So Help Me, Oppo

"Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney" (braddelaparker)
12/10/2015 at 15:18 • Filed to: bring a trailer, rx7, rx-7, mazda, rotary, bat

I may be bidding on this. 1 hour left. Talk me in to or out of it.

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DISCUSSION (18)

duurtlang > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/10/2015 at 15:23

This picture of the interior is really tiny. Can you live with such a tiny interior?

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I got nothing.

TheHondaBro > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/10/2015 at 15:23

It’s a 30-year-old rotary. Think long and hard about the long and hard service requirements.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/10/2015 at 15:24

you’ve come to the wrong place to have anyone talk you out of doing something stupid along the lines of cars

Sam > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/10/2015 at 15:25

Personally, I’d get a 944/924S or a Miata. RX-7s can become very high mantainence and the only real benefit is telling people you have a rotary.

phenotyp > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/10/2015 at 15:25

My RX7 was my second-favorite car, and probably always will be. Loved it to death. Do it.

My hovercraft is full of eels > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/10/2015 at 15:28

Devil appears on your shoulder: “C’mon, that’s it, buy it! Yeah, put in that extra 500 bucks if you have to”.

Angel appears on your other shoulder: “Yeah, go ahead, you gotta have a stock RX-7 turbo!”

Needmoargarage > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/10/2015 at 15:30

Is this your only form of transportation? I’d say if you already have a daily, then go for it! You will learn a whole lot about repairing/maintaining cars if you aren’t already familiar and have some fun driving along the way.

yitznewton > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/10/2015 at 15:31

Yup yup yup. Turbo FC RX-7 is best RX-7. With the caveats voiced by the others here.

Dunnik > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/10/2015 at 15:36

OK, well, you did ask.

An old piece of advice is “never buy a old turbo”.

You could also say, “never buy an old rotary engine with an old turbo”.

If you are going to rely on this car as a DD, prepare excuses for being late for everything.

But my god double DIN cassette deck with EQ. So 80’s.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Sam
12/10/2015 at 15:39

Rotaries aren’t that big of a deal if you know what you are doing, plus they are waaaay cheaper to maintain than a 944.

daender > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/10/2015 at 15:43

Boost in -> Apex seals out

Need to redline the SHIT out of it every other drive to keep the internals fully lubricated or pre-mix oil into your gasoline

Wouldn’t pay more than 6.5K for it

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > duurtlang
12/10/2015 at 15:58

I chuckled at this.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/10/2015 at 16:02

This is the car you bid on when you really want a Supra, isn’t it?

Wacko > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/10/2015 at 16:16

about 10 min left

come on do it!

TwoFortified > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/10/2015 at 20:15

Oh my. Unlike many car guys, my (serious) car-want list is pretty short (but then, I treat this list as “I will own this car before I die” type thing, so I have to be a bit realistic), and an RX-7 (any gen, because they are all pretty badass) is on that list.

I’d buy that in a heartbeat if I wasn’t broke like everyone else.

pImpOfThePerverse > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/11/2015 at 02:45

whatever you do, buy this registered runner for 1500: https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/533590…

pip bip - choose Corrour > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/11/2015 at 06:07

buy it!

PunjabiSexMachine > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
12/17/2015 at 06:13

I found some of these around my town for like 2000 dollars, I WAS SO TEMPTED. I say do it, and then swap in some crappy engine like a 1.9L Ford Inline 4 and go to meets. This is the true purpose of this car.