Best MOD is putting on miles!
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Best MOD is putting on miles!
I just got the new Car & Driver and they have a long term test result for the 04 RX-8. They seemed to complain about the same stuff you see on here alot (search beating a dead horse with stick :p )
However when they first tested the car they got 6.6 sec 0-60 and a 1/4 mile in 15.1 seconds
with the stock Bridgestone tires
after 40,000 miles it went 0-60 in 5.9 sec and 1/4 mile in 14.6 seconds
The second time they tested it did have a set of Yokohama Advan Neova AD07 tires.
They do state "Racers say rotary engines get better with age"
The moral of the story? Go out and drive!!
However when they first tested the car they got 6.6 sec 0-60 and a 1/4 mile in 15.1 seconds
with the stock Bridgestone tires
after 40,000 miles it went 0-60 in 5.9 sec and 1/4 mile in 14.6 seconds
The second time they tested it did have a set of Yokohama Advan Neova AD07 tires.
They do state "Racers say rotary engines get better with age"
The moral of the story? Go out and drive!!
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Originally Posted by Audioslave8
Thats pretty cool concidering most cars slow down with age. The 5.9 and 14.6 are what they originally stated for their first test drive....right?
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i got my car april 1 2005, now i've got 10,400 miles on it and it's running MUCH stronger that it first did. Hell the other day I got pissed at someone and peeled out in second gear.. not chirp the tires, literally laid rubber until the traction control started bitching. It's NEVER done that before.
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Originally Posted by mikeb
your my hero
I wish I had only 3k
my 04 has 39k
I wish I had only 3k
my 04 has 39k
By the way holy crap on how many posts you have.
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Originally Posted by m477
Yeah, I'm a slacker.... 3k on my '04. :o
you are a slacker lol is it your 3rd car? because its my second and i already got 2500 and its only a few months old
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Originally Posted by mikeb
your my hero
I wish I had only 3k
my 04 has 39k
I wish I had only 3k
my 04 has 39k
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I have seen this with every new car I have purchased, even my former lame 115hp 95 Golf. Of course by the time I got rid of it with 220k miles, it had clearly lost power, even after an extensive tuneup. The power increase will fade in time, but in a long time if properly maintainted and tuned up. I look forward to the few future stories a long time from now talking about their RX8 with over 200k miles on them with original engine. Of course this will not be as abundant as an econo car, but there will be a few around I believe.
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well, if theres plenty of FBs with over 200 on the clock and lots of n/a FC's with over 200(and the projected life was not nearly that) the rx8's projected life is at least 200k...my guess is the majority willl be over 200k
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