BillK

If that's doable, it's always the best choice, but I can name a number of locations that, unfortunately, are valet park only.

I have yet to read of a flooded engine resulting from a cold stall as well, but we haven't been told whether it cannot happen, and I don't really want to be the first one to report it, especially if I'm leaving work at 3:00 AM and my foot slips off the clutch when it's 8°F outside...

stickman

There is nothing wrong with yellow that a good coat of gray wouldn't fix.

91vert

Not many "WEAK LINKS" IMO, but......

The only thing I really hate about the car is the HVAC system. It is BY FAR more insufficent than any car I have ever owned. If I would have been able to test drive the car for a couple of weeks instead of a few minutes, I would have decided against buying it because of it. I am constantly aggrevated by how hot I am or how cold I am.....and how there seems to be no output at all from the blower unless you have the bitch cranked up to 3 or above. Then you have to have the stereo cranked to drown out the blower noise. The other thing that burns my *** about it is the inability for me to control whether the A/C compressor runs or not.

Oh.....I hate that damn auto-dimming rear view mirror too. If I choose to shut it off......don't automatically turn back on the next time I start the car.

hotpot

You should have your Aircon checked. I am lucky to have climate control which I set at 25 degrees Celcius (77F) and the car cools down pretty fast. The outside temp averages 30C (86F). I find it more than adequate although it's true that it is not the most powerful aircon around.

RX_999

The rims you need at least 22's

RX-GR8

good points.

sferrett

I thought I saw someone post about their Mom moving their car and stalling it (I presumed manual trans, but could be wrong) and it subsequently not starting because it was flooded?

Anyhow...

I did a little experiment of my own the other week: I spent the week stalling the car and doing cold shutdowns on purpose to see if I got flooded or not (6MT). I did not manage to flood the car. (Start car, wait anywhere from 10 seconds to 30 seconds and either turn off the key or pop the clutch and stall the engine out - wait from 1 to 30 seconds and attempt restart. Temps were from 40 to 65F)

That said, I'm sure it's possible (and probably more likely to happen when you stall) but I can state that stalling a cold engine does not guarantee you're going to end up unable to restart due to flooding. In every case I restarted no problem.

My purpose was not to deny there's an issue with flooding - the short-trip procedure should definately be followed, I wanted to get an idea how likely you are to end up flooded if you stall/stop cold. My results (which are so unscientific it's not even funny) indicated to me that I should not be paranoid about stalling the car when it's cold.

Simon.

Rotary Titus

actually I specifically got the tit grey for it's blend in colour
there was a red, blue and yellow GT I could've chose from...
but like others guess I just don't like the attention that much, and who's going to care other than cops if you're having fun in the twisties what kinda colour car you have?
plus, it's my first manual car, no point in attracting attention to my stoplight stalls :p
but back on topic, weakest link compared to the S2000 to me would be, it still has a roof =p
and yes, only get the auto if you want conveinence

Rotary Titus

The first time I drove my MT rx8, or any MT car for that matter, home, I stalled it probably 20 times and the first time was about 5 minutes out of the dealer and probably before the temp needle warmed up to normal. Never had ANY kinda of flooding problem and I don't rev it before I shut it off or anything so... it's really.... weird

Rotary Titus

hmm... like what do you mean? like you have problem with people who are asking for genuine advice on how to drive their first manual car? or people who complain they have no power cause they're clueless and never rev their engine past 3k?

bobclevenger

I'll have to agree with Good Queen Maeve here. The 8's HID headlights are just about spot on (at least mine are). Great visibility without blinding other drivers (like BMWs, Porsches, and SUVs do).

Rotary Titus

oh and the new S2000 has like a 800rpm lower redline than before so it's like 8200rpm redline now.... sacrafice for torque so says Honda....
so if you want high rev turbine like sound, rx8's the way to go.
also a friend of mine who sat in a S2000 before said that the S2000 at redline still sounds like it's going to explode, while the rx8 sounds more restrained and like it could rev another 4k before it sounds like the S2000 at redline

bobclevenger

And people wonder what causes "road rage."
BTW, studies have shown that "impaired" drivers tend to steer directly at bright lights. No kidding.

Lock & Load

If you want symphaty go to the dictionary and look between **** and suicide.

If you cannot drive a manual properly the RX8 is not the car to learn on .

If you have the time to check the revs you are at ,you are driving to slowly.

Cheers
michael

93rdcurrent

Uh... sympathy would be on the other side of suicide and nowhere near ****. Just an observation.

bobclevenger

"Yellow rocks"?? Oh -- you are on the gold coast. That must be what those yellow rocks are.

Keep injecting a bit of humour in here, mate!

Lock & Load

Good to see you are on the ball .

The saying is not ment to be interpreted literally.

cheers
michael

Rotary Titus

ah... right.... so who's this person you're talking about that's asking for sympathy? :p
maybe we should go and put them out of their misery?
well, I happen to have just learned to drive manual on the rx8 without killing myself or others in 2 weeks (though not from scratch cause I'm used to gear shifting on a sportsbike)
oh yes.... but you forget, I got the boring tit grey so I can GET NOTICED, so I count my revs to go slower while I pose

bobclevenger

There is nothing that cannot happen.

93rdcurrent

L&L,

That's alright my wife wouldn't answer me and made me get the dictionary out to check for myself . What can I say we Americans take things too seriously.

Rx8Past

LOL!!

BillK

Fine - I want to be reassured that it's no more likely to happen than would be the case with a conventional engine.

BillK

I can't help it if someone wants to stare at my headlights. The majority of drivers have no problems with them.

IMHO the RX-8's HIDs' sharp cutoff makes them just about useless for driving on anything but ruler flat roads. Drive in the hills with them and you'll need your high beams on a good percentage of the time (often when you would not have needed them had you had conventional Halogen headlights.) The same is readily admitted to be true by drivers of S2000s.

If all you do is drive in cities, you may not notice the difference; drive in say the foothills if Colorado and the difference is immediately apparent...

sferrett

re: possibility of flooding if shut down or stalled when cold

The fact of the matter is - it is more likely that you will flood a rotary engine if shut down or stalled cold than with a conventional engine. This is why they went to the trouble of giving a short-trip procedure to follow in the case of a cold engine.

It's definately not guaranteed that you will flood an engine in that case (as some have been very concerned about) and by my own experimentation I did not manage to get mine to flood in a week of cold stops and stalls, but it is more likely than with a piston engine and I'm confident that if I had of kept doing it, eventually I would have ended up with a flooded engine. My experiment did convince me though that it's not something that I need to be overly concerned or preoccupied with.

Simon.

bobclevenger

re. flooding --
Yep, that would be nice. Time will tell.