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08-27-2003, 01:31 PM

#21

FDokinawa

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Join Date: Oct 2002

Location: Okinawa, Japan

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mine is a daily driver..

08-27-2003, 01:38 PM

#22

ROTARYFDTT

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Location: Rochester Hills, MI

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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.

08-27-2003, 03:02 PM

#23

kkw4p

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Location: Pensacola, FL

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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.

08-27-2003, 04:30 PM

#24

AVAN

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Location: 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

08-28-2003, 01:10 AM

#25

jackdhammer

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Location: 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

08-28-2003, 01:42 AM

#26

FikseRxSeven

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Location: union, new jersey

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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