Leno drives the Kabura and gushed over his RX-8

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Apr 15, 2008 | 01:40 PM

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delhi

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Dude, he has a small team of car mechanics caring for his fleet of exotica. I am not surprised a rotorhead is probably working for him too.

Apr 16, 2008 | 01:57 AM

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No rotorheads at Big Dog Garage. Jay called Dave Lemon at Mazdatrix to put the 12A in the Cosmo. Doubling the horsepower and giving the 9500 rpm redline.

Apr 16, 2008 | 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by New Yorker

"The rotary motor... doesn’t have as good fuel consumption as the conventional internal combustion engine, but the reliability seems to be there. People say they burn oil but mine doesn’t. Putting half a pint of oil in every 1,000 miles doesn’t seem excessive to me. If you’re an enthusiast and you like your car, that doesn’t seem crazy."

"The reliability seems to be there"? Guess he hasn't heard about all those ENGINE FAILURES!!! Stupid, uninformed Jay. But then, what does he know about cars. He's just like those stupid writers at Road & Track, Car and Driver, edmunds.com and Consumer Reports who report reliability is fine. Stupid, ignorant journalists!

And funny, but while he said "the reliability seems to be there," for some reason he didn't mention having to add premix. You'd think someone like Jay would at least mention that when he's talking about the rotary engine's reliability, but for some reason... he didn't. Weird.