R32

November is one of those months for me. It's about when I calculate my payroll and spend my bonus like I'm hood rich. Nothing wrong with living like Birdman or Juvenile once in a while. 

Anyways, I sold the R33 recently with the anticipation of getting back into an RX-7. I was really sure I'd get another FD but the thought of all the extra RB parts and the thought of having to source FD parts pretty much killed the idea. It also didn't help that I found an amazingly clean R32 which really put the nail in the coffin on the idea of a FD.

I wanted something a little more nimble than the R33 and the R32 really gave it that feel that I was looking for. The issue with these cars are that they're cool to look at and obviously sounds great with great tuning potential but they drive like crap compared to new cars. I guess drive like crap is subjective since new cars are more solid but doesn't give you excitement that older cars have. Either way, I like my cars to feel like it's one piece, not multiple pieces bonded together. Regardless of all that, I like having something I can tinker with and that's definitely not something you can do with new cars. This is why you see new cars with a wrap, some ported oem turbo, some shit wheels and they act like it's the second coming of Jesus. 

For this R32, it was well taken cared of and had very nice modifications on it from Japan. From HKS turbos to the TE37, everything was done well. Until something big happens, I don't think I'm going to really touch it other than redo the suspension and new wheels. Dunno, maybe it'll be sold by then.






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