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11th May 2013, 20:34
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#61
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Originally Posted by LSOfreak
that would look good if the colourscheme werent so horrendous
blue wheels on a brown car, what is he thinking??
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I know it's a disgusting colour contrast but I can appreciate how he's tucked them away in the arch and was definitely a refreshing change from all the red & black ones at the club stand
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11th May 2013, 20:36
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#62
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LVC
That's what I thought but all the listings on PistonHeads Classifieds have them as 2.6l
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It's to do with swept volume or something, not too sure tbh, but they're 1.3's.
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11th May 2013, 21:19
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#63
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If you calculate the CC the same way as you would a piston engine, then it would be a 2.6l. But its not a piston engine, so that's not the proper way to calculate the CC on them.
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11th May 2013, 22:39
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What Nick said.
All of them are 1.3s but the sweep is different on the 2 models, and if measured the same as a piston engine it would equate to 2598cc or whatever
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Originally Posted by Prickle
Ride the xmas party out, when she gets back chuck her on the bed and sniff her minj for semen.
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11th May 2013, 23:45
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#65
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Owned two, 192 and 230, the oil myth is a load off crud.. Barly drink any oil only time I had to add a bit more oil was after a track day..
Cars them self are the best you can get for that money's..
Don't listen to the hype.. Had one on 85k and was like new after plugs and coils..
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13th May 2013, 11:53
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#66
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this thread is massively helpful. i've been toying with the idea of getting one of these myself as a weekend car in a couple of months. i love them. so cheers vrtlogan, karlb1 etc
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13th May 2013, 12:01
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If you do get one, make sure you red line it often, they fucking love that.
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Originally Posted by Prickle
Ride the xmas party out, when she gets back chuck her on the bed and sniff her minj for semen.
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13th May 2013, 14:32
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#68
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Karlb1
If you do get one, make sure you red line it often, they fucking love that.
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well its either that or a E36 328i. But at the moment i'm leaning towards something jap.
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13th May 2013, 14:43
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#69
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vtrlogan
Owned two, 192 and 230, the oil myth is a load off crud.. Barly drink any oil only time I had to add a bit more oil was after a track day..
Cars them self are the best you can get for that money's..
Don't listen to the hype.. Had one on 85k and was like new after plugs and coils..
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have to agree had the 231 version loved it and wasn't a problem while I had it prev owner had all leads done and serviced well so other than petrol and road tax being a lil hefty I enjoyed it, interior was really comfy and felt like a expensive car on a small budget as I picked this one up for £1100 with 25k on clock
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13th May 2013, 19:22
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I've had mates with them, very thristy for what they are, and oil needs to be kept an eye on. Reliaibilty on these things isn't great either, all of this has driven used values into the ground. For the money they look good inside and out and they do handle well... But a same year Civic Type R would shit on either version in a race while averaging an extra 7-8mpg combined when it really shouldn't.
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13th November 2013, 00:08
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#71
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Quote:
Originally Posted by craigbarley
My mate had one, £70 week to just go work and bk. And it's a 2mins dive. They don't hold value at all, n need a big service every 4k. Expensive to run and repair, and very tail happy for a medium size car, they can't corner for shit
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Don't mean to be rude this one stood out to me bull shit ... 70 fuel I put 20 a week in take kids to school then work yeh don't hold value don't need a big service with the engine if looked after like any car will look after you I've seen them go 1000 + not very tail happy not had mine go once as I drive it right cos have to baby seats in back and big pushchair in boot reason I said I'm not being rude is people moan about rx8 but never had one mate of a man dad does and he never moans few people have drive mine and very shocked and handle great
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13th November 2013, 00:09
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#72
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Sorry only bump up because of a link made
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13th November 2013, 00:13
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#73
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Rx8's tail happy?
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13th November 2013, 00:19
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#74
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Cam feel like going out driffting you up for it
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13th November 2013, 00:22
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#75
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrk1
My mate had a 2004 model they are riddled with starting issues, the maintenance is pretty expensive, full rebuilds can be costly and unfortunately these rotarys do need them. They lack torque and are therefore not as quick as people think.
However they do sound lurvly and look pretty smooth but I fail to see the appeal myself, obviously if you are considering one rx8oc & rotarycarclub are a good place to start.
One we saw at Castle Coombe today on bentley rims
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A guy came up to me in a multi story car park to chat to me about my hydraulics and by chance said he was the owner of this very car ^. Said he fabricated the hydraulics on it himself from scratch
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13th November 2013, 00:24
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#76
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If I remember right it's on air ? Hummmmm
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13th November 2013, 00:30
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#77
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hmmm really? he told me he had a brown rx8 on bentley rims and i think he said it was the only one on hydraulics which he made himself.. was a while ago now, is there another identical one lol
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13th November 2013, 00:31
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#78
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No there's only one like that mate trying find his name on fb
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13th November 2013, 00:36
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#79
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Nope 100% on air mate did that guy own a focus rs 500 to ?
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13th November 2013, 00:39
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#80
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Owner is jack hulcoop
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