I just got the new Car & Driver and they have a long term test result for the 04 RX-8. They seemed to complain about the same stuff you see on here alot (search beating a dead horse with stick :p )

However when they first tested the car they got 6.6 sec 0-60 and a 1/4 mile in 15.1 seconds

with the stock Bridgestone tires

after 40,000 miles it went 0-60 in 5.9 sec and 1/4 mile in 14.6 seconds

The second time they tested it did have a set of Yokohama Advan Neova AD07 tires.

They do state "Racers say rotary engines get better with age"

The moral of the story? Go out and drive!!

 

Thats pretty cool concidering most cars slow down with age. The 5.9 and 14.6 are what they originally stated for their first test drive....right?

 

Haha, so maybe its okay to buy one with some miles on it. :p

 

Most cars get faster after some miles are put on them, at some point all of these cars will slow down as things wear. But after 40k miles the majority of cars will be faster than they were with very few miles. By the way, I thought the RX-8 did 14.5 in C&D, was there a later test that I missed?

 

The info posted above was from thier long term test car, possibly there was a previous test with a short term car that Mazda gave them??

 

i got my car april 1 2005, now i've got 10,400 miles on it and it's running MUCH stronger that it first did. Hell the other day I got pissed at someone and peeled out in second gear.. not chirp the tires, literally laid rubber until the traction control started bitching. It's NEVER done that before.

 

I've got 48k on her and she seems faster than before

 

Yeah, I'm a slacker.... 3k on my '04. :o

 

31K on my '04 - looks like I am getting ready to rumble

 

your my hero
I wish I had only 3k
my 04 has 39k

 

I thought I had alot of miles and I have 16,000!!

By the way holy crap on how many posts you have.

 

wow, only 3k on the 8 hmm.........I"M NOT WORTHY.... :p

 

2,978 here.

 

haha 32k in 11months.

and she roars to life each and every morning.. just right now the back tires are past the tread bar... :D and not from burning out.

 

you are a slacker lol is it your 3rd car? because its my second and i already got 2500 and its only a few months old

 

holy crap is right the fellows got lik 40k on his car and over 10k posts :O this guy must know lots about rx8s heh

 

I have seen this with every new car I have purchased, even my former lame 115hp 95 Golf. Of course by the time I got rid of it with 220k miles, it had clearly lost power, even after an extensive tuneup. The power increase will fade in time, but in a long time if properly maintainted and tuned up. I look forward to the few future stories a long time from now talking about their RX8 with over 200k miles on them with original engine. Of course this will not be as abundant as an econo car, but there will be a few around I believe.

 

well, if theres plenty of FBs with over 200 on the clock and lots of n/a FC's with over 200(and the projected life was not nearly that) the rx8's projected life is at least 200k...my guess is the majority willl be over 200k

 

12k on my 04... ummm I think its getting faster

 

i bet sometime next year we'll have our first forum member with 100k miles on their *gasp* 2 year old RX-8!!!