Car and Driver Long Term Test
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Haha I just read their updated 40,000 mile long term report they just released this month (September). They changed it around a little and made it sound a little more amusing but nevertheless insulting.
Still, I find it hard not to agree with a lot of the comments they have here:
The perforated sun visors," he wrote in a moment of aggravated eloquence, "are as clever as a perforated boat."
Items left in the RX-8 throughout the day could deform into Dali-esque shapes
At 12,237 miles, Mazda repossessed the car and dropped it off at the local dealer with instructions to install an "A/C amplifier." Reserved for "people who complain," reports Bedard, the amplifier is a black-box change that bumps up the duty cycle of the compressor and condenser fan. The fix transformed the A/C's performance, although it meant that the cooling fans often whooshed long after the car was parked, blowing gusts of hot air at innocent bystanders and weakening the battery. <---Pretty funny
None of the RX-8's times touched those of our old 255-hp, 2884-pound twin-turbo RX-7, which put out 5.2-second rushes to 60 mph and 0.93-g skidpad runs. But neither do the RX-8's frustration levels touch the RX-7's.
We hauled boxes, luggage, and people in the back seats, but the prominent center console soon showed scars of abuse.
This one really cracked me up: And although our RX-8 may be loved by the oil companies, it didn't make as many pals in the service department as its predecessor.
By the way...can someone explain why they said their 0-60 and 1/4 mile at went from 6.6 and 15.1 when the car was brand new, to 5.9 and 14.6 when the car had 40,000 miles? I think what it is...is that it took them 40,000 miles of driving to finally figure out how to launch the car.
Still, I find it hard not to agree with a lot of the comments they have here:
The perforated sun visors," he wrote in a moment of aggravated eloquence, "are as clever as a perforated boat."
Items left in the RX-8 throughout the day could deform into Dali-esque shapes
At 12,237 miles, Mazda repossessed the car and dropped it off at the local dealer with instructions to install an "A/C amplifier." Reserved for "people who complain," reports Bedard, the amplifier is a black-box change that bumps up the duty cycle of the compressor and condenser fan. The fix transformed the A/C's performance, although it meant that the cooling fans often whooshed long after the car was parked, blowing gusts of hot air at innocent bystanders and weakening the battery. <---Pretty funny
None of the RX-8's times touched those of our old 255-hp, 2884-pound twin-turbo RX-7, which put out 5.2-second rushes to 60 mph and 0.93-g skidpad runs. But neither do the RX-8's frustration levels touch the RX-7's.
We hauled boxes, luggage, and people in the back seats, but the prominent center console soon showed scars of abuse.
This one really cracked me up: And although our RX-8 may be loved by the oil companies, it didn't make as many pals in the service department as its predecessor.
By the way...can someone explain why they said their 0-60 and 1/4 mile at went from 6.6 and 15.1 when the car was brand new, to 5.9 and 14.6 when the car had 40,000 miles? I think what it is...is that it took them 40,000 miles of driving to finally figure out how to launch the car.
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Originally Posted by JeRKy 8 Owner
By the way...can someone explain why they said their 0-60 and 1/4 mile at went from 6.6 and 15.1 when the car was brand new, to 5.9 and 14.6 when the car had 40,000 miles? I think what it is...is that it took them 40,000 miles of driving to finally figure out how to launch the car.
Well, there could be some reasons for this:
1. 40k miles ago they had an earlier flash, now they most likely have the latest.
2. The engine is broken in
3. And yes they most likely (hopefully) learned how to launch the car.
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