RE: Shed Of The Week: Mazda RX-8
Discussion
pSyCoSiS said:
Looks like a nice example and with an honest seller. Shame it has the hot starting issue which could be ruinous if it needs a new engine.
Not really ruinous. We just spent £3.5k on ours and got a engine rebuild, a new clutch and a cat drive in drive out with a 30k warranty. So even if it needs those things you've got a lovely car with a new engine and a warrenty of the engine for two years for a little over 4k with a bit of bargaining. Anyone who can't see that as a good deal compared to how you could piss your money away on cars has lost their mind in my opinion.Borrowed my wife's rx-8 today, bloody lovely car. I rue the day I suggested she get one and I didn't buy it for myself.
Edited by dern on Friday 31st October 15:59
Limpet said:
I'm clearly missing something as I just don't get these things at all. 
For your heady 231 bhp and 156 lb/ft of torque, you get teens to the gallon, litres of oil used between services, and even with kid gloves treatment, you are highly likely to get stiched up with a costly rebuild at a mileage where a proper engine would be just getting into its stride.
I get that the engine is small, revvy and light, and very smooth. But it fundamentally doesn't work
Have you driven one for any length of time?For your heady 231 bhp and 156 lb/ft of torque, you get teens to the gallon, litres of oil used between services, and even with kid gloves treatment, you are highly likely to get stiched up with a costly rebuild at a mileage where a proper engine would be just getting into its stride.
I get that the engine is small, revvy and light, and very smooth. But it fundamentally doesn't work
Thanks - I got a proper LOL from that.
k me Pat Sharp rebuilds rotarys?!?
dern said:
Not really ruinous. We just spent £3.5k on ours and got a engine rebuild, a new clutch and a cat drive in drive out with a 30k warranty. So even if it needs those things you've got a lovely car with a new engine and a warrenty of the engine for two years for a little over 4k with a bit of bargaining. Anyone who can't see that as a good deal compared to how you could piss your money away on cars has lost their mind in my opinion.
Borrowed my wife's rx-8 today, bloody lovely car. I rue the day I suggested she get one and I didn't buy it for myself.
Spending near on 3x the value of the car is pretty ruinous imo. I spent similar getting the engine rebuilt on my old TVR Chimaera , however, that was a bit special so worth spending the money on. I don't think an RX8 is.Borrowed my wife's rx-8 today, bloody lovely car. I rue the day I suggested she get one and I didn't buy it for myself.
Edited by dern on Friday 31st October 15:59
It's often overlooked, for me the interesting part of the RX8 is the 4 door coupe thing. I'm surprised it hasn't caught on since. I've got a 1 year old daughter, the bodystyle would perfectly suit what I was looking for. Coupe looks but is actually a 4 door, nicely specced, engaging to drive, RWD, manual gearbox, etc. There isn't another car that fits the bill like this I'd have loved for the wife to run one.
The reality is the MPG/BHP ratio is too poor, couldn't justify it. The reliability is poor also. I keep getting tempted by an engine swap but deep down I know it's probably pointless. There isn't an easy and cheap option otherwise it'd have been done by someone and turned into a business.
If only they'd fitted a 4 pot from the factory.
The reality is the MPG/BHP ratio is too poor, couldn't justify it. The reliability is poor also. I keep getting tempted by an engine swap but deep down I know it's probably pointless. There isn't an easy and cheap option otherwise it'd have been done by someone and turned into a business.
If only they'd fitted a 4 pot from the factory.
Edited for bo11ocks more like....
Mazda are a mainstream car company, the majority of their cars are toss (i've got a Mazda 2 courtesy car and the moment and it's horrible). Their market isn't to sell high maintenance cars to enthusiasts. With the RX8 they stacked them high and sold them cheap.
I love the idea of the rotary but it's flawed as a car engine.
Mazda are a mainstream car company, the majority of their cars are toss (i've got a Mazda 2 courtesy car and the moment and it's horrible). Their market isn't to sell high maintenance cars to enthusiasts. With the RX8 they stacked them high and sold them cheap.
I love the idea of the rotary but it's flawed as a car engine.
otolith said:
I like the fuel economy of diesels, if only you could have them with petrol engines they would be perfect.
If you want a four pot RX-8, buy a GT86. Yeah, I know, no space in the back. If only it was built around a tiny engine to give it better packaging...
Are you trying to make out the reason the RX-8 has more space in the back and the extra doors when compared to a GT86 is because of the small physical size of the rotary engine allowing for superior packaging?If you want a four pot RX-8, buy a GT86. Yeah, I know, no space in the back. If only it was built around a tiny engine to give it better packaging...
I love RX-8s to bits, but why has PH chosen this as a shed, when it has a documented and likely costly problem? A lot of the Rx-8s problems are caused by ignorance on the part of owners, in terms of not knowing how to treat them. They have their foibles. A good one, at around 2 grand, however is likely to be a real bargain...
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