C&D The Best-Handling Car in America for Less Than $100,000

[Onslaught]

That's terrible, man.  Your paint hates you.  A lot.

Yes, it would love it if I left dirt on it all the time to rub into the clear. Strange that my 20 year old Miata looks almost new. Paint must hate me on that thing.

[93JC]

I think he was talking about Mr. I-wash-my-car-four-times-a-year, not you.

[giant_mtb]

Yes, it would love it if I left dirt on it all the time to rub into the clear. Strange that my 20 year old Miata looks almost new. Paint must hate me on that thing.

...I quoted SVT, brah.

[Onslaught]

...I quoted SVT, brah.

You have my apologies. Somehow I missed that. My eyes must be tired from checking oil every two hours.

[giant_mtb]

You have my apologies. Somehow I missed that. My eyes must be tired from checking oil every two hours.

No worries.

[sportyaccordy]

Probably from somebody who runs their car at high RPM constantly.  Honda Preludes were known for oil consumption as well and it was largely a function of how long one spent on the VTEC's aggressive cam (since oil is used to engage the VTEC changeover).  People who spent a lot of time running on the cam drank a lot more oil than those who only hit the VTEC changeover once in a while.

Back in my Honda days the sudden increase of black smoke in the exhaust was how we'd know someone had engaged VTEC.

VQ35s also have an oil burning problem from what I've heard. Not a quart every 300 miles though.

[SVT_Power]

Oh, one more thing about the oil checking. The RX-8's dip stick has little holes in it. And you use that to know how much oil it needs put into it. It comes with a chart in the owners book that lets you know how much oil you need to poor in depending on what hole it's on or near.

I haven't gone through too many owner's manuals, but I've never even heard of a car manual telling you how much oil to add according to a designed dipstick. At least Mazda tells you I guess...

[Submariner]

Whichever you end up doing, I'm sure North Carolina finds it both legal and acceptable.

A Sister would be alright, but the good ole' boys hang 'em faggots down in the south.  

[Laconian]

A Sister would be alright, but the good ole' boys hang 'em faggots down in the south.   

NOT FUNNY.

[Onslaught]

Back in my Honda days the sudden increase of black smoke in the exhaust was how we'd know someone had engaged VTEC.

VQ35s also have an oil burning problem from what I've heard. Not a quart every 300 miles though.

If you have a car that needs a quart every 300 miles then you've got a problem.

[Onslaught]

I haven't gone through too many owner's manuals, but I've never even heard of a car manual telling you how much oil to add according to a designed dipstick. At least Mazda tells you I guess...

It helps take the guessing out of it. But then again it has a light that would come of if it was getting too low. I'm an anal motherfucker when it comes to my cars. So I like my oil to be full all the time. That's why I look every 2 weeks. Like Rotor said, you don't have to look near that much if you don't care that it's not on full. You've got a long way to go before it's going to be a problem.

[Rich]

It comes with a chart in the owners book that lets you know how much oil you need to poor in depending on what hole it's on or near.

LOL

[r0tor]

They never built an LS2 powered Firebird (LS2 came out in 2005, Firebird was discontinued in 2002).  That said, early LS engines did have problems with oil consumption.  Numerous Vette owners complained about consumption rates of up to 1 qt per 1000 miles (which GM claimed was within the "normal and expected" consumption range).  IIRC, piston slap was also a problem (I'm guessing related).

Ls1... Doh

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Ls1... Doh

The only time my LS1 burns oil is when I use the Synthetic stuff.

[565]

Damn this thread is making me look at used RX8's again.

I loved the Rx8 when I drove it way back then.

There is a red 2005 with 34K on the clock, with them asking 12.5K, another blue 2005 with 70K asking for 9.7K,  both really tempting since they've been on the market for a while and I feel like I got bargaining leverage.

But I don't think I could part with the Z06 for an RX8, but this could be one car that replaces the impractical little fleet I've got now.  Even if I didn't sell the Z06 I might make it work money wise by replacing the old Supra and the SUV with one car, paying 1 insurance....

Plus DDing the Supra is generally unsafe considering it's got no airbags of any kind or ABS... so really I'm investing in my own future safety....
Plus I'm going into so much debt anyway now.... what's another 8k or so???

Damn this is like dangerous thinking....

[68_427]

Wanna sell me your ZO6?