... so someone please, please talk me out of this.
I've noticed the ad running for a while, obviously the owner's got a really long queue out the door for that car 
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Answers as to why I really shouldn't when all I wanted was (a) a house with a garage and (b) a street-legal HPDE car in a couple of months.
Yeah right, as if talking someone out of a purchase here happens 
Well, that was easy. It's been deleted.
Oops. He's put the ad up again, though.
Serves me right for C&P the link without checking it first.
Oh my... 
DO IT!
ummmmmmm..... do it do it do it!
do it.
Do it. If that car were local to me I'd own it by now.
First gen RX-7s are a dying breed. Spec 7 or whatever it was is all but dead. That may be a fun toy but there's a reason it's not selling.
ddavidv wrote: First gen RX-7s are a dying breed. Spec 7 or whatever it was is all but dead. That may be a fun toy but there's a reason it's not selling.
I kinda figured that, as the first thing I googled for was Spec RX-7 and I didn't take it as a good sign that I've never ever seen a mention of it in GRM either since I started reading the magazine.
Before I'd go anywhere near that I'd have to figure out if it's eligible for any sort of historic racing, even if I don't want to start doing that for a while.
Historic racing costs cubic dollars.
You've been warned.
ALL racing costs cubic dollars. I don't see how vintage/historic is any more expensive than a NASA weekend. You still burn consumables at the same rate and getting there and back costs the same. Care to elaborate?
werd.
It's an RX-7.
BoxheadTim said: I didn't take it as a good sign that I've never ever seen a mention of it in GRM either since I started reading the magazine.
Actually there was one about 4 years ago about a car called Orange Crush.
maroon92 wrote:BoxheadTim said: I didn't take it as a good sign that I've never ever seen a mention of it in GRM either since I started reading the magazine.Actually there was one about 4 years ago about a car called Orange Crush.
Which the owner was also trying to sell for ages IIRC
there are all kinds of other categories to try with an rx-7 (in NASA anyway) so i dont know that it matters wether or not spec 7 exists. the main thing is you are looking at a reasonably well prepared car with a good safe cage, for just a little money (relatively). as well as i can tell it seems like it takes at least year (of going to every available event) or more likely 2 to 3 years (going to events as you can afford them) to get a competition license anyway. by then you will likely have a very good idea about what series you really want to try. and unless you are really lucky, it probaly wont be the one you bought a car for today anyway.
so do it!
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