i got a couple a wads , should i buy the rx8 ?

No think front suspension/rollbar ,i took it to the local tyres place and they did a 30 point check and this failed ,they was going to charge me 128 euro for one side ,this morning I did them both in less than half a hour...

 

128 euro for the antiroll bar bush on just one side.... christ

 

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Must keep up - hadn't seen the ad before piling in. Still looks a nice care LeF, hope you sell it. Made me want to unsorn mine now....

 

well I dont want to step on any toes but the RX8 can be a fragile beast. This car has the essential service history which is vital DONT buy one without. However some cars can suffer from starting (especially when hot) problems even with history and engines frequently lose compression on low mileages as well as high. We do however have a chap coming in for service every year with well into 100000 miles.

The main problem with them is that since the £500 a year tax was introudced the value plummeted, this makes them affordable to the "yoof" and so hence they are not looked after correctly and go bang left right and centre.

Personally, I would rather guide my father into my mother than buy one... but they are a phenominal drive and loads of fun - just have the wallet ready if they go wrong. Even simple things like coil packs, plugs etc are hugely expensive, and if you heve low compression (which can only be tested with the right equipment) then the engine is scrap. To rebuild the engine is well over £1000 in parts just for apex seals, side seals etc and more than likely the chamber walls will have picked up and be scrap.

If you can swallow £500 RFL each year, and 23mpg no matter how you drive it then they are good fun.

 

Yeah course - pleased to be of service

 

As long as it's not on the Sabbath

 

Shane McGowan (The Pogues), Donald Trump, Peter Stringfellow & Iain Dowie all drive one of these!


























Not really, just seeing if you would stoop to my level?

 

I've had em all

 

Me too!

 

free tax here...

you got pm...

it was the anti roll bar stabilizing things x 4 nuts (all seized and spinning)...

 

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you cant sleep with me @lola , in that its not big enuff , and i think my ******el engine needs servicing first by the sounds of it os car has a better offer

 

All at the same time?

 

Just delete the X , and that's s car


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This is ******el engines in a nutshell.
Girl at work has one, if she stops for petrol, which is very frequently, it won't start until it cools down.
It went through a spate of not starting at all, requiring new starter, plugs & coils. If they don't start first go, can't try again as it's flooded.
It's only done 60k.

 

Its not the new rates, it's been like that since 2005... its the higher rate CO2 which puts it at over £500..

 

bettys looking at a smaller mazda any recommendations please?

 

just keep mine on French plates plates ,it will be tax free....