Buying a used RX8

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Fri 10 Jun 2005 11:53
Buying a used RX8 - turnip666
I am looking at a 12 month old RX8, 16000 km's (I'm in Australia). It has been serviced on schedule very 6 months.

Reading the forums here I see that the engine has a few particular requiements, short runs etc.

Is there anything that can be done, in case the engine has been mistreated? It doesn't show any problems at the moment.
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Fri 10 Jun 2005 11:56
Buying a used RX8 - Happy Blue!
IIRc from NSU Ro80 days, the wankel engine prefers long runs to short stop start work. The engines can use a lot of oil, but not all, so you need to check the oil regularly. It is not a problem apparantly if they do use oil.

I assume that you have the balance of a 3 year warranty - so why worry?
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Fri 10 Jun 2005 15:45
Buying a used RX8 - blue_haddock
Make sure the previous owner has regularly checked the oil - it is not uncommon for the RX8 to get through 1 litre of oil every 500 miles.
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Fri 10 Jun 2005 17:53
Buying a used RX8 - livefortheday
Not many cars have a special place keeping a litre of oil handy.....
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Fri 10 Jun 2005 18:06
Buying a used RX8 - blue_haddock
You can fit a 2 litre pop bottle in the door of a citreon AX!
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