£1500 red Mazda rx8 what could go wrong?

[em177]

Good thing is parts are dirt cheap since so many are broken due to engine issues.

[iacabu]

Buys car notorious for poor engine reliability....crashes it before it breaks. Quite ironic really

Shame about that OP, nice car otherwise. Hope its good mechanically for you as will make it a bargain

Edited by iacabu on Wednesday 25th June 20:08

[carinaman]

I can think of a few that have been crashed. It's RWD catching people out?

[james_gt3rs]

Ouch. Luckily not too an expensive lesson in RWD!

[Fastdruid]

carinaman said:

I can think of a few that have been crashed. It's RWD catching people out?

Handling is very neutral and balanced and they do have DSC which should prevent silly mistakes.

Still doesn't prevent running out of talent or turning the DSC off (or both!)

[psychoR1]

Glad you are OK and tbh the car doesn't look toooo bad..from a cheap fix pov!

So lets have the salty details next then...

I am betting dab of oppo coming off the roundabout under power turned into over correction and it went round anticlockwise very quickly then backwards off the road into the shrubbery with a glancing blow to the door on the cunningly concealed lamp post?

stick some new doors on, check the wheels and bearings and find somewhere more forgiving to practice.

[renorti]

parts are dirt cheap second hand, {except the engine} as there are more of these breaking for parts on ebay than there are for sale.plenty around for £200-£300 with engine gone,may be just as easy to transplant your engine into one.

[carinaman]

That's not a bad suggestion renorti.

[s p a c e m a n]

I was going to make a comment about it being really greasy out last night as it was the first time that it had rained in a while, then realised that you had posted the photo on Wednesday

As said, probably easier to reshell and then you'll have a load of free spares too.

[99t]

Well you did ask the question in the title!!

Unlucky OP but at least you're ok, sideways into a lamp post is one of my nightmare crash scenarios.

From that pic the sill damage and the shutline on the rear door suggests the shell is fairly well bent. With the air bags gone too, almost certainly better buying a non-runner for buttons and swapping your good bits over.

I had an RX7 for a couple of years and always felt that had a vicious side to its character. I never spun or crashed it but always had the sneaking suspicion that it was only a matter of time!!

[aka_kerrly]

Have you really just bought a car on Sunday and wrote it off on Wednesday? That's not a good start.

Good luck getting it sorted, as has been said there are a fair few RX8s with duff engines about for <£500

[Butter Face]

First RWD car getting written off in the first week SHOCKER



Tough luck OP, I ran out of talent a few times in my first RWD car but luckily never met a lampost.

[Garybee]

Was the DSC off? I took mine out to somewhere nice and open when it was icy and tested out the DSC to see what it would do. I found it let the rear get a good 18"-2' out of line but no more.

[sc0tt]

I think I see what you have done here...

Quiet roundabout
Male Bravado
Lack of talent
270o Into lamppost

Nice work

[psychoR1]

Would the DSC save it though if it was overcorrected?

[otolith]

The DSC allows quite a lot of slip before it calls it a day - it cuts in round about the break point between feeling "that was fun" and "that was a bit of a moment". If it's turned off, they can get a bit lairy a bit quickly. I never felt, on the skid pan or on the road, that the DSC was likely to trip the driver up.

[Fastdruid]

I felt the same, didn't see the point in turning it off on the road. It wasn't intrusive until you were reasonably out of control.

[xjay1337]

Unfortunate to hear about the accident. Main thing is you're OK and presumably walked away!!

Might handbrake turn my car into a pole to see the reaction I get. )

[eltax91]

Buy another with a failed engine. Drop yours in and get the other one refurb.

Always good to have a spare rotary!

[jebus]

Looked a great car, really tempted by one myself, just the thirst for the power that I don't like, for around 220 bhp it drinks a lot, and a V8 sounds better (well unless bridge ported, they sound evil) be great fun though.

I agree the bet would be find one with a dead engine, stick your good engine in that have a spare set of wheels, move and goodies over that you don't have etc and keep the dead engine and get it slowly rebuilt just in case.