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Re:The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain by Kluny on Friday June 10, 2016 @05:21PM (#11880130)
I don't think anyone ever bought an rx7 for its reliability :) They optimized for smiles-per-kilometer.
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Re:The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain by busterarm on Friday June 10, 2016 @05:27PM (#11880170)
Highly optimized ;)
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Re:The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain by kerryfalk on Friday June 10, 2016 @06:18PM (#11880555)
FD's are, not so sure about their older counterparts the FB and FC. I had an FC. ;)
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Re:The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain by busterarm on Friday June 10, 2016 @06:30PM (#11880647)
10AE FC driver here. I think you're way off.
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Re:The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain by kerryfalk on Saturday June 11, 2016 @10:34AM (#11883576)
I caught the power bug.

FC > e30 BMW > AP1 S2000 > W204 C63 P31

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Re:The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain by busterarm on Saturday June 11, 2016 @02:53PM (#11884757)
You can get quite a bit of power out of an FC for its weight :)

You can get above 500 horsepower on that light little car easier and cheaper than any other platform I can think of. Considering you're starting around 186 (Turbo S4?) that's pretty great...and the car will be ~2500 lbs with you in it?

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Re:The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain by kerryfalk on Saturday June 11, 2016 @04:45PM (#11885240)
You have to put a big turbo, 3mm seals, and suffer turbo lag, etc. almost any car can get a lot of power with a turbo but N/A power is the place for me.

I'm rebuilding my S2000 right now turning it into a 2.4L stroker for 300+ hp. :D

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