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Definitely not Rx7 in spirit.
The FD3S is a "better" sports car. The Z is a different beast. |
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and then the inevitable happens....the one light pops up only
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... that's why i don't drive it at night. it looks funny and the lights suck too!
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do not sell that car. you will regret it forever. just wait until you can afford the 370z also
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you got to keep it...it's a classic
keep it as the garaged car and use it for summers |
Love the car! I've been a huge fan of 3rd Gens since I first saw one, wayyyyy before "that movie" came out!!!
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wow gorgeous ! theres a white FD up my block with 40k on the chassis and a rebuilt+streetported engine. One of the cleanest i have seen... I was so close to buying it but the owner changed his mind last second.
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But yeah, the FD was one of my dream cars during high school. I had a friend who had the R1 brand spanking new, the red one. It fell apart easily from what I remembered i.e. the paint chipped easily, it overheated, it consumed oil too fast (I understand that rotaries consume oil), and had poor gas mileage. I was about to buy either used S2000 AP2 or a FD prior to my 370, but I wanted to ask, are FD's really mechanical and tuning nightmares? I'd like to pick one up in the future because they're so gorgeous. |
Yes: 370 = modern day FD3S
Why? Because: both RX7 and 370 give same horsepower regardless of trim level both handle 0.98 g's on skidpad R1 is analogous to sport package base 6 speed--> cloth seats, no frills all business both cars use aluminum body panels, but FD more so both cars are gorgeous, voluptuous both cars do a back-to-basics sports car approach i.e. no frivolous gadgets (OK maybe not the synchro-rev but it's 2009 peeps) both are 2 seaters, no more 2+2 elongated "limo" Z a la Z32 Nissan engineers paid special attention to little things to reduce weight via the 370 base stereo, doors, hatch and hood, but 4 inches from wheel base and 2 from overall length But uhh...the 370 can accelerate a little harder through the 0-60 and 1/4 but their top speeds are essentially the same. So yes, the 370 grabbed the torched from the FD3S because the RX-8=fail. |
Sweet car. I think somewhere down the line you'll regret selling something like that. 350Z/370Z are mass produced cars. ANYONE can walk up to a dealership and get their own. What you have in your garage is something not easy to find. Thanks for sharing
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It's not that they were rare per se, it's just they were getting too expensive i.e. becoming poor values and people dramatically started buying less of them. The average rate of inflation is 3%/yr. A $35,000 sports car in 1993 is a $56,000 car today. |
Without getting into a reliability debate, we know the clear winner here. It's even hard to say mod for mod which one would be faster considering again, the reliability of how long a FD RX7 would last.. lastly, I'd almost RATHER swap in a LS1 and get functioning AC (if possible yet?) and turn the RX7 into a reliable, faster than a 370Z machine tbh..
Edit: And how many well kept, clean RX7s do you see anymore? I can guarantee you'd break more necks in the RX7 than you would in a new 370Z.. And us 370z owners break A LOT of necks.. |
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I live in S. Cali, where most people are superficial and 'what you drive is who you are.' I only seen 3 370Z's thus far on the road here in Los Angeles, and it's been out for like 6 months already. I doubt the 370 will become ubiquitous because of the current economic conditions. I sure hope they don't at least. I see more curent model Mustangs and even the new 'bumble bee Camaro' than 370's. |
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