MIDWEST Papa...
I was considering taking a test drive in a RX-8... what do you think of it. How many miles you have on yours? Any problems?
How big is the back seat? Small kids fit nicely? I love the looks of the car... and I am not too afraid of Mazda's...
OK this may get long but I am going to give allot of info on the RX8...I knwo you can take car of this car because you have bikes and can handle a little maintainence. so here goes....
1) Test Drive it!! Get the 6 speed!! no auto! 6SP has more HP it handles like it is on rails, has traction control so it is glued to the road on ramps at 70+ are no problem...As what I think of it...I love it ! sorta like driving an exotic with out the price tag there are not allot of them on the road.
2) problems.. I got mine used where I used to sell cars, it is pretty loaded I got it with 18 k on it, we checked the Mazada website and it has never been in for anything at all, only for recal issues.
3) problems...it is a Rotary Engine, it has pros and cons, pros....it sounds so damn cool when you wind it up to the 9500 redline, like a F1 car. The science behind that engine is crazy! SO it does go through some oil maybe a bit once a month you have to fill about a quart or 1/2, the Rotary injects oil and gas at the same time so it uses some. Also, if you start it and do not let it warm up passed the C on the temp gauge and turn it off it can flood because in a rotary there is no where for the gas to go. It really is not a big deal if it does Mazada comes to get the car and they wil do a deflooding at the dealer, Mazada will replace the Battery with a higher cranking one, better started, it is not a problem on all of them just some , it really is not a big deal. Gas Milage is not the best but it is a sports car...15 to 20 mpg
4) back seats..thats what sold us because when I have kids I do not want to give up my sports car... so it fits a small child and yes...I can sit back there!!! good head room and all, now I could only last an hour or so but hell gotta love a sports car with a back seat.
YOUR insurance will go down!!!! it is considerd a 4 door!!! HAHA and the actual size of the engine is a 1.3 litre because rotors measure diffrent so they consider it a 2 cylinder!! and it has 8 air bags! My insurance went down 100 per 6 mths, I was driving a 2004 VW Passat.
I will Post more Pics tonight, My car has changed, diffrent exhaust ( when you change that it gets so loud like a F1 car for real! not like a Honda civic does not sound ricey..actually screams), black wndows and some Ferrari type looking screens... and for anything I did not cover go lurk on
www.rx8club.com
For the members I am sorry this is so long....MIDWEST if you can buy new go do it, you can get some real good deals now!!! just keep beatning them down, only reason I got used was who could pass up a 34k car for 21k!!
