Yeah, I don't like 'em; they're irritating. I much prefer that rumblin' sound
of a big ol' Murkin V-8 -- like my 505HP SSR.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> I never had the cold weather starting issues with mine, but I live in
> California.
>
> If you check the owners reports at fueleconomy.gov the RX-8 gets
> about 17 mpg overall and a car with similar performance and arguably
> more agile handling the Honda S2000 usually gets 24-25 mpg for its
> owners. All that heat under the hood cooking the wiring and rubber,
> and in the console baking whatever you put there and going out the
> tail pipe is your money.
>
> If rotaries were the norm someone inventing a piston engine would be
> greeted as a genius and savior in this era of declining petroleum
> production.
>
>
>
> Winsor
> Who owned two Mazdas, but no Ford zoom zooms. :-)
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 5, 2007, at 12:24 PM, Timpe, Jim wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Quart of oil every 1000 mi, 15 mpg, and cold weather starting issues.
> > Some things never change.
> > JT, who owns three zoom-zooms.
>
>
>
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