Educate me please

graemer · 11 Dec 2009 at 21:21

Its will be new car time in a few months and I have already began looking.
One think that has caught my attention is the 2.6 RX8 (my other thought is a 146 3lv6 only because I lived my alfa gtv) as they are around £7k for a 04 reg. £7k is probably my limit.

Any experts out there. What could I expect? Anything different re servicing for a rotary engine etc.

graemer · 11 Dec 2009 at 21:30

Yes there appears to be a 2.6 version thats what first interested me.

graemer · 11 Dec 2009 at 21:37

Vigoro said:
The 1.3 rotary has been likened to a 2.6 because of the way it works, hence why i think it won an engine of the year award in a 3.0 and above category

So basically it is the same engine, just different places quote different displacement figures. There are two different power figures that the engine comes as though. A 189bhp and 227bhp

I see. The one I was looking at was quoted as 231 bhp so its kind of there.

graemer · 11 Dec 2009 at 21:46

I need the car just beacuse I like it if I am honest. My car history is mixed between very sensible cars and slightly silly cars (I still regret selling my Peugeot 406 3l coupe).

I am actually quite random when buying cars. But I still like to consider other alternatives.

graemer · 11 Dec 2009 at 21:59

Peerzy said:
S2000?

I love those but need back sears as I have a child.

One for the future.

graemer · 12 Dec 2009 at 18:52

thepeteh said:
you say you need a car just because you like it, then you say it has to have back seats... fair enough.

Why dont you tell everyone what you actually require that way it will eliminate a lot of the options.

Did my opening post not state that I would like to be educated on the RX8 and not suggest a car for me?

Filbster thanks this is the kind of info I was after.