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MadScientistMatt
MadScientistMatt PowerDork
5/7/10 9:04 a.m.
93celicaGT2 wrote: It wasn't an engine problem that caused that... it was a cooling issue, and the fixes are out there. The 80k then explode fable being connected with the motors themselves, is just that. Berate mazda for dropping the ball on the cooling. Not the motor.

I thought that issue was from putting the fuel filter where you had to drop the differential to service it, causing a lot of people to keep putting off changing it? One of the design engineers had to have caught a mechanic banging his wife to have designed things that way.

Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
5/7/10 9:08 a.m.
Vigo wrote: MPG is the big deal-killer for me on owning and USING an rx-8... although im still wondering why im the only person in this thread that likes the styling? I mean, i wish the taillights were more angular.. but i think its a good looking car

No, i love the styling. I think it's a great looking car.

Otto Maddox
Otto Maddox UltraDork
5/7/10 9:57 a.m.

In reply to MadScientistMatt:

I thought they blew their apex seals, pretty much the way all rotaries let go. I will admit that I am a little biased because I had an '84 with failed apex seals at 80K.

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