Coming up to the end of 3 years of (mostly) happy motoring, I'm wondering whether to bother with an end-of-warranty inspection by the RAA/NRMA/RACV. I didn't do so with my MX5 and haven't had any problems really since then. I've also heard of inspections that failed to pick up things that turned out to be big problems.

Anyone had one done on their 8?

Noddy

 

Yeah, i haven't been real impressed with NRMA/RACV for vehicle checks but i would cruise into my local mazda dealer and get them to do a 1 2 3 on the car.
Have you considered getting an extended factory warranty?

 

I've always viewed the extended warranty as going along with the standard set of other "extras" that dealers love you to buy as there is so much more margin on them than on the original car.

I think I'll probably take the 8 for a good fang in a couple of weeks then just take it in for its usual service.

Noddy

 

If you fancy a fang with a few other 8's let me know and I will try and russle up the gang!

 

Greetings All,

I received a letter from our sevicing dealer a few weeks ago informing me of the fact that our RX-8 was nearing the end of the 3 year warranty. They offered a free 'end of warranty checkup' that we recently got done.

There was nothing to do on the car but I did mention to them that the dashboard squeaks sometimes and that they owe me the rest of the oil from the last service that they forgot to leave in the boot in the genuine Mazda container.

The checkup only took about 1 hour - this was with Central Coast Motor Group - Gosford - waves to Darrin - they have treated us extremely well since we started getting the car serviced there.

Regards
Jeffneil