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Originally posted by unixman View PostThat doesn't sound right. Peugeot, Volvo and Citroen were getting 144 BHP from their joint 2.7 litre V6 from 1975 onwards. According to Wikpedia, the Vitesse V8 delivered 190 BHP, which would seem to make more sense.
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post3.5 litre V8 and in Vitesse form those magical British engineers managed 150 bhp from it.
Where are they now eh?
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Originally posted by unixman View PostThose were the days when the Rover SD1 3500 could give BMW and Audi a good thrashing V8, rear wheel drive. Not by halves indeed.
Where are they now eh?
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Barn find from earlier in the year, sold for about £5k
Originally posted by unixman View PostThose were the days when the Rover SD1 3500 could give BMW and Audi a good thrashing V8, rear wheel drive. Not by halves indeed.
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Those were the days when the Rover SD1 3500 could give BMW and Audi a good thrashing V8, rear wheel drive. Not by halves indeed.
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostMind blowing emissions from rotary engines means, unless some yet unknown technical breakthrough is made, the RX8 will be the last mass produced el ever made.
From that perspective I think everyone should own one for a while to piss of the global warming brigade.
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My jag apparently has an "idiot's oil gauge" (or did the guy call it a "poor man's oil gauge" ?) in which the needle has only two positions, half way or zero.
I'd rather have a proper oil gauge that actually shows the oil level, and I believe one can buy and fit one separately.
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Originally posted by anonymouse View PostI can vouch for the Ford Ka not needing oil for at least several thousand miles. Somebody i used to work with drove with the oil warning light on, so I checked the oil level for her, the dipstick didn't register any oil in the sump.
The good thing about the S2000 is that people who are too stupid to check the oil probably write it off on a roundabout before the oil runs out.
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I can vouch for the Ford Ka not needing oil for at least several thousand miles. Somebody i used to work with drove with the oil warning light on, so I checked the oil level for her, the dipstick didn't register any oil in the sump.
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It's absolutely astonishing that these oil guzzlers are still being sold new.
I thought they went out with manual starter handles, and that modern cars used about a thimble full of oil every 10K miles!
Could it be a manufacturers' wheeze to increase the chance of unwary owners wearing out their engines prematurely and having to buy a newer car?
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Mind blowing emissions from rotary engines means, unless some yet unknown technical breakthrough is made, the RX8 will be the last mass produced el ever made.
From that perspective I think everyone should own one for a while to piss of the global warming brigade.
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Originally posted by amoeba View PostRotary, they are designed to use oil. Unfortunately dippy owners don't realise, hence why RX8s are so cheap and have such a bad reputation.
Engine rebuilds and rotor tip wear stories similar nonsense. Associated only with high mileage RX7s and never the RX8 to my knowledge.
Petrol consumption about 24 MPG average - fairly heavy but comparable with cars of the same class (in 2004). And it was unleaded not premium, so 10% or so cheaper. Fuel tank was small though.
Proper and I mean proper handling. And seeing the rev counter charge past 8000 was slightly orgasmic. I banged it to 9500 on a regular basis and might have even got 10k on a couple of occasions, or that might just have been the rev counter...
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Originally posted by amoeba View PostRotary, they are designed to use oil. Unfortunately dippy owners don't realise, hence why RX8s are so cheap and have such a bad reputation.
Nice cars, and if anything they have a good reputation amongst petrol heads. It's just that few people are stupid enough to own one.
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