Series II RX-8's, post up your mileage
11-11-2010, 11:39 PM
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My first one went after less than a year (I was commuting far back then) at 22,000 miles. Second engine lasted 74,000 miles. Third one is at 20k but it has been catless, BHR kitted, premixed, and Sohned (sic) since day one.
11-12-2010, 09:56 AM
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I figure any S2 that fails under 100k would be considered a failure for the updates on the S2 and if they get a consist mileage greater then 150k the updates could be consider a success.
11-25-2010, 05:41 PM
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[/quote]Could you give more detailed description? Where is its documentation?
[quote=iwc3707;3233042]550 miles. Bought it August 29th.Gas mileage-don't care.No problems-starts up within a second of cranking it.Love it!A little top up of oil and binned the engine cover.
11-25-2010, 08:46 PM
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I'm approaching 4k miles on mine pretty soon. (whoops, the thread title asked for '09 series II, but I still assume it's ok for me to post my info since I'm still a series II)
I've done one oil change @ 3k miles (dealer / 5w20), and I plan on keeping that up every 3k miles as well. I've been topping off every 2-3 fuel ups.
I've done one oil change @ 3k miles (dealer / 5w20), and I plan on keeping that up every 3k miles as well. I've been topping off every 2-3 fuel ups.
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11-25-2010, 09:22 PM
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Purchased mine with 320kms 2010 white r3 has now around 1100kms now garage kept living in Canada and it snow season so dont want to ruin the paint with all the salt...no problems and no oil change as of yet...will change the oil once I hit 5000kms
11-29-2010, 02:50 AM
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I've gone through this entire thread and i live in San antonio where the weather's generally hot. I'm about to buy an rx-8, but i have no clue on how to assess how often i need to top off my oil. Everyone in here seems to have a different preference and that's understandable due to different locations/climate/environment, but can someone give me a good rule of thumb in a numerical value? (i understand every 2-3 fill ups), and how do you check the oil level. Is that done inside of a car's tachometer or with the dipstick? Is it best to top off on a cold engine or warm engine?
11-29-2010, 05:51 AM
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I've gone through this entire thread and i live in San antonio where the weather's generally hot. I'm about to buy an rx-8, but i have no clue on how to assess how often i need to top off my oil. Everyone in here seems to have a different preference and that's understandable due to different locations/climate/environment, but can someone give me a good rule of thumb in a numerical value? (i understand every 2-3 fill ups), and how do you check the oil level. Is that done inside of a car's tachometer or with the dipstick? Is it best to top off on a cold engine or warm engine?
How do you check the oil? Um, I don't want to be a jerk here, but I'm not so sure you need and RX-8 at this point. It's a car that takes a little more "work" then most modern cars. And if you don't know how to check oil then I'm not so sure it's the car for you.
If you want to know how you use the dipstick under the hood. On the 09's up you don't even need to remove the engine cover to do this.
12-13-2010, 10:33 AM
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I've gone through this entire thread and i live in San antonio where the weather's generally hot. I'm about to buy an rx-8, but i have no clue on how to assess how often i need to top off my oil. Everyone in here seems to have a different preference and that's understandable due to different locations/climate/environment, but can someone give me a good rule of thumb in a numerical value? (i understand every 2-3 fill ups), and how do you check the oil level. Is that done inside of a car's tachometer or with the dipstick? Is it best to top off on a cold engine or warm engine?
Or just PM me.
12-18-2010, 12:06 PM
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35,000 Miles!
I bought my 09 R3 in Feb of 2009 and this week I clicked over 35,000 miles.
No problems other than the weird MIAC bussing rattling thing at high rpms, which was fixed under warranty.
I bought my 09 R3 in Feb of 2009 and this week I clicked over 35,000 miles.
No problems other than the weird MIAC bussing rattling thing at high rpms, which was fixed under warranty.
12-18-2010, 02:01 PM
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Had my R3 for about 3 days now. (bought at 22 miles).it's nearing 400 miles. I believe i'll top off tomorrow
12-19-2010, 11:45 PM
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Lucky.. I've been arguing with them over that thing for months now. They keep saying I'm not supposed to take the engine anywhere near those RPMs and thus they won't cover it.
12-20-2010, 09:46 AM
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just hit 40,000. the dealer in Oklahoma City gave me the same BS that i wasn't to go that high with the RPM, that was over the transmission grinding on my 05. funny that all that went away when i was ready to by my 09.
12-20-2010, 02:37 PM
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Well, the big problem I keep running into is they keep calling the regional mazda rep whenever I bring mine in, and that guy is the biggest douchebag ever and is always a complete dick to me, always insinuating I can't drive properly, I treat the car badly, etc etc.
12-20-2010, 02:53 PM
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Well, the big problem I keep running into is they keep calling the regional mazda rep whenever I bring mine in, and that guy is the biggest douchebag ever and is always a complete dick to me, always insinuating I can't drive properly, I treat the car badly, etc etc.
