I will never forgive Mazda for making me love the rotary engine. I freakin hate em!

 

I've been gone since.....forever, lol, but it's sad to see "fluff" is still all the rave at Mazda.

 

This year. Minor. Only.

 

And I can't believe this fix in the target group.

I'm driving my second RX-8 and so far I've covered 88.000 km with this car. I'm a so called loyal customer and I'm waiting for something completely different, not this "update".

 

GREAT JOB ON THE ENGINE UPGRADE MAZDA!!!!!...........not

 

A 4 door family car that looks great handles better ya point is? rofl

 

whatever guys i still love my rx8 and am glad to see it continue on. if it were only my descision id have mazda building rotary sports cars FOREVER!!!!!!!!

 

I just wish they would of bump the horse power to like 260 to 280 then i would buy another one.... I will be saying bye bye come december ..

 

232hp would be equally fun as 280hp if the car weighed 300 pounds less. im rootin for a diet plan!

 

– Rotary-Powered RX-8 Remains the Only Rotary-Powered Mass Production Vehicle in the World –

What's with this statement? Why do they boast this? They are the ones that hold the patent and won't share it thereby keeping any real change and significant development from occuring with the wankel - oh and other cars. It's not a selling point.

 

Love the concept but seriously, can't say I have ever seen people riding in the back of the 8. I think I used them once in over a year. I'll take the speed and slightly better mileage. I was going to go all out trying to lose some lbs in my 8 but after reading here that I would only manage 100lbs or so I decided to just punch it when it's almost on empty to get the same effect.

 

Mazda does not have exclusive patent rights to the Wankel engine, as far as I know.

As far as all the complaints about power, if it has 230 HP, it needs 260. If it has 260, it needs 300. If it has 300, then it surely needs 360.


Pointless.........

 

I have an 04 model. when I bought this car I knew exactly what I was getting. I bought the 100,000 mi. 5 year warranty because I was unsure if the car would stand up to my expectations. Before I took the car home I talked with my salesman about the oddities of owning a rotary powered car :since I had no experience with one. He told me about the possible flooding of the engine if I did not follow a simple procedure. No problem with that. I went home and read the owners manual . Yeah the dipstick is in a goofy place but still not a problem. I have had zero problems with my car . It has 38,000 mi. on it now and I still love this car. All the yack about hp, dusty brakes, headlights that don't auto off, ect. are little things that don't mean **** to me. Sadly I wrecked my car 2 weeks ago. Not bad ,just mashed up the nose. I am driving a CX7 rental while they fix it. It just reminds me of how much I hate front wheel drive and turbo lag. All that being said, just enjoy your car and don't sweat the small ****. Have a good day all..

 

well said.

 

You know guys after reading over this, i did the one thing I think is needed... I shot mazda an e-mail with the link to this particualar forum. I even told them it would not hurt to actually respond to this and answer a few questions... not to mention take a few notes on what owners really want to see in the car. Lets see what happens. I hope they take the challenge and decide to reply or issue a statement or something ya know?

 

dude, it is well known that Mazda does read this forum, regularly too

 

Well I didnt know well now I do. Maybe they will actually respond to something sometime after the e-mail is sent... hopefully

 

You girls think your hard core whinging now. (Americans remind me of my wife ) Just wait until the RX-8 gets dropped.

Look back to 1990. Mazda released the Eunos Cosmo. Sales did not live up to expectations so it was axed after 6 years. During that period, there was no significant changes for the series-II update from 94-95.

Since 03 there has been no significant changes on the RX-8. Colours, trim colours, little things here & there (just like the Cosmo). It seems the colour rotation is happening again in 07 but I personally fear the RX-8 may not last as Mazda are doing the same to the RX-8 that they did to the Cosmo plus they are not making any noise about the future of the rotary right now.

I know the words "USA, stop whinging" will fall on deaf ears but the decision may have already been made over in Hiroshima

REgards

 

Cool...Mazda reads the forum.

Please someone translate this to Japanese:

Hey Mazda, pull your heads out of your butts and give this car what it needs to compete in the power-hungry USA: FI, turbo or supercharged.

Your 'halo' car is dying of benign neglect, you dumb donkeys.

 

Sorry you don't like your wife friend. Either way whining or not mazda should know what thy need to do to be competitive. They know that each of the products in their line needs updates on a schedule and what it takes to compete in it's niche. If not the sales figures speak for themselves. I think mazda along with the rest of us know the RX8 needs enough power to compete with the Z and G35 in acceleration. We'll see what we'll see.

 

Somehow I don't feel this will translate nice in Japanese ...

...not that it's quite so positive a phrase in English too though....

 

The RX8 is an awesome car for the money... More importantly it has better looks (in my opinion) than any car within it's cost range +/- 10K... My next choice would be a Corvette... But everybody and their mom drives a friggin corvette, so it loses my interest...

Simply driving the thing amazes me though... I have to remind myself daily how the Renesis engine works... I really don't care about power, because that can always be increased with money... Even though I have yet to gain enough money to get where I'd like...

 

Quote:
Originally Posted by JeRKy 8 Owner
What is amazing is that they still have not added automatic climate control (which all the international models have had since 2003), auto-off headlights, auto door locks, power passenger seat, power rear window controls (so people will actually use them for once), and a more functional cluster gauge. They'll ignore simple crap like that which other less expensive cars they sell come standard with, but will waste resources making an advanced remote entry system and start button feature.

Oh please, more automatic bullshit to go wrong? Pull your heads out guys. None of the automatic climate controlled cars that I have ever driven work as well as me roating the ***** myself. Auto climate control can easily add 50 pounds to a vehicle. NOT what the RX-8 needs.

Guys like you that buy into the gee-whiz gizmo flash like this ruin good cars for the rest of us.

Another example? Auto-dim rear mirrors. What crap. Doesn't do what you want it to do when you want to do it; which the manual one does every time for less cost and weight.

So take your automatic climate control and shove it!

 

Can't please everyone all of the time.............

I too would love to see more power, etc etc but they are a business. With more power means higher cost of production (both in parts and manufacturing tolerances, on top of the enormous expense to manufacture a rotary engine).

Just so you know, I can see the future:

Mazda will "listen" to the forum and give everyone the car they want, but the car will now have a price tag of $40k-$45k. And then all the whiners are going to start comparing the car to other $40k cars and start saying it doesn't have this feature and that feature and the Mazda nameplate isn't worth that much $$$... (BMW, Audi, etc territory)


Mazda is trying to produce a sports car that will sell to a lot of people, attracting a large customer pool within a reasonable price range. They are not going to change something to please just a small segment of enthusiasts and risk losing sales from all the other folks (that don't roam enthusiast boards) that can't afford $45k on a toy. Keep perspective...there are a lot more RX8 owners to consider than those represented on the internet

 

wow.. ya'll are a bunch of cry babies... if ya don't like the car, don't like the features, don't like enough about the car, don't buy it. if ya bought it, then that was ur choice and no one forced you to, so quit whining about it. you bought it 'cause you liked it and liked what it offered. if ya wanted power and torque and muscle go buy a good ole american muscle car. if you want luxury and cool gadgets and features go buy a lexus or cadillac. just quit trashing a car that you must have liked enough to purchase. now i'll step off my soap box.