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Aug 27, 2003 | 01:31 PM

#21

FDokinawa

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Joined: Oct 2002

Posts: 514

From: Okinawa, Japan

mine is a daily driver..

Aug 27, 2003 | 01:38 PM

#22

ROTARYFDTT

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Joined: Jan 2003

Posts: 36

From: Rochester Hills, MI

weekend warrior unless something isn't working properly. So mainly it keeps everything else in my garage company. Seems to get along with the lawnmower pretty good.

Aug 27, 2003 | 03:02 PM

#23

kkw4p

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Joined: May 2003

Posts: 124

From: Pensacola, FL

Quote:

Originally Posted by boredfast' date='Aug 27 2003, 03:08 AM

Great, thanks a lot for your imput. I was debating whether or not to get a secondary car.. just incase the FD dies on me.. I really dont need the added cost of insurance / maintenence on a 2nd car though.

I guess.. as a daily.. it'd be somewhat reliable? :P

There are some things you can do to make it more reliable. Bigger radiator, remove cats, single turbo, FMIC. That helps with a lot of the heat issues that destroy the apex seals and contribute to frequent rebuilds. Or at least I hope.. becuase that's what I'm going to do.

Edit: Oh yeah, upgraded oil coolers too. Should help the turbo(s) and the engine.

Aug 27, 2003 | 04:30 PM

#24

AVAN

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Joined: Nov 2002

Posts: 184

From: GlenBurnie, MD

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Originally Posted by RussellTT94' date='Aug 26 2003, 10:25 AM

i drive it about 2 days a week. then something breaks, and it sits in the garage for 2 weeks. this week's adventure is replacing the fuel pump.

same thing here except my new adventure is my diff, axels ...etc

Aug 28, 2003 | 01:10 AM

#25

jackdhammer

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Joined: Jan 2003

Posts: 283

From: Oxnard, CA.

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Originally Posted by vosko' date='Aug 26 2003, 07:27 AM

i had been driving it this whole month till i got in an accident. normally i only drive it on special occasion but the special occasion was my blazer exhaust falling off and me not wanting to spend $600 to get a new exhaust for it

******* Vosko, you kill me bro. This guy wont think twice about dropping a couple grand on new "braces" for some part of his drive train, but won't shed a few hundred to fix the daily beater. You rock dude seriously

Aug 28, 2003 | 01:42 AM

#26

FikseRxSeven

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Joined: Jan 2003

Posts: 8,079

From: union, new jersey

i think an fd is alright as an everyday driver.......... as long as you can control yourself. although it takes a lot of self control not to launch at ever stop light and stop signs, or take a turn at .90g. or just hearing your turbo spool and spit.

luckily theres nothing wrong with my fd since i got it from the shop last month, and for about a year before the accident