I love my RX8

[DaveCollins]

Glenn,

Hi Power. I haven\'t been really thrashing car yet so that may explain good numbers.  No doubt they will soon start falling.

Dave

[Yvonne]

I thought all the current cars were hi power.

Am  I mistaken then in the idea that the 190 isn\'t available until January.
Is this pure imagination, i must have got the idea from somewhere.

Yvonne

[Martiny]

I concur that anything over 20 Mpg is flipping good for a Rotary, especially at 5k!!!!

[teo]

I am not sure that 20 mpg is that good, even for rotary. Might be just my rotary innocence, and in a few years when I will become a grizzled rotary veteran I will look back and smile, but I still think it\'s using too much fuel.

The big trumpeted point about the Renesis 13b as opposed to the previous 13b was that it\'s more economical etc.  The Mazda published figures say so, and tomorrow Thursday I am going to take the car back and say that it does not perform as advertised, and can they please fix it. There might be some strange setting in the ECU that prevents the engine from performing.

I read somewhere else on the forum (I think there was a link to a different forum) about the guys in Australia having some coolant leaks, then having their engines replaced, and they reported better fuel consumption afterwards. This makes me have some hope.

Teo

[teo]

Originally posted by iaint
Don\'t forget the monthly club meet in the Wharf pub @ Dartford (2nd Tuesday in the month)!  All rotary people welcome, especially new shiny cars

I\'m just up the road from you (St Johns) and there\'s a few other rotary owners in the area too.

Iain

Hi, Iain

I would like to come. Usually I get home at around 2000 (don\'t ask!!), I hope the meet lasts long enough for me to get there at around 2100 - 2130? I read about the Wharf meetings, I wasn\'t aware this is in Dartford. Are there any directions to the place somewhere on the site?

Thanks

Teo

[clive]

Hi Teo,

We are stiil there normaly till 10/30ish, see you there.

Every 2nd Tuesday in the month ‘The Wharf’ (pub/restaurant), Galleon Boulevard, Dartford, Kent from 8.00pm onwards. To get there from the Dartford Crossing [M25 ] - heading southbound into Kent from Essex: take the 1st exit (Kent side) then follow the “Bluewater” signs onto Crossways Business Park. Turn right at the second roundabout, (past Mazda HQ!), go straight ahead at the next roundabout and it\'s at the end of the road. Contact Clive@mazdarotaryclub.com for further details.

Hope this helps.

[hat-astrophy]

Originally posted by Yvonne
I thought all the current cars were hi power.

Am  I mistaken then in the idea that the 190 isn\'t available until January.
Is this pure imagination, i must have got the idea from somewhere.

Yvonne

Well my local dealership in Edinburgh has a 190bhp for sale right now .... it\'s a cancelled order but i think they\'ve sold quite a few and now thinking about it the one in the showroom is a 190, so they\'re out there, but just in limited amounts.  Of course the dealerships all just got their hands on as many as they could in as many variations as they could, so someone must have snapped up all the 190\'s for themselves.  Anyway as Tiff said on Fifth Gear \'... there\'s a 190bhp model that no-one will want ...\' so don\'t expect many to be sold.

[John Ridout]

Just got my RX8 today after 10 months, and it was definately worth the wait.

Photo attached in rain and in mud !!

 It is very quick and got to 110 on the A20 before the words of the dealer sprang into my head " Run in for 1000 miles so no more than 5500 RPM". The 2 things I find astonishing are the room inside and the way the car just wants to keep accelerating way past what a normal engine would explode.

One the dealer said which I\'m a bit worried about is that apparently they have had problems with starting when the engines been turned off and on? He said they had problems in the docks moving them off and on the ship? Anyone know any more?

JR (Bromley)

[DaveCollins]

John,

Congratulations on the car.  Manual recommends taking it easy for the first 600 miles, I kept mine to max of about 5,000.

The problem you mention will typically be when the car is started and then turned off after a short distance, before the engine has had a chance to get warm.  This results in engine flooding.  I have seen a dealer tow starting a car after it had been moved off of the transporter.

If this happens then see procedure on starting a flooded engine on P7-20 of owners manual.  Main recommendation is if you always make sure the engine is warm when you turn it off then you should not have this problem.

No doubt others may be able to give you more technical advice on this.

Dave

[Yvonne]

yeah my dealer also made some cryptic remarks about starting. something like, "sometimes they are difficult to start but just keep turning it over".  I have never had any problem with this (touch wood) and haven\'t heard of anyone else having this kind of trouble
wishing you enjoyment of you new car
yvonne

[John Ridout]

Thanks Guys and Girls,

Its amazing the dealer only told me this after I\'d put a £20k+ cheque on the desk!! Seriously its a really lovely car and I know I have to be careful in the first few months but I drove it to Dartford tonight down the M25 and it just wants to go and you have to stop yourself really putting it through 5,6 r 7,ooo revs.

Great sound system as well by the way and thankfully for me god brakes. Any thoughts on colours? I saw a blue one at the dealer with full Mzda Kit and it was stunning although at £28,095 it should be!



JR

[Yvonne]

I am a very happy lady.
Having reached the 1000 mile mark I have let loose with the revs and what fun it is.  My, it really goes.  The lack of torque plus the quiet smoothness gives a sense of flying.

shame its such wet and horrid weather.  

I wonder what my fuel consumption is going to be now.

all the best
Yvonne