Mazda rx8 low compression on one rotor - Page 2

FRESzKOO · 2011-03-09 01:06:40

He sure is :icon_tup: Pity he is not making any more music, Devil Doll or otherwise. Are you still sporting that chrome fuel door we exchanged many years ago? :)

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Originally Posted by kurtcobain

Hi everyone,

I happened upon this thread looking at a used car.

I'm not here to fight or cause problems or "troll" ok...

But I couldn't help but shake my head when I saw this thread because, in looking for a used car for my son and searching through autotrader, you don't know how many mazdas in general and rx8's specifically come up with massive motor problems like this around 100k.

My ex girlfriend had a 6 cylinder family car (can't recall model) and the motor went out around 100k. Then, AGAINST MY ADVICE, she bought an rx8 after that. Died around 90k..

And then we see so many instances like this of these mazda's crapping out like on this thread and all the ones i've seen for sale.

So I have to ask you... why did you buy a mazda? Did you do ANY research first?

Just because a car is japaneese, DOES NOT MEAN it is a good vehicle. That's just the human mind trying to label things because it's natural. People think that because of two words: honda and toyota.

Mazda? CRAP.

Mitsubishi? PIECES OF JUNK i've owned 2 and had a friend that owned 2. 100k max.

Add nissan to the list too - JUNK. Garbage.

Junk.

STAY AWAY from mazda's. Junk.

To be honest rotary engines are not viable daily drivers for the average non-mechanically-inclined owner. Most any experienced rotary enthusiast will tell you this if they are being honest.

You sound like a regular non-car-guy who is mostly concerned with repair cost, longevity, and efficiency, and cares less about the image or experience of driving a sportscar. You're probably used to driving a bland honda or ford sedan, or maybe a pickup. For people like you, the rotary is a horrible choice, because they are expensive to repair, don't last long compared to trucks or econoboxes, have issues often, don't take well to stretched or neglected maintenance intervals, etc. And your driving style may not lend itself to the few advantages that a car like the rx8 offers, so you view it as a horrible car all around.

I often wonder how "regular" non-car-enthusiasts find themselves in a car like the rx8 apparently without any research at all, but it does seem to happen often. The way i explain it to these kind of people is that they've bought a cheap mazda car body that is fairly well designed, with a semi-exotic engine inside it that has expensive parts only available from one location in the world and that many mechanics cannot accurately diagnose or repair.

Your lack of research in this matter is not necessarily a reason to write off the entire car brand, though, and such a view is very narrow.

Also, I think in your story the people that continue to have car failures at low mileages might want to look in the mirror, as it's entirely possible they are contibuting to the early demise of all these cars by their driving style or maintenance habits.

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