Learned stick on my second gen RX-7...
-Almost no torque at low rpm - worse
-Easy to flood, then once flooded major work - worse
-Feed it a quart of oil every 1,000 miles - worse
-Almost no torque at low rpm - worse
-Easy to flood, then once flooded major work - worse
-Feed it a quart of oil every 1,000 miles - worse
The flooding issue I mentioned. It may have been different with the RX7, but the RX8 has a de-flood procedure that works 9 times out of 10. And failing that a bump start usually does it. Although I've never flooded mine, I'm always careful not to shut her down cold.
Oil usage in the real world is not much worse than many other performance cars, in fact it's better than most Honda S2000s. But for people who are not used to having to regularly top up oil I could see it being a ball ache.
Neither had I...just never let a valet, mechanic, or relative try to start your old RX-7 ;)
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