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[QUOTE=Vt-Freeheel;6549696]lolQuote:
Seller Comments: immaculate showroom condition ... Not a single scratch or scuff ... rebuilt title
I don't know if that radio went in other GM cars of the era, but it instantly brought me back to my childhood and all the time spent in my parent's Vegas. Yes, as reported in other threads, my dad was a serial Vega owner. He wrenched on them. Because one had to if one wanted them to go places. In this way there was commonality with the Le Car owner of the day. When VT passed their salvage yard laws about the number of dead vehicles one could have on the property without a salvage yard license, my dad had to sweat a little. You definitely needed a parts Vega, or three. He did not own any as "cool" as a Cosworth or the Monza badged model.
[QUOTE=Ted Striker;6550022]Because they were able to buff it out. There are currently no scratches or scuffs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel
I am getting dizzy looking at riser4’s new avatar.
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Me too. All that blood rushing to my head. I need a break.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry
My dad brought me when he got a brand new 72 Vega. I was 6 and tried to talk him out of it, lol. He went for the flat metallic green coupe with black floor mats and white vinyl seats. It was fucking hideous. He did go for whatever the bigger wheel and tire option was because of the potholes and it had AC but that was it. I think he paid extra for the little hub caps. In the summer your sneakers would stick (melt) to the floor in the front passenger seat, that was fun. It was unbelievably reliable, supremely uncomfortable and slow as shit but you could put 2 golf bags in the trunk and it got incredible mpg. A week after he sold it the tranny fell out because the mounts had rotted but he truly had no idea. When I "stole" a car out of the driveway when I was 13 it wasn't this one.
Did some nationwide searching on RX-8s today. Found some REALLY nice, lowish mile examples with non-working motors for dirt cheap! All with MTs. Starting to think that is what I might do. Don't know why these haven't been on my radar til this thread. Going to need to coordinate truck/trailer and time off if I can score one, so it won't be easy. Might take a few months to find just the right one for me, but we'll see what happens! The hunt begins...
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It's on Harry's island Austin.
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A worthy contender?
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/c...443874235.html
Another one:
https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ct...443852484.html
Prolly gone since seller never responded to multiple posts, but another example nonetheless:
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8s-sale-w...-diego-273102/
Point being that apparently I can find broken RX-8's all day long! FINALLY! Something that has apparently been far less effected by stupid current used car market. I can swap apex seals and rebuild a rotary in my garage. I am so in. Reliable? Probably not. Perfect for this particular thread? Definitely.
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I bet you achieve your RX-8 quest before Bmills achieves his Assfinder quest, despite that quest being much older.
"~~~$2,000 if you pay by Friday (Feb. 18)~~~"
[checks calendar] ...and less if later?
edit: I'd avoid all three of those. 1) a non-running 04 with 100k is going to burn more money than oil. 2) ridden hard/put away wet. 3) guy's an idiot. As someone said in this or the other thread, you're shopping the owner just as much as the car.
That said, I fully support this avenue of pursuit - both for your fun and our amusement. But get an 06-12. It took Mazda a a few years to sort out the 13B-MSP in that car.
How about a nice Lexus? 8 cylinder shit box.
https://pensacola.craigslist.org/cto...449061055.html
Rare “base model” with cloth interior!!!
Hey, perfection isn't achieved overnight. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
Rare base model is hilarious, but that's damn low miles for an LS400. She's got at least another million in her, going off of Matt Farah's experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by mud
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Good to know!!! Thanks. Not that I was serious about any of those I listed, but was really just trying to illustrate my point that cheap ones are out there a plenty. I would rather have one that wasn't dogged on if possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ted Striker
I've read that you can DIY upgrade the earlier models to help with the lubrication issues but maybe Id rather just get a later one with that pretty much resolved. Also seems that they're not NEARLY as bad as people made them out to be, but rather it's many people (a) not maintaining them the way a rotary needs to be maintained, or (b) turbocharging them which apparently the Renesis doesn't take as well as the 13b that was in my '91. Also people tacking on all sorts of crappy bolt ons. Renesis has smaller apex seals than the old engines or something like that? Correct me if I'm wrong, but apparently with the right precautions, some minor mods, and attentive maintanence, they can be a fine motor.
Anyway, I am not spooked and in fact, looking forward to another rebuild. It's been a while, but I'm up for it. Honestly sounds better than dealing with doing the trans swap that a Mini I was looking at was going to need. And if I rebuild, I can maybe even do some additional work to make the build a bit more robust. I read that with some better cats and a mild tune (for increased oiling purposes) you can get it to spin to 10K while improving reliability. Lots to learn on this one. I find it quite appealing.
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It was only offered the first two years in the us, it is rare, rare of course != desirable alwaysQuote:
Originally Posted by mud
Did. You. Ever text. That. Guy on Craigslist. With. The. Annoying Punctuation. And an. Assfinder?Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
I think you just have to view the engine in the RX-8 as a serviceable component. Which sounds extreme but actually isn't that bad when timing chain guide jobs on other makes go for more. Go in with that expectation and it should be a good experience. They chassis is suppose to be better than the third gen RX-7.
Cloth is supposed to be common on high-end domestic market Japanese cars where a quieter interior is prioritized.
Great way to look at it! Yeah. Refurbing a rotary is NOTHING like ripping apart a German V8. And even if it's a pain to pull out, if I can get 80-100K in between apex jobs, then whatevs. I put over 80K on my last rotary and when I sold it, it had full compression and still ran like new. Zero signs of wear. Ran plain Mobil conventional oil and checked levels religiously. Barely consumed any. I assume conventional mineral based oils are still best?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazderati
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It's exactly the opposite vehicle for this thread, but if Montucky could locate a Toyota Century, he could get both wool upholstery AND a V12 - and as an added bonus, right hand drive!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazderati
It checks the boxes for esoteric oddball vehicle, but is a complete failure (in the negative Ogden scorecard sort of way) on the reliability front.
Not everybody has had a positive experience with Lexus.
The ball cupping some people have over Toyota and Lexus reliability is a bit much.
Tell us about your negative ownership experience with the Toyota Century.Quote:
Originally Posted by mud
Dude that’s a dope ass car! Rwd v8?Quote:
Originally Posted by mud
Same site has a chevy nova for 60k. wtf who wants that?Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
My highlander has been hit by another car bad enough to deploy airbags, killed 3 deer, been taken on a slightly too deep creek crossing and stalled on two separate occasions, has been 80mph on dirt roads, crossed sand dunes at 40mph that wranglers were airing down their tires for, Been stuck and pulled/dug out of snow sand or mud a half dozen times. Been driven at 100mph+ carrying shittons of weight. Done tons of the kind of off roading that makes people say, huh you got that thing out there huh? Highcentered on a stump, rock etc. I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by mud
In the 110k I've put on it since getting it at 75k, besides repairs related damage from impacts, its needed an alternator. And some window regulators. And oil and gas and filters.
Good luck finding one of those cheap.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
Isn't a Le Car.
I do!Quote:
Originally Posted by leroy jenkins
I. Did. he said. He knows. WHAT HE HAD - and just .Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
like. that he stopped responding TO moar questions or. requests for PICS.
Note to self: don't buy used car from leroyQuote:
Originally Posted by leroy jenkins
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^^Lol
I know you're kinda set on an RX but these are more quirky and more unreliable. This would be a proper Montucky ride https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...7973145420614/
To follow up, Ive been doing searches for RX-8's and noticed something VERY distinct. While you can pick up Gen 1's all day long with blown motors for obvious reasons, the post-refresh models with the Renesis II are currently completely unavailable with said blown motors. I think that says it all. Seems Mazda must have gotten the oil issues pretty well sorted out with that next generation. Something to keep in mind if I end up happy with the car and want to keep it long term. Good news for me is that newer examples with decent miles and good condition are still pretty affordable compared to just about EVERYTHING out there today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ted Striker
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A Toyota Century would be truly epic. However, yeah. Too reliable for this thread. HahaQuote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
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I wonder how much that mofo actually wants? Always hate it when people post vehicles without prices or put in $1 or $123,456 like that guy. Or more annoying is when sellers (obvious used car lot guys) put a list price of whatever which seems about right, but then you read the description and that's just the money DOWN.Quote:
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I have had great luck with Mobil 1. My mechanics always comment how clean everything is when they have to get into the engine areas of our cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by MontuckyFried
For rotary powered vehicles?Quote:
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I don't know. There may still be a chance here. Imagine the headache with trying to get trivial replacement parts like air filters, belts, or coil packs for a super limited production foreign sedan that was never exported.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
Contemporary synthetic is fine. One of most popular rotary-specific oils is synthetic.Quote:
Originally Posted by MontuckyFried
Yeah, the multi side port/Renesis design was significantly different from earlier iterations, and I think Mazda's quality control was slipping at that point, so it took a while to work the kinks out. Plus, a car's/band's early fans are always the most rabid. By the time mainstream America heard Green Day, their Bay Area fans called them sellouts. First gens always get driven hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by MontuckyFried
The Renesis was as much for emissions/mpg as anything else, so people throwing bolt-on performance parts, cat deletes, etc, were working against the early ECU programming that was "thinking" lean/eco, and IIRC there wasn't as much oil injected (again, probably to reduce resistance) so the users were at odds with the engineers.