What do people think of these? anyone had one??
What they like as a daily driver?

 

Unreliable, slow and unbelievably shit on fuel.

 

They dont like the cold weather & they like flooding so they dont start

 

oh yes i can vouch for that and like a good regular drink of oil

 

Very very un reliable, (Ask any AA tech). my mate bought one and he said it was a big mistake, and when traded it in lost a shed load of cash on it aswell.

Hope this helps

 

my mum and dad went to mazda to buy a new one-
salesmen told them they were bad on fuel,use a lot of oil and if you flood the car(apparently very common) starting it it has to be taken to mazda for them to sort it out?

needless to say they didnt buy one!

 

My aunt has had 2 now and she loves them never had any trouble with either of them and uses it everyday, they do like a drop of oil though.


Brian

 

my dad has one they burn oil tax is 400 quid a year and u have to rev the engine before u switch it off so you look a pratt

 

Think again Ellie...

What about a Datsun 350Z??


Cheers,
Grant

 

ive been a mazda tech for 16 years and all faults everyone is saying are old ones
engine flooding pcm reprogramme and modified starter motor

fuel consumption you get around 25mpg


engine oil you use around 1 litre per 1000 miles


there like all cars if there have been looked after they will look after you

you wouldnt kick the shit out of your cosworths from cold would you .

best advice i can give you is get the best one you can afford .ive seen ones with over 120,000 miles on the clock and are as sweet as a nut .but i have also seen ones with 40,000 miles needing a rebuild
always get a compresion check done as part of the deal

 

only if you want to turn the engine off before its warmed up

 

haha well mazda never told him that they said every time u turn it off makes sure u rev it 1st i'll let him know cheers

 

nice to look at....lol never driven one tho so can't comment on that and well...yeah i think they cool! lol

x

 

me dad had one, never had any problems with it, used abit of oil ye but its a high reving car, was getting about 20-25mpg from his

 

this is my dads one looks smart imo

 

they burn oil by design. it lubricates the tips. if u want them to really run well, put abit of 2stroke oil in the fuel.
ive never owned an rx8 but i have owned rx7s and they are brilliant, im sure the 8 would be as good.its is seriously important that u warm them up, u can do alot to them and they will take it, and if u do need a rebuild its alot cheaper than rebuilding a YB for sure.
they look good.
ive driven a 350z and thought it was abit crap tbh, the noise wasnt good and it wassnt very exciting, it was only getting about 22mpg aswel and ive read that rx8s are meant to get about 25.

 

Go and buy the January issue of PPC, there is a buyers guide in it this month for the RX8.

A work mate has one, the 230 model, he's had it a year or so now. nice car. He gets about 200 miles to a tank of fuel but he does drive it hard alot. He has had no real problems apart from the coil packs going but this is common and most people change them anyway as a service part now.

 

hmmmmmmm, thanks for the opinions peoples.
Im going to have a re-think!

Water pump went on mr2 today.Been told its going be about 6hours labour to sort it, cambelt has to come off etc etc then there could be damage to the head, then the MOt is due in march.
Im going to cut my losses now

Really dont know what to go for though

 

Decide on a budget you're comfortable with, give us a list of things that the car needs to do and we'll throw a few ideas your way.


Cheers,
Grant

 

Heard they handle very well. Also heard about all the other mentioned problems, got offered one for the right money last year. The fact one struggle to keep with my Seat Leon TDi 5 years ago put me off...