Car advice needed. RX8 v Z3 v Celica

[Forest]

The RX8 I was in is the smoothest engine I've ever experienced, because it goes round and round and round instead of up and down like a piston engine.

A straight six is smoother than a rotary.

The straight six has perfect primary balance, so there's almost no vibration.

[steelestring]

Go the Honda S2000!!!

[Blackshear]

Go the Honda S2000!!!

So, care to show us a road speed vs powerband chart?

[hutchy52]

We have a '94 Mk1 1800 manual and we BOTH love it! Only one cheeky person suggested it was a "hair-dresser's car", everyone else is either envious or went and bought one for themselves!

and if you buy another one, you can use them as rollerskates

[Edbear]

and if you buy another one, you can use them as rollerskates

Ha ha! We fit just nicely in thanks!

[Headbanger]

Is your wifes Skyline a R32?.

uh...I dunno. Its a sedan, 1998, has 25GT written on it.

any idea what its worth?

[cambridgedan]

Hmmm buy a bike??

exactly just buy a bike problem solved

[owner]

Car advice: they suck

[Rayray401]

hmm..RX8=thirsty, Z3=gay, celica= what someone said at the start...asian boyracer...i'd say 350z orelse mx5

[roadracingoldfart]

don't get an rx8.... if you do, you'll get to know your local mazda dealer really really really well..

Really , Im the foreman of a Mazda dealership and we hardly see them for anything but normal servicing. And no im not talking them up , i fuckin hate the piss ant revvy pieces of small , hard to get into crap.


hopes the boss never looks at KB.

[ducatilover]

Absolutely agree. Z3 worse of the lot. Expensive everything and mushy handling to boot.

You must have been in a jap market or singapore z3. I have driven a few z3s and a nice nz new 2.8 does very well for itself. The rx8 are great to drive but have a disturbing lack of torque, a celica will not be fun near the limit, they lsd front diff likes to make your day hell and you have even less power and torque than an rx8. the z3 are a reasonably reliable car, many people I know say bmws are expensive etc etc etc, I have had a few, they did high kms and I wasn't nice to them, my brother had a few, neither of us had any problems, just keep the basic servicing [no it's not expensive] and be carefull picking your car [eg - never buy a bmw with a jatco box, common in jdm e36 and e34s]
My pick would be, go try an s2000 Lovely car to drive, I had more fun in one than an mx5, being the mx5s are gutless, they needed alot more flexible power.

[ducatilover]

uh...I dunno. Its a sedan, 1998, has 25GT written on it.

any idea what its worth?

With good miles, 8-9k if you are very very lucky, unless it's a gt-t then it's worth a bit more

[ducatilover]

It's not hard to get big power out of SR20DETs, 400bhp can be achieved on standard internals with appropriate fuelling.

Try price up an sr20det doing 400hp. I wouldn't use standard internals, the top end wouldn't last either. The ecu/mapping alone will be upwards of $2k. It won't be flexible.

[Ooky]

Try price up an sr20det doing 400hp. I wouldn't use standard internals, the top end wouldn't last either. The ecu/mapping alone will be upwards of $2k. It won't be flexible.

he jsut said it could be done! not cheaply or lasting

[stify]

Really , Im the foreman of a Mazda dealership and we hardly see them for anything but normal servicing. And no im not talking them up , i fuckin hate the piss ant revvy pieces of small , hard to get into crap.


hopes the boss never looks at KB.

I was a foreman at a mazda dealership...an I got to see plenty of em cause my shithouse boss wouldn't hire any decent techs

we were always having them towed in...flooding etc