I will probably be staring at another FD next to my current one... thinking... "I have waited for this threesome for 15 years!"

 

By then, probably have at least 8 rebuilds and 999,999 miles ready to go to all zeros?

 

Nice to know we still have guys that brought they car back in the mid 90's, instead of everyone seeing Fast & Furious moive and then jump on the band- wagaon. I always a fan of Mazda car's, my first Rotary started back 89-90, I got my 93 in mid Decemeber of 95 with blown engine(dirt cheap) lady ran over a rock and split the radiator. One of the main reason I had my eye on the 93 was because of "Sports Car International Magazine" Jan 1994 issues, when they did an artilce of PFS supercar, I know many people here don't care for pfs ethics but we really went ahead beyond Racing Beat and Mazdatrix who were still doing old school Rotary. Btw Gordon do u remember Rotary Review magazine and Mind Train products for the FDS?
Khris

 

That I totally understand, neither would replace my DD, just my Fun run/track toy. I just don't feel that I will lose anything by trying something something new, and if the car turns out to be a disappointment I'll move on.

 

Yeah i have the same taste. I like the FD for what it is.

Ultimately i want another sports car, just so i can make that a speed beast. Like a vette or viper. And have a regular car for a daily driver.

BUt then there are times where i feel like i dont need it, keep the FD and mod it just a bit more to where its pretty fast, then getting a luxury daily driver like a G37 coupe.

Decisions decisions.

 

I still have my Rotary Review collect and even had a Mind Train header and back seat in one of my FB's

 

Yo I think I'll still have mine. Have it 8 years now, and I'm 33. I've had the car off the road for over a year now, and I have all the bits I want to put her back on the road. I'll be honest I cant wait to get it back on the road. I have it sitting in the garage at the minute while I work on my rally car. I think the 7 is an aquired taste. The people that buy and get rid after a few months cos of the running costs like the idea of a 7 but not the reality. However if you keep it and put up with its moaning, its like havin a good woman, ya put up with the **** on a bad day, but man on a good day................
Any one that has the car for several year and contemplating selling, will sell if thats what they want to do then and there, but in ten years how many will have rebought cos ya seen some kid with one and think what the hell!! Sure there are gtrs and supras and all that stuff, but if you want something thats good looking and pure mental..........

 

Do do know what happen to them? I been searching for a long time and I can't find new article from Rotary Review, I thought it was good Magazine for Rotary nut's their also give good insight information which you don't see or hear sometimes unless u ahng out all day at a Rotary shop.

 

Me? In 10 years, I will be single, responsive "street" turbo. Not too sure what fuel I will be using (alcohol or petrol). Depends on what is available The car will be a dual purpose street/track car. About 350 whp, 350 is a nice round number (kind of like a chevy engine). All I'll ever need Car will have a fresh paint job, clean and tight trim/weatherstipping. New wheels/tires (anyone say CCW classics or Fikse FM10's?), probably 17x10 all fours--suspension to match. Cleaned up detail bits (interior pieces). A lot of love is always a part of my FD The real intent is to have a unique, clean street/track/drag car. We shall see!

 

Couldn't have put it better.

 

A few years back I tried to track Fred done, but to no avail.

 

No hackles at all. I'm laughing uproariously here, and have been through this thread. You claim you hate writing about collectibility, yet here you writing another post on the subject. This is funnier than anything on TV tonight.

Are all cars collectible? If there is some guy who collects Ford Pintos does that mean Ford Pintos are collectible cars?

The answer to both questions is no.

There have been several posters in this thread, on Page 3 for instance, who have said they don't think the FD will turn out to be collectible car "per se." Not exactly a vote of confidence, is it? (When you have owners of the car saying it isn't collectible.)
That doesn't mean there won't be a cadre of owners who treasure and appreciate the car. I count myself among them. (See my post endorsing the writer who talked about the FD following the pattern of the 240Z.)

And, hey....good luck with those gnomes.

 

Mechanicals?! Are you kidding me? Anyone who reads this Forum can't help but notice the wholesale movement which has taken to installing Chevy V8's in FD's.
You keep claiming to know things about the collector car world. Anyone who knows anything about collector cars knows that originality is prized.

So, are you then claiming that sometime in the future there's going to be a movement aimed at reinstalling rotary engines in FD's?
(Do you see how the brand has been bastardized and devalued already? This undercuts your unique mechanicals argument. Owners of these cars are discarding their unique engines at an alarming rate. That ain't a brand enhancement.)

I think you'd better stick to collecting garden gnomes.

 

You're making my point. Thank you very much. $50,000 for a Lusso and $40,000 for a Dino are both well above the original prices of those cars....in fact more than double in each case.

Here we are 15 years on and the 3rd generation RX-7 is showing nowhere near that kind of appreciation. It's worth less now than it was 3 or 5 years ago. It's depreciating ---- just like a typical used car.

Nope, the facts in evidence (even your own) are not on your side. You've failed to substantiate your case.

But I don't want to be misunderstood. I'm not dissing the FD. I think it has a lot to offer. I've owned mine since new in 1995 and enjoy it every time I drive it. It's just that its price chart and its ownership profile are showing every sign of following a pattern similar to that of the 240Z and not that of being a collector car as that term is generally used and understood.

 

love the FD, I plan to own mine for 10years and more...now if only this snow would melt haha.

 

little jconn is getting worried about his prized, bone stock FD

 

I think I'll eventually let this FD go and get a C6Z in a couple of years. A couple years later, I'll buy two FD's and build one as a "fun" street car and the other an all-out race car.

 

10 years? might have my FD done by then on my budget.

 

Interesting thread. I have been asking myself the same question in the recent months. I drove my FC for nearly 8 years. During that time I took it from stock to totally wild in both motor and suspension performance as well as visual appeal (to me). During that time, I made a conscious decision to build the FC instead of the FD. Not because of what I could afford, but because of what I felt would be unique.

Several years later I have been pondering an FD project for sometime now. I have a straight chassis, and a whole myriad of brand new in the box parts both performance and stock. I have "flipped" several cars with the profits from each funding my "habit" which looks like little more than a pile of parts to my new family. As have many others I'm sure, I have considered (and still do everyday) selling my parts/project to purchase a car that is closer to completion.

Then, of course there are the recent events in the market that drive the "responsible adult in me" to do fiscally responsible things with my money instead of pumping it into my car(s). Boo.

In the end, I will do ask I always have. Save my money at a reasonable rate, and sacrifice other things to continue to play with my cars. I've tried a few times to get away from Rx7's and I always come back. I have to many nice parts to abandon them now

 

C6Z cars are CHEAP now. I think i saw an 06 for like 43K? In silver too which is the color i would LOVE to have!

I was like dammnnnnn. Im about to ditch my luxury/fun daily driver idea and getting that. Then getting a pos corolla or something for winter lol.

Damn i hate that theres soo many nice cars out there.

 

Gordon,

The reason I bought the RX7 was because of the aesthetic and the chassis. The fact that it has light weight and an extremely well designed suspension. The car being extremely beautiful was what hooked me in the beginning.

I will agree and say that I think my car (with LSx variant) will probably be less valuable in the future when people are looking for OE cars to collect, it doesn't make it any less enjoyable in the present. If I dont sell the car in the next year, and with the market it doesn't look like I will, then I see myself keeping this car for a VERY long time. Only reason I would sell is if I had to get it emissioned in CA should a move there become necessary.

But I just wanted to say that to some of us, the engine in the RX7...though unique...was not the primary draw to ownership. The chassis does have some very redeeming features.

 

Amen gentlemen. This is what owning RX7's should be about.

 

That's exactly what I meant by my statement. I never said I would buy an Exige or a 360 for a DD either. What are you kidding? lol. My FD isn't even my DD, most of the time anyway. Same reason I owned a C5 Z06 for only about 6 months. Sweet car, but just wasn't my fit. And if I was afraid of getting my hands dirty fixing a semi problematic car, I sure as hell wouldn't have bought an RX-7.

 

So it didn't quote your quoted post dial8. That wasn't aimed at you. Or anybody for that matter, I'm just voicing an opinion.

 

No prob