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« Reply #60 on: September 08, 2008, 01:10:38 pm » |
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They actually made a bus with a rotary engine too. Of course Lada copied the Mazda rotary design and had a couple four rotor tanks kicking around for a while.
Yes the Rx-8 has a realistic displacement of 2.6L - it all depends on how you measure it.
I will have a Rx-8 but likely when they get way down in price - not beater stage but close. Lovely cars and the supposed lack of power doesn't bother me - its still swift.
They're not too far off now. I saw one for $15,995. I think it had 40,000km on it.
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« Reply #61 on: September 08, 2008, 01:34:15 pm » |
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They actually made a bus with a rotary engine too. Of course Lada copied the Mazda rotary design and had a couple four rotor tanks kicking around for a while.
Yes the Rx-8 has a realistic displacement of 2.6L - it all depends on how you measure it.
I will have a Rx-8 but likely when they get way down in price - not beater stage but close. Lovely cars and the supposed lack of power doesn't bother me - its still swift.
They're not too far off now. I saw one for $15,995. I think it had 40,000km on it. I'm a cheap bastard - $5k is about where I'd be in at so I have a number of years to wait yet. That said that is a heck of a price. Still seem to be thousands more than that in Alberta. |
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« Reply #62 on: September 08, 2008, 05:13:26 pm » |
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Lovely cars and the supposed lack of power doesn't bother me - its still swift.
Supposed it right AD...Wing gave the RX-8 the same acceleration ranking (5 steering wheels) as the GT-R!  |
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« Reply #63 on: September 08, 2008, 05:37:39 pm » |
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Whoops, I thought I changed that to 3.5.... |
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« Reply #64 on: September 08, 2008, 06:35:43 pm » |
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They actually made a bus with a rotary engine too. Of course Lada copied the Mazda rotary design and had a couple four rotor tanks kicking around for a while.
Yes the Rx-8 has a realistic displacement of 2.6L - it all depends on how you measure it.
I will have a Rx-8 but likely when they get way down in price - not beater stage but close. Lovely cars and the supposed lack of power doesn't bother me - its still swift.
They're not too far off now. I saw one for $15,995. I think it had 40,000km on it. source? the cheapest i've seen on craigslist are 04s at around $20,000. Not sure about mileage. US cars don't count. |
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« Reply #65 on: September 09, 2008, 10:26:54 am » |
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A quick search on Autotrader in the Toronto area shows 6 under $15K from 2004 most with about 75K on the Odometer.
Even a couple 05's under in the $15K area.
How are the RX-8's in the snow?
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« Reply #66 on: September 09, 2008, 10:38:33 am » |
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They're not too far off now. I saw one for $15,995. I think it had 40,000km on it.
I'm a cheap bastard - $5k is about where I'd be in at so I have a number of years to wait yet. That said that is a heck of a price. Still seem to be thousands more than that in Alberta. Okay wow, you're really waiting for a long time. Even 1993 JDM RX-7s aren't that cheap. But maybe the RX-8 might depreciate a lot more than the RX-7. Yah while looking for my latest car I noticed the same thing about Alberta the cars are easly $6K to 7K more expensive out West compared to Ontario / Quebec. Why? Is it because you guys have so much money you don't know what to do with it? They're not too far off now. I saw one for $15,995. I think it had 40,000km on it.
source? the cheapest i've seen on craigslist are 04s at around $20,000. Not sure about mileage. US cars don't count. Here you go: http://www.usedottawa.com/classified-ad/6915035http://www.usedottawa.com/classified-ad/6871566http://www.usedottawa.com/classified-ad/5008420http://www.usedottawa.com/classified-ad/6730728Although I have to admit I was a bit off on the mileage. I don't know if these are U.S. cars or not. |
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« Reply #67 on: September 09, 2008, 12:57:20 pm » |
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How are the RX-8's in the snow?
Railton says they're OK with snows on them. I experimented with the DSC on and off during the last bit of rain...makes a huge difference! |
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« Reply #68 on: September 09, 2008, 01:53:53 pm » |
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squeeze the throttle DSC shouldn't interfere  |
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« Reply #69 on: September 09, 2008, 02:10:16 pm » |
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Stupid west coast premium pricing! Likely due to lesser competition. Although Vancouver has a lot of US import brokers. wow those are good price! But mileage is quite up there except for one.... around 60k km. then you'd have to wonder why. I am that paranoid. They are Cdn. You can tell by those headlight washers and fancy orange side markers. DSC on the RX-8 is great. It has a high threshold. Not like the strict nanny DSC found in Bimmers. They come on even when going up a driveway incline! |
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« Reply #70 on: September 09, 2008, 02:15:17 pm » |
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Yeah you can even dump the clutch get some wheelspin before it cuts in .... so I heard... |
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« Reply #71 on: September 09, 2008, 03:46:00 pm » |
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Stupid west coast premium pricing! Likely due to lesser competition. Although Vancouver has a lot of US import brokers. wow those are good price! But mileage is quite up there except for one.... around 60k km. then you'd have to wonder why. I am that paranoid. They are Cdn. You can tell by those headlight washers and fancy orange side markers. DSC on the RX-8 is great. It has a high threshold. Not like the strict nanny DSC found in Bimmers. They come on even when going up a driveway incline! It could because they're out of warranty people are just off-loading them? But honeslty for the price, $15,000 with 58,000km on it is a great price. And that's not even negotiated. I'm sure you can get $1K or $2K knocked off that price at this time of the season. And on top that these cars are in Ottawa which is a much smaller market compared to T.O. |
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« Reply #72 on: September 09, 2008, 06:59:41 pm » |
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Yeah you can even dump the clutch get some wheelspin before it cuts in .... so I heard...
I'll try it...after the break-in period of course... |
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« Reply #73 on: September 14, 2008, 02:24:59 pm » |
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The displacement of the engine in the RX8 is 1.3 liter.
Not 2.6 as some have stated.
Each rotor is 0.65 of a liter . |
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« Reply #74 on: September 15, 2008, 03:37:33 pm » |
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The displacement of the engine in the RX8 is 1.3 liter.
Not 2.6 as some have stated.
Each rotor is 0.65 of a liter .
It's 'different' and I think it was listed as a 2.6 because of that at the international engine of the year awards some time back... |
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« Reply #75 on: September 15, 2008, 04:52:19 pm » |
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The displacement of the engine in the RX8 is 1.3 liter.
Not 2.6 as some have stated.
Each rotor is 0.65 of a liter .
It is 1.3 liters but because it develops power differently from a regular internal combustion engines, it is normally classified as equivalent to a 2.6 liter engine in motorsport competition. |
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« Reply #76 on: September 15, 2008, 08:02:47 pm » |
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The displacement of the engine in the RX8 is 1.3 liter.
Not 2.6 as some have stated.
Each rotor is 0.65 of a liter .
It is 1.3 liters but because it develops power differently from a regular internal combustion engines, it is normally classified as equivalent to a 2.6 liter engine in motorsport competition. It is definitely 1.3, but insurance companies list it as 2.6 so they can gouge you for more! |
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« Reply #77 on: September 15, 2008, 08:05:10 pm » |
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It is definitely 1.3, but insurance companies list it as 2.6 so they can gouge you for more!
What??? Insurance companies gouging? No way!!!! |
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« Reply #78 on: September 15, 2008, 09:24:36 pm » |
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It is definitely 1.3, but insurance companies list it as 2.6 so they can gouge you for more!
What??? Insurance companies gouging? No way!!!! Way dude! |
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Power is how fast you hit the wall... Torque is how far you take the wall with you! |
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« Reply #79 on: September 17, 2008, 12:01:34 pm » |
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