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Who has the highest mileage RX8?

Old Feb 13, 2004 | 11:40 AM
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Old Feb 13, 2004 | 04:30 PM
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I got 12,000 Miles

I do hear a rapid ticking when i first start the car, it lasts for about 2-3 minutes then disappears......gonna have the dealer look at it for me.....if there is a problem, then ill refer to my WARRANTY
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Old Feb 13, 2004 | 05:09 PM
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DO NOT worry about the TICKING NOISE.. its the ABS doing a diagnostic test...
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Old Feb 13, 2004 | 05:15 PM
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One month, 1,400 miles and going. I drive her 50 miles a day, six days a week just to work. Its the best time I have ever had commuting! No problems, except now that its 86 deg, I notice the AC thing. No worries. Go fast and open the sunroof!!
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Old Feb 13, 2004 | 08:39 PM
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11600 for me, since 9/16/. Last weekend I bought a second car to keep the miles on the 8 a little lower from now on.
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 03:52 AM
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3060 mi, picked mine up on July 22, no problems so far.

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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 07:16 AM
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Last weekend I bought a second car to keep the miles on the 8 a little lower from now on
I thought about doing that, but have too much fun driving the RX-8
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 07:30 AM
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12000 and running great. No issues.
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 03:15 PM
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Thanks rx-7~rx-8

That makes me feel better
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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 01:11 PM
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14,873 since 10/4/03. No problems except tires need replacing already. Definately won't get another set of RE040's!
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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 01:17 PM
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Smoknjimm - What tires are you planning on? Same size or going up to 245/40/18s for example. - John
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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 11:39 PM
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16,680 - as of tonigt in the driveway (bought 7/17/03). No problems at all; installed the stage 1 about a month ago and I'm loving my car every day.
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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 12:49 AM
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12,235 and purchased 7-19-03.... Three oil changes and no major problems!
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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 01:23 AM
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Oil change will be every 3 months (no biggie)
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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 01:24 AM
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Looks like some of you bought it as a fun sunday car, to put no more then 4-5k a year on. Heck, that's no fun. For me it's my daily driver, so let the mile loading begin. I've had mine 10 days now and I am at 600 miles already
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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 03:14 AM
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Smoknjimm, you may want to try the new Michelin Pilot Sport PS2. Many have given it excellent reviews. It supposed to be better than the SO3 which is tire to beat. It is not offered in 225/45/18 size, but 235/40/18 is available and should fit the RX-8.

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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 07:44 PM
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I'm probably going to get a set of Bridgestone Potenza RE750's. I had the 730 Gen 2's on the Grand prix GTP i traded in on this car and the worked very well in both wet and dry. The 750's are supposed to be better from the reviews i've read on Tire Rack's site.they have a wear rating of 300 compared to the 140 of the RE070's. I'm not looking to pay $200 for 15000 mile tires! I'll be moving up to 245X40's. I've read here on the forum that they are the same diameter and won't affect the speedo(which as near as iI can tell is 2-4 MPH high in it's reading).

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Old Feb 17, 2004 | 08:16 AM
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15,305 this morning. Tires are still in pretty good condition?? Check engine light will come on when I switch grade of gas? like from 93 to 91(91 is the highest here in ND), it will turn off after a hours. Few rattles on driver side door, gas mileage improved to around 22 mpg on highway, around 18 city. Getting ready for the 20k mark so I can start doing some ****.
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Old Feb 17, 2004 | 10:14 AM
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1700 miles and 17 days an owner. Having fun with every moment.

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Old Feb 17, 2004 | 06:34 PM
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18,300 miles since 8-6-03 and I parked it for a few weeks while the weather sucked *** !!! Otherwise I would be well over 20k miles by now.

No problems except two check engine lights which were false alarms. Also, no flooding until last week when my dad tried to start it after it sat for a month.

so far...... I WIN !!!! HAHA

PS - I love the car !!!
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Old Feb 17, 2004 | 07:54 PM
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9,200 since 9/1/04 no problems.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 09:46 AM
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just over 100, and i picked it up on February 6
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 03:28 PM
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This is funny...a year from now a thread will be posted 'Who has the lowest milage 2004?'

Bragging about high milage...new car, guess that is to be expected (unless you are trying to sell it).
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 05:00 PM
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Originally posted by Katchoo
This is funny...a year from now a thread will be posted 'Who has the lowest milage 2004?'

Bragging about high milage...new car, guess that is to be expected (unless you are trying to sell it).

I'm not sure that bragging is the right word. It pains me to think about 18,500 miles in 6 months. However, advertising high mileage with no problems is good. It offsets the ******** who get on here and do nothing but complain about problems with the cars.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 06:09 PM
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Yeah...bragging wasn't the right word I guess.

But I still maintain soon you will see folks talking about how low-milage thier 2004s are.

But there will always be that group that talks about 5 gazillion miles on thier car and have had no significant problems with thier rides. (and that is cool)

"I've got 238,000 miles on my car and have only had to change the windshield wiper blades once."
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