New 2005 owner - few niggles
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New 2005 owner - few niggles
Hi guys,
I have just bought my first RX8 – A 2005, 6 speed manual. I’m currently in NZ and I imported it fromJapan (bit of a logistical experiment really). Anyway first impressions are good, the car is fun and it’s good to havea manual again (had an E46 M3 SMG before this).
Anyway, got a few questions and niggles;
I have to push my clutch pedal right to the floor to changegear properly. It will crunch in 1stand 2nd at high RPM if I don’t really put my foot to the floor! In the past, to me, this indicates a newclutch? Anyway, it’s a pain. What I’ve noticed in about 2-3cm of free playof downward movement before there is any resistance from the clutch! Is this normal? I have read many posts about the rubbish clutchpedal but will this just be a case of adjustment?
There is a 20cm dent/scrape in the outer sill – will this bea difficult fix for a body shop for this car as it is part of the unibody?
The CD player wont accept CDs (it’s a 6 stacker) but there’snothing to eject
The steering wheel makes a noise at idle, I believe there’sa fix for this – just checking it is still valid?
Other than those things I’m pretty happy with it and it goeswell, and makes a nice sound (has some R magic exhaust thing on it)
Any help greatly appreciated!
Thanks.
I have just bought my first RX8 – A 2005, 6 speed manual. I’m currently in NZ and I imported it fromJapan (bit of a logistical experiment really). Anyway first impressions are good, the car is fun and it’s good to havea manual again (had an E46 M3 SMG before this).
Anyway, got a few questions and niggles;
I have to push my clutch pedal right to the floor to changegear properly. It will crunch in 1stand 2nd at high RPM if I don’t really put my foot to the floor! In the past, to me, this indicates a newclutch? Anyway, it’s a pain. What I’ve noticed in about 2-3cm of free playof downward movement before there is any resistance from the clutch! Is this normal? I have read many posts about the rubbish clutchpedal but will this just be a case of adjustment?
There is a 20cm dent/scrape in the outer sill – will this bea difficult fix for a body shop for this car as it is part of the unibody?
The CD player wont accept CDs (it’s a 6 stacker) but there’snothing to eject
The steering wheel makes a noise at idle, I believe there’sa fix for this – just checking it is still valid?
Other than those things I’m pretty happy with it and it goeswell, and makes a nice sound (has some R magic exhaust thing on it)
Any help greatly appreciated!
Thanks.
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