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lol indeed.
Remember that the 'amazing value' is pretty much canceled completely out by the fact that the running costs are disproportionate to the amount of performance you receive.
'Great cars' is another comment up for debate because they do seem to be a bit of a marmite car. Some love them, others hate them.
Mike you need to buy a 6 grand something or other sort of not bad at everything, like a 350z or something, because i can see you in 10 weeks starting the im selling the RX8 thread.
You just gotta face the music you bought a cheap toy and it was ****, step up a level and buy a decent all rounder.
You just gotta face the music you bought a cheap toy and it was ****, step up a level and buy a decent all rounder.
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Like a jag, yeah?
No point trying to convert a non believer, but he might as well face the fact 4k or whatever aint going to get him what he wants, he should save up, or spend a bit more if hes got it, whatever and just buy something half decent this time round.
The cheap toy plan has failed, so no point having an action replay of this fiasco with an RX8.
Ooh, as another break from the arguing, an even better picture has surfaced - this makes me smile
'cause your not wearing out the 'odd' tyre and you can sling it on eBay???
231 and around £5k assuming the Clio goes for £3k.
People keep telling me the running costs are disproportionate to the performance, this is fuel economy alone and the reason why they are so cheap to buy. If they achieved 25MPG, they'd be a few thousand more to buy in the first place.
Mark, £6k is going to be an early and probably not very good 350Z. If I could get a 2004+ one in good condition for £6k, I'd probably jump at the chance.
People keep telling me the running costs are disproportionate to the performance, this is fuel economy alone and the reason why they are so cheap to buy. If they achieved 25MPG, they'd be a few thousand more to buy in the first place.
Mark, £6k is going to be an early and probably not very good 350Z. If I could get a 2004+ one in good condition for £6k, I'd probably jump at the chance.
Then spend 7k and get a decent one, even if you save for a bit. Im telling you getting "nearly the car you want" never works out well.
I don't commute, but it is still used to get around places. I probably do less than 5k miles a year on my own (ie. not in the Focus). The point is the RX8 does a better job of handling our roads than the Clio.
Yes, the RX8 will be used for autotests.
Yes, the RX8 will be used for autotests.
The costs and fuel economy of the RX8 only really make sense if you don't use it to commute and just want a weekend toy.
But then this was why he bought the Clio, so I still don't get it? You gonna autotest the RX8 Mike?
What on earth is the appeal of these RX8 things, they blow up, drink oil as fast as petrol, you got to thrash them to make them go.
He needs to just buy a decent all round sporty car, its gonna be another disaster with an RX8 i can see it now.
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I positively love the drive of the RX8. I had one for a whole weekend and was never out of it.
They blow up when they are not maintained, and lots of cars drink oil - seeing as it doesn't require fully synthetic oil, the oil isn't a huge expense.
No hes right the roads there are **** in the main part, i end up ther once a month visiting me pal in the nick, but this is all just ******, he needs to just buy 1 good all rounder, this RX8 plan will be another disaster.
It's not just the fuel economy. There are the flooding issues, excessive oil usage, zero torque and despite what the fanboys want to argue horror stories of wrecked engines caused by failing rotor tips are starting to trickle through.
I'm not quite saying don't consider one full stop, just have a bit of a think about why values have tanked. Come on, they're well speced, spacious sporty 03/04 cars that can be had for as little as £2.5k if you look hard enough. There's a reason for that.