whos the best person to talk to about RX7 around here?

Ian (DaOne) · Post by **Ian (DaOne)** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:50 pm

as above

thanks
ian

Rob_B · Post by **Rob_B** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:56 pm

i could be wrong, but i here these guys are pretty handy

http://www.jimmys-rx7.co.uk/

Ian (DaOne) · Post by **Ian (DaOne)** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:59 pm

am thinking about swaping my scoob for one, but not sure if it is a good idea, or i am going mad!!??

if i do get a 7, i would then need to but a cheap run around to go to tesco etc, as cant get the baby seat in the 7

Post by **Ben** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:32 pm

Gareth is the best person to speak too ...

Post by **Stuart** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:35 pm

Agreed his svengali style knowledge is ridiculous. K1HKS (Gary) is also very, very switched on with what to look out for.

I love the FD. One day............

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:44 pm

Hi mate, we have spoken but apologies for not replying to your other pm sooner.

Basically as I said before RX7s are a lot of fun, they are a true coupe with a good weight distribution rwd with no girly driving aids (bar ABS). The engine spec can vary wildly from the standard twin turbos to the single turbo'd cars. 0-60 is about 5.5 secs on the standard car and it revs up to just under 9000rpm. The engine does need looking after and the car will need to be warmed up (at least for 3mins) before driving. You must under no circumstances start it, move it, stop it otherwise it will flood. This is the same with the new RX8 also. In addition like most turbo'd cars you cant boot it straight away and need to run it for a few mins to cool down before switching off. Oil needs changing ideally every 3k miles and the filter. Servicing once a year is also a requirement. costs for an engine rebuild are not as bad as say a Skyline but it isnt cheap, I have seen them up for

gary@apt · Post by **gary@apt** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:47 pm

also APT does not do rx7's :-D

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:49 pm

gary@apt wrote:also APT does not do rx7's :-D

Not YET !!!!!!!!!

But if they did.....they'd be the best garage in the world !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:thumb:

Post by **Ben** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:53 pm

:-D class

Post by **Stuart** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:49 pm

gary@apt wrote:also APT does not do rx7's :-D

Yet :thumb: