I couldnt drive my first one. I didnt know how to drive manual so the clutch was gone at the end of the week. So I got a 4-puck and I was good to go. Since then I want more speed!!

 

Wow. Lot's of people getting there first manual transmission experience in an FD so far.



I already had many years of experience driving a Miata. I had a supercharger on it but it never worked quite right with the supercharger. I took off the supercharger and thought about buying a nice turbo kit. Then I thought... hell if you want a faster car, BUY a faster car. I always like the FDs but I had heard there were a BITCH for reliability. But we Miata folks are spoiled when it comes to reliability.



So I started looking at some FDs for sale used in my area. The first one I drove I was like "Wow... this is faster than my Miata with only 1/3 throttle".



So I finally bought the 3rd one I test drove. It had hile miles but the price was right and it was a very well maintained stock one owner car.



So far it has given me no problems. I've done the reliability mods. But soon I will do the full stage 3 M2 modifications so we'll see if it blows up...



... the FD is fun but I still love the Miata! Great little go cart.

 

I've waited MANY years to get one, at it was well worth it while it was running. Hopefully I will get it running again soon. I had a 3000 gt that I thought handled very good, until I got my FD that is. It is a car that still turns heads no matter where you go.

 

the first FD i drove i bought also, drove 12 hours to go see it the day it was placed on autotrader. This wasnt my first experiance with manual trannys (i wasnt very good though) but it was the first manual car ive owned. it had has a 4puck act clutch and i wasnt used to it, and almost crashed into two guard rails coming out of a gas station do to almost stalling and punching the gas enguaging the turbos and losing traction in 45 degree weather were the tires didnt grip all that well. man i love this car. ive owned it for 3 months and probably will never sell it.

adam

 

I just bought mine without even driving it! I have never driven an RX-7! I bought it sight unseen with the transmission out. Right now all I can do is sit in it and look at it.

 

I drove a brand new one at a dealership in Ramsey, NJ back in 93 or 94 when my gf was selling cars there. I took it out solo one Saturday morning. The car, of course, was awesome. I really had never driven anything near that fast at that point. The acceleration in the lower gears was breathtaking, and I'll never forget the whooshing sound the car made at full throttle and high rpms. What really surprised me was the car's response in top gear at 60 mph. I was running down Route 17 and goosed it, and was doing 80+ in the blink of an eye. Not what I expected from a rotary and nothing like my old bone-stock RX-2.

 

My first time was when my father and I were test driving the car in Ft. Campbell. He was heading back to the dealership and had to go over an interstate, he stopped before the on-ramp and let me drive it. I didn't know a dang thing about the car and I barely got on it. Even though the 2nd turbo was gone and the engine was about to choke...it was still amazing. (given I was 14 at the time...). My dad went back to the dealership the next day and got her...4 years later she sits with a new engine and some goodies in the driveway