WendyArmbuster t1_ivzifd8 wrote on November 11, 2022 at 7:46 PM

Reply to comment by kmo97kevan in Financial advice by kmo97kevan

>How did you know off the bat it’s an rx8? Lmao

I looked at your post history.

Car-wise, I'm in the same boat as you. I get really attached to my cars. The vw bus has such low oil pressure that if you drive it on a hot day you can hear the crank squeaking off the bearings at idle. Bad news, and a real hassle. I've been anticipating it for a long time though, and I bought a pair of heads way back in the day for $900, and I've got them sitting in my attic. I just need to block out the time to actually pull the engine, disassemble it, measure it for new bearings, then actually do the rebuilding. No big deal. It's not my daily driver, so I can do it leisurely.

The Honda though. That's my daily driver, so that's probably more similar to your situation. I want to drop a turbo in it, and I've read that the D16 takes a turbo well. It's such a stupid decision though. Suddenly my gas will cost sixty cents a gallon more than it did before, and that expense will never go away. It will be less reliable, I'll have to redo the fuel injection system, and get worse gas mileage on more expensive gas. It would probably need a suspension and brake upgrade too, and it's just a beat-up 4-door civic with rusty steel wheels and a crappy paint job. I'm going to rebuild it bone stock, but I would really enjoy that turbo. I'm getting tons of pressure from my co-workers and family to just sell it and buy something newer and safer, but I can't. I love it, and the tiny A-pillars.

I've had a few friends with RX-7s, and they loved them, but they were always broken down and took tons of maintenance. I recall one friend who had his apex seals shatter twice, but then again, that was back in high school and the possibility of him doing stupid things like not checking the oil is a total possibility.

robzilla71173 t1_iw2ztlw wrote on November 12, 2022 at 3:49 PM

I'm the same. I get attached. Haven't sold a car since parting ways with my crx in the late 90s. An ex pressured me into it and the del sol I bought after it was nowhere near as good. And I die a little every time i see an old bronco at a car show. Bought my 71 back in high school when they were still cheap, sold it a few years later. No way i could afford one again. Now i keep them forever or until someone hits me. My D16 was in fine shape last i started it but that was over a year ago. Im afraid of how it might smoke now. Thought about a turbo too but I think now that car might just syay NA, get some suspension and brake upgrades and a new timing belt and turn into a rally crosser. My issue is always more about time than money. That all being said, I keep old cars but also have a reliable daily driver. If it came down to spending 6k on an engine rebuild to keep driving to school and work I'd bite the bullet and find something reliable for cheap. There are decent, albeit less fun cars in the 5k range and a car loan is way more affordable and attainable than an unsecured personal loan.