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Hi fellow rotary owners!

Only had the Rx8 for a few days and loving it so far! It's my wife's car but I am tasked with maintaining it. :shock: I also get to have a go once in a while, which is nice :thumleft:

Will have a good look around the forum and I have a few questions to post. For now though it's going to be a steep rotary learning curve!

Have fun,

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:welcome: Nigel

Expect a few messages welcoming you on board, including from another "Nigel" on here.
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Welcome along, get some pics up 👍
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Welcome aboard :thumleft:
Get some pics up and tell us all about it.
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Hi Nigel. Welcome in!
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Oh No! #-o Not another Nigel. :lol:

You are most welcome here :thumleft: . You will understand my initial comment when the other more notorious Nigel appears, but only after he has consumed his lunchtime meal, bottle of wine and umpteen bars of choccy. :lol: :lol: Cannot believe he is not here to greet you already if only to up his post count :lol: .
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Hi Nigel & :welcome: to the RX-8OC :thumleft:

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:welcome: There's plenty to read on the forum to get you up to speed. If you can't find what you need with the "search" facility then feel free to ask away :D
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Welcome! Looking forward to seeing some piccys!
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Don't forget to become a full member.. you are restricted to just certain topics as a guest .. the best stuff is sitting there waiting for you and with the savings available, you will get back membership fee and then some.. :welcome: to our forum Nigel :thumleft:
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Hi and :welcome: Nigel. :D Have a good read through whatever in the FAQ section you didn't already read :study: and then (and just ignore me if you know all this already) here are my best tips for keeping it all running sweetly:

1. To start up turn the key to position 2, wait for most of the lights on the dash to go out (I watch the airbag light by the glove box), press the clutch to the floor (optional, but reduces drag), turn the key to start and do not touch the throttle until it has started. You can drive off straight away, just keep the revs down for a bit (see #4 below).

2. Never [-X 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 :censored: 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).

3. Check the oil level regularly (use the dipstick - the oil gauge tells you nothing other than that you have or don't have pressure) and top up if necessary with semi synthetic 5w30 (most people and specialists are advising to use 10w40 now though) ... small amounts at a time, no more than ½ a litre then check the level again before adding more as you don't want to overfill it.

4. Use all the revs once the engine is nice and warm (don't sit idling to warm up, start up and drive but keep it below about 4k until the needle on the water temperature gauge is pointing straight up, then give it another 10 minutes for the oil to warm up too before really thrashing it :twisted: ) 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. ;)

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Thanks for welcome guys and the valuable and useful advice and tips! First job on to do list is to source a good quality sports cat that will go through the mot without any problems :-k . Any recommendations as I don't want to waste money on something that's not up to the job?

Looking forward to the rotary journey. Driving experience so far........its slightly different to our other car but in a good way and also bloody addictive and great fun.........only driven it twice! My wife will have her first drive in it today so fingers crossed she likes the experience........... :thumleft:

Enjoy your weekend folks! =D>
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