spd frk

I am just out to celebrate turning over 100,000KM's yesterday. Car is still running mostly strong.

Juergen

herbert

Congrats! Any secret to your success? i.e. redline once or twice a day? certain kind of oil? certain kind of gas? I just finished paying for mine and I'm off warranty and I'm at 57,000kms. I hate making car payments so I need to have this car last a while.

Leesha

NIce! I plan to keep mine forever so nice to know that!!

wcs

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I wanna believe that these engines are not fragile however I have that gut feeling that says history will tell another tale.

I hope I'm wrong I really do, because I love my car, even the bad parts (like the dip stick and the driver lol)

climacus

You took the words right out of my mouth. I love this car and want it to go trouble free for 200,000km. But in reality it's like playing Russian roulette. The drivetrain is generally reliable (other than the crap coils), but incidents of engine failure is quite high. I'm basically budgeting in one engine rebuild or engine swap into the cost of owning this car.

I feel lucky to have owned a rotary engine, but from a long-term ownership perspective, I'd much rather they put a turbo MZR or V6 into this chassis and give up the handling for reliability. Or better yet, delete those two seats in the back and make a mid-engine piston sports car.

Neo

You guys are funny.
We've had 2nd gen owners with well over 250K on their original engines.
The engine isn't a problem. The problem is the driver trying to tinker with the performance of the car.
The engine already comes pretty well squeezed of all available power. And yet we add intake, exhaust, pulleys, etc. anything to add more power and then we want the engine to last long???
That doesn't work. Not on sports cars anyways.
You don't want to know what a rebuild is for a Porsche 911. They last just as long as our engines do, but their overhauls are much more expensive!

Typically all engines begin to produce less power as soon as they crest 200K on the clock. Most people don't care because those engines belong in economy boxes or mundane a-b vehicles.
Sports cars will always need rebuilding to give you maximum power. C'est la Vie!

spd frk

Well I have no secret really. When the car needs gas I fill it, when it needs oil I fill it. I run synthetic 5W-20 despite the debates around it. Otherwise I drive fairly aggressively, my commute is mostly highway, I track the car regularily.

So far all my maintenance has been track related (brakes, tires, etc.). I'll be the first to let you guys/gals know when I crack 200 on the same motor.