Being so concerned about fuel for a car like this, I'd tell you to stay away.

 

heh, i have a DD, cuz i'm concerned about fuel, there is a difference between being stupid about the car and being frugal..



i'd much rather put upgrades on my car while it sits in the garage, without adding miles, wear & tear, and drive it to race it at tracks and courses instead of giving my money away to gas barons...



so instead of needing it to get ladies and pimp the ride, id much rather use it for what its designed for.. carving corners and beating porshes and vettes on tracks.

 

I 100% agree, daily drivers/beaters are the way to go. But if you're edging on not being able to fill up a tank anytime you want to drive the RX-7, it's time to look to another car.

 

I can understand wantingto make sure you can afford a Fd but no serious Fd owner would ever start counting costs because you would quickly see that you spend insane amounts of money on them.

At least I know that I do.

 

When did I say I'm edging on not being able to afford to fill up the tank?



In fact, I could very easily afford to put both cars on the road all the time, and instead drive the FD 24/7 and fill up $40 every fill up.



The reason I am guaging Fuel cost is to simply see how much it'll cost me, make sense? Not that it's going to make/break if I can afford the car. I just threw it into the consideration of expenses just for piece of mind.



Even after the insurance, loan, *gas* are taken into acct, this still leaves me with money left over to put into savings and into checking (towards going out to eat, buying crap, etc). So considering I have more than "Just enough" for the car itself, the splurges of taking an FD on a 5 hour road trip won't be out of my league.



I kinda understand where you're coming from, as far as buying a turbo car but then worrying if it'll get good gas mileage and such...

 

I just sold my dd and my 7 is now my daily driver. I only have a 2nd gen, but honestly i enjoyed the 7 that much more as just a weekend car. It was a feeling of "oh yay, i get to boost the 7 and run it hard" and then experiencing boost and the adrenaline rush of something new versus "crap, i need to get good mileage i can't go boosting" and getting used to how fast the car is and having it not feel fast at all and always worrying abotu it breaking.

 

You should be fine. Heres where i messed up. I run the car like it's suppose to be hard all the time. So due to that i'v blown a tranny, rear end, and replaced a clutch disk. Long as you dont beat the hell out of it all the time. Do all the relilability mods and dont make it too too fast till you can really afford it then you should be fine.

 

The best rule of thumb is to take whatever project you want to do, budget for it, double the expense, then add half again, you will be in the ballpark of what you need to spend...



FD $8000

5 years insurance $5000

Maint/repairs /yr $1000 x 5 $5000



These are using the examples posted, so take that



which is $18,000



double it $36,000



and add half again $45,000



this is your 5 year outlook on owning that FD



Now before you guys beat feet to your reply button and start bashing, add up all the stuff you have bought for your car, with the insurance and purchase price for the car, and see if you do not also come close to that figure... most of the single turbo conversion guys will



Oki guys do not count :P

 

The other day I was enlightened...owning an FD is not owning another "car". It's kind of like owning a boat or airplane, a pure pleasure toy. Not for everyday, and definitely takes a lot of money to keep it up. (I'm refering to modded ones...)

 

I'm going to try really hard here not to be an ******* about this, so here goes what I wanted you to know.



If you're going to calculate and worry about how much gas you put in it and how much money you have left over for gas, then don't buy an FD. You won't be able to keep the car stock, that's the way this car works, it'll draw you in slowly. Mod for mod and gas is raising, problem's are occuring, and you're going to become broken hearted in a very short time.



The first thing I always looked at when buying a car was gas milage. Then I decided to foget it because I was never going to be able to enjoy the car if I was always making sure that I saved money for a fill up.



My .02