Just joined guys, am down in cardiff, seen two 8's flying about. Aint bought one yet probably after christmas, any advice guys, own an e46 bmw at mo but last car was a heavily modded integra type r. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, what u guys paying for ins too ! What are mazda's finance packages like ??

Heya Ben!

Insurance, roughly twice my 1.8LX focus, from £430 to £800 ish, and thats with a liverpool postcode.

Save for petrol.

No idea on mazda finance, bought mine with my kitchen (ofset mortgage).

Cars a blast. Best toy I've ever had, and only running in still!

Hiya Ben! I work in Cardiff so you should start to see a Titanium 8 speeding around from next week.

Mazda finance is not competative.

My insurance is about £480 fully comp with 9 years protected NCB.

Originally posted by Ben Gillespie
Just joined guys, am down in cardiff, seen two 8's flying about. Aint bought one yet probably after christmas, any advice guys, own an e46 bmw at mo but last car was a heavily modded integra type r. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, what u guys paying for ins too ! What are mazda's finance packages like ??

Hi Ben,

Re your insurance question.....which model E46 have you got?
Earlier in the year I had a 330ci sport then changed it to an R32 which was if I remember the same ins cost. I renewed the R32 ins a couple of weeks ago but got a quote on the RX8 at the same time via Tesco's online site. The R32 is £500 and something but the RX8 was £300 and something, so basically if you have a 330, the RX8 will be a lot cheaper to insure.:)

well I actually have a 318 cos i wanted to save money on petrol and ins this was after mt integra which was group 18 ! and cost me about 1200 a year (am on my mums name !!) so am unsure as to how much it will be.Problem i have is i aint got much money at mo cos bought my bmw for £10000 cash, but my local dealer has said even if i order one today i wont get it til march ! so dont know wether to get one from another source and try to save some money, get one in march say ???
HELP !!!!

I just switched from IntegraR.
This is a *very* different animal... be sure it is what you want....

what do you mean by that, i know the teg is very mean, how would you compare it to ur teg, I modded my teg so much it did 0-60 in 5.5 !!

...isn't tegs the bloke from Grange Hill.....

G-force!!! Well there isn't any of the '8, but its certainly the top of the pops for me....right....im off home, I'll get mi coat...


welcome, welcome

roll up roll up, join the Rx8 owners club! click the link in the .sig!

Welcome Ben, i think what morgan was meaning is that the engine is very different in power band / torque characteristics - see my post comparing the celica to the 8 - same style of engine as the 'teg'

Test drive would be my advice, unlike anything i've ever driven before - but most def not in a bad way :D

RX8 is group 16, so should be less than your typeR.

Cheers,
Baz