Rather then start a new thread, I thought I'd post in here.
I too, am looking at a new car, and in particular the RX-7 Series 8. Before mentioning other cars, I don't care about Supra's, Skyline's, WRX's, Ford's or Holden's.
The only other car I'd really look at is a Evo 8/9/10. Naturally, I can't really justify the $70,000 or so for the Evo 10 but I can dream, hey.
I can get a 2002 Series 8 RX7 imported from Japan through a semi-local business here for ~$30,000 with less then 30,000km on the clock inc. a 3year warrenty through their business covering everything bar stupidness of course. This will be my daily driven car which funnily enough, will be more of a weekend car as I'll be living on the RAAF base at both Wagga and Williamtown. I'm prepared for the large insurance hit and fuel bill and the need to service the rotor more often then a piston engine.
I won't be going stupid with mod's due to my age (will be 20 when I own this) only a tasteful set of 18 or 19" rims with high quality tyres and upgrade the brakes and possibly suspension. Engine will be staying stock as I don't wan't the hassle a friend of mine has had with their WRX, multiple thousands of dollars into the engine and it still blows up, I don't care if my car can go 400km/h, as long as it can go the 110km/h on the freeway and still go hard on the track thats all that matters to me. The styling of the RX7 has always appealed to me and now I'm going to finally go with it and pick up my dream car, I have a friend whose a spray painter so the spoiler will be getting removed ASAP.
What I was wondering, is there anything I really have to look for when the car is bought in before paying for it? Anything I should notice whilst test driving to tell for any signs of wear and tear or neglect in the engine. I've never owned a rotor let alone a twin-turbo one, so have no idea what to look for and feel for whilst driving. Visual damage and repairs I can tell along with more serious damage such as chassis damage and donor engines and part. I don't want it to be a cop magnet so the rims aren't going to be cheap chromies, most likely a nice alloy or a billet rim, proper brake upgrade and upgraded coilovers when I lower it to get a nicer stance. Is there anything that I'm being completely oblivious too about this style car? Help from anyone whose driven/own/owned/worked on this style car is greatly appreciated as it's my first major purchase and I know things CAN go wrong with these engines if not properly maintained like every other car but parts are becoming rarer to come accross.
Thanks in advance.
Dan
