Mazda RX8 Thoughts - Page 2

Lee Martin · #21 13-10-2009

yeh he has!! and a exige!!

GRIFF55 · #22 13-10-2009

they did a custom hole in the roof!!

Welshy40 · #23 13-10-2009

I was looking at buying one and decided against it and bought an audi tt instead. The one thing that put me off which was a let down was tgat these engines drink oil, so if you do buy one make sure you have plenty of oil ready. its not like an oil change every 10000 miles. Also on cold icy mornings sometimes the car wont start (this happened to someone i know) which i couldnt afford to have happen to me.

ex-sco77morgan · #24 13-10-2009

Ok thanks for the posts guys not to bothered about the low mpg or the oil thing. But more about reliabilty which seems to be a bit of a problem with this stall'in issue when cold on start up. Will speak to Mazda and see what they say ??

Chris Doughty · #25 13-10-2009

Oil - I put about a litre of oil in mine roughly every month (~1000 miles)

ShutDown - as a precaution, I blip the throttle on my car to about 4,000rpm and switch off the ignition as the rev's start to fall, this is only needed when cold apparently, but I do it all the time just for the sake of it

MPG - don't buy one if you want an economical car, anywhere from 250 - 300 miles on a tank of fuel that costs about £50 with the prices as they are right now

Driving - its awesome, I LOVE it so much! its got no torque, so you need to be +7,000rpm if you want it to feel fast (the upside is it sounds frickin mental at this rpm

), but on the flipside to this, town driving and cruising its super smooooth

Passengers - fits 4 adults in very comfortably, I'm 5'10 and the person in the back behind me has plenty of leg room

Buy one from an authorized Mazda reseller, I had an auto-level headlight sensor go mental on mine and this was changed (at another Mazda dealer) under warrenty. (on the Mazda extended second hand car warrenty thing)

knowing what I know now, if I was in the same position as I was when I was looking for one, I would buy the same car again no question.

if you can live with giving it a drink reasonably often and having the bonet up once a month to feed it oil then I don't see any reason why not to have one.

(mine is the 231 six speed version)

Colinevan · #26 13-10-2009

hmm i dont think mazda are gonna give you a true answer lol.

Join a mazda forum, loads of knowledge an horror stories, when i was looking for one, they were selling them on autotrader with blown engines - i seen 3 seperate adverts for cars.

AS mentioned i think its after 2005, where the engines were improved and the software updated, A bad point with these engines they need a rebuild after 100k, the older ones even needed the tips replacing on the rotors from memory and that wasnt cheap - otherwise compression goes.

Check it out on the forums.

Col.

cjm_2008 · #27 13-10-2009

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Originally Posted by Welshy40

I was looking at buying one and decided against it and bought an audi tt instead. The one thing that put me off which was a let down was tgat these engines drink oil, so if you do buy one make sure you have plenty of oil ready. its not like an oil change every 10000 miles. Also on cold icy mornings sometimes the car wont start (this happened to someone i know) which i couldnt afford to have happen to me.

sounds a bit like my 2-stroke racing kart!

I'd take the money for a new RX8, buy a cheapo pile of crap mondeo estate for lugging gear around, and a caterham 7 for fun.

Chris Doughty · #28 13-10-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by sco77morgan

Ok thanks for the posts guys not to bothered about the low mpg or the oil thing. But more about reliabilty which seems to be a bit of a problem with this stall'in issue when cold on start up. Will speak to Mazda and see what they say ??

I have had my car a year and its never failed to start or even stall.

I am mindful not to start the engine and turn it off straight away, and I always shut it down with a blip to ensure all fuel is burned off before its stopped

Chris Doughty · #29 13-10-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Colinevan

hmm i dont think mazda are gonna give you a true answer lol.

Join a mazda forum, loads of knowledge an horror stories, when i was looking for one, they were selling them on autotrader with blown engines - i seen 3 seperate adverts for cars.

AS mentioned i think its after 2005, where the engines were improved and the software updated, A bad point with these engines they need a rebuild after 100k, the older ones even needed the tips replacing on the rotors from memory and that wasnt cheap - otherwise compression goes.

Check it out on the forums.

Col.

I agree, www.rx8ownersclub.co.uk their forums has EVERYTHING you could want to know

Chris Doughty · #30 13-10-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by cjm_2008

sounds a bit like my 2-stroke racing kart!

I'd take the money for a new RX8, buy a cheapo pile of crap mondeo estate for lugging gear around, and a caterham 7 for fun.

so your solution is to drive a boring car for 360 days of the year and then use the 7 for days when its sunny, you have nowhere to travel to, you have no more than one crazy friend to take out...

personally, I like to have fun every single time I get in the car

cjm_2008 · #31 13-10-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoughtyUK.net

Oil - I put about a litre of oil in mine roughly every month (~1000 miles)

ShutDown - as a precaution, I blip the throttle on my car to about 4,000rpm and switch off the ignition as the rev's start to fall, this is only needed when cold apparently, but I do it all the time just for the sake of it

MPG - don't buy one if you want an economical car, anywhere from 250 - 300 miles on a tank of fuel that costs about £50 with the prices as they are right now

Driving - its awesome, I LOVE it so much! its got no torque, so you need to be +7,000rpm if you want it to feel fast (the upside is it sounds frickin mental at this rpm

), but on the flipside to this, town driving and cruising its super smooooth

I no longer fancy buying a used RX8!

Chris Doughty · #32 13-10-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by cjm_2008

I no longer fancy buying a used RX8!

explain why not?

cjm_2008 · #33 13-10-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoughtyUK.net

so your solution is to drive a boring car for 360 days of the year and then use the 7 for days when its sunny, you have nowhere to travel to, you have no more than one crazy friend to take out...

personally, I like to have fun every single time I get in the car

you have a point. it's not really much of a solution is it

in reality my 'solution' is a LWB t5 van, a go kart for a racing buzz, a 600cc commuting bike (60+mpg) & a 'fun' bike for kicks.

ex-sco77morgan · #34 13-10-2009

Ok don't need the RX8 for RC days just a fun nice looking car which my Mrs can drive fast and get the kids in. Wouldn't be looking at the RX8 in I wanted a high performance sports car. It's only 6.4 secs 0 - 60, my X5 does that so it's more of a look nice bit of fun car I'm looking for

GRIFF55 · #35 13-10-2009

m3

Has she had a play in a 135 yet?? get on it! BOOF

Nick Goodall · #36 13-10-2009

What about a Scirocco? 250bhp easily from a simple remap, still over 30mpg and still not very common!

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1272322.htm

I love them!

VXR8? Guy at work has a red one, sounds awesome and he loves it

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1250302.htm

Impreza? Some good bargains around now....

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1280779.htm

What about a 911? Some good 996's around now :-)

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1204094.htm

Evo 10???

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1266483.htm

Nick Goodall · #37 13-10-2009

Depending on what you want to spend of course but there's also things like the Integra Type-R?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1249835.htm

Or maybe a nice 330Ci convertible??

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1282877.htm

ex-sco77morgan · #38 13-10-2009

I love all of these masculine cars but it's getting the Mrs to go for it. At the min it's either MK2 TT, RX8, 911 ( but unsure if the rear seats are going to be adequate) or M3.

Been looking at the VXR8 with Pidge though Nick as I was fancying one for myself !! 6.2 V8 for 25K brand new is pretty unreal

GRIFF55 · #39 13-10-2009

mates got the vxr and loves it too!! What a sound.
How about the new imprezza sti, then your car could sound as if it has a hole in the exhaust like lee's

. Seriously tho, they are a nice car

. If the wife wont go for an rs4, then she aint going for the m3 either!! Focus RS?

cjm_2008 · #40 13-10-2009

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Originally Posted by sco77morgan

Been looking at the VXR8 with Pidge though Nick as I was fancying one for myself !! 6.2 V8 for 25K brand new is pretty unreal

it's the modern day equivalent of the lotus carlton