http://cars.uk.msn.com/features/photoviewer.aspx?cp-documentid=158745847#image=5
QuoteMost expensive cars to repair
7. Mazda RX-8 (2003 - )
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Average repair cost: £608.82
Even 9 years on the RX-8 remains a cracking coupe to drive, largely thanks to the impressive 228bhp from its 1.3-litre Rotary engine. Surprisingly the complicated rotary engine is responsible for only 11% of all RX-8 repair claims. Instead the car\'s electrical system is a much bigger culprit, making up over half of repair claims.
There go the residual values in the UK market then :(
The positive is only 11% are "engine" problems and I\'m betting the high cost of the mainly electrical is coming from the coils and the Bose door speakers !!
TYPICAL rubbish from MSN/UK journalist though "complicated rotary engine" ... wtf !!!
Quote from: Competition PZ;779792TYPICAL rubbish from MSN/UK journalist though "complicated rotary engine" ... wtf !!!
Lol :) that was my first thought.. Errm.. complicated?
Of course, with journalism like that can you trust the 11% figure?
And I don\'t know about you guys, but I think that average repair bill is probably only if you take it to a Mazda dealer for repairs.. I got suckered for over 1K by Mazda for repairs (mostly unneeded or not actually done right) before I went somewhere else. To be fair, they weren\'t pulling a fast one for the cash, they just didn\'t have any mechanics that new anything about the rotary.. (They would have to employ a real mechanic for that, one that doesn\'t need a playbook for every repair, right? :rolleyes:)
ooh.. looks like my snide side is showing :rollin I\'ll be quite now ;p
hmm not too fermiliar with all those electrical faults they are claiming plagues the RX8