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Post by cyf on Apr 6, 2016 17:19:40 GMT
We wanted, a car that was younger than ours,original, with room for four, with good style, funny to drive and not so common. The car which has all that is the... MAZDA RX8!!   Thefunny red zone at 9500RPM  |
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Post by tonys on Apr 6, 2016 21:07:12 GMT
Lovely car, quite rare in the UK and, I would think, even more rare in France. I haven't driven one, but they've had good reviews. A bit different to the P5B  |
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Post by enigmas on Apr 6, 2016 22:08:50 GMT
Obviously a midlife crisis Cyf. I love the redline limit on the tacho...Ah yes...I can see that it's obviously a family car!  PS. Go lightly on the throttle...the fuel consumption is quite something with a rotary engine. The fun aspect is that you can hone your drifting skills.  |
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Post by cyf on Apr 7, 2016 19:54:20 GMT
You're right Warwick, the mid life crisis at its best! I never owned a sport car, all my cars are old 4X4 or classics.
We own it for just two weeks and I can't go light on the throttle yet.
And yes, it's a family car until our kids will be too tall to be comfortable at the back!
Tonys, I'm surprised that it's a quite rare car in UK because every week there's a RHD for sale in France, coming from UK. I thought that they were plenty over there.
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Post by Warwick on Apr 8, 2016 2:36:49 GMT
... The funny red zone at 9500RPM ... It's not quite what it seems Cyf. I put an RX4 13B engine in a Bolwell 40 years ago and if I remember correctly, the gear ratio between the rotors and the output shaft is 3:1. The rotors are only spinning at 1/3 of the speed of the output shaft and the tacho is indicating output shaft RPM, as it would for the crankshaft on a piston engine. |
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Post by cyf on Apr 8, 2016 7:46:41 GMT
Come on Warwick, don't spoil my childish pleasure with technical datas!!
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Post by Warwick on Apr 8, 2016 8:41:55 GMT
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Post by tonys on Apr 8, 2016 17:54:13 GMT
You're right Warwick, the mid life crisis at its best! I never owned a sport car, all my cars are old 4X4 or classics. We own it for just two weeks and I can't go light on the throttle yet. And yes, it's a family car until our kids will be too tall to be comfortable at the back! Tonys, I'm surprised that it's a quite rare car in UK because every week there's a RHD for sale in France, coming from UK. I thought that they were plenty over there. What a funny world. I haven't seen one for many months, and then I saw 3 today. 3, in the space of about 10 miles. Perhaps I need to get out more often  |
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Post by cyf on Apr 10, 2016 8:28:57 GMT
Or it was the RX8 National held in your area!
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