Tian

i thought it was only my 8 does that....now it seems to be normal...no more worries

Atacdad

mine takes "longer" to catch that any other new car I've had. A friend of mine has an S2000 and he just goes nuts everytime I start my car...loves the winding up sound like a jet engine. His, on the other hand, starts practically instantaneously.

Has been take a hair bit longer now that its starting to be cold at night (car sits out).

AT

Zaku-8

ive noticed longer crank times too, vs other new piston cars ive recently driven. I'll try that key-to-ON-position thing though

RX8SpdDmn

In the "M" Flash, I believe that they have the engine spin three rotations before providing fuel, in an attempt to prevent flooding.

syntek rx-8

I asked my dealer about that same thing and according to them the rotor chamber is preoiled those first few cranks before it actually injects fuel and fires. From what I've read about the car in the tech reviews I think this is right.

Genesis

Yeah...you're quite right...my bad...I hadn't really listened when starting up :o , but it's a couple of cranks before firing...thanks for pointing it out.