I would've been highly satisfied if not for the MPG. Unfortunately I do a lot of city driving and my full tank doesn't quite last me the week. My M3 gave me better MPG than my RX-8 does

 

I have looked at Discount Tire Co. As well as a few other places. Most will Send you the tires via UPS. You can pick up 17" wheels for around $90/per wheel (these are not cheap steel rims) and you can purchase your choice of Snow tire to be placed on them ranging between $115-$215/per tire. Mounting and balancing is about $45-50 for the whole thing. Why pay so much for just tires when you can do a wheel package and get more for your buck. Also you don't have to worry about hurting your beautiful summer wheels. And as an added bonus you won't have to pay twice a year for mounting and balancing. Depending on where you live I am sure that you can find a good tire company that will give you a good deal. And to help you with 17" tire sizes here is the Mazda Miata tire size calculator: http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html . This should help quite a bit . Good luck.

 

Awesome brakes, 19/21 mpg, nice handling, good acceleration, great fit & finish, comfortable, turns heads. I could continue but it is past my bedtime....

 

everytime i walk towards my spacepug and think about getting in and driving it ... i feel like i've been transported into somebody else's wonderful life. even with all the minor headaches it has caused in 6 weeks, i give it an enthusiastic WHOO-HOO!!

-BSG

 

Extremely satisfied!! I love my car; Titanium Silver 6 Speed. One set back though, I had to take it in to my dealer @ 1200 miles cuz "#2 cylinder misfired". Got it back & it's all good. Only car I've actually & truly loved.

Ps....RX8club is a cool way to see/read what other people think about the RX8. I've enjoyed reading everyones comments both the positive/negative.

 

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Highly satisfied. Very nice balanced car with great dynamics. With another 50HP it would be a real weapon, some (not me) might say dangerous.

 

Yeah my #2 cylinder misfired as well. I have also noticed that my valve timing is off and that my turbo boost pressure doesn't build up until around 6,600 rpms giving me serious turbo lag. I took it to the dealership and they said that they don't warranty this kind of work. Please vegas RX-8 could you tell me how you were able to get the work done? I took my car to a local import shop but they said they don't know how to work on my car and its special configuration . Anyone else experiencing problems with their cylinders, valves, turbos or maybe even cams????

 

I posted somewhat satisfied, as the gas mieage has been 12-14. I know I love redline, but I have done several highway trips at 70, and I still got 15 as my record. That isn;t even up to the EPA abound town mileage. Other than that, and not starting ONCE, I love the car. Since I have other cars, I just drive it for fun, and the others for errands, that helps out the gas mileage in total.

 

Man! I am surprised at some of the low MPG numbers I hear about on this forum! I get 19/21 MPG no matter how I drive. If I got 12-14 or even 15-16 I would be all over my Service Manager to find out what is wrong. Maybe there is a sensor or computer problem???

 

Yeah, can't find 'em. (Can't feel or hear 'em either.) Aw, gee darn!

(I take it the quotation marks meant that it didn't make any sense to you either, vegas RX8?)

 

OK, just in case some one really didn;t get this, The RX-8 is a rotary. There is NO cam or turbo(factory). For that matter, it doesn't have valves or cylinders in the normal sense. It has two rotors !

 

How 'bout a timing belt? Doesn't it even have one of those?

I think somebody just got successfully tweaked. As long as you guys are going to react, somebody's going to do it to you!!! :D

I'm voting somewhat satisfied. This is the first new car I ever bought where I couldn't beat the epa numbers by driving it the way my dad drove his Olds. Not even close. I'm also annoyed at the brainless idiots who came up with the tire repair kit INSTEAD of an honest to God spare tire (at least I can fix that one...)

It's also too quiet, too fun, too attractive, too fast, too sexy, and it's causing me way too much grief at home because my wife wants to drive it and leave me with the @%&#*#$! Expedition.

Oh yeah. The Power Steering leaks. (just kidding, reply not required)

 

Satisfied, yeah... if I won a million bucks... I'd buy 6 more!

 

I am very satisfied, but then I upgraded from a Honda Civic to this. From viewing these boards for a few months, it appears that the only "highly" unsatisfied people are the hardcore gearheads, IMHO.

 

OK, there are 13 votes for "Highly Dissatisfied", yet there are NO posts from any of these folks. They took the time to vote, but no input on the problems?

I guess they don't want us to know who they are. Which means, it looks like we can throw most of these votes out, as they are probably from trolls, non-owners, trouble makers, etc...

 

2 weeks so far and I am loving it... Very satisified.. only one slight problem and that was a low tire pressure..

cheers!

 

That would be even more innacurate. However, even considering the Dissatisfied Votes:

Satisfied @ some level: 90.49%
Dissatisfied @ some level: 6.69%
N/A: 2.82%

From those Satisfied @ some level:
Highly Satisfied: 78.87%
Somewhat Satisfied: 11.62%

From those Dissatisfied:
Highly Dissatisfied: 4.58%
Somewhat Dissatisfied: 2.11%

This is out of a total of: 284 VOTES as of 12/11/2003 (1:39pm CST)

All in all: WHERE THE HECK ARE THE REST OF THE MEMBERS?
:D

 

Markfw.... I know it's a rotary engine... so CHILL!! I don't understand the explanation from the dealer. But they stick to their guns about it and they say that's the code/explanation they got from mazda tech support. They did fix it and it's running great.

Racer X-8 got the quotation marks. Nice.

93rdCurrent... I just took it back to my dealer & they first said nothing was wrong w/ it. I took it back the next morning after the check engine light flashed. I suggest taking it back to the dealer.

 

Vegas RX8,
I recommend that you call Mazda USA about this because there are no cylinders and I wouldn't trust a dealer that gave that as an answer. I would also take it to a different dealer if possible for their explanation. Something doesn't sound right to me at all. Let us know what you find out. It may be that your dealer is not so reputable (like any of us have ever heard of that happening before).

 

I am very satisfied with my 8.

However, I have 3 items that I wish for improvment:
1. Power - It's a matter of time before I get Canzommer's ECU piggy back + intake + exhaust.
2. Gas Mileage - Hope Mazda will do something about it and soon.
3. Engine Flood - I am making every effort to avoid this but don't like it a bit

Other than that, I think the 8 rocks!!!

 

OK...my turn

Let me say that I am HIGHLY SATISFIED with my RX8.. and yeah, as much as I would like to complain about the gas milage, my 95 Z-28 was just as bad and I have gotten more "envious stares" in the three months I have owned it than in ANY car I have ever owned. If you buy a performance car, gas milage is one of the things you sometimes have to deal with.

The one thing that bothers me is that Mazda charges ungodly amounts of money for upgrades that in my opinion should be a standard part of the car, such as rotary accents, strakes, and an mp3 player that should be the standard CD player.

Ok.. the RX-8 itself i am MORE than highly satisfied with... but I had to spend 1800 bucks more to get it that way =P

 

No kidding. WTF? There was the MP3 Protege... why not just put the MP3-capable head in the RX8 to start?

Annoying.

 

I am so satisfied with this car, even with all the negatives on the forums and my test drives with the G35 6 M.T. sedan, Acura TL, Saab 9.3, that after my second test drive with the RX8 and my wifes permission, I ordered a titanium 6 M.T. with aero, I think it's the most fun car that I can think of and while the other cars might be a bit classier and offer more room, none of them put a smile on my face like the RX8 and I think this car will do this day in and day out!

 

After your car has been driven a while...you tried putting it in park, engage the E-brake, tapping the accelerator so the revs goes up to 3000 RPM or so and shutting the engine off as the revs come back down?