Mazda RX8 - anything else like it?

[Crizzy]

Great value

 

[Berger]

*cough* £2,500.00 *cough*

For one with the subframe installed incorrectly and mis-matched pattern parts?

 

[Matt82]

http://www.auto-journals.com/journals/Mazda?model=RX8&journal=135&entry=1578

thats a good site for reviews

as for the BM, paying more wont garantee you a car that has actually been looked after properly

 

[Crizzy]

http://www.auto-journals.com/journals/Mazda?model=RX8&journal=135&entry=1578

thats a good site for reviews

as for the BM, paying more wont garantee you a car that has actually been looked after properly

Nice website, cheers for the link

 

[233]

congrats on the new purchase OP


/// awaits spec me a Wankel rotary rebuild thread within 3 months///

 

[acemastr]

There getting cheaper and cheaper to buy, pretty soon owners will be giving them away. 3 years ago i paid £6k for mine, 1 and a half years ago i paid £2.8k both similar milage.

Thing with them being so cheap, loads of chavs have got them round here now so there nothing special and no doubt they wont look after them, further ruining there reputation.
Make sure you take it on track, its the only place the car feels moderatly fast.

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[Dogbreath]

The gear stick is comical though on the Civic, isn't it. I've read it is a good gear box and very smooth, but Christ.. it looks so wrong. I'd go as far to say that it looks ridiculous. Will take some getting use to. But my jokes aside; it does seem like a much more sensible option.

It is neither comical nor ridiculous, simply one of the best positioned gear levers of any car in it's class. Once you have driven it for a while you will learn how ridiculous a floor mounted change is.

 

[robj20]

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The gear stick in a civic is it like in some vans where it sticks out of the dash? If so it is definitly something you get used to and dont mind after a while.

 

[ganesh]

It is neither comical nor ridiculous, simply one of the best positioned gear levers of any car in it's class. Once you have driven it for a while you will learn how ridiculous a floor mounted change is.

This, my girlfriend has a 1.6 civic with the same gearstick positioning and it really is nice to use, you don't have to move your hand so far.

 

[paradigm]

It is neither comical nor ridiculous, simply one of the best positioned gear levers of any car in it's class. Once you have driven it for a while you will learn how ridiculous a floor mounted change is.

Drove my GFs brother's Type S for a few weeks, on day 14 the gearstick still felt as retarded as it looked on day 1. It's too far forward for starters, let alone how comically high up it is.

Dunno what cars you drive with "floor" mounted gearsticks, but every car I've owned, the "floor" mounted is actually center console mounted and as such is a good foot higher than the "floor".

 

[Simon]

I guess it depends on arm length.

 

[Jonnycoupe]

Dunno what cars you drive with "floor" mounted gearsticks, but every car I've owned, the "floor" mounted is actually center console mounted and as such is a good foot higher than the "floor".

I guess he means one where the shift mechanism, whether cable actuated shifter box or and underfloor rod is mounted to the floor.

Maybe the floor has a stiffening region in the centre anyway..... features on RWD and FWD cars and often termed the tranmission tunnel regardless of drive. Hence a foot higher....

I guess if a gearstick feels 'retarded' its probably not actually a reflection of the shift mechanism package.

 

[DAIR]

It's funny. Earlier tonight I witnessed someone parking up a RX8, after what looked like a short trip to the chippy. He rev'ed the crap out of it and switched off.

LOL

How long do you think he done that for?

The engine temp needle should be in the middle before switching it off..... Sad that one cant simply switch it off!

 

[Jonnycoupe]

LOL

How long do you think he done that for?

The engine temp needle should be in the middle before switching it off..... Sad that one cant simply switch it off!

and yet someone has already described why he may have done that in this thread.

 

[DAIR]

and yet someone has already described why he may have done that in this thread.

... Pretty sure we all know why he done it.

I asked how long he done it for?!

 

[Jonnycoupe]

I think his report is off for peer review before being release into the public domain

 

[robj20]

It was me, thats the correct proceedure for switching it off cold.

 

[scousegit]

they flood otherwise don't they?

you can't start the bloody thing is that right?

 

[Matt82]

and isnt it something like when they flood, the excess fuel stops the seal at the tip so it looses compression too, so its even harder to start

 

[robj20]

When a rotary starts up it is running very rich, (part of eu laws about warming the cat up) if you switch it off while its running like this you risk it flooding, the fuel vapor stays in the housing and has nowhere to go.

You can hold the revs high and switch off this means the rotors are spinning faster and as you switch off push any fuel out of the housing.

When a rotary floods its the wet fuel stopping the spark plugs from working.
To start the first process is to plant the throttle to the floor and crank for 10 seconds, then wait a while and repeat a few times. (planting the throttle on cranking cuts the fuel).

If this doesnt work or your battery starts dying, its time to tow the car in gear, foot to the floor again and ignition on. (This way has never failed for me when helping people)

Some people really bugger it up though, then a few drops of 2 stroke in each housing can help, as it makes a better seal to force out any fuel and aids compression. The nature of a rotary means compression rises as revs do, so on starting you have very little. Thats why its at starting the first sign of low compression, and why you cant just use a normal compression tester (along with the fact you have three chambers to measure).