suspention. Now have 123K on it.
Old 11-04-05, 09:31 PM
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Bought my 82 GSL (new) in January of 82. Bought the FD in Jan 02, and sold the GSL a couple of months later. I have put about 15k on the FD in almost 4 years.
Old 11-04-05, 09:41 PM
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Bought mine Sept 1, 2005. She'll be mine till my last dying breath!
Old 11-05-05, 12:47 AM
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Bought mine in 1995 with 6K miles. Now it is almost at 51K.
Old 11-05-05, 01:23 AM
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I bought mine same weekend as Adam C in Jan2002. He got his in Oregon and I got mine in San Diego. We hooked up on I-5 on the way home to compare our finds. I too was an original owner of an '81 1st gen and sold it a few months after to a 17 year old from Berkeley.
Old 11-05-05, 02:17 AM
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I've had my FD for almost 4 years now and I will hopefully be turning it over to a new owner this summer... we'll see
Old 11-05-05, 02:23 AM
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It will be four years in the spring for me as well.
Old 11-06-05, 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by FDZero
Had mine since April of 2005. Put a lil' over 1,200 miles since then.
same time i got mine. saw it sometime early april. it was officially mine and paid for april 15th and delivered to my door

put 3,500 on already. and it was down close to 3 months.
Old 11-06-05, 04:23 PM
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after reading all ur comments, I probably decide to keep my FD , its definetly a love/hate relationship. thanks guys had mine for 5yrs and counting
Old 11-06-05, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by sevensix
same time i got mine. saw it sometime early april. it was officially mine and paid for april 15th and delivered to my door

put 3,500 on already. and it was down close to 3 months.

got my current fd in april 2005 as well , first fd got in summer of 03
Old 11-06-05, 05:16 PM
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Got my '78 SA 4 years ago and '93 FD 3 months ago and heading to the Grave with my '93 FD and '78 SA!
Old 11-06-05, 06:41 PM
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Had mine since 99', put 8K miles on it.
Old 11-06-05, 07:16 PM
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love the FD3

Ever since i was in my first undergrad program, way back in the day, when the first commercial for the 7 hit the air. remember it in a glass bottle being put into storage, screen goes blank, hear glass break and tires sqeal, and then back to an image of a broken bottle w/ tire marks....i digress....i knew i wanted one of those cars
Got my first 93 some time later. M.Blue w/ tan then in the spring of 99 i picked up the 95 PEG from a millionaire out in the "hills" west of Denver. Have had the car since and have no plans on ever selling it. I want my kids to go out to the back garage w/ their buddies and say "no way, check this thing out...."

bought the car w/ 23k on it and it now has 48k, been to 5 tracks and 28 states.
clocked at 173 mph at a disclosed location in North Dakota....
Old 11-07-05, 05:09 PM
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have my fc(90) 6 yrs and my fd(93) 5 yrs both getting rebuilds now so both good for another 4-5yrs more motoring,you just got to love them...or hate them!
Old 11-07-05, 05:56 PM
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my dad had a 1st and 2nd gen turboII years back. I had my fd since August 02. yea its a love/hate relationship and im hating my exhaust leak and boost problems right now. but after reading this it reminds me of the good times. probibly will never sell it. its pretty cool knowing your car (the RX7) is totally different than every other car (piston engine) on the road.
Old 11-07-05, 06:00 PM
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Owned a rotary since 99 (been with all three gens) and I've had my 3rd gen going on three years now.

It's great to see that some of you have held on to the same car since it was new, wow. Congrats.
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Bought mine new in 1994. Thought about selling it in 1999 but couldn't find anything better. Still can't.


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