Fro
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Does anyone know why their residuals are so bad as I've seen loads that have done low miles for sale well under £10K?
Has anyone experienced one?
Not expecting a huge response but most other sites are blocked while I'm at work.
Cheers 
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stan_the_man
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My ex had one. A PZ Prodrive one.
What do you wanna know?
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Fro
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Just what they're like to run, cost of parts any problems etc. And why they're so cheap 
thanks for the reply
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mwg
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Heavy on fuel and high road tax at a guess?
People think the rotary engine is unreliable too. I cant comment on that, no experience of them.
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BYRON
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High running costs, servicing, tax and insurance make it a little less desirable. When I have been forecasting future values, the one single factor that hit prices were the lack of knowledge, confidence and the unknown quantities when maintaining them. Great value for money IMO
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Fad
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As Byron said Great value and they drive soooooooo well!
Just you wont get more than 25mpg even when trying hard and it uses a lot of expensive oil...so much so the boot has a ompartment for back up oil.
I'd have one through for a short term punt
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Kurt
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I moved one at work, it was horrible to manouver, mirrors were totally useless..
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BYRON
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I forget what the recommended amounts are, but I think they use atleast a litre of fuel every 3 tanks of fuel?
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Fad
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Not sure but when I picked one up from Avis the guy told me if the oil warning light came on pull over and top the oil up using the spare oil in the boot
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mwg
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That'd put me off having one right away. Couldn't be doing with that.
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Fro
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Excellent cheers guys.
Thinking of getting something else when my insurance is due and was looking at 350Z's again but then i saw how cheap the Rx's are and it got me thinking.
Silver RX8
1l itre of oil for every 3 tanks of fuel sounds a bit ghey though  Bit like running an xe going by some peoples on here 
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stan_the_man
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The manual recommends checking the oil after every two tanks of fuel. But after around 4 months of owning it, the oil hadnt budged.
They do drive very nice, quite like a Honda, you really have to rev them hard to get a good beating out of one, and they are a very nice place to be.
They use ALOT of fuel.
Tax is £222 for 6 months.
Servicing is a real crippler. As are all perishables (tyres, brakes etc)
Mazda are putting out alot of good cars lately IMO.
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Fro
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Nice one Stan
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Fad
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Well they cant be that bad if you see the mileages they have been clocking up. Ones on the trader wilth circa 80-90 k miles.
Plus if you work in London you wont use it that much tbh so enjoy it when you can
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Fro
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
Well they cant be that bad if you see the mileages they have been clocking up. Ones on the trader wilth circa 80-90 k miles.
Plus if you work in London you wont use it that much tbh so enjoy it when you can
Yeah thats what i was thinking, can also get on Mums insurance for her a4 so could use that if need be.
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Fad
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I loved the one I had for a day would buy one myself but I dont think I could sleep with the residuals.....Been watching them and think the Prodrive ones will level out at some point
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BYRON
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I think I was forecasting circa £6k for the 231ps version @ 3yrs old with 60k on the clocks.
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Fad
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Good buy IMO for that also with Jap specialists catering for them will make them a good buy
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gavin18787
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Great minds think alike fro was looking at these last night. Starting at 6k they are alot of car for the money. One round the corner to me in blue/purple with dark wheels that is stunning think its some kind of special edition one
Drives supercharged Tec with torque 
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Fro
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Indeed they do Gav!
Seem like alot for the money was looking at the prices and surprised at how cheap they same to be!
got a while to mull it over as insurance isn't due until June, but may have to look into them more closely
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Fad
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Just make sure its the 23s PS one and iff possible the prodrive edition
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Fro
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Yeah i wouldnt want any lower than that.
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Ash_EP3
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My mate had one, I liked them but could never own one... in comparison to the type r the running costs are very high (so not very good value for money).
Funky looks, RWD, suicide doors + 50/50 weight distribution
In terms of speed they are fairly quick my mate had the 230bhp model and there was nothing in it between his car and the civic.
He used to get 21mpg I can average about 29/30 mpg 
Although in saying this the type r and the rx8 are different beasts in their own rights
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jr
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the one we had at work needed shit loads of bits so we could sell it again, seem to love coils (your be use to that fro) but there about £300 iirc
[Edited on 29-12-2009 by jr]
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Fad
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James the scare mongerer in the house 
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