Calgary Meet Sunday, June 25 in Black Diamond
#178
Originally Posted by Alak
Theres not enough dedication to have an RX-7 club in calgary. There would be like maybe 5 out of 50 members showing up each sunday for the usual weekly coffee and meet. People wouldn't have the gas money to cruise, and track days would be a bust for the first couple of years.
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Originally Posted by Boost_Creep
Love the assumptions and the way you painted all of Calgary RX-7 owners with the same brush. Nice work.
Just stating an observation in previous car club experiences. Clubs have Die-hard, Guru's, and everyone else.
Monthly meets are more realistic. But weekly meets with all the trinkits involved? I'll belive it when I see it.
But then again, it takes alot more than people and cars to make up a club.
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well when i can get to one of these meets i'm all for it, the only preoblem i for see is that eventually people would lose intrest in goign the same meeting places over and over again. we'd need to see projects and unique creations on a more constant basis. of course i'd be there anyways but then again not many people sleep in their car just b/c they can't drive it.
BTW. edmonton rx7club meets on the last friday of every month for the last few years.
BTW. edmonton rx7club meets on the last friday of every month for the last few years.
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Originally Posted by Alak
But then again, it takes alot more than people and cars to make up a club.
Wierd as it is, I think it's mostly the owners. A club wouldn't attract me to join unless they had some quality members. Joe Blow talking how great his car is while spewing inaccurate facts and talking drivel is not going to cut it. I met a few RX-7 owners, some are very knowledgable and great guys. Some are arrogant people that I do not want to see or talk to ever again.
BTW, when I made the comment about assumptions, I was talking about your comments about not being able to afford gas to for a cruise. I thought that was amusing as I hope no one bought the RX-7 thinking that the 1.3L motor was going to sip gas
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Originally Posted by Boost_Creep
Wierd as it is, I think it's mostly the owners. A club wouldn't attract me to join unless they had some quality members. Joe Blow talking how great his car is while spewing inaccurate facts and talking drivel is not going to cut it. I met a few RX-7 owners, some are very knowledgable and great guys. Some are arrogant people that I do not want to see or talk to ever again.
BTW, when I made the comment about assumptions, I was talking about your comments about not being able to afford gas to for a cruise. I thought that was amusing as I hope no one bought the RX-7 thinking that the 1.3L motor was going to sip gas
BTW, when I made the comment about assumptions, I was talking about your comments about not being able to afford gas to for a cruise. I thought that was amusing as I hope no one bought the RX-7 thinking that the 1.3L motor was going to sip gas
Speaking for myself, and only myself. If I have a choice, I'll never own an RX-7 as a daily driver ever again. Not that it wasnt fun driving it to work everyday. But at the same time I was expecting more milage. But hey, she was 20 years old.
When I get another rotary powered car, It will be for recreation I suspect.
But to add a factual point to the conversation, Rotaries arn't the only engines that suffer in milage. My buddies Big Block Mopar (all factory) gets something like 8MPG city. 10 Highway. Gotta love 4-Speeds.
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Originally Posted by Alak
Speaking for myself, and only myself. If I have a choice, I'll never own an RX-7 as a daily driver ever again. Not that it wasnt fun driving it to work everyday. But at the same time I was expecting more milage. But hey, she was 20 years old.
When I get another rotary powered car, It will be for recreation I suspect.
But to add a factual point to the conversation, Rotaries arn't the only engines that suffer in milage. My buddies Big Block Mopar (all factory) gets something like 8MPG city. 10 Highway. Gotta love 4-Speeds.
When I get another rotary powered car, It will be for recreation I suspect.
But to add a factual point to the conversation, Rotaries arn't the only engines that suffer in milage. My buddies Big Block Mopar (all factory) gets something like 8MPG city. 10 Highway. Gotta love 4-Speeds.
similar-weight sports cars of the same era that do zero-to-100km/h in 9 to 11 seconds:
'79 to '85 RX7---- 25 mpg hwy/ 17 mpg city / 21 mpg combined. (0-100 9 s.)
'71 to '82 Datsun Z--- 25 mpg hwy/ 18 mpg city/ 21 mpg combined. (0-100 9 s.)
'77 to '82 Porsche 924--- 28 mpg hwy/ 18 mpg city/ 23 combined (0-100 10.5 s.)
'77 to '81 Triumph TR7--- 28 mpg hwy/ 18 mpg city/ 23 combined (0-100 11 s.)
So-called "muscle cars" of the same era:
'80 Chev Camaro Z28--- 18 mpg hwy/ 12 mpg city/ 15 mpg combined (8.5 sec)
'82 Pontiac Trans Am--- 20 mpg hwy/ 14 mpg city/ 17 mpg combined (11.6 sec!)
'80 AMC AMX---- 16 mpg hwy/ 10 mpg city/ 13 mpg combined (8.5 sec)
'82 Chev Corvette L82--- 17 mpg hwy/ 12 mpg city/ 14 mpg combined (8.2 sec)
Econo-boxes of the same era:
'80 to '85 Toyota Corolla--- 40 mpg hwy/ 25 mpg city/ 32 mpg combined (12 sec)
'82 to '85 Honda Civic--- 40 mpg hwy/ 25 mpg city/ 32 mpg combined (12 sec)
'80 to '85 Mazda GLC--- 40 mpg hwy/ 25 mpg city/ 32 mpg combined (13 sec)
'82 to '84 Nissan Stanza--- 38 mpg hwy/ 24 mpg city/ 30 mpg combined (11.2 seconds--- this is faster than the ballsiest '82 Trans Am 4-spd GM could slap together!)
This all means that while econoboxes of the day were twice as good on gas as the "muscle cars," they were only about 50% better than that of the RX7s and their ilk--- and not as fast.
But cars have become more efficient in the last 20 years or so, to the point that many modern econoboxes can match the 1st gens in performance (if not driving pleasure) and still get 40 mpg. And muscle cars now have the muscle to back up the name. For an apples-to-apples comparison you need to compare the performance of these newer cars not to the 1st and 2nd gen N/As but rather, to the RX8 and 3rd gen RX7. The new muscle cars hold their own against these rotaries, but the econoboxes don't even come close.
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I donno. Must just be me. I got better milage in my old Big Block Dodge than I did in my 2 First Gens. My 2nd Gen was not bad if I didnt touch 3000RPM or 1/4 throttle. I think I recorded over 400kms that tank.
But slap on a couple mods and the gas light is like a christmas lights on a timer.
But slap on a couple mods and the gas light is like a christmas lights on a timer.
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