Spyder766

bros!!!

seems that there is quite a few of us that had booked the car, just wondering wat kind of premiums that u guys are paying just in case i am being slaughtered!!!

Fab 8

Good idea, since our cars are near registration. I haven't finalised mine yet, but quotes received so far range from about $1,600 to $3,650 (after 50% NCD and 5% offense free). I'm waiting for an insurance broker to call me back and see if they can get more quotes.

What about yours?

Spyder766

with 20%, they quoted me at $2800, covered at 150K, told my agent reduced some insured to 120K as once the car is on the road, they dont care whether it is a type e or s but the market value which will definitely be about 110 to 120K for a second hand type e, they had not got back to me yet, i am also looking to insure for 3rd party fire & theft, will consider that if premium differnce is 1 to 2K

Fab 8

Which insurance company was that from? The lowest I got was from India Int'l at about $1,600, which is pretty close to yours.

Spyder766

yep, same same, india man!!! seems that it is the only company that is willing to insure the rx8 for now as the car is too new...

Fab 8

Well, AXA quoted $3600+ AFTER 50% + 5%...

Waiting for another one to give an official quote.

A lot of them flatly refuse to insure sports cars, despite me telling them that its a 4 door 1.3 litre Mazda...

Spyder766

know wat u mean bro!!! anyway, notice that u have indicated that u have strakes on your car, how much did u pay for them or was it in the package as well.

Fab 8

I got the strakes at the selling price per the accessories catalog from Mazda - can't remember the exact amount, but you can find the price in the RX-8 Japan website.

Thinking of DIY as it looks fairly simple to fit on.

Spyder766

so u did not buy from Garage R i presume?? thought of ordering from the net but if garage R has it, will just buy it from them.

heard u mention b4 that they have lots of aftermarket parts brought in for RX8, like to share wat u have seen so far??

Fab 8

I did get the strakes from Garage R - its just that they came much earlier, so Garage R passed them to me to drool over first while I waited for my car...:D

Aftermarket parts - I just saw the HKS suspension on Saturday...2 cm drop in ride height, but dunno how harsh will the ride be. I'm waiting for someone else to try first, then consider! :D I believe they also have the HKS exhaust on order, but this is not in yet.

Spyder766

strakes are nice, how much did u pay for them?

i think the HKS should be harsh.. trying to order the tein type flex as i heard this model is meant more for comfort.

Fab 8

I think the price is about $300 for a set. This is the same price as the Mazda Japan website - 22,000 yen. A bit expensive but couldn't resist...:D

Spyder766

know wat u mean! seem quite x to pay for 4 pieces of metal pieces but i too cannot resist, i am thinking of ordering the same thing like wat u have now, rotary accent, strakes and exhaust finish. still trying to source the cheapest alternative to order these things fastest and cheapest!

Crysta

heya guys! This is Crysta here........ just wanna check with you guys ..... is the this 1.3cc rx8 a big time 'drinker' ? What color is your rx8 ?


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Singapore

Fab 8

Hi, welcome to the forum. There has been numerous threads on the drinking capacity of the renesis engine. Do a search and you shld be able to find.

Anyhow, its ok for the kind of power and performance the car is giving - just don;t expect a normal 1.3 litre type of consumption!
No first hand experience yet - getting my car tomorrow! :D

Colour - see my sig.

Are you getting the 8 as well?

Spyder766

Fab 8 - looks like yours the first to be on the road then bro, congrats!!! I have to wait till Friday

Crysta - Fuel consumption on a rotary basically depends on how u drive the car, if u keep below 3500, consumption should be ok, the car drinks when u open up the car and redline it often, but saying that, it is often normally advise by people who had driven rotary a long time that the car need to be redline once a while (more often than normal piston driven) to keep engine in good cond..

Crysta

Cool man.... u are getting your car tomorrow..... well, i have intention of getting Rx8 but i also have o consider the fact that my current car M6 is not even one year ol yet...... i can't trade off for rx8. maybe next year it will be a better year to trade of my M6 for a new rx8 or a resale rx8...... cool... so your new rx8 will be black...... are u very excited abt driving it on the road..... heard that so far Singapore only have 10 on the road... but alot of ppl place order liao.

Crysta

hihi... Good morning...... heya thanks for your advise!

okie .... how abt servicing wise...? Do u hink in Singapore there are alotof engineer know how to service rotary engineer?

crysta.

Crysta

what color is your rx8....?
just as excited as you guys,...... heee....
i know fab8 is black rx8... how abt u spyder....?

:D just KPO abit

Spyder766

mine is titanium grey, but if not wrong, i think there will be close to at least 50 RX8 going to be registered by month end but only about 10 is type S model

Crysta

wow ... that's a cool color.......... what is the different of type s....?
shape..? cc? bhp?

Spyder766

type e - 5 speed manual/auto - 210 bhp

type s - 6 speed only - 250bhp

M-ster

More to that actually.

Type S - 18" rim and tyres (as to 16"), slightly bigger rear brake roto, sports supsension, redline 8500rpm max 10000rpm:D

Spyder766

M-ster

Right on bro!!! thought to just give it light to our new comer.. hehehe

just to add on then - lsd, carbon fibre draft shaft, strenghten apex seal, alumunium aircon bezel, 9 speaker bose system