are type-R's still getting stolen everyday!??
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are type-R's still getting stolen everyday!??
i was planning on buying a 1998-2000 type-R next month, but i heard that these cars are still getting stolen everyday! would it be a bad idea to buy a type-R for a daily driver in so.cal?
i can't believe that a 7 year old car is still getting ganked.
i can't believe that a 7 year old car is still getting ganked.
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Re: are type-R's still getting stolen everyday!?? (smooz EK)
start counting...
this is an old list that was going a while back.. many more than this are gone..
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1175295
this is an old list that was going a while back.. many more than this are gone..
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1175295
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Re: are type-R's still getting stolen everyday!?? (SlapSmak)
wow..that really sucks. i REEEAAALLLY want a type-R, but i don't think it's worth the stress that i will go through every second that i'm not in it. sad.
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Re: are type-R's still getting stolen everyday!?? (smooz EK)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by smooz EK »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i was planning on buying a 1998-2000 type-R next month, but i heard that these cars are still getting stolen everyday! would it be a bad idea to buy a type-R for a daily driver in so.cal?
i can't believe that a 7 year old car is still getting ganked.</TD></TR></TABLE>
2002 account only 70 posts, if you stuck around and posts to the boards more often you would know the answer
lol
j/k
i can't believe that a 7 year old car is still getting ganked.</TD></TR></TABLE>
2002 account only 70 posts, if you stuck around and posts to the boards more often you would know the answer
lol
j/k
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Re: are type-R's still getting stolen everyday!?? (smooz EK)
20k and im not telling you where because im thinking about picking it up 
it was owned by Andrew P Getty's grandson (owner of the Getty Museum in LA) So it was mint... I bet he hired a professional staff just to maintain it along with his other ferraris 
but if i do get it, you can buy my ITR
it was owned by Andrew P Getty's grandson (owner of the Getty Museum in LA) So it was mint... I bet he hired a professional staff just to maintain it along with his other ferraris but if i do get it, you can buy my ITR
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Re: are type-R's still getting stolen everyday!?? (smooz EK)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by smooz EK »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i was planning on buying a 1998-2000 type-R next month, but i heard that these cars are still getting stolen everyday! would it be a bad idea to buy a type-R for a daily driver in so.cal?
i can't believe that a 7 year old car is still getting ganked.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Just recently the insurance companies released their list showing that the Acura Integra (all versions) is still the most stolen automobile in the United States.
Although the DC2 ITR has dropped in value recently, it's still true that all the brake, suspension, motor and transmission parts will fit in all manner of other Hondas with little modification. There will be a continuing demand for Integra swaps of all kinds as long as those hundreds of thousands of Civics are all still on the road waiting for an enthusiast to find a swap for them.
My personal solution is to make sure the car always looks so bad that nobody would believe that it's worth anything.
(Sigh.) I have about 1/2" of rusty brake dust that I should get off of these Spoon wheels one of these decades.
i can't believe that a 7 year old car is still getting ganked.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Just recently the insurance companies released their list showing that the Acura Integra (all versions) is still the most stolen automobile in the United States.
Although the DC2 ITR has dropped in value recently, it's still true that all the brake, suspension, motor and transmission parts will fit in all manner of other Hondas with little modification. There will be a continuing demand for Integra swaps of all kinds as long as those hundreds of thousands of Civics are all still on the road waiting for an enthusiast to find a swap for them.
My personal solution is to make sure the car always looks so bad that nobody would believe that it's worth anything.
(Sigh.) I have about 1/2" of rusty brake dust that I should get off of these Spoon wheels one of these decades.
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Re: are type-R's still getting stolen everyday!?? (DoughBoy387)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DoughBoy387 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">there is an insanely clean stock 95 RX7 with 31k miles around my area thats for sale...</TD></TR></TABLE>
Great! Instead of getting the most reliable sports car on the road, get the least reliable sports car on the road! How many engines has this RX7 gone through so far? 
The third-gen RX7 offered outstanding performance, definitely quicker than the ITR, and great handing too. Too bad they had such terrible reliability problems...
Great! Instead of getting the most reliable sports car on the road, get the least reliable sports car on the road!
How many engines has this RX7 gone through so far? The third-gen RX7 offered outstanding performance, definitely quicker than the ITR, and great handing too. Too bad they had such terrible reliability problems...
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Re: are type-R's still getting stolen everyday!?? (nsxtasy)
What about the the new RX-8? Still same problems? If I remember from a friend the main issue on the RX-7 was heat; I heard thye had like two or three temp. gauges.
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Re: are type-R's still getting stolen everyday!?? (ekay_jeremy)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ekay_jeremy »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">98 integras are the most stolen car...followed by 2001's then 2000's..</TD></TR></TABLE>
Actually:
1. 1999 Acura Integra
2. 2002 BMW M Roadster
3. 1998 Acura Integra
4. 1991 GMC V2500
5. 2002 Audi S4
6. 1996 Acura Integra
7. 1995 Acura Integra
8. 2004 Mercury Marauder
9. 1997 Acura Integra
10. 1992 Mercedes-Benz 600
11. 2001 Acura Integra
12. 1989 Chevrolet R25
13. 1993 Cadillac Fleetwood
14. 1994 Acura Integra
15. 1996 Lexus GS
16. 2000 Acura Integra
17. 1999 Mercedes-Benz CL
18. 1996 Lexus SC
19. 2004 Cadillac Escalade
20. 1996 BMW 750
21. 1998 Land Rover Range
22. 1994 Audi Cabriolet
23. 2001 BMW M Roadster
24. 2003 Cadillac Escalade
25. 2000 Honda Civic
Actually:
1. 1999 Acura Integra
2. 2002 BMW M Roadster
3. 1998 Acura Integra
4. 1991 GMC V2500
5. 2002 Audi S4
6. 1996 Acura Integra
7. 1995 Acura Integra
8. 2004 Mercury Marauder
9. 1997 Acura Integra
10. 1992 Mercedes-Benz 600
11. 2001 Acura Integra
12. 1989 Chevrolet R25
13. 1993 Cadillac Fleetwood
14. 1994 Acura Integra
15. 1996 Lexus GS
16. 2000 Acura Integra
17. 1999 Mercedes-Benz CL
18. 1996 Lexus SC
19. 2004 Cadillac Escalade
20. 1996 BMW 750
21. 1998 Land Rover Range
22. 1994 Audi Cabriolet
23. 2001 BMW M Roadster
24. 2003 Cadillac Escalade
25. 2000 Honda Civic
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Re: are type-R's still getting stolen everyday!?? (nsxtasy)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nsxtasy »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Great! Instead of getting the most reliable sports car on the road, get the least reliable sports car on the road! How many engines has this RX7 gone through so far?
The third-gen RX7 offered outstanding performance, definitely quicker than the ITR, and great handing too. Too bad they had such terrible reliability problems...
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It's only unreliable if you make it unreliable. If you take proper care of it and maintain it (you do have to do a lot more maitanance), but if you take care of it right, you will not have any problem. You do have to however purchase a few JDM OEM pieces and cooling parts to keep it healthy. Thats one downfall. But tell me the last time you've seen a clean stock 3rd gen 95 RX7 with 31k miles... You don't find those
Great! Instead of getting the most reliable sports car on the road, get the least reliable sports car on the road!
How many engines has this RX7 gone through so far? The third-gen RX7 offered outstanding performance, definitely quicker than the ITR, and great handing too. Too bad they had such terrible reliability problems...
</TD></TR></TABLE>
It's only unreliable if you make it unreliable. If you take proper care of it and maintain it (you do have to do a lot more maitanance), but if you take care of it right, you will not have any problem. You do have to however purchase a few JDM OEM pieces and cooling parts to keep it healthy. Thats one downfall. But tell me the last time you've seen a clean stock 3rd gen 95 RX7 with 31k miles... You don't find those
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Re: are type-R's still getting stolen everyday!?? (DoughBoy387)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DoughBoy387 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It's only unreliable if you make it unreliable.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Sorry, but that's not true. Not true at all. Plenty of owners did all the proper maintenance and still had many, many problems with the car - including every one of the bunch that I've known personally.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DoughBoy387 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">tell me the last time you've seen a clean stock 3rd gen 95 RX7 with 31k miles...</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yeah, at 31K, it's only gone through about 75 percent of the life of its first engine.
Sorry, but that's not true. Not true at all. Plenty of owners did all the proper maintenance and still had many, many problems with the car - including every one of the bunch that I've known personally.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DoughBoy387 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">tell me the last time you've seen a clean stock 3rd gen 95 RX7 with 31k miles...</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yeah, at 31K, it's only gone through about 75 percent of the life of its first engine.
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Re: are type-R's still getting stolen everyday!?? (nsxtasy)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nsxtasy »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Sorry, but that's not true. Not true at all. Plenty of owners did all the proper maintenance and still had many, many problems with the car - including every one of the bunch that I've known personally.
Yeah, at 31K, it's only gone through about 75 percent of the life of its first engine.
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The problem lies in the fuel filter not being chagned out often enough (or ever!) since it's a real PITA. It gets blocked then you start running lean in a turbo-charged engine: boom.
It's located high up in the rear axle area; some shops will bullshit ppl saying they've changed them (and charging for it) even when they haven't.
Sorry, but that's not true. Not true at all. Plenty of owners did all the proper maintenance and still had many, many problems with the car - including every one of the bunch that I've known personally.
Yeah, at 31K, it's only gone through about 75 percent of the life of its first engine.
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The problem lies in the fuel filter not being chagned out often enough (or ever!) since it's a real PITA. It gets blocked then you start running lean in a turbo-charged engine: boom.
It's located high up in the rear axle area; some shops will bullshit ppl saying they've changed them (and charging for it) even when they haven't.
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Re: are type-R's still getting stolen everyday!?? (smooz EK)
My friends Type-R got stolen. Because my friend was working and he didn't see car in back side where usually parks. sucks for my best friend 
Re: are type-R's still getting stolen everyday!?? (nsxtasy)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nsxtasy »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Sorry, but that's not true. Not true at all. Plenty of owners did all the proper maintenance and still had many, many problems with the car - including every one of the bunch that I've known personally.
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i must agree...im a member on RX7 forum (www.nopistons.com) and they can be very reliable as long as you put in reliability mods. ex. are aftermarket radiator for heating issues, an aftermarket temp gauge, and they have also found a way to relocate the fuel filter into a more "accessible" position but then again, some dont take care of their car at all and most for sale these days have a rebuilt motor, since they blew up the original
Sorry, but that's not true. Not true at all. Plenty of owners did all the proper maintenance and still had many, many problems with the car - including every one of the bunch that I've known personally.
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i must agree...im a member on RX7 forum (www.nopistons.com) and they can be very reliable as long as you put in reliability mods. ex. are aftermarket radiator for heating issues, an aftermarket temp gauge, and they have also found a way to relocate the fuel filter into a more "accessible" position
but then again, some dont take care of their car at all and most for sale these days have a rebuilt motor, since they blew up the original
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