Im a new RX8 owner and have fallen into ownership really.
To cut a very long story short a friend has a car garage and said he had taken in this Mazda as PX . He didnt think it would sell on again for much so i went to look at it and found a completely wrapped RX -8 , 50,000 miles , in matt black . It looked horrendous . All the lights were painted black , it looked so bad he was considering sand racing it .
I bought it for £450 .
I went home and with the help of another friend we peeled off the matt black wrap and uncovered its blue paint after 8 years . It started to look nice . The blue was near perfect
I was in two minds what to do with this car , but since driving it i ended up loving it .theres just something about the way it feels and drives ; this one has a good history file but ive no idea what model it is so ive guessed it when i registered on here, until i find out. Sorry about that .
I live in jersey so all i can say is that its a 2004 model 6 speed manual . Our log books dont give all the info sadly
I now want to look after the car and im glad ive ‘rescued’it to be honest .
In summary i’ve never had so much fun in a car for the money, and ive got all sorts of cars.
Im hoping to learn about them and use this knowledge to make mine even nicer , and gain a few contacts along the way
First question i have and one you’ve all been asked a hundred times; is my engine going to die after 60,000 miles or is that a myth ? Everyone is saying steer clear but im not giving up on it
Anyway , nice to join up
Ross
- we can advise on a suitable specialist to carry out the test 
to the RX-8OC 
Strato blue is dark and almost mauve in sunlight, if it is a bright blue it will be winning blue - there are a lot more of them than there are strato blue.
and then (and just ignore me if you know all this already) here are my best tips for keeping it all running sweetly:
turn off the engine before it has reached at least somewhere towards normal operating temperature (should only take a minute or two, but best to go for a short drive if just swapping cars round on the drive etc). Switching off cold risks flooding, which is a real 
with a rotary engine. Mazda recommend rev to 4k and hold it for 8-10 seconds switching off while still revving if you have no option but to switch off cold (it is not necessary to do this in any other circumstance).
) and hit the beep often. Best acceleration is from 4k revs up - to pull away you really need to rev to 2k - you can let the revs drop after lifting the clutch if you are in traffic, cruising steadily at 3½k revs and changing down to go up hills or accelerate gets you the best mpg ... which still won't be great. 
♂️ If theres no rotary specialist here , is a mazda main dealer an option ?
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