Thinking of getting a 2009 RX8
03-29-2023, 12:37 AM
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Thinking of getting a 2009 RX8
Thinking of buying a 2009 RX8 grand touring. Really didn’t know anything about the car saw one tonight at a dealership and loved it. It has 94,000 miles. I’ve read a lot tonight about the problems with the motors. But I’ve also read that some people say those problems were mostly fixed with the 2009 models and newer. Also read that you need to let them warm up and cool down before and after driving. This one also has an automatic transmission. My question is how reliable are the motors in the 2009 model? Is it a better model year for motor issues than most other years or does it really comes down to how the previous owner treated it and how I treat it. If it has been well taken care of how many miles can I expect to get out of the motor on a 2009? I know most people  prefer manual transmissions with these cars. How reliable are the automatic transmissions in terms of holding up?
03-29-2023, 06:26 AM
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Read up on rx8help.com. Some of the things you read like warms ups and cooldowns are misguided.
There's really no way of knowing how many miles you'll get out of any given engine. You need a compression test to assess its health and at 94000 miles it has a lot to do with how the previous owners treated it. 2009+ might be statistically better, but they still die just like the earlier ones.
Given that the youngest rx8 is now 12 years old, if you buy one, you need to be comfortable with the idea of one day replacing the engine. Some people buy one with a bad engine for cheap and drop a new engine in for a nice fresh start.
There's really no way of knowing how many miles you'll get out of any given engine. You need a compression test to assess its health and at 94000 miles it has a lot to do with how the previous owners treated it. 2009+ might be statistically better, but they still die just like the earlier ones.
Given that the youngest rx8 is now 12 years old, if you buy one, you need to be comfortable with the idea of one day replacing the engine. Some people buy one with a bad engine for cheap and drop a new engine in for a nice fresh start.
03-29-2023, 12:14 PM
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Do your homework. The link above is often cited for a reason.
Be aware the way the dealer's valuation systems work is that automatics get a price premium, because that's the way it normally works. On these, like most sport cars, it's the opposite, only worse. If you compare the price of two otherwise comparable cars differing in manual vs. automatic, the automatic seems to typically sell for about half. I've never seen another vehicle with such a dramatic price difference owing to one single option like that. I've never driven an automatic RX-8 or knowingly seen one in person, so I can't tell you how justified that difference is.
Be aware the way the dealer's valuation systems work is that automatics get a price premium, because that's the way it normally works. On these, like most sport cars, it's the opposite, only worse. If you compare the price of two otherwise comparable cars differing in manual vs. automatic, the automatic seems to typically sell for about half. I've never seen another vehicle with such a dramatic price difference owing to one single option like that. I've never driven an automatic RX-8 or knowingly seen one in person, so I can't tell you how justified that difference is.
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