1980 Mazda RX7 review from Australia and New Zealand

I have only had the car for a short period of time, so am yet to find any real faults.

- Air-con stopped working. New fuse fixed this.

- Electric Antenna motor doesn't work. Came like this when I purchased the car.

My car is the Series 1 RX7 but it has been custom made into a soft-top convertible. It has been very well maintained and looked after, paint has been resprayed and looks almost brand new. We paid an unbelievable low price of $3200 for this immaculate example of an RX7.

This car is a load of fun, handles great, decent acceleration and performance. This car loves the higher RPM's, power really picks up around the 3,600 mark - all the way up to about 6,800 (I'm not keen to take it any higher out of fear of blowing up the engine). It's not the quickest car on the road by any means, but will surprise quite a few off the lights.

I am averaging roughly 270-300klm's from a 45 litre tank (running Premium), which isn't too bad I suppose.

The interior is great, I was intrigued that this 1980 car had features such as a boot release button and a few others.

Warming the car up and cooling it down is proving to be a bit tedious, I plan on getting a turbo timer installed (my car is not turbo) so I can walk away while it cools itself off before shutting itself down.