RX-7 Owner Again

larryb711 · 09-18-2008, 01:01 PM

Hi guys,

My first post is to say hello and to say I look forward to being a member of this forum.

I used to have an 1982 RX-7 when I was at the University of Georgia in the early / mid 80's. When I got my first job in 1986 I had to sell it to buy a 4 door car for work. Finally 22 years later I am an RX-7 owner again. I had been thinking about getting an RX-8, but something just kept me from pulling the trigger. I think I really wanted to find one of the 2nd generation RX-7's so I kept looking.

Nothing really looked good to me, but a few weeks ago, I came across a 1988 Black Convertable RX-7 with only 33,000 miles on it. That is not typo, 33,000 miles. To be honest, I am not a convertable person, but the price seemed too good to be true so I immediatly went to look at it, and took it for a ride. It drove great, and was in excellent condition, both inside and outside. It has always been garaged thus the excellent condition. I ran a carfax report and it came back with no problems.

I made an appointment with a Mazda specialist to take the car in for a pre purchase inspection and it came out with flying colors. In fact, the mechanic said if I don't buy this car, he will. The compression was fantastic. Interestingly, this same mechanic used to work at the other Mazda specalist that serviced my first RX-7 22 years ago. There are a few little things that will need to be fixed, but these are things that I can live with for the time being.

Except for the radio, everything on the car is origional including the tires. But, I am not going to drive a car with 20 year old tires, so this weekend I am having 4 new Michigan Pilot Exalto A/S tires put on.

I did replace the door speakers, and now the Alpine radio sounds great. I will also be scheduling a 30,000 mile service this week.

The speakers in the headsets do not work, but only because I will need to add an amplifer because when the original owner replaced the origional sterio they had to remove the orgional mazda amplifer.

That's it for now, but I promise I will add pictures soon.

09-18-2008, 01:01 PM	#1
larryb711 The Newbie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	RX-7 Owner Again Hi guys, My first post is to say hello and to say I look forward to being a member of this forum. I used to have an 1982 RX-7 when I was at the University of Georgia in the early / mid 80's. When I got my first job in 1986 I had to sell it to buy a 4 door car for work. Finally 22 years later I am an RX-7 owner again. I had been thinking about getting an RX-8, but something just kept me from pulling the trigger. I think I really wanted to find one of the 2nd generation RX-7's so I kept looking. Nothing really looked good to me, but a few weeks ago, I came across a 1988 Black Convertable RX-7 with only 33,000 miles on it. That is not typo, 33,000 miles. To be honest, I am not a convertable person, but the price seemed too good to be true so I immediatly went to look at it, and took it for a ride. It drove great, and was in excellent condition, both inside and outside. It has always been garaged thus the excellent condition. I ran a carfax report and it came back with no problems. I made an appointment with a Mazda specialist to take the car in for a pre purchase inspection and it came out with flying colors. In fact, the mechanic said if I don't buy this car, he will. The compression was fantastic. Interestingly, this same mechanic used to work at the other Mazda specalist that serviced my first RX-7 22 years ago. There are a few little things that will need to be fixed, but these are things that I can live with for the time being. Except for the radio, everything on the car is origional including the tires. But, I am not going to drive a car with 20 year old tires, so this weekend I am having 4 new Michigan Pilot Exalto A/S tires put on. I did replace the door speakers, and now the Alpine radio sounds great. I will also be scheduling a 30,000 mile service this week. The speakers in the headsets do not work, but only because I will need to add an amplifer because when the original owner replaced the origional sterio they had to remove the orgional mazda amplifer. That's it for now, but I promise I will add pictures soon. Last edited by larryb711; 09-18-2008 at 01:23 PM.