The 40th Anniversary & Kuro special editions were the only RX-8`s to include a build number which consisted of numbered plates fitted to the sill trims, in my case my 40th Anniversary car did not have the plates fitted to the sill trims I queried this with the dealer who knew nothing of them and I l...

WBAC are not renowned for giving fair values eg. I just did a valuation on my very low mileage Porsche 996 Cabriolet that currently are up for sale at anything from £9K -£15K. WBAC - £2,080 less admin fee, the words laugh having a spring to mind. :-k * * Del. $_57 (1).JPG After the initial valuatio...

I have 2 knobs :yeah: a spare one (black disc) I bought to fit when the RX-8 went into a Mazda dealer :pale: as I used to find they get scratched that one is aluminium that was chrome plated the plating was wearing off so I just rubbed the remaining plating off and polished the aluminium up. The 40t...

It is far too powerful for an RX-8 owner to handle - hang on a minute I`m one of them.

It will be up for sale soon and I`ll put it on here first.

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WBAC are not renowned for giving fair values eg. I just did a valuation on my very low mileage Porsche 996 Cabriolet that currently are up for sale at anything from £9K -£15K.

WBAC - £2,080 less admin fee, the words laugh having a spring to mind.

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If you have a flat battery and are going to jump start from another battery then make sure that battery holds a good charge first, it is better to jump start from another car and engine running if possible, make sure the battery connections are clean and tight, are you sure the battery, plugs, plug ...

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Don't forget that the PZ was the finest RX8 ever made... nothing from that design was fixed in the R3.

List updated.

Now 178 cars registered out of a possible 2,550 special editions.

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Ah! Capri uncertainty! My brother had a Triumph Spitfire and he decided he needed a bit more room so he swapped it for a 1300GT Capri as he wanted then to retain something with a bit of performance anyway he was never very mechanically minded and it was several weeks before I got to see this Capri a...

BILSTEIN REBUILD SERVICE Bilstein has a dedicated technical centre in the UK. They can help you with a wide range of services concerning Bilstein shock absorbers such as rebuild, servicing and custom build. As a guide rebuilds start from £80 + VAT per unit, £100 + VAT for a sport unit. In many case...

What is the penalty for car parts theft - you may need some ointment and bandage for your wrist!

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Well I looked!

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This was the result of my recall - makes you wonder just how thorough you have to be to work as a "Mazda Technician"

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You will never answer the question why mankind/womankind does this sort of thing considering the consequence of their actions, look at the school teacher who had relations with a 15 year old pupil, she was married had a career in teaching and is now finished while sitting in prison. Wayne Couzens el...

Feel free to browse lots to read up on and learn then ask away - if the answers are not on here then it hasn`t been written yet!

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When do you want me to pop round to have it fitted?

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According to this https://www.e10fuelforthought.nsw.gov.au/facts E10 is not suitable to use in my 23 year old Porsche!

According to Porsche Cars Great Britain it is OK to use and will not cause any harm!

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Making sure its well charged can`t you try another battery or even jump start from another car and after 2 years you will need fresh fuel in it.

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IMHO you could a lot worse than the "Shinka" Black Cherry, not many about in that colour.

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There really is no accounting for taste is there, he should have colour coded it to the rear spoiler IMO

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Just as a point of interest Mazda changed the float assembly so in theory it shouldn`t happen again, my first tank lasted under 3 years and 11k miles replaced with a modified tank under warranty 10 years ago.

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Who is annoyed? What would be the point of cleaning the tank the float fails and you cannot access it the "Pumice" type material refers to the float which "had " a coating which wears off so cleaning is not going to replace that and make the float buoyant again is it. The crud in water tanks tend to...

Seek and Ye shall find Coolant tank everything you wanted to know

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rotatopotato wrote:I had no issues putting mine in for recalls with a de-cat.

Same no problems

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Ah! but are you assuming that a Mazda tained Technician actually knows what a Cat` is and where to find it?

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