Quino

OK - I just have a few:

- No AUX input into the stereo (for a portable music source)
- Very noisy with the sunrrof open
- Not too crazy about the steep angle that the sunroof stays at when it is open (maybe it will take some used to)
-and of course THE MILEAGE!

TownDrunk

Drink holder is in the way of the gear shift (elbow hits), so putting two bottles of beer in there doesn't work.

guy321

Cupholders work fine for me, even with big cups there.. What bothers me is the seat heater buttons.. I always turn them on by accident.. it still gets in the 80's here in FL right about now..

Sea Ray

So is that how Town Drunk got his name <G>

Genom

Putting in anything over 2 inches tall for me gets in the way. And yeah, not having a line input in this day and age of portable electronics is REALLY F6%$*%^ stupid.

And even though I dont smoke in my car my windshield on the inside still has to be cleaned every week or so because of something evaporating in the car and coating it. Havent been able to figure out why thats still happening and it's anoying.

Also, the trunk opening while large enough for anything I have needed to put in, is pretty tight. If the lip where lower it woulda made life so much easier.

Quino

My firts reaction what - that's funny and lol - but that's exactly what I had in there last night - two beers (me and girlfriend) Shiner Bock's!

Quino

I forgot - I was very disspointinted when my congas did not fit in there for the same reason that you mentioned - so they rode in the backseat - then one moved and scratched the center back console a little bit!

No they go in their bags before going in the bag. That's been the only time I have missed the Element.

RX-GR8

the fan is loud on the highest setting when directed at the feet. sounds like you're in a wind tunnel.

the seat heaters dont get hot enough.

Superfan

1. What car isn't noisy with an open sunroof?

MEGAREDS

Top Ten Disappointing Things:

1. Fuel economy. Right now, I'm probably getting 17-19 mpg, but I've not started using my car for my 5-mile commute yet. I suspect it's gonna be bad when I start driving this car during the week. This is the only major disappointment to me so far.

2. Insufficient headroom. I'm only 6' tall, but the GT package decreases it to the point that my hair rubs the ceiling of the cabin. I don't think I could find room for a helmet if I wanted to autocross. I would not have bought this car if I were an inch taller.

3. Insufficient legroom. The driver's seat needs to be fully extended and partially reclined for me to be comfortable, so when I have a drivers-side rear passenger, one of us has to suffer.

4. No line input into the stereo head unit (of course). Come on Mazda! Don't they have portable music in Japan?

5. Price of tire sensors. They're supposed to be a safety device, not a profit point. Dealers should not be charging $100 each for them. Four hundred dollars is a lot to add to the cost of winter tires. Many have suggested the possibility of getting by without them, but don't count on this option for long. It's only a matter of time before retailers and tire shops refuse to mount tires on rims without the sensors when the shops realize the liability of what they're doing. As of Nov. 1, 2003, pressure sensors are a federally mandated safety feature in all U.S. cars, like seat belts and air bags.

6. Lack of themostat cabin control. I'm hot, I'm cold, I'm hot, I'm cold...

7. Dip stick is too hard to remove and reinsert. An underhood light illuminating the dip stick would help a lot, and might actually be cool.

8. Unable to delete prior destinations from NAV history. ("I don't know why the stupid NAV has an address in Milwaukee in its history, honey, really!")

9. Spare tire kit obscures trunk light. I'm stretching here. I don't even have a spare tire kit, but want to get to 10.

10. Everyone always stopping me and going on and on and on about my cool car... give me a break, people! I want to go drive!

Zoom Zoom.

Kaliken

umm.. I only have one so far.

I have to get out of the car when I go to work! =)

-=Zeqs=-

Major gripe? Back seats...because with them, my girlfriend and I have to give her mother rides now and then. Her voice is that of a cat clawing on a chalkboard. The pitch of it gets higher and higher the more she talks, like that of the rotary engine, only thing is, the Renesis is fun to listen to and there is a damn good purpose behind it.

Quino

This is getting as good as the original "little things" post...

meeh

The rx-8 is a bit louder when the sunroof is open than the other cars I've driven. For example, with a bmw it seems to have a little thing that pops up, which you can't even notice to dampen the noise a bit.

One thing I keep forgetting to try... can we close our windows/sunroof with the remote or buy using the key on the door handle? Sometimes I forget to close the sunroof and I close the door and walk out. I'm still trying to get used to the car, like I would press the up button on the widow and also the sunroof but i forget it's not one touch... then i walk out and i realize ... dang, it didn't close heh.

desmo996

1. Keeping the car clean.
2. Windows should have automatic down as well as automatic up. Automatic close would have been nice on the sunroof.
3. Bose Stereo should be able to play mp3.

hmmmm......That's about it.

Quino

[QUOTE]Originally posted by meeh
[B]The rx-8 is a bit louder when the sunroof is open than the other cars I've driven.

Yeap - I agree - all my cars have had sunroofs and this is definetely the loudest - but not as annoyingas my girlfriend's Turbo Beetle - which has a low frequency vortex shedding (yes - I am an engineer) noise that sounds whoop-whoop-whoop... as you drive above 50...

And I agree with the auto up on the windows...

DeNile'

I H8 the fact that I have to walk by my 8 in the driveway and get in a 91 dented up Proteje to drive to work because the parking at my job sucks!! Potholes, huge dips, gravel lot, no marked spaces, yeah its hell. 4 years of engineering school for this!! No Respect!!!!

renotse

My biggest complaint about The little (dissapointing) things is all the TROLLS on this board stirring the pot and making the RX8 look bad.

Quino

Dude - don't be so defensive - no one here has said anything (that) bad about the RX-8. As far as I can tell we all love this car. But it is not absolutely perfect - and what bothers one person (head room for example) - does not bother someone else...

It's just a dose of reality - no one is bashing...

rx-8_or_?

I'm planning to buy a new car in the next few months and have been checking out boards that talk about the alternatives I'm looking at. (G35, TSX, TL if you're wondering.) A thread like the first Little Things thread made me fall further in love with the RX-8, but this thread was even better because I now know that there's no show-stopper of a problem that will prevent me from buying an RX-8. Now to go and test drive the candidates ... Which brings me to these questions:

1. Anyone from San Diego have suggestions on good dealers?
2. Does the RX-8 have automatic climate control (auto temp)? Some photos show it does, some show it doesn't, and the specs sheet doesn't talk of it.

Genom

SO far all the posts here are owners who love their cars. It's the simple truth. Now the trolls in general on the forums are a problem, but then again, wea rent talking about the disapointing things with the forums :D

Superfan

It does..

Fuzzbear

I believe the Euro/JDM RX-8's come with the Automatic climate control.. it didnt make it over here to the US.

MSMAMBA

That makes me wonder if Mazda is saving that feature for the MY05 car. Anyhow, I have my 8 and I love it.

One little thing that I hate about the car is that I always have a hard time trying to drag my 17-mo old out of the car once she is inside it. She loves it!
:p

Omicron

The '8 does have a little thing that pops up. Reach up when your sunroof is open and you can feel it at the leading edge of the sunroof. If you compress it down, you'll really see how much of a difference it makes (a lot!)