^^ Well said...but as for me i drive 60 miles a day for work so its a little more than an extra 24 a month haha but I love my 8 so its not going any where regardless.

 

Haha I cant believe you guys are moaning about these prices! English people would KILL for these kind of prices!!

Our prices per LITRE are £1.40!
So that means its £6.35 for a GALLON

which equals $10.30 a gallon!!!

My tank costs £70 to fill ($114) enough said haha


Consider yourselves all VERY lucky lol

 

yes, but you still have to put the standard of living into consideration.

 

The medium class lives off of the equivalent of yours, the only difference is that we have more taxes, car insurances cost more and repairs cost more in a $ per € and $ per £ comparison...

 

Mate cmon! You live in CALI! Lol id love to live there and have nice weather all year round, sadly here its -5 atm in the mornings with very little sunshine! and we get 2 months at MOST of sun lol

How much is car insurance in America? (vague question I know! but I was told its a base rate regardless of the car/driver - or is that wrong?)

Im 21 with 2 years NCB and all mods declared and im paying £215 a month ($350) and then car tax is £450 for the year ($728)

You all definitely get a better deal especially with the 100,000 warranty you jammy buggers get! lol

In short, id LOVE to have an 8 in the states even more than I do over here

 

that perfect weather you speak of is a myth!
lately we have been having cold windy weather. not to mention, were having more rain than we usually get, even snow in lower elevations that usually dont even see it.

insurance, vairy depending on how the insurance co. categorizes the car, age, gender, driving history, current residence.. ect.

and the 100,000 warranty has nothing to do with it, you guys need to take that up with Mazda. even here, not everyone gets their warranty coverage. [they always try to find a way to void it]

 

Seedler your paying a lot for insurance because your under 25 and have declared mods to you car. I think it can be assumed that anyone who is modding their car is probably speeding and not driving like a grandma. I'm 25 and I pay $140 a month for full coverage and 50k life insurance, but theres a lot more than age that goes into getting that price.


In nevada I pay nearly $600 a year for my tags on a 2009 rx8, they go by what the car was brand new even after the first year it was bought.

 

^ Geezous you get raped on your registration taxes then, I paid like 80 bucks for new tabs this year! But why would you declare your mods onto your car? Out of curiosity sake. If I paid 500 dollars for an exhaust, and I insure it, aren't I going to pay more over the time than I normally would? I mean, let's say that your modifications add another 25-75 dollars a month on your insurance....You'd be losing money if you have your car for 5+ years? Am I wrong?

 

How much did you buy your car?

$600 is like too much for registration, is it? I'm only paying $210 for my registration and tags. You could check an estimate on how much you will pay for registration at the Nevada DMV website. Just curious. I might be wrong.

 

Hmm I guess I shouldn't complain about my 35 dollars a year for vehicle registration, but thats only for the 8, the first car is free if your a veteran in Texas.

 

^ I'm moving there.

 

http://www.txdmv.gov/vehicles/licens...g/military.htm

theres the list, click on the one you like and it will show you the cost/renewal fee. most of them are free.

 

Thanks for the info.

Now, all i need to do is ask my wife.

 

^ you ask your wife everything.. be a man... JK!

anyways, a fellow eighter told me there was studies with rotaries that ran on low octane fuel, and that they eventually blew up.. But some people are claiming that it can go far on low octane..

guess it just depends on how you drive

but i agree.. it doesnt hurt to put a few extra dollars in.. dont low ball your rotary

 

^ It's a long story...

Anyway, what kind of gas do you put in your car?

 

Premium alllll the time.

still getting 12 mpg and hella low *** power. full throttle and im just snailing along till 5k. like.. really snailing.

 

What freeway...880, 101,87,580,17...what else?

 

what? how do you know my freeways.. i live off of 85 and 17 lol

and 280 to get to work and 880 for RX8 meets

 

I used to live in the Bay Area since 1982. Vallejo, then Oakland, then Union City...now, Sin City.

That's a stupid question to ask me.

 

judging from where you lived.. looks like you lived in the Gay Area haha JK :P
although.. can a low powered engine get overall worse mpg? low powered as in worn, or something. I dont want to say worn, cuz that just gives me an obvious answer

 

how many miles, go for a check and get a new one.

 

just passed 87k

 

just had somebody send this to me through email so i thought id share :D


TIPS ON PUMPING GAS
I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline.... but here in
California we are paying up to $3.75 to $4.10 per gallon. My line of work is
in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of
your money's worth for every gallon:

Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose, CA we deliver
about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline.. One day is
diesel the next day is jet fuel, and gasoline, regular and premium grades.
We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.

Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the ground
temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their
storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the
gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying in the afternoon
or in the evening....your gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum
business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the gasoline, diesel
and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role.

A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the
service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.

When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast
mode If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low,
middle, and high. You should be pumping on low mode, thereby minimizing the
vapors that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a
vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that
goes to your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back
into the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your
money.

One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALF
FULL. The reason for this is the more gas you have in your tank the less air
occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than you can imagine.
Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as
zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the
evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we
load is temperature compensated so that every gallon is actually the exact
amount.

Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storage
tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up; most likely the gasoline is
being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up some
of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.
To have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers. It's
really simple to do.

 

tried 87 for 2 tanks of gas, got knocking over 5k rpm. never again.

 

wait, what if i buy gas late at night and its cold out? or is that not enough time to get dense from the afternoon..?