Originally Posted by
BRIGSPORT
Thats just one of their little foibles. They are a pain in the arse. I have dealt with 2x 2004 rx8's recently, one got sold for £900 because the engine needed a rebuild/coilpacks etc. , and the other put the engine check light on due to detecting a misfire, after it had upgraded coilpacks/plugs/leads/ blah blah blah. It was put up for sale a week later.
Really nice car the rx8, the engine is wank(el) though!
Bloody hell, that bad?
So for all it's advantages, the Wankel engine isn't a good alterntive to a "proper" one.