CTC Review: 2009 Mazda RX-8 R3

[Jameel]

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.

[Arthur Dent]

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.

[TopGun]

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!   

[wing]

Whoops, I thought I changed that to 3.5....

[ghost]

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.

[Marc_]

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? 

[Jameel]

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/6915035
http://www.usedottawa.com/classified-ad/6871566
http://www.usedottawa.com/classified-ad/5008420
http://www.usedottawa.com/classified-ad/6730728

Although I have to admit I was a bit off on the mileage. I don't know if these are U.S. cars or not.

[TopGun]

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!

[wing]

squeeze the throttle DSC shouldn't interfere

[ghost]

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?

Here you go:
http://www.usedottawa.com/classified-ad/6915035
http://www.usedottawa.com/classified-ad/6871566
http://www.usedottawa.com/classified-ad/5008420
http://www.usedottawa.com/classified-ad/6730728

Although I have to admit I was a bit off on the mileage. I don't know if these are U.S. cars or not.

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!

[wing]

Yeah you can even dump the clutch get some wheelspin before it cuts in .... so I heard...

[Jameel]

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.

[TopGun]

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...

[LQRV1675]

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 .

[vdk]

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...

[auto_enthusiast]

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.

[Just Bob]

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!

[rrocket]

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!!!!

[Just Bob]

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!

[vdk]