how do you pay for your FD??
05-05-04, 09:22 PM
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House was clear (no mortgage), sudden inheritance, paid $29,150 cash for a new '94 Touring in Sept. '94. Gift to my wife, who had been driving my '67 Datsun roadster.
05-05-04, 09:27 PM
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Originally posted by Rx-7Addict
its possible to do it while in college but its like all of your expenses. [/B]
its possible to do it while in college but its like all of your expenses. [/B]
05-06-04, 12:59 AM
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Oh, and I paid cash when I was 20 for my white 94, but man let me tell you, I had to drive a bucket for 4 years! [/B]
Oh, and I paid cash when I was 20 for my white 94, but man let me tell you, I had to drive a bucket for 4 years! [/B]
05-06-04, 01:05 AM
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I'm 24 and work for the Sheriff's Dept. here. I also go to school at Delgado in N.O. which is 50mi. away which I drive to in my eclipse. The 7's been in the shop getting the mods listed below for the last 1 1/2 yrs. so I think thats how I've been able to afford everything because I drive my 30+ mpg Eclipse instead of my 10-12 mpg FD
05-06-04, 12:14 PM
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well the summer of 03 i had found that a friend of the family was selling his show 93 touring single turbo rx7. i had money saved but still had to borrow a pretty penny. bought that one for 15,000 at the age of 18. then in december i totaled it, sorry i know i know, but i still have it and its a clean title.
in january of 04 found another 93 base model in MA. bought it for 6,000 2 of my friends and i swapped all the parts from the wrecked one over painted it and now i have a better Rx than before.
in the last 8 months ive spent alittle over 29 thousand dollars on the 2 cars, paint, parts, tuning, and maintenance. yes im still 19 but i am a drafter designer so i have/make the money.
anyone can buy anything they'd like its just dependent on how bad you want it.
and no, after the first accident i do not drive my FD daily anymore. i only drive it on beautiful sunny days. it never see's rain because of the last RX. im in need of a POS car but insurance is kind of holding me back.
http://www.worldisround.com/articles/39925/index.html
some pics of my crew and the cars that we put back together.(supra,RX)
brandon
in january of 04 found another 93 base model in MA. bought it for 6,000 2 of my friends and i swapped all the parts from the wrecked one over painted it and now i have a better Rx than before.
in the last 8 months ive spent alittle over 29 thousand dollars on the 2 cars, paint, parts, tuning, and maintenance. yes im still 19 but i am a drafter designer so i have/make the money.
anyone can buy anything they'd like its just dependent on how bad you want it.
and no, after the first accident i do not drive my FD daily anymore. i only drive it on beautiful sunny days. it never see's rain because of the last RX. im in need of a POS car but insurance is kind of holding me back.
http://www.worldisround.com/articles/39925/index.html
some pics of my crew and the cars that we put back together.(supra,RX)
brandon
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05-06-04, 12:41 PM
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bought my 7 in AZ for 17k with 36k miles a year ago and blew motor in 6 months/14k miles. now rebuild's costing me 5k with rebuit turbo's and has bc forged rims, intake, downpipe, intake, exhaust, pfc, intercooler, teins, and mp3 player. plus i bought a twin turbo supra motor, tranny, act clutch, lightweight flywheel and b&m short shifter for 7k because i was going to do the supra7 swap but now i dotn wanna do it so if anyone wants a supra drivetrain let me know its for sale still. oh yea im a 19 year old college boy at SDSU and if I told you what my job is I would have to kill you......lol j/k
05-06-04, 12:44 PM
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I'm 23, paid $14,000 cash for my 95 FD, that includes $3500 on a stereo/alarm. Since then spent a few more hundred on maintainence and with still more reliability mods to go. Insurance on it is half what I pay for my '01 Chev Cav daily driver, hehehe. I can tell it's gonna be an expensive car to maintain, but SO worth it for such a beautiful work of art.
05-06-04, 01:28 PM
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I got it out of a Froster Flakes box and when you start the car it goes "They're GGGGGGRRRRRREAT!!!!!!!!!"
Well mine is mine and some saving and nice income tax refund and renlisment bonus from signing for another 6 years in the Navy.
Well mine is mine and some saving and nice income tax refund and renlisment bonus from signing for another 6 years in the Navy.
05-06-04, 01:29 PM
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Originally posted by MakoDHardie
I kill people. It pays well and you can work your own schedule.
I kill people. It pays well and you can work your own schedule.
Got a loan at the time to pay for mine but will never let a car payment dictate my life: as in I can go on vacation, change jobs, race whenever I want, fix whatever gets broken, go buy new suits etc. Plenty of people buy these cars but then they end up with their nuts tied to them
I love cars and enjoy my FD, but don't let any car payment dictate your life.
05-06-04, 01:33 PM
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<Sarcasm mode>
I'm 107 with 5 adult kids, 4 grandkids, and 14 greatgrandkids living at home with me and my wife and my dogs and hamsters. I make my money from standup comedy, mostly about my RX7 which takes more to finance than all of the above.</Sarcasm mode>
How do I really pay for it?????------- the same way everyone pays for them, with money diverted from some other project we should be completing or bill we should be paying.
I'm 107 with 5 adult kids, 4 grandkids, and 14 greatgrandkids living at home with me and my wife and my dogs and hamsters. I make my money from standup comedy, mostly about my RX7 which takes more to finance than all of the above.</Sarcasm mode>
How do I really pay for it?????------- the same way everyone pays for them, with money diverted from some other project we should be completing or bill we should be paying.