Mazda Rx-8 What to look for when buying ??
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well, not a great car but compared to an rx8 its night and day better
For me the the S2000 is flawed only by it's insurance group rating.
Thing is at 27 with a fair chunk of no claims under my belt I seriously thought this would be my next car choice, then insurances prices went mental across the board and I'm not sure now whether this is the way forward or not anymore.
Z4 is probably the better option as I think I want more of a cruiser next, but I won't really know what I can afford until after I get a mortgage which should hopefully be in the next 6 months or so.
Soldato
I posted earlier but no one seemed to reply.
I bought a non turbo supra that is both slower, older and less equipped than an RX8 with equal running costs. Does this make me a moron for buying one?
I bought a non turbo supra that is both slower, older and less equipped than an RX8 with equal running costs. Does this make me a moron for buying one?
It's not a BMW or Vtec Honda, so that immediately puts you in the firing line on this forum
Caporegime
That's hardly the topic of conversation is it, the point people are making is why the RX8 is cheap vs it's same aged competitors, it's simply because hardly anyone wants to take on the liability.
Your choice to buy a 1996 or whatever supra has nothing to do with this, you've bought into something totally different.
Soldato
Fair point, my point is that the Supra has all the disadvantages (and more) than the RX8 yet is similarly priced yet no one slated it! Just confuses me slightly.
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The Supra is probably more economical than the RX8. What people misinterpret with the RX8 is they see people say 20mpg and think 'I get 20mpg from mine, thats not so bad?'. I mean, I get 20mpg from my 335i.
The difference is that if I take my 335i on a longer drive it does 35mpg and I'd imagine your Supra does 30ish.
The RX8 still does 20mpg.
The difference is that if I take my 335i on a longer drive it does 35mpg and I'd imagine your Supra does 30ish.
The RX8 still does 20mpg.
It's not a BMW or Vtec Honda, so that immediately puts you in the firing line on this forum
Given that he is complaining that he *isnt* in the firing line, you've made yourself look a bit daft with that silly bandwagoning comment
It's not a BMW or Vtec Honda, so that immediately puts you in the firing line on this forum
such a poorly thought out sweeping statement, reading just this thread will prove it wrong on so many levels - let alone the rest of the motors forum
let me guess, fox also forces BMW's down people's throats at every given opportunity
Soldato
For me the the S2000 is flawed only by it's insurance group rating.
Yeh.... I looked yesterday out of interest and did some comparisons of a lot of the cars on here.
I'm a relatively new driver in the scheme of things to a lot of people here, The RX8 looks like it would cost about the same as my ST24 to insure at around £900 where I live, an extra £200 would do for a 350z GT. However the cheapest quote on a S2000 was 2k! The majority of the S2000 quotes were a few hundred % more expensive again
Along with looking at insurance I browsed around for various prices of alternatives people have suggested in here.
350z looks a nice alternative at the high end of my budget I think I could stretch too at this point in my life, but it it gets me a car I don't think is quite as pretty, less seats, higher mileage and an older car. However I'll definitely give one a look if I end up deciding against an RX8.
Nothing else really ticks the same boxes for me at the moment
I just like the niche character the RX8 has![TW]Fox;19968109 said:Given that he is complaining that he *isnt* in the firing line, you've made yourself look a bit daft with that silly bandwagoning comment
LOL, don't I feel silly now
What's happened to this forum? - you can't make a tongue in cheek comment any more without being pulled up on it!
No more attempts at humour I promise.
let me guess, fox also forces BMW's down people's throats at every given opportunity
He does? Ooh what a bad man!
Please see post above ^
Don
The thing is with the Supra is that it's a fairly rare, interesting piece of 90s semi-exotica. Much like an RX7.
The RX8 doesn't fall in to that category.
No sir, it would make you a connoisseur!
You have to be making that up. Its as simple as remove plugs, foot to the floor on the accerlerator and crank for 10 seconds, wait 20s and repeat, do it 3 or 4 times, next stick some 2 stroke in the plug hole for both chambers and crank again, add more 2 stroke, now refit the plugs. Chances are the car will now start if not repeat, never needed to do it more than twice.
You can also tow the car in 2nd for a bit, but this isnt as good for the cat.
In fairness that does sound like something a garage would charge the unknowing £300 for ^^