1989 Mazda RX7 GXL from North America - Comments

12th Dec 2003, 18:24

"An amazing car at a reasonable price"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Power Window Switches broke.

Outside door handle came unhooked.

Interior plastic parts are starting to show age.

Rear Defroster no longer works.

Rear Window wiper no longer works.

Power Antenna no longer works.

General comments?

The car has exceptional acceleration

and handles turns the way most newer

cars just dream about.

Interior parts are just now starting to

show age.

The seats seem to wrap around you and

hold on when your flying around turns.

Does require more maintenance than your average car.


7th Aug 2004, 02:57

Actually, this guy was complimenting the car's handling.

He was simply listing its electrical faults.


26th Jul 2005, 00:26

I would like to know, in what way it requires more maintenance than the average car?


31st Oct 2005, 17:13

Besides the usual oil change intrvals, a rotary motor requires periodic oil level checks. the rotary motor has to have oil injected into the combustion chamber for chamber lubrication, so there will be a oil consumption of around one quart of oil in between oil changes.


26th May 2006, 21:30

I'm glad someone had a good experience with an RX-7. Mine was slower than my non-turbo Dodge Omni, Rattled from one end to the other, leaked oil, was very hard to start and handled with all the sportiness of a '79 Pinto. It was the second slowest car I ever owned. The slowest was an '81 Escort. How these things ever could have been called "sports" cars is beyond me.

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