Haze

I was walking out of the local diner tonight, and this guy is just getting out of an R3. I ask him when he got it, and he says October, which is what 2 months ago. I ask him how he likes it, and he says "well it sucks oil and sucks gas." Well no s**t Sherlock, at this point anyone who buys the car knows that it uses oil by design. How can that be a surprise? The gas thing I can understand a little more because he said that he was getting 15-16 MPG, but if you are buying a sports car of any kind then gas mileage can't be a huge priority. The thing that really got me was the cliche way that he said it. It just came rolling off his tongue. He must have been hearing it elsewhere and just repeating what he was hearing.

Why would ANYONE buy a car just to say bad things about it? I've had mine for 6 years and 90K miles. I love the car. I thought that he would talk about the cool Recaro seats or skateboard handling. I just don't get it.

9krpmrx8

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People are retarded impulse buyers. Many people buy cars without having a clue. My GF takes better care of her Corolla than some guys I know take care of their cars. I won't name any names but a certain local R3 owner (and second RX8) once asked where the throttle cable was when looking under the hood of my 8 . But we are teaching him,

kersh4w

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i saw one rx8 owner rev the crap out of his engine when it was completely cold.

he must not like his car much.

Haze

Throttle cable. Really.

It was the way that he was quoting what he had heard. It wasn't even his own opinion. If you believed bad stuff then why buy the car? It's like self loathing.

JinDesu

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Maybe he was at 99k and hoping to get a replacement engine

CarAndDriver

Guess that R3 will be on the used market soon.

alz0rz

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I get 13mpg. I don't complain.

124Spider

I know it's fun to feel all sorts of superior and all as you trash someone who can't defend himself, and I know that this forum has been overrun with fanbois, but sometimes it's worth keeping in mind that lots of folks here claim to get much better gas mileage than that guy was getting; it's very possible that he actually believed Mazda's claims for fuel mileage and power.

He didn't "buy a car just to say bad things about it." He bought a car, expecting something other than what he got. So he's saying bad things about it because now he's unhappy and stuck (ever look at the resale value of these cars?).

We had our RX-8 for five years, and always got around 14mpg on commuting driving. That's pretty gruesome mileage; no other sports car costing less that twice as much gets anything like that kind of horrible gas mileage, and many get excellent gas mileage. If that guy has a long commute, that could run into serious money, vs. the claimed mileage (or the mileage any other comparable car gets).

The RX-8 is a fine car, but its gas mileage is nothing short of atrocious. Pretending otherwise is simply silly.

RyansRx8

I think he's a total queer

CarAndDriver

^ Uncalled for IMO.

RyansRx8

How? Sry If I personally affended you, I was more on the joking side

AJ's Shinka

I down play my happiness with it because I don't want them to buy one. muahaha!
Deep down I love my car! Hahaha!

ultrataco

skateboards have terrible handling. But yes, the seats are awesome.

kersh4w

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one month, my gas bill was $450.

im not joking. -_-

5 days a week, 60 mile commute. after that, classes were grouped into 2 or 3 days a week.

ultrataco

ouch.

Yet another reason I'm glad I get to work from home.

exsequor

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ya the fuel issue is the only reason that makes me wanna look elsewhere for sports cars, but honestly when i had my auto 8 i always got 20+mpg on the high way. So i dunno is it luck or do some of these people with horrific mpg have something else going on?

kvndoom

Truly, some people just see the 8 and say, "wow, that's a really hot looking car, and it's selling cheap!" and do no further research. Yes, it's his fault that he wound up with a car that makes him unhappy, and 15 minutes worth of google would have let him know what he was in for...

rodjonathan

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some people never even look under the hood of their cars and only talk about what theyve heard the dont really KNOW anything about it its as simple as that

Charles R. Hill

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Haze, did you mention to that guy the RX8Club website and how, by joining, he may learn about some of the nuances that many of us who have been around a long time have come to enjoy about the RX-8, despite it's shortcomings?

maxxdamigz

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I tell people all sorts of stuff about my car. I love my car - as much now as when I bought it but I don't like playing 20 questions with people I don't know. Maybe it was:

"Hey, how do you like it?"
"It sucks gas and oil" leave me alone creepo, I don't care about your nascar edition monte carlo ss and your 3 year old boy with a mullet, I'm about to go driving and I can't be delayed

Yes, that is how I think it was.

Shijin-Kun

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^ funny

Pico

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ignorance is bliss......

until you need a new engine because of carbon lock--- which I think this R3 owner might face for the simple reason to get better mpg's

RIWWP

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Ignorance is ...

cornholio135

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Yeah he is coming along...He needs to come to some more install meets...

Speaking of when are having another one??? I know you have lots of goodies to put on...

Huey52

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OP; sometimes "it sucks oil and gas" is a self-effacing comeback comment so as not to appear overly pretentious to lowly non- RX-8 owners (I trust at the time he didn't know you also drive one).