"I'm happy to say your car is perfectly fine, sir"
#1
"I'm happy to say your car is perfectly fine, sir"
How weird is this—bought my 8 over a year ago and today, almost 9K miles later, the CEL has never come on! Took it in a few months ago for the emissions recall and—are you sitting down—everything checked out fine!!! I didn't even need a new engine—what's up with that???! Wait, it gets even weirder! I've never had any loss of power, no marbles in a can sound effects, no squeaky brakes and, get this—I average 18-21 mpg! The car's not perfect—I DO have that slimy, cappucino-colored oil in the dipstick when it's cold. Good thing, too! I was starting to think I don't have an RX-8!!!
#11
The marbles in the can sound...does that come from the engine? Reason I ask is that I took the car in a while back for the engine check to determine if I need an new engine...it checked out fine. But I have been hearing a strange noise from the car particularly on take off in first gear. Maybe the sound was always there and I have just now noticed it. I thought the sound was a clutch problem at first but It does not make the noice when letting out the clutch without reving the engine like on normal take offs.
#13
Originally Posted by New Yorker
How weird is this—bought my 8 over a year ago and today, almost 9K miles later, the CEL has never come on! Took it in a few months ago for the emissions recall and—are you sitting down—everything checked out fine!!! I didn't even need a new engine—what's up with that???! Wait, it gets even weirder! I've never had any loss of power, no marbles in a can sound effects, no squeaky brakes and, get this—I average 18-21 mpg! The car's not perfect—I DO have that slimy, cappucino-colored oil in the dipstick when it's cold. Good thing, too! I was starting to think I don't have an RX-8!!!
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your time will come.
#17
Whats wrong with that? My 05 is at 16k miles has been in 1 serious accident and other than that the only problem I have ever had with it is my brake fluids being a tiny bit low. That and after the spark plug recal my city mileage is now 18 with my highway sitting between 22-24
#18
Originally Posted by New Yorker
I DO have that slimy, cappucino-colored oil in the dipstick when it's cold. Good thing, too! I was starting to think I don't have an RX-8!!!
I'm starting to feel left out. All I have to cling to is the single P0455 code, which never had the courtesy to return after I tightened the gas cap.
Ken
#21
Well, I used to be in the "no problems" club, but I just hit my first serous problem: one screw won't come off on the back license plate!!!! Horrors! Happily, they are fixing it under warranty.