Originally posted by ZoomZoom Diva:
Rotaries aren't hard to deal with or unreliable. I don't know where people get these myths about them. If you want a Chevy V8, but a Camaro or Corvette converible. If you want an RX-7, keep it an RX-7. Keep it rotary, as that engine is part of the inherent character of the car. Putting a V8 in an RX-7 is as bad as putting putting all the ricer plastic and stickers on one.
I dunno, most times that I see RX-7s for sale, the ads mention when the motor was last replaced. My buddy with a 3rd gen has replaced one and (I think) rebuilt the second one. And when I started mulling the idea a year or two ago about grabbing a deal on a 2nd gen Turbo II, I was doing some research on RX-7 webpages (and these were fans of the design), and there seemed to be some very fiddly issues with daily driving. But that's just my impression.
"Think of it, if you like, as a librarian with a G-string under the tweed." Clarkson on the Mondeo.
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