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General => General discussion => Topic started by: topman2u on 16 September 2011, 09:54
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hi im thining of getting an rx-8 2004 192bhp 1308cc lol
i was just woundering what you lot think of them are they any good!!!!!
i know about the oil you have to put in that dont bother me as i really think that they are a really nice looking car :rolleyes:
(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y353/focusi/rx8.jpg)
(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y353/focusi/rx81.jpg)
(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y353/focusi/rx82.jpg)
(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y353/focusi/rx83.jpg)
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alot of car for the money... expensive to run :cool:
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Fantastic cars for the prices they fetch these days.......But!! They drink fuel and you cant just go out and start it up and move it say a few foot.....Every time you start it you have to drive it until the engine reaches 1/4 temp' then it can be turned off, this is in the owners manual, strange if you ask me as I have a single drive so a lot of swapping about with the 2 cars.....If I had one every time I would want to move a car I would have to take the RX out for around 3-4 miles!
Performance on the other hand is very good, even the 192 is very quick.....They have a lovely digi-display plus being a 4 door coupe makes it a practical coupe.
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They are great fun but at 23 miles to the gallon if you drive carefully really expensive to run not to mention that they use about a litre and a half of oil a month :cry:
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Im not a fan of the looks. but as said alot of performance for the money
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they use about a litre and a half of oil a month :cry:
About the same as any mk2/mk3 Golf then :laugh:
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I read somewhere that the engines need re-building around 80k :huh: :undecided:
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isn't it every 40k they need a rebuild? :huh:
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We have had 2 of these
one just like the one in the pic (early low output model) and a later high output prodrive version
Prodrive one didnt look as ghay as the other
both had issues with oil and the starter motor, and the spark plugs and leads which are Very very expensive
build quality is less than average on the inside, leather is about as thin as paper as are the carpets
id only have another one if i was a girl, gay or if it was very cheap and in very very good condition with low miles
p.s they are slow aswell
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Performance on the other hand is very good, even the 192 is very quick.....They have a lovely digi-display plus being a 4 door coupe makes it a practical coupe.
:shocked: we found them to feel slow for the output, the 190 is pants and the 230 was just Ok.. nothing to shout about