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"Wouldn't trade it for a burning pile of overweight detroit muscle (fat) any day of the week"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Passenger side headlight motor quit, new one cost only $65cdn.

I seem to eat a lot of rear tires, about 3 sets for every 1 set up front, too many brakestands... I think so!

Clutch went at 120K so I got a stage 3 ACT clutch put in there.

Seats are kind of worn out on the bottom bolsters, but that's usual for the kinda driving this car should be put through.

General comments?

Awesome car, handles like an F-16.

Sucky gas mileage, but what can you expect from an engine as revolutionary as the rotary?? Small package HUGE on power, after all there's no valves or anything like that to worry about... just two moving parts...that's it!

I've got some KYB shox.

Eibach springs which drop 'er nice and low.

17" Motegi rims.

Nitto 245/45 R17's out back, Up front-225/45 R17's.

Polished intake manifold, racing beat cold air intake, K&N Filter.

NX "Fast and Furious" 60hp shot wet NOS kit.

The starting problem that sooo many people have complianed about on these forums relating to short trips is actually an easy fix. All you gotta do is take the main ECU fuse out... crank the motor for NO MORE than 10 seconds and put the fuse back in and fire the car up, keeping in mind that it'll smoke like an indian chief at a pow wow for a few min, but you'll be in your car driving down the road while the other guy is still trying to pull the spark plugs on his RX7.

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Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Year of manufacture1990
First year of ownership2000
Most recent year of ownership2003
Engine and transmission 1.3L Rotary Manual
Performance marks 8 / 10
Reliability marks 7 / 10
Comfort marks 10 / 10
Dealer Service marks 6 / 10
Running Costs (higher is cheaper) 5 / 10
Overall marks (average of all marks) 7.2 / 10
Distance when acquired97000 kilometres
Most recent distance165000 kilometres
Date of Entry 26th September, 2003

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