So the question is, would you own a RX-8?

Hmmmmmm...Gels trying to convince me rotaries are good...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THAT GELS.

I’ve had mine for a little over a year & half. Daily driver though I really don’t have to I just love driving the car so much. It has 108,000 miles on it still going strong on the original engine. It’s all about maintenance ! Take care of it & it will keep smiles on your face day in & day out

I've had my 2004 RX8 for 3 years now. Maintenance is the key. Regular oil changes with a good quality oil is a must. Mine has been super reliable so far and passes MOT and emissions every year. Thanks for the content, keep it coming please.

I've had my series 1 since 2017, sticking to the advice about premix, upgraded starter motor etc and so far so good. I did buy mine with a blown engine and it was rebuilt as part of the sale we agreed though so I know its been treated correctly since day 1 engine wise.

Owned one of these for 5 years until a few years ago. Probably the best, most fun car I’ve ever owned. So perfectly balanced. Not fast but perfect amount of power to be fun. Great interior. And mine was dead reliable other than fairly frequent coil replacements…..until the end, when the cat got clogged (presumably due to all the times it misfired before coil replacement ). I didn’t replace them soon enough and it resulted in damage to the seals.

I traded in my 10yr old 08 Miata for a 2010 R3. I've had it now for 4yrs. Daily driven. Temperature ranges from -40C to 45C. Has never let me down. Picked it up with 50k Km's on the clock, and now has 102k km's. In order to keep the engine going I freed up all the restraints. Has a RB Header, going into a BHR midpipe and out the back with the RB twin muffler exhaust. Very civil but enough bark when you rev it out. Only thing I had to do by necessity was the oil cooler lines. They corroded to the point where it was pissing oil substantially. Went with the RB lines for both oil coolers. That was not a fun time! They don't make it easy to swap out those lines. However, now there's only 3 lines as opposed to 11 different line connections. Funny enough, since the change over, the car has a bit of a supercharger whine when I rev it out. It's odd.. but a welcome addition. 🙂 If you want to drive the car more like a regular car, make sure you get a series 2. There are many things you don't need to do with a series 2 as opposed to a series 1. I absolutely love my R3.

I have an 05 Shinka that is still mostly stock minus a few upgrades (BHR coils, sohn adapter, BHR decat midpipe), and I get pretty decent fuel mileage. I average 20-21.5 mpg. I run most of the miles on the highway (75-80 mph), but a bit of around town too. I dont idle her until warm. I fire it up, let the revs level out to 1250 at idle then drive. As long as you keep revs to no more than 3-4k until it warms up, you're good. That usually only takes a few miles in warm/mild temps. In winter it takes a bit longer. I take advantage of freeway onramps to hit at least one redline per day. The only days I don't redline it are rainy days. Traction is a slight issue above 5-6k rpms on wet road if you're just looking to rev the snot out of it, but that can lead to some fun times too, haha. The biggest tip I can suggest is check out the rx8club forums. Looots of knowledge and ownerships info. They are less tolerant of people starting threads looking for handout answers, but if you take the time to learn before buying it is worth it. I had very little experience modding and maintaining cars when I purchased my 8, but the forums and KZfaq vids inspire a lot of confidence.

I'd really recommend doing the coils yeah. I went with the AEM (IGN1-A) type, it's also common to go with the D585 coils, personally not a big fan of it, but yeah. For premix, you can really use any oil you'd premix a 2-stroke engine with, Idemitsu is nice, but also the premium on each bottle is insane (at least here in Europe) :D Still do love the RX8 tho, so much fun to drive, great sound and enough power to be fun but not enough to be scared of driving myself in a ditch if I miss-touch the throttle. :P

I have had my RX-8 almost 3 years and have put on about 20,000 miles I take turns dayly driving it with my truck. The only "major" repair I have had to do was also oil cooler lines. I got mine mostly stock with a coil upgrade and the engine out but included with the car. After a compression test and checking the oil pan I put it back in the car. Since I have put a cat back, intake, Bluetooth adapter, and clean oil feed adapter in (very similar to sohn adapter) it has been very reliable so far

Had one for 8 years, did everything under the sun on/to it. Loved that car

COOL RANCH DORITO GANG WYA

5 years of owner's club membership. Third year of ownership with my current car. She's expensive to run, maintain. And uograde. But she has never let me down or left me stranded. One issue in three years: OMP failure. I doubled up on premix and drove the car in limp mode to the nearest specialist who swapped the unit in no time. Sorted! My Rx8 has been a reliable car, is tons of fun on a little B-road and is comfortable on long distance road trips. I love mine.

Funny enough it's actually pretty comfy for a sports car Iike you said. I daily drive mine and the heated seats are pretty nice in the winter

What up gels love the content you and Dakota are putting out keep it up bro

I feel like the internet blows things out of proportion. It’s trendy to say that the rx8 is a horrible car so everyone says it. But at the end of the day, it’s one of the best cars you could drive for the ~100,000 miles it will last!

Gels, great looking machine bud. I daily drive my 8 for like 2 years. My water seals failed thus putting an end to driving it daily though I should say that my commute to work was an hour each way. She got her redline on every trip and she was a fun car to drive. I’m a rotary guy and have had my share of rotaries, love ‘em to death. I will always drive a rotary… hybrid Renesis build is currently on the table for my 8. Can’t wait to get back behind the wheel. Great content Gels, I love your videos… awesome work man 🙌

My 07 just hit 80k and still running strong. Definitely gotta just give it maintenance love

Very enthusiastic and persuasive gels! I highly admire and respect the rotary platform but I just know my pockets wouldn't feel the same way if I owned one 😂

Great video! Just jumping in on the spark plgs comments. 2 stroke oil won't hurt the plugs. They're a hotter plug to begin with and a mix of 100;1 etc.. Won't really foul out those plugs. We racr 2 stroke bikes at a 32;1 ratio in extreme temps. Plugs can take it. Its more, that the RX8 plugs a a very thin/tiny bridge pin. The eventually crust up and die. Heat and carbon build up does most of that. Now, back to the video! Subscribed!

moremoremoremoremoremore videos about the 8! I love them 💖

rotary cars are the linux of the car world, people are scared of it because they don't know much about it.

the brap brap brap brap makes up for all lol peace n love brotha keep it rad stay safe and build on ... BOOST IT 😂 😂 na but i do want to get me a rotory build going hopefully this year and i kinda wanna do a mini truck rotory build ... l8z fam

i own an rx8. have it for more than a year now. love the absolute shit of it. also being one of the few series 2 in newzealand and the only one with the anime wrap it feels the best.

I’ve read if you go to D585 coils it’s a good idea to tune for the coils. One mod I would recommend is the Mazdatrix short shifter

Really is an underrated beauty, If I get a chance would love to own one, with the extra maintenance and effort it requires, the more love you also put into the car. In your opinion, what is the main difference the RX-8 have to the legendary RX-7 that made it way unwanted than the latter? Thanks for sharing your experience heaps of nice to knows!

It's a 4 stroke, just because it needs oil for the combustion chambers doesn't mean it's a 2T. Mine has pretty much the same reliability modes that you did, and a few extra, and it is working for me, 116k miles and counting, hope yours holds up too! 👍 Don't know if it's available in your area, but the thing runs amazing on E85 (with a proper conversion of course) the fuel consumption doesn't matter anymore 😁

Once you get a cage that room disappears , trust me lol

There is around an extra 30 whp hiding there with intake/exhaust and a tune 😊

I don't have IG so I wanted ask why or what made u choose this platform? Is it because it's pretty rare to see one on the road? Did u just always want one?

1oz of premix for every 2 gallons of gas.

Check out -“15 year ownership experience with my Mazda rx8” dude has a 40 min video of his experience with the Mazda rx8

What spark plugs are you running? I have an 04 6 port

I really want to buy another one I miss mine 😕

Someone might have asked this already, but if have the aftermarket premix injection system you were talking about, does the premix in the fuel tank just become a redundancy sorta thing or does it add on to eachother?

I have had my rx8 since new never pre mixed and have always since new only ran 10w40 castrol oil. Its at 138k miles and just kept maintenance as it should and drove it should be driven at least 2x a week. The car is still stock except cat has been changed to high flow cat. I will every oil change do a can of seafome treatment to gas and intake. Still original motor but will do a full rebuild at 150k if it makes it to 150k mils. Compresion aint the best or what it should but still does what it is sepose to takes 3sec on cold start and 7sec on worm start

Me over here daily driving my rx8 😂😂😂

S2 are the best 2009-2011

I own an 07,I wouldn't recommend for a daily drivers, cost too much to repair 😂.. But for weekends and go to work sometimes is okay, they are very fun to drive and the exhaust noise is addictive ,I a'm about finishing with the repairs on my ,new ported engine, suspension, fuel pump,high amp alternator, coils,radiator, oil coolers, mishimoto radiator fans,i don't like coilovers so instead I installed bilstein shocks,I love them because where I live the roads are bad ,go to Mr.RX-8 and see for yourself..

Instead of the video being named "Living with the Mazda RX-8: My Experience", it should be renamed to "Living with Myself: Bad Choices".

Every 3000 kms oil change and I always run 2 stroke mixed in with fuel aswell

He’s saying all this but for me going on 3 years it’s actually been smooth sailing 🤷🏾‍♂️

Rob Dahm collab? 👀

Single digit? Holy moly, have thought about getting it tuned for mpg?

How about using as daily car to drive to workplace? For me it is 18-19 miles in one direction(calculator said that, I am using kilometers), around half hour of driving

I like the cars and the idea of those engines a lot. But I seriously felt like you were speaking another language lol. Also there are tons of problems with all new cars too. Mostly because of emissions. So now we have these poorly build money pits.

They won’t flood that one is a myth. Always shut mine down cold . Not an issue. If it is you may have low compression or coil/starter issues

I wanna see a Rotary Miata

These cars aren't for just anybody

Have you had to rebuild the engine yet?

NOT A TWO STROKE

Your audio quality is unreliable too. NGL.

The flooding issue is such an old issue. It’s not even worth talking about anymore the cars don’t even have that problem.