does any one knwo if the automatic rx-8 is a sports car insurence wise? thats the only thing holding me back from pre ordering one. alot i heard the rotary engiens arnt that reliable ne truth to that?

 

i haven't checked on insurance yet and it hadn't occured to me to check on the auto at all. on reliability check this new thread which is discussing it now

 

Check out the insurance threads. Several members have found reasonable and rediculous rates. In the end, it comes down to your age and driving record. Until the car has been out a few months, most companies are going to guess - and guess high - on premiums.

At least a half dozen owners on this forum have noted they have a rotary with 250K+ miles with no rebuild. I personally am approaching 258,000 on my First Gen. When I was at 150,000 and had the car in for regular service the mechanic said "You have reached the half life of your engine." I've been zooming towards 300K ever since. All rotaries aren't perfect (hello '93), but the design of the Renesis Rotary seems to build on only the good parts of previous rotary designs.

 

On the insurance, no way to tell until insurance companies start getting it into their systems, which seems to be why everyone's gotten rates all over the scale. Mine wanted to give me a quote based on the last twin-turbo rx-7, and I declined- told them I'd call them back closer to the actual launch date.

As for the reliability- while I've never actually owned a rotary(much to my sorrow), I can't imagine it's going to be any more reliable than the person that owns it. If you maintain it like it's supposed to be maintained, it'll probably last well into the hundreds of thousands of miles. If you treat it like crap, it's going to crap out on you. I'll bet many of the "realibility issues" everyone talks about, with the exception of some turbo issues, were from lack of care on the part of the owner.

 

thanks for the replys

 

iev herd that teh insrance isntt taht badd onn teh RX8.

 

on the 3rd gens, it was never about the engine design that was faulty. it was the design of the twin turbo and the cooling system.

 

another reason to keep it ALL MOTOR baby!!!! damn the torque!!!

 

i would not say damn the torque...who doesn't need a "little" more torque?
the people complaining about torque just need to adjust to a different way of driving.
when i switch from my miata to the FD, i HAVE to remember not to floor it or else i will spin the rear wheels endlessly.

santino

 

In the UK cars get a insurance rating in a scale from 1 to 20.
1 being the cheapest and 20 being the most expensive. So 16-17 is quite high, Still could be worse

 

i dont know how my insurance will be, i dont see why it will be considered a sports car, my brother has teh new dodge intrepid, that has more horse power and more toruqe then the rx-8... well i hope ill be able to get this car its hot. i dont realy car about the torqe just as long it wont drive like a 4 cyl. haha thanks for all the replys let me know if any one has any more information thanks. by the way if you can figure out what that car is on the scale form 1 - 20 (the intrepid) idapresiate it .... sorry for the bad spelling im rushin later

 

What I have heard is that they base the category of a car on their horsepower-to-weight ratio... My Eclipse GS-T is considered a category 19, which is basically just shy of owning a Corvette...again, according to State Farm insurance. So if an RX-8 is only a 16-17, that ain't too shabby! :-)

 

Yes, but that was on a UK scale- not a US scale. There are so many factors that insurance agencies consider- power of the car, number of doors, anti-theft devices, safety rating, age of the driver, the record of the driver, area of the country, how many miles driven a year, deductible for repairs-- that I don't think ANY of us are going to get a realistic quote until much closer to the time to car is actually out.

 

Correct Elara, the US scales are completely different from European scales (US scales rate cars alphabetically instead of numerically).

True, there are a lot of factors when considering insurance rates. I recieved a bindable rate from Geico a while ago for $678.80 for an RX8 (GT model) and my POS Ford Explorer. See this thread for more: http://www.rx8forum.com/showthread.p...ight=insurance

To give you some background so you can compare what your rates MIGHT look like:

I'm 24 & male
No accidents (at least none still on my driving record, whew) :D
1 speeding ticket (74 in a 65)
Career professional
I live in a slightly above average neighborhood and park in a garage

Those of you with similar backgrounds should expect to pay something similar (but don't quote me on that )

 

Unless of course you live in New Jersey.

 

CA ain't so great for insurance either there buddy.... :o

 

Is this encrypted

 

My friend has a 89 convertible with 187k miles No rebuild, Just oil change every 3k miles. He uses it all day work. It runs very good.

 

i also live in NJ. unfortunitlly some times... i hope every thing will end up alright so i can get this car im realy looking forward to it.

 

:D