shot my boys rx8 today, nothing special, if anyone knows about these rx8's there piles of **** in terms of reliablity i should know im a mazda tech


i took pictures of his car along time ago but only took about 2 pictures so we took more than just two today


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11. HDR shot made his car look silver!!!!! haha


12. another HDR shot

 

I've always been curious as to why the new Renesis motor is unreliable. I was under the impression that Mazda worked out the shortcomings from the old 13B and found a little bit of horsepower compared to the 13B in the FD sans twin turbos?

And why did Mazda decide to go NA with this car?

 

its unreliable because its a rotary thats why haha. all they do is flood and come in on tow trucks every week

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Gant &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">its unreliable because its a rotary thats why haha. all they do is flood and come in on tow trucks every week</TD></TR></TABLE>

Not exactly I've had mine since May of 2006 and its had no engine problems or flooding. I drive the **** out of it too and it goes on Nurburgring every other month for 4 to 6 laps of pure hell.

 

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Not exactly I've had mine since May of 2006 and its had no engine problems or flooding. I drive the **** out of it too and it goes on Nurburgring every other month for 4 to 6 laps of pure hell. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats actually kind of the secret to keeping them on the road. Driving the living **** out of them. Gets all the fuel burned and prevents the rotor housings from getting carbon-ed up. Most people don't drive them up to 9K enough and the automatic ones are even worse because those drivers are typically even more easy on the motor!

 

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Thats actually kind of the secret to keeping them on the road. Driving the living **** out of them. Gets all the fuel burned and prevents the rotor housings from getting carbon-ed up. Most people don't drive them up to 9K enough and the automatic ones are even worse because those drivers are typically even more easy on the motor!</TD></TR></TABLE>

I know so far the states has extended the warranty for them to 8 years/ 100,000 miles and Mazda Europe has not since I was told by my dealer when I bought the car to take the car to 9k once per day.

 

why did mazda stop taking surveys from rx8 customers? yeah u heard that right they STOPPED taking surveys from rx8 customers because it was ruining there statistics

 

Nice pictures. I like how you started this out with "Here are some pictures of a piece of **** car"

 

lol its not a piece of ****, but its just really unreliable belive me we see them come in every week on a tow truck of course theres going to be ppl that have good expirence with them but we see them come in every day


the new rx8s look VERY NICE THOUGH the new 09's

 

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i wanted one of these so bad. My first car was an 89 GXL non turbo. But i didnt want to spend good money and need instructions on how to turn it on and off.

 

I drove my friend's RX-8 once, it felt nice inside. First RWD car I drove, it was alright..I smashed on it and nothing was there, like the torque just ran away.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Gant &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why did mazda stop taking surveys from rx8 customers? yeah u heard that right they STOPPED taking surveys from rx8 customers because it was ruining there statistics

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I have heard about somethings about Mazda North American cars being junk but I know of at least 6 RX8's right around where I live that have had no problems with the car since we actually drive the car above 55 mph everywhere. I know when I move back to the states I'm going to try to bring mine back, instead of buying a US model.


BTW.... Nice Pics

 

Yeah I have been a RX8 fan since they came out. I knew they weren't that fast buy I didn't really car because they are a good looking car. My friend is selling his '04 that has 17k on it for $18k, I am thinking about buying it...

Oh yeah those pics are great, the white is pretty cool looking .

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by skylinetph26 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yeah I have been a RX8 fan since they came out. I knew they weren't that fast buy I didn't really car because they are a good looking car. My friend is selling his '04 that has 17k on it for $18k, I am thinking about buying it...

Oh yeah those pics are great, the white is pretty cool looking .</TD></TR></TABLE>


shop around i got mine with 60k miles for $13k


not at all fast in a stright line but ive done some autox/track days with it. awesome car in that type of setup i hate it as a daily no tq and you have to check oil alot and it waste alot of gas. but on a track it makes up for it.

 

bump for rotary!