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THinking of buying a Rx-8

Old 04-04-2012, 11:04 AM
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THinking of buying a Rx-8

Hello, recently I have been thinking of buying a RX-8. My dad had two RX-7 back in the day, and always talks about them. He wants to buy another one, and suggested I get one, however I want a RX-8. From doing my research these cars seem to be reliable if you are on top of things. I want to sell my BMW and get one of these. I am not worried with maintenance, I constantly maintained my BMW and its reaching 180k miles. I put about 20k miles on my car a year, maybe a little more, can this car handle that much? What signs should I look for? What are some common problems with the RX-8.

And for the fun side, I have not had the opportunity of sitting in one of these, how do they feel? How is the handling and speed?
Old 04-04-2012, 11:08 AM
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It's funny that you should ask these questions, because I've spent the last year or so maintaining a thread that answers them. To make it easy to find, we even stickied it and put it at the top of the RX-8 Discussion subforum where you posted this thread.

So I'm just going to point you there, rather than re-typing everything. Again. Read the first 10 posts.


https://www.rx8club.com/new-member-forum-197/new-potential-owners-start-here-202454/
Old 04-04-2012, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by RIWWP
So I'm just going to point you there, rather than re-typing everything. Again.
Lazy.
Old 04-04-2012, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by ar0018
I put about 20k miles on my car a year, maybe a little more, can this car handle that much?

Are you serious? Yes, it could handle 20k or more a year.
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