Bloody Hell....what is going on over there????

What caught fire??

 

The bumper, exhaust shrouds, all the plastic in the back and the wheel wells all burned and melted. Burnt coils and a plugged cat caused the problem. Coils, plugs, cat all replaced and then it happened a few months later.

The service tech told me the exhaust temp was over 2000 F.

 

Scary.

There were 4 RX-8s being looked at in the dealership I am dealing with--you're likely one of them.

I heard 2 settled out quickly.

That leaves you and me, A-TXRX

They offered you only $1K less with 20K more miles and 2 fires. No offense, but now I really feel screwed--surely a car with 27K miles and a new engine (2 in fact ) and no fires is worth more than $16K...



Mazda...I'm waiting on that return call. Patiently, for now.

Rip

 

Actually, $16K is not that far off for trade in on a car in fair/avg condition:
KBB - $15,700
Edmunds - $17,300

 

Neither here nor there... We wouldn't be trading the car in anyway. Defective--needs to be replaced.

Plus, it would be in Excellent condition anyway...more like $18K.

Rip

 

Did you ever think that KBB and Edmunds know the RX8 is a POS and has major problems so the depreciation is accelerated? That's my take on things.

When/if the problems are fixed, used car buyers will be getting awesome deals!

 

I didn't mean to imply that Mazda was offering either you or A-TXRX a good deal on your problem cars. They aren't.

However, $16K-$18K is a pretty typical "trade in" number for that year/mileage, particularly since dealers never consider that a car is in "excellent" condition no matter how good it looks.