drift mazdas

[myfonti]

mabuhay po!
my name is marlon from the us. i am moving to the philippines in may and i love to drift. i wanted to know if there are there rx7s in the philippines? like the fc3s-1986-1991 and fd3s-1993-1995... i know there are miatas there because i saw one when i was in makati last may...
maraming salamat po for your replies!
marlon

[caloyski5]

there are quite a few FCs and FDs running around here.

although, most local drift guys favor silvias, toyotas, etc

[myfonti]

im a mazda guy 100%. i have a miata here in the us. i used to have an fc so i wanted another one. here in the states all they use are silvias and 86's... how expensive are fcs and fds, and also the silvias and 86s there? are the silvias real silvias with the sr20?

[redorange]

im a mazda guy 100%. i have a miata here in the us. i used to have an fc so i wanted another one. here in the states all they use are silvias and 86's... how expensive are fcs and fds, and also the silvias and 86s there? are the silvias real silvias with the sr20?

Most are RHD coverted to LHD Silvias with the SR20DET engine.

[d j]

...I was askin' a similar question, since I'm planning on moving back to makati. I know there's a few RX8's in Manila/Makati and I've seena few FD's but I don't think that there's an existing rotary community back in PI. I might try to ship my RX8 or my rotary powered AE86 (if I finish it in time) and hopefully be able to participate on local drift events.

[myfonti]

bro, im moving there too! im contemplating bringing my miata parts and buying a miata there, but i want to play with a new car and just leave my miata here in the states til i come back... we should start something when we're both there!

[d j]

yeah, I just got a quote from the shipping co... they want $2K to ship my RX8. and i just found out the they won't ship old cars, so my AE86 is out of the equation now. maybe I'll just try to find another 2nd gen and bring my leftover parts from my old FC. where are you located?

[gearspeed]

Rx7s here in the Philippines is rare but you can buy Rx7 at cebu but they are converted some are original left made in the U.S.
Maybe you can join http://www.gearspeedmotorsports.tk

[redorange]

yeah, I just got a quote from the shipping co... they want $2K to ship my RX8. and i just found out the they won't ship old cars, so my AE86 is out of the equation now. maybe I'll just try to find another 2nd gen and bring my leftover parts from my old FC. where are you located?

$2K to ship the car then you have to pay all the taxes which would equal almost the value of the car.

[d j]

$2K to ship the car then you have to pay all the taxes which would equal almost the value of the car.

I doubt that the taxes would sum up to $20K, which is the actual value of the car. I'm guessing that it would be another $1K (more or less) for all the paperwork.

M45, thanks! I'm actually looking into that but through a different yet somewhat similar avenue. If anything else, I'd just get another car when I get there and start from scratch. Chances are that I'll be flying back and forth, and It'd be nice to have a car on both sides of the globe. I'd hate to bother anybody to wheel me around for anything

[empy]

hey marlon, welcome to tsikot dude. there's an rx7 club here that uses a deserted container truck park to practice drifting dito sa may amin.

yeah, I just got a quote from the shipping co... they want $2K to ship my RX8. and i just found out the they won't ship old cars, so my AE86 is out of the equation now. maybe I'll just try to find another 2nd gen and bring my leftover parts from my old FC. where are you located?

did you know if you had to pay full taxes upon importing the car? my dad says you can bring home a car tax-free if you meet certain criteria as a 'balikbayan' but we're not sure how that works...