NorRX

Hey!

First off let me thank you guys for an awesome forum and all the information you've provided for potential buyers of the 8. I think you've already saved me from buying 2 bad RX8's before I even made my account.

Onto the car I'm looking at now, it's an 04' model that was imported from the US to Norway in 08.
I am considering buying the car from a bmw/mini dealership wich know more about alien life forms than the rotary engine. So they have sent it off to a mazda dealership for a check up, and this dealership has something as rare as a compression tester(only 1 in Norway for all the mazda dealerships) and a tech that knows the RX8.
Now, the last thing i got back from the bmw dealership was that one of the rotors had low compression, but no numbers. From what my searching and reading on the forum has taught me, the only choices they have now is either rebuild or replace.

I know you guys won't have any knowledge of the norwegian market or prices, but are rebuilds normally worth it in price/outcome compared to a replacement?
The bmw dealership is telling me that i'll be recieving the car in a 100% condition, but I dont think they understand what they're getting into

I've already signed the contract, but with the condition that any faults are repaired and i get to test drive it ofcourse. I'm thinking that they may be tempted to do a decarb just to get it to barely pass the test then hand it over to me.
I'm already thinking I should bypass the dealership and contact the RX8 tech to get his opinion on the engine and the car.

So my question boils down to, what should i ask them to do regarding the low compression rotor and how far should i push them in regards the "100%" they're boasting.

Loki

iTrader: (1)

Rebuild and replacement are the same thing, there are no brand new engines for an 04. Mazda just takes old ones apart, reuses what is reusable and replaces individual parts where necessary.

So I would ask them if the 100% includes replacing the engine with a Mazda rebuild at a minimum. That or shave the price of a rebuild off the price, and then you take care of the getting the rebuild done, possibly through that Mazda dealership.

Other thing you could try to work out is get the Mazda dealer to buy the car from the BMW dealer, fix it, and sell it to you with their own warranty. This saves you trying to educate a BMW shop on how a rotary works.

Tough spot to be in :/

NorRX

Ok, thanks for the advice mate.

Guess I'll just have to wait untill monday and hear what the dealer says. Worst case scenario I drop the deal and keep looking for a proper maintained car, wich is starting to seem somewhat like a mission impossible :/

NorRX

A couple of more questions, how long can i expect a rebuild/replacement to take at the shop?
Also since there's no new engines, will a replacement be one of these remans I've read so much about?