Not necessary! Text is not so easy to interpret the subtleties! I have actually spent allot of time (driving time) with a buddy that has a quite capable '3' even with the little engine! 2 liter, iirc. He can even hang with me pretty good on the twisty stuff!
Chris
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The 3rd gen RX7 was a beautiful car. And with the bi-turbo...
As great as the 3rd gen RX7 is, I don't think it compares to the NSX. You have to admire a company that says cost be damned, make the lightest, best car you possibly can. It was probably the most vice-free supercar in the world when it came out.
Not many people think of Japanese cars as being collectable, but imho decent, early NSX's are going to be worth a lot of money some day.
You're a gentleman Chris.
I have been in love with the NSX since it was introduced when I was 21. A person at the building where I worked in the early 90's drove a black one, my favorite color too.
My boss at the time drove a Lambo Diablo, and one programmer at the company drove a red Ferrari Testarossa, but I liked the NSX the best out of the 3 cars, at least looks-wise.
I never could convince any of them to let me take their pricey rides for a spin.......
Pat
It was/is beautiful.
One model that I left out that I don't find as attractive, but still nice-looking, was the last generation 300ZX twin turbo.
My brother had a 1992 model and that car was very fun to drive. The driver controls were perfectly placed.
Just one more sports car that bit the bullet, at least for the American buyers, during the mid-1990's.
Pat
If you recall (and you probably do), all of the sports cars gone fat GT cars, decided to get serious at about the same time. Similar philosophy, don't worry about what it costs, make it perform and they will buy it! Well, one or two companies might have been able to pull it off but with Mazda, Nissan, Toyota and even Mitsu (iirc), there just weren't enough serious car guys willing to spend serious cash (they were all about $40k) for a high end Japanese sports car and they all died like the dinosaurs :-(
When they (RX8 and 350Z) came back around, they were similar performance at about what, $25~$30k and about 10 years later. You gotta love technology!
Chris
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Oh right... sarcasm, huh? Just kidding ;-) Hugs and kisses, Andy.
So true. The Supra is another one. I never did like how they looked in general, but I rode in a modified Supra once and it was pretty fast.
The most expensive car I have bought to date was under $15,000, and the cars that I am looking at now are ranging from $11,000 to about $16,000.
Those $40,000.00+ vehicles are still nicely out of my range. I'm not ever sure what I would buy if I had 40 or 50 grand to spend on a single car.
Pat
Back attcha baby but don't tell anybody, this will be our dirty little secret ;-) Pat might be jealous (ducking).
Chris
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Oh wow, you are not that far away, ducking won't help!
Have you told the wife about "us" yet?
Pat [BFEG]
Ya, she knows you as my crazy buddy from Austin. Most of my friends are known by a similar prefix ......... hmmmmm.
No details though, eh? ;-)
cd
99BBBHave you found some sort of solution yet?
Jeroen
"andy-k" schreef >> Does it have an electrical bootlock? A friend of mine has a MX5 NC
Interesting. I have an MX5 NC and thought the clunk was the brake calipers shifting after having the car sit for a while. It does it when I drive away (after backing out of the garage) but, from memory, I only notice it on the first drive of a day. I will pay more attention to it. I suppose it could be the trunk/boot lock engaging. It has done it since the car was new three years ago. The car is driven about once a week so the brake rotors get plenty of time to form a slight layer of rust between uses. Regardless, I don't think this is anything that needs to be "fixed".
Hi Jeroen -- yes, I have found out what it is. I've been informed that it is the ABS activating, which then remains active until the engine is switched off again.
Where does the sound come from? I would like to add this info into a small article for our MX5 Magazine...
Jeroen
"andy-k" schreef >> Have you found some sort of solution yet?
I guess it must be comeing from behind the dashboard - sounds like a relay energizing.
Andy
Thanks goodness for your post. I have scouted the internet for hours trying to find the reason for the thu mping noise on my 2007 Mazda3. As you said it would only pop the noise when moving from standing after the engine was started. Speed has to reach abou t 20km per hour. Same issue while reversing. It only sounded once and will not pop the noise again until the engine is off and restart. The noise appe ar to be in the engine compartment. I can drift for a long while at low spe ed, if below 20km without the noise popping. I will put it down to ABS, Thanks Alan
Cheers
Tony
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