No News Is Good News…
If there’s one thing RX-7 ownership has taught me over the years, it’s to always expect the unexpected. One day you can be happily rackin’ up the miles… The next, you’re treated to terminal engine failure. Joy of joys.
That’s a hell of a generalisation. But when you’re messing around with 20-year-old turbo Japanese cars – not least a rotary – you’d be silly to assume your ownership would be trouble free. So when it is, alarm bells start ringing…
This story is from the September 2017 edition of Fast Car.
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