I almost bought a 1993 RX7 back in 01. it had 39,200 miles. My good friend that is a mechanic, said that the engine is done at 40,000 and needs rebuilt. Especially, when you are going to DRIVE it. anyway I bought a built prelude with a H22a and never looked back.


They are a Beautiful car though... just my opinion.

 

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My sentiment as well - I have the money, and I bought an S, and I used to own an RX-7. For a DD, I'd rather drive the S, but not because of reliability - I think the S is a better car. Same goes for the NSX, Supra, 300ZX TT, and a host of other great 90s cars that were great in the 90s but are just old today.

 

The problem with RX-7s is tuners got their hands on them. Same with Supras - tuners ruined the cars more than they improved them.

 

I wonder what the percentage of untouched, running RX7s and Supras (TT specifically) is in the US?

After this post I did hit up Ebay motors and saw a '93 CYM R1, in pretty mint condition, like 40K miles and no mods. They wanted $19K for it.

 

Unmolested models just seem overpriced. technology and bang for you buck has come a long way - for $20k you can just buy a newer better car anymore.

 

Yeah, it's so rare for anything from that generation - especially the "tuner" type cars - to be clean and bone stock, the rarity just jacks up the price into painfully unreasonable.

I think the last Supra TT I saw being offered bone stock was a '98, Quicksilver, 6-speed (so a rare car in itself), but for like $45K! Look at what you can buy in faster, newer, more capable cars for that price.

 

If $10K for a low-mileage RX7 in great shape, then hell yes! It's a really fun car; but put a few thousand aside for future maintenance and repairs.

 

the fd was beautiful, fast, unique, and beyond cool. there is a reason however why you do not see many on the road.

 

because only 13k were sold in the usdm.