i forgot whos garage this is but i know hes on the forums




one of my favorite garages.

 

I bet alot of those stories would start out well and end with "and then I had to get the car flatbedded".

 

Having more than 2 is a headache, I constanly have 3-5 fds at any given point and never has there been a point there were all up to par. It takes enough of ones spare time to get 1 fd up to the level one would expect it to be, let alone multiple personal fds. My 93 MB, stripped, caged hopefully soon to be track car is getting close to being finished and I am starting to look for a Chaste White 94 to have as a dd which if possible will only have a downpipe as the only mod.

I hope more end up in the hands of enthusiasts, there are few quality examples left out there today.

 

Nice choice on the audi except i would get the RS4 and supercharge it.

Almost like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBkX8GS5FoY


WOW!!!

 

There's no way i'll never be able to afford more then one, so i'll stick with what i've got. If money was no option however, I would just add a spirit R to the stable as far as FD's go.

 

I can promise, this WILL be my next car. Good taste my friend.

 

i think i would be happy with just one really clean single turbo cym with work meisters... and i would get an NSX or a MK4 in my garage to dive during the summer becuse my Fd will have no AC

 

After a while, the FD, like ANY car, gets old. Oh, don't get me wrong...I love mine and plan on never selling it, but I am perfectly content in spending just a few hours a month in it. No reason to have any more of them, other than to have a show car perhaps. I wouldn't mind having a 3 rotor powered, DuPont CHROMALUSION painted garage queen show car in addition to the FD that I have, but that would be enough for me. Just my opinion, though.
But as others have said...do what you want, what floats YOUR boat and say to hell with anyone who tells you otherwise!

 

If money were no object, I'd have one FD in each color:

CYM (stock R1)
Montego (single turbo @ 425 hp)
Silver (stock R2) or Silver with Red Leather seat combo
Red (V8 with LS-7.... of course, I'd need to mod the rear badging to say "LS-7" instead of RX-7)
Black (3 rotor NA @ 375 hp... hmmm, sounds familiar, huh Gordon)
White (3 rotor single @ 525 hp)

 

I have one FD right now but i want to get another one to keep stock as a DD since im making my current one a track car.

But if had money i would want 5 of them.LOL

 

I currently have 4. As David Jerome said, it's alot of upkeep and there isn't enough time to keep them all where I want them to be if you actually drive them. I think two would be ok. Three is doable, but would require alot of time.

 

That is NICE!! My next home, I'm making sure garage ceiling is tall enough for me to get couple of lifts like that..

 

I wouldn't mind having another FD, I've thought about getting another just to kinda play with a different setup. Maybe a twincharge or supercharge setup. Something that makes 4-500 hp but makes it quickly.

Alternatively, something like a 99' viper with a couple turbos would be wicked fun or 99'+ Turbo Porsche with some extra push would be fun too.

 

I would only have 2.

1. Current car
2. Spirit R stock in mint condition.

But in my current state of financial affairs, just 1. It's all I need.

 

for me 2 would be enough the one i have now and plan on putting a built turboed 20B then i want a stock CYM FD. thats as many as i need, i wouldnt mind having a cosmo and a RX-8 as a dd.

 

2 is enough. Just got another which not be kept as is and the other full time track car.

 

I ran into a similar problem (if you can even call wanting/having multiple FD's a problem). I had my FD track car and my stock FB, but wanted another car to drive everyday that was newer than the FB. I really wanted another FD, but as a daily driver I decided that I didn't want the work associated with one.

What I ended up deciding was to find one of my dream cars (like others around here it seems) and got a '92 NSX that was mostly stock with 67k miles to drive everyday. I figured hey, it's a Honda, it's a Japanese supercar, it's one of the few truly reliable exotics that is affordable at its 17 years of age....and what happens 3 months later...the transmission has a snap ring failure. I guess you can never just expect reliability.

That isn't to say I don't love the car, but there are times where I think to myself...I wish I had saved my money and got another FD. I know I would hate myself for getting rid of the NSX, so I don't plan on it, but I would love to have another FD built just for the street.

 

Yeah i always had a thing for NSX's only cause sometimes i want that reliabie rare supercar look. Im not saying FD's cant be reliable but NSX's seem more refined for the daily use. Yes i have ridden in one. It seems more comfortable for the daily routine. I would leave it stock too, except maybe for a drop and some wheels.

But then i get those urges to build a really fast street car and i wouldnt want that in an FD. Again not saying FD's arent capable, i just wouldnt want the headache of going through that, going by what im reading on this forum about high hp FD's.

And that is why i need a supra

 

Just like RX7 feels special to you Toyota MR2 feels special to me. I had a 1992 Toyota MR2 n/a (red) then I sold it and bought a 1992 MR2 Turbo (red), then 3-4 years after it was gone found a 95 MR2 Turbo (black) I was so tempted to buy it and almost did but then I said to myself "what are you doing", buying the same car for the third time is too much I think.

So my answer to you is I think more than 2 is too many. I understand owning two of the same car for running different projects (drag, track etc.) or swapping parts but owning 3 is not necessary I think (one can argue 2 is also not necessary) but what I'm trying to say is it's not like you're buying different years and models of Porsche cars, you're buying the same car over and over again. Like someone said if you have money to burn and want to run different projects at the same time go for it, but I think you should spend your money and efforts on finding another car that can feel almost as special to you and try enjoying that for a change. My 0.02c....

 

I agree, 3 of the same exact car is overkill.

I understand if you get 3 of the same car BUT its a series of the model. LIke FB, FC, then the FD but 3 FD's??

Now unless you have a warehouse and you can store 10 cars and 3 or even 4 or 5 of them being FD's, then i guess more power to you but if you're stacking your entire parking lot/garage with the same car, its stupid.

I mean you get out of your street car, then go in your drag car, then get out of the weekend drag car and go into your stock prinstine car for the week, all being the same exact car. Its like wtf are you doing? lol

But i guess people are different and prefer different things. I only only deal with 2 FD's, one of them being an LSx swapped. But my other cars have to be different. It makes driving more interesting.

 

Regarding NSX... So many of the owners I met are complete jackasses. I almost bought one twice.. But both times sellers were complete idiots when it came to knowing anything about the car.. and both were NSX owners for years (5+ years and not some young kid who had it for a year or so).

Also, the newer bodied NSXs are close to 60K for low mile car. At that price, I rather pay 10K more and buy a real Japanese Supercar.... GTR!

 

I'm going to say 5 is too many....4 is a little much.... 3 is pushing it...2 is just right.. and 1 isn't enough.

You're welcome for the straight forward answer. haha

 

Hey Phil,

Drove a supercharged NSX once and quite frankly, both myself AND the NSX owner agreed that the stock FD 'felt' faster. The NSX just seemed heavy through the steering rack and not nearly as tossable as the RX-7. Just my .02

 

Thanks for that info! I've never been in a supercharged NSX nor have I taken a regular one to the track. I used love how they look but now, I have no interest of owning one... But to continue on with my rant, I just saw a FS on NSXPrime for 05 with 12K miles for $70K! Also, what's up with 91 model NSX with mid 40K miles?? I saw at least 5 91 for sales with miles in the 40k's. Do these guys never drive them?? I mean, they say its such a reliable cars but how many of them actually drive these cars??

If you haven't noticed, I'm an NSX hater now Also, Acura hater in general... I'll never buy Acura again!

 

I've been to a few NSX meets in NC and most of those owners are extremely nice, but I have definitely met a few of the jackasses. I love the NSX, but I continue to tell people...If there was a house fire or a natural disaster or whatever and I could only save one car, hands down without question it would be the FD. I will never sell my FD, but wouldn't be surprised if I sold the NSX at some point down the road...just not anytime soon I hope.

As far as reliability goes...yes some people barely drive them, but most of the 91/92's that I have seen for sale are in the 80-120k mile range. I have even heard of a few over 200k and one that is over 360k miles (I would love to see the maintenance history on that thing).

They are fun cars, but not an FD replacement that is for sure. Great daily driver though if you ignore the ridiculous rear tire wear.