RX-8...Just to risky?

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I know there have been tons of threads on this car, but I cant help being attracted to the RX-8. Saw one on autotrader today, only 17,000 miles for £3995, two owners, full history, always garaged, supposedly no hot starting problems. Are they really too risky a car to buy? I have always fancied one since test driving the 228 model back in 2004 when it came out. It says a lot for the car that I enjoyed driving it far more than a Clio 182 I tried the week before (felt faster too)...but I do know that many people have had their fingers badly burned due to the car's foibles. Is there a maximum engine mileage that needs to be set when considering one? I.e. do they generally give up the ghost at 60/70,000 miles?

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Emeye said:

Very tempting for the money. I saw on for sale for £1000 near me recently, and another this week up for £2000 with 30k miles.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

The fuel economy is dreadful and isn't the car tax high? (correct me if I'm wrong)

MD at work had one from new for a few years and was always having problems with it failing to start.

The post March 2006 cars are very hard to sell, as the road tax is £500!!! Pre March 2006, £285, I think.

The hot starting problem is apparently solved by revving the car to 4/5K revs before shutting off the engine.

Didn't know about the compression test thing...

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Anyone seen these RX8s on ebay advertised as having had engine rebuilds and with two year engine warranty? One on there today for £2495....

Are the legit? Seems not a bad deal if you get a car with a rebuilt engine and warranty, but only if a) the rebuilt engine doesn't blow up straight away and b) the warranty does what it should do...