RX-8: 4cyl Rotary?
 

I knew it all along - the RX-8 is a 4 cyl Rotary. Or so says an ad from a local dealer in my local Ocean County, NJ newspaper. :D

"Oh Ya" ?!?
My story is better!!!
My Insurance (American Family)
list it as a TWO CYLINDER!
Figure that one out :)

My insurance company says mine is a 4 door sedan. I pay the same insurance for my Grand Am.

Well, it DOES have 4 spark plugs, so it MUST be a 4 cyl, right?

My insurance is the same as my Maxima.

lol

that was one of my reasons for choosing the rx 8..

being an 18 year old with 2 speeding tickets, driving a 4 door gives quite the discount on insurance :)

Thats great. Gotta love those car dealers...do any of them know anything about cars?

I mean, REALLY! 4-Cylinder Rotary! Those people deserve to be slapped!

Well, that is more correct. It is a two rotor engine.

I have something that will beat that!

my rx8 insurance is less then what i paid for my 1989 ford tempo. . . my last car b4 the 8 :) heheh


MrJynx

I'm pretty sure my ins thinks that there is no engine. Everytime I call up they ask for the missing peice of info...: what engine type it is. I tell them, they scratch their heads and I just roll my eyes as I launch into yet another explaination of what a rotary is... :D

Not so lucky
 

Yeah mine too, its listed as a 1300cc 4 door family sedan.

In my country where import taxes for sports car will double the price of the car
Im getting low tax, low insurance... same with say a mini Hyundai.

But hey Im not complaining or breaking the law....

It is! a 1300cc 4 door "family sedan"...

;)

Yeah. I love the insurance on this car. I do believe though that this is temporary, and premiums will go up, but still be very good. I plan on trading my RX8 in for a MS RX8, depending on how much more powerful it is, and i have a feeling my insurance is gonna go up. We'll see!!

I got a letter in the mail last month stating that my insurance (State Farm) was changing the classification of my car. They apparently realized it wasn't just another 1.3L 4 door sedan, which is what it was classified as before. My rate went up close to $30/month.

NO NO NO NO, I have State Farm also...NO NO NO...say it aint so....

i pay less for my rx8 then my 97 civic ex coupe!!!!!

Ok, I admit I'm new to rotaries, so please don't flame me for asking a stupid question. I saw someone above state this is a 4 spark plug car. I can only see two listed in the manual, a hot and a cold plug. Is it 2 or 4 plugs? Aside from looking, which I haven't obviously, please advise.
Thanks,
Scott

2 plugs per rotar, 2 rotars 4 plugs

:D

Me too...I think I might have to fight that one. My rep is great though. She is even giving me my parents 30 year membership discount (I am only 28?) so I am saving a little more there.

going with your parents agent seems to be a winning combination for state farm, on the website i got quoted $2400 or so a year for what i wanted in coverage, i then talked to my dad's agent and he got me just over $1300 a year, which rocks.

Well by all rights, I shouldn't even have State Farm because of my driving record (3 tickets in the past 4 years) but my agent worked it out so that we could put my wifes name (then fiance) on the policy and just add me as a second driver. This allowed me to be insured by them but kinda fly under their super strict radar, since by myself they wouldn't even consider me.

wut da i thought i had a v6 this whole time, good to kno i have a 4cylnder now

My insurance premium is the same on my 8 as it is on my Intrepid!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAH! Still no letter yet from state farm telling me of a premium hike and I was there taking a life insurance policy out on me yesterday. Figure this out...I get a $50k life insurance policy and it gives all the cars in my family that are insured with them (5) a multi-line discount. The total discount comes out to considerably more than what I pay for the life insurance. It's like getting a free life insurance policy in a kinda sorta way:-)

My insurance policy lists the RX8 as a "CPE" for coupe, but with 2 cylinders, 1.3L displacement, and 4 doors. The insurance on my RX8 is about 10-15% less than what it was on my 1993 Ford Probe GT -- and the insurance on the PGT was not a whole lot, actually.

Beyond the four door thing, the RX8 received 4- and 5-star safety and crash ratings from NHTSA for offset frontal, frontal, rear, and, most notably, side impacts. Furthermore, the RX8 was rated among other four door vehicles, like the camry, accord, taurus, and Mazda 6. It was judged and rated within a class of automobiles that generally outperforms "sports cars," "sporty cars," and "coupes" by a very wide margin.

I doubt my insurance rates are going to go up any time soon due to the insurance company "discovering" that the RX8 is a "sports car." It's safety standards performance so far is obviously beyond reproach, even as a "family sedan," which it certainly is not.

Bottom line: we're driving a superbly performing car -- with respect to not only driving dynamics, but also overall safety.

Ciao!

My insurance is Progressive.. just got it myself, since my previous car was actually on my parents policy due to my buying it over 13 years ago..

Now that I'm in my own home, 33 and bought it myself, It was time to get my new policy..

I was quite suprised that my policy was only $636 for 6 months (1272 for year if premiums stay the same).

I was actually paying only $15 less a month for my 93 Eagle Talon with all my parents discounts.. I expected a much larger hike due to it being a new car and a sports car (The talon had only 98 hp so it wasn't considered a sportscar by the old insurance company).

Rate I got seemed quite nice... progressive breaks it down point-by-point if anyone's interested.. you can go to thier site and play 'what-if' before you buy.

Mined ended up being:

• BODILY INJURY & PROPERTY DAMAGE LIABILITY $140.00 (BI $100,000 EACH PERSON - $300,000 EACH ACCIDENT )
• PROPERTY DAMAGE LIABILITY - $50,000 EACH ACCIDENT $149.00
• COMPREHENSIVE ACV LESS $100 DEDUCTIBLE $88.00
• COLLISION ACV LESS $500 DEDUCTIBLE $148.00
• RENTAL REIMBURSEMENT $30/DAY FOR MAX OF 30 DAYS $9.00
• UNINSURED/UNDERINSURED MOTORIST NON-STACKABLE $41.00 ($100,000 EACH PERSON - $300,000 EACH ACCIDENT )
• EXTENDED PERSONAL INJURY PROTECTION $61.00 ($10,000 LIMIT NO DEDUCTIBLE NAMED INSURED ONLY )
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Grand total $636, with full payment discount, Homeowner discount, Air Bags, Anti-Theft, Anti-lock brakes discount.

Even the Gecko couldn't beat that :cool: