Nobody goes on the internet and rants about their car being perfect, so there is already uneven representation there.

I don't post here often; my point being that basically I'm just some random guy with an 8. My 8 gets 18mpg around town and 23 highway. I drive it like a normal person. I'm still on the original engine at 85,000 and no signs of trouble yet; transmission and clutch are original too. And I have no idea what 'front end noise' you're talking about.

So I'm inclined to believe that it really is just YOU :dunno:


Also, no rust issues for me, but I wash religiously in the winter. Once a week and again the day after any snowstorm.

Enjoy youy RX8's..Im sure enjoying my EVO :D

it seems like you're not enjoying your car since you\re on the forums trolling. I thought i saw an evo x today, but it was just a regular lancer, they look almost the same. Saw a chick driving too, she was hot

http://car-and-safety.com/mazda-susp...el-bearing.htm


The front end noise is well documented and known....both of my Rx8s had it...

And no im not the olny one who got lousy mpg: Why deny it?

http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.ef806b4/0

oh man, I don't have that problem, sorry to disappoint you, troll.

Chrysler and Chevrolet have got to have lower customer satisfaction....Mazda cant possibly be in last place. How can this be???

Mazda is rated top almost everywhere else. HUH ?

cuz in the US, there are so many morons like you. :) :lol:

at this point, we all know you can't drive for shit and you love your econbox inside out, it's ok, we really got it. Happy now ?

The wheel bearing problem that you link to is for vehicles made 10 yrs ago and mostly made by Ford. The RX-8 isn't listed in the link. It's something I haven't heard about on here.
"Lousy mpg", that is all relative. Rotary engines have never been known for good mileage. It's too bad you expected better. I guess you should have look at the Monroney (window) sticker or researched the car, before you bought it.

What is your point in being here? OK, you used to own a RX-8 and now it a Evo Lancer. I get that. But, every post seems to be negative. If your around, just to start trouble, your out of here.

Al ^ this is negative^ and abusive....yet, I get a warnings and private messages from you? Shouldnt people on here like him who actually are negative and abusive get a warning?.... all I did was site some problems that Ive had in the past, and why I sold my car, and also why Im hoping for improvements in the future rotary products in these areas. Why does that require such angry responses from 90% of you on here unless there is truth in my words and deep down everyone who owns one knows it??
Also Ive said in many of my posts how nicely the RX8 handles, that it is good looking and that I have owned 2 of them...I also love the whine of the engine...nothing like it anywhere. If it had more torque/hp and was awd it would be perfect.

Because you're a douche and joined here just to brag your new econobox.
You can leave or be forced to leave with your stupid replies and threads. Nobody will miss you either way.

[quote=alnielsen;4068403]The wheel bearing problem that you link to is for vehicles made 10 yrs ago and mostly made by Ford. The RX-8 isn't listed in the link. It's something I haven't heard about on here.


Here is the link on this site to the same problem I had Al:
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tech-garage-22/power-steering-noise-8930/

because what you said was wrong, you didn't research but you got the car anyway then you whine ? that's your own stupid fault. Oh man noise ... WHAT NOISE? when was the last time you clean your ears ?

then you start coming telling us how great ur evo is blah blah blah, we got it, we know you got an Econbox with Turbo. it has no noise, it has the perfect engine(sike), it has 4 doors. oh yeah, it's an Econbox again ... oops.

warning? I was right about you ----- you are nothing but a troll. so ... what warning ?

Yay, u found a thread in 2003 that "might" be the same issue that you had. and with only how many replies again?

and you got 2 different my rx8 both had the same "issue?"

either you have shit luck, or you need to see a psychologist. cuz I think you got something called "That RX-8 sucks it must have problems syndrome"

most of us "DO NOT", I repeat, "DO NOT" have this "issue," so yea, enjoy your Econ Box with a fast turbo and never look back please.

Add that the design is stolen from the Alfa 159 with a bit of "manga" style lmao

You have come back here and are deliberately provoking RX-8 Club Members/Owners, going on about a link to a website that is not even relevant to the RX-8...which does not have a FRONT Wheel Bearing problem (at ALL)..

You then put up a link about a POWER STEERING "issue" that is a NON issue, just how many replies in that link??..ALL dated 2003.

You may be a "car guy" and I use that term very loosely...but IMO You are not welcome with your baiting, are you blind?.

in all, what did you expect when you came on this site having no posts, contributing nothing and telling us how bad your rx8 is and that you bought an evo. Did you think we would congratulate you on your purchase.. If you had any experience with the rx8 as some people here who have owned them since they came out. some people here have over 10 000 posts and they earned their right to bitch and complain about issues they have, I havn't even earned that right and still consider myself a noob, owning my car for only 2yrs..you knew what was coming your way with your initial thread and were just pissed off and felt like rubbing it in to others. Good luck with your sedan

Firstly I never said how bad the RX8 is, my very first post gave a comparison between the 2 cars and I touted the RX8 in several areas over the EVO. (Im not gonna lie, there are some things I grew tired of about my Mazda, especially as gas prices rose, but overall it's an amazing machine)

I enjoy a lively debate about cars, discussing the pros and cons to me is fun, and every car has merits. It is not a reason to slam and name call, or wish someone dead....in every single post I have never been abusive or been mean to anyone....it is simply unnecessary. What are some of you like in real life if you freak out over a car comparison? I just dont get you guys (90% of you+,-)
A few of you have been reasonable/kind and dont seem to mind an honest appraisal of the RX8, but the rest....wow!
For instance, I personally have never liked Dodges....but would I call someone names, and tell them to go away if they love Dodge cars or worse yet tell them to piss off and die (as one of your moderators did) ..? No way, when I talk to people who are passionate about something, even if I disagree, I listen and try to see their point of view. It is being open minded....and often times I learn something new. Cars are meant to be fun, and this whole experience on here has really shocked me...and some of your comments are way beyond what is reasonable. I really have to wonder how some of you manage in real life when someone disagrees with you/or says something that you dont like. Again, the RX8 is a fine machine and I wish all of you many peaceful, fun filled miles ahead. I apologize if anything I said was misunderstood or angered any of you. Peace.

open mind? Kiss my ass

i will say it, go piss and die. Reason? Cuz i have enough of ur pure bs, i dont knpw about the others but i just dont agreed with every single bs that u said + the non issue that u have been repeating over and over.

I know ur evo is the best rx8 is just garbage, are u happy now? Might as well run it into a wall already.

Thank you please never come back, no one wants to see u

guess I'm lucky so far, car has given me 0 issues and the dealership I use is just amazing. They don't give any BS, the techs come out and explain to me everything including what they did, how they did it, and any anything else of note. They also don't try to up sell me any BS stuff. Plus free wifi and good coffee :) let me work while I wait.

If it wasn't for the MPG of the 3 hatch backs, we would get one in a heart beat to replace our Santa Fe and I would totally take the car to the same dealer.

I was just reading some of it and i love this thread already...lol

Look, everyone makes a great car, and everyone makes a lemon. My dad had a 58 Ford that just wouldn't quit, and FoMoCo barely acknowledges that there was a 1958 model year that car was so legendarily bad for its time.

Meanwhile, I had a friend with an 81 Accord. Lets just say we could change the oil pump and cam shaft (they would go out together) in less that 2 hours with crummy lighting before we finally gave up on that thing.

Further, there are a zillion surveys out there, and SOMEONE will be at the bottom of every one of them. It will not always be the same someone.

For example - http://www.hornsbymazda.com.au/news/serves-best/

And what does it matter? Among mass market brands, Mercury was one of the highest rated by JD Power in the US, and they folded back into Ford-Lincoln.

In the end, it is very likely to do with the specific people you are working with at the dealership. Some folks are the reason care salemen became a cliche, while others are simply trying to do a good job. The trick is to find and deal with the latter more than the former.

Thanks for repeating what I have always said, Mazda is #1 in Australia because of its Product and its Dealer Network...your link is .AU.

I guess on the "lemon" question..well I have never subscribed to it, and as far as Mazda is concerned and working in Parts, you know what is selling and what is not (under warranty), and I have never seen a Mazda that I would call a Lemon.

Lemon OWNERS...Definately.

My definition of a Lemon is a car that is still under B2B man warranty with repeated non-fixable issues....that are an actual issue, not someones (owners) imagination.

And Please don't start talking about Recalls or TSB's..
1. The RX-8 has had no more Recalls than any other Mazda.
2. No more TSB's than any other Mazda.

The TSB's you see here are just a copy of what comes out of Japan and Americanised, don't think MNAO does any work because they don't...they just copy and paste...report.

MMC have always been terrific with their TSB's and warranty...they always act off in-field issues pretty quickly where they can...this is a sign of a GOOD BRAND.

The issue for Mazda in the US , is MNAO and its network and the US made Mazda 6.

I will bet my balls (well :) ) you will see a dramatic US survey rise once all Mazda product comes out of Japan....look around the 2014-2015-2016 surveys.

No car made today is meant to last for decades without spending money on it...really it has always been that way.

please stop feeding the troll ... :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRgG_...layer_embedded

Just thought I would let you know Mazda in Australia OFFICIALLY had their best month EVER...10.4% market share for MA here (1.9% MN America O).

Mazda 3 was the best selling car here, and in its class.(August)
Mazda 2,6, CX-7 also #1 in Class.

Does anybody know the sales number for Mazda in Canada ?

I'm in Montreal right now and it seems that there is a lot, I mean A LOT of Mazda 2 and Mazda 3 running around, seems that people here prefer smaller more efficient cars than oversized SUV.

also a lot of VW TDI, guess Sky-D will sell here easily.

Well, my quick two cents is that my 8 went swimming for around 4 hours in the middle of winter and hasn't seen any rust yet with the exception of the gas fill area (two dots of rust).

For any who are curious, by the way, the engine will still turn over and run submerged.

:rock:

J, I think the Mazda 3 is the best or very close to the best selling small car in Canada?..

The 3 here sells more than any other model...including GM's Holden Commodore, remove their Government Fleet and GM would be at #6 not #2....Similar for Toyota at #2 not #1.

Mazda are so close to being the #1 Brand in Australia for private Buyers/Owners, they sell very few fleet cars, I never thought I would ever see that day of Mazda being #1.

no wonder, almost everywhere I go in Montreal I see Mazda3 and 2 and VW golf running around. some Ford Focus, thats about it.

Good thing to know Mazda is doing well in other countries, guess the US people has a lot to learn, they need to stop buying garbage/boring cars :)

^ hey nycgps, Montreal has the biggest mazda dealership in canada, they sell about 800 mazdas a month. http://www.albimazda.com/ they have over 15 garage bays in their service department... alone, a spa, a massage parlor while you wait for your car to be serviced and i think a small bistro lol

lol !!!! I'm leaving tomorrow so I don't think I will have the time to "experience" this dealership ... maybe next time, when I will be driving my 8. lol

hmm

Wayne Mazda said they're the world's biggest Mazda dealer and they don't have that ... I mean their service department is good but ... where is my spa ? :cussing:

Montreal is really nice btw, I will definitively come again next year :)

^ personally the city is nice, i hate the highways there,off ramps on the left side, people constantly cutting across and sooo many potholes, I prefer toronto, if you can go there, thats a nice city

I've been here for 4 days and honestly, the left side off ramps does not bother me one bit.

and potholes ... hahahaha, you think this is BAD ? this is like heaven compare to NYC.

you should come NYC and try our potholes, oh man we have so many of them that it ate 3 of my tires (different car), 2 wheels, 2 coilovers, etc. ;)

Dunno about Toronto, I always want to try it, but a 11-12 hours just me driving might be pushing my limits. I actually feel ok driving to Montreal this time, about 7 hours, but dunno if I can stand 11-12 hours.

lol i was there, got bullied to turn right when i never wanted to lol, looked for time square, found it on my right but could not go anywhere as i was bullied by teh guy behind me to hurry up, made a left turn on a oneway ( wrong way lol ) yeah ive been

Worlds most livable cities...
 

TOTALLY off topic....but that is me..:)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-3...e-city/2862628

Melbourne (Australia) has finally knocked Vancouver (Canada) off its perch as the best city in the world to live in.

Melbourne claimed the title of the world's most liveable city in the Economist Intelligence Unit's latest survey, with Sydney, Perth and Adelaide also making it into the top 10.

It is the first time in almost a decade of the global liveability survey that Vancouver has not ranked as the best place to live.

Melbourne had shared first position with Vancouver in 2002 but finally nabbed the top spot in its own right in the August survey, released on Tuesday.

1. Melbourne, Australia Crap Roads
2. Vienna, Austria
3. Vancouver, Canada
4. Toronto, Canada
5. Calgary, Canada
6. Sydney, Australia Semi Crap Roads
7. Helsinki, Finland
8-- Perth, Australia Excellent Roads
8-- Adelaide, Australia Great Roads, BEST in World for TWISTIES/Hills...My State!!;)
10. Auckland, New Zealand
21. Brisbane, Australia Good Roads

well for one the prices are so ripped off. my dad wasnt too happy when he had to pay $500 for my auto start key and programming from the dealership

500 bux to program a key? wow u got ripped, big time.

they did mine for 60. it's still too much consider it takes them like 10 minutes to do it. but it's better than charging me for a full hour. I did it because I need to have 2 keys to program anything after myself.

he did say for a key and programing???

even with key, it's still a rip off. :Drooling_

I love how people knock on the rotary. They usually STFU after I hand them their ass in a race...

Oh, and it is reliable and gets 25mpg. And to think my engine is not much different from an RX8's...

nope, according to all the internet "experts" report, Rotary is the most unreliable piece of shit created for mankind ever.

and there is nothing you can do about it, cuz they're "EXPERTS" and you're nobody. Even tho you might never had any problem with rotary ever, and all the time they had with Rotary was that 1 hour they had with the car plus all the other info that his neighbors have told him/her.

i seem to be losing some power and having some problems starting(it always starts, just stutters a tiny bit) and i believe it is my coils, so do yall think mazda will check it out and diagnose my problems for free? i was going to dyno it to see if i am having a power loss but im 100% sure i am after i lost to my friends scion tc 3 times.

Get a compression test done, if it passes they will charge you if not then u will get a new engine, as long as you are still under warranty

i dont want a whole new engine tho i just want to fix the problem i have with it right now. i think its only the coils

its an 07 with 26k miles so idk if its still under warranty mazdas probably cheap and only does a 3 yr warranty

No Series 1 (2004-2008MY) has a Bumper to Bumper Warranty remaining in any country...as of about now.

North America does have the 8 year Engine core warranty which does not include coils.

You will pay for new Coils, you could 'try' and get them to do a free check if you are lucky and have done under 100k miles?..

Over that mileage and you have NO engine warranty.

You Americans must be a picky lot....
From Mazda Europe....

Mazda customers are some of the most satisfied in Europe. This was underscored again recently by two J.D. Powers Customer Satisfaction Surveys for 2011 in Germany and the United Kingdom. In both these key automotive markets, around 17,000 car owners were asked to rate their car according to driving dynamics, handling, low ownership costs, mechanical reliability and interior quality.

In Germany, Mazda3 not only won the important compact segment, it scored more points than any other of the 117 models surveyed and took home gold as overall winner, ahead of the Mercedes A-Class and the Honda Civic. The dynamic Mazda2 also had reason to celebrate, winning the sub-compact segment ahead of the Dacia Logan and the Mini. With these excellent results, Mazda took third place among the 28 brands on the survey, up from fourth last year.

On the J.D. Power survey in the UK, Mazda MX-5 was a repeat winner in the sports car segment. But it did more than just win its category. Mazda’s roadster scored a satisfaction rating that was higher than last year’s winning score; and it easily outdistanced the Volkswagen Scirocco, and the luxury sports cars Audi TT, Mercedes-Benz CLK and SLK. This comes just four months after the 900,000th MX-5 rolled of the line in Japan, which will require an update of its entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the best-selling, two-seat sports car of all time. Extremely reliable and dependable, the majority of these cars are still on the road. A popular race car wherever it is sold, the MX-5 wowed sports car enthusiasts in Europe with its handling at the MX-5 Ice Race held in Sweden earlier this year. A truly cult vehicle, it has fans, clubs and dedicated websites with fanatical enthusiasts on every continent.

im okay with paying for coils but i dont want to have to pay for them to check out to see if theres a problem. i havent had any problems with any dealerships only that the prices are ridiculous. $500 for a new auto start key, $10 per lugnut. and if i have them do my coils the installation prices will be insane.

You could chat to the Dealer about the Lug Nuts, as MSRP is $6.60 each not $10.

Can be bought on-line for $5.15 each from a Mazda Dealer plus shipping.

B002-37-160B Chrome Lug Nut...Mazda been using this parts for the past 43 years, any Passenger Mazda LN is the same.

Key is a different matter and are expensive...particularly the AKE set up.

I personally would not have AKE, just another expensive gadget to go wrong.

The normal Switchblade Key-less Entry is expensive enough.

Sorry, slightly off topic but

Jedi, did yours make a noise like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QdKKVcfDaQ