LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
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Originally posted by Robin
Spark plugs are £100 odd a set.
someone told me this, i didnt believe them. why are they so much??
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Raymond_11
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Registered: 14th Apr 09
Location: Greenock, Inverclyde
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dont the engines need rebuilt every so many thousand miles
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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That's RX-7's.
13mpg is shocking though, that's worse than my MPS with a bigger engine & turbo...
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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Completely different engine design though.
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Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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They catch fire....
oh noes thats the 7 
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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My friend's 231bhp does about 20mpg
My LCR averages around 27mpg (mostly stop start journeys), but can reach nearly 50mpg if driven in eco mode
[Edited on 22-02-2011 by adiohead]
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
My friend's 231bhp does about 20mpg
My LCR averages around 27mpg (mostly stop start journeys), but can reach nearly 50mpg if driven in eco mode
[Edited on 22-02-2011 by adiohead]
Managed to get from Rainham to manchester on half a tank in my mapped Anniversary, love the 1.8t's 
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Spark plugs on a 182 are £80. Not that hard to believe.
They are meant to handle exceptionally well
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Wayne
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Registered: 19th May 04
Location: Haslingden, Lancashire
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Originally posted by CorsAsh
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Originally posted by Wayne
mines currently doing 13mpg at the moment but should go up when a little warmer..
That's worse than my 7! 
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Matt L
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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quote:
Originally posted by Wayne
mines currently doing 13mpg at the moment but should go up when a little warmer..
Bloody hell zed does 26 and thats a mixture of giving it beans and driving sensiblish .
Personally never liked the rx8's looks wise but according to the 5th gear review i watched between the zed and the rx8 it handled very well but felt boring compared to the zed (not that that helps).
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Fonz
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Registered: 12th May 06
Location: Newbury, Berks
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from my experience sitting in a friends car travelling from Southamptont o Newbury
very good well made cars, certainly fast when you drive the car, but it has to be driven.
out of the power band and it was unresponsive and sluggish!
travelling along the carriageway someone travelling at 60ish was in front of us, friend slowed the car down to match the speed, once the car in front moved out the way he demonstrated that using the gears was required
planted his foot in top gear, nothing, not even more noise....no reaction. this was held there for several moments to give the car time to react and still nothing. changing down a cog or two and we accelerated away back up to "motorway cruising speeds"
lovely interior for two in the front but he is 6 foot 4 and can't get in the back, eth rear seats are saved only for his two young boys. with the seat in his position its clear no adult could sit there for any length of time.
and i agree with the litre oil/month based on his conversations. he manages incredibly fast journey times from A to B but knows it has cost him in oil!
he drives a 406 and uses teh RX8 as a "second family car". it is technically his wifes as she does such a small annual mileage (works from home) and is "something fun" for her to sue when she needs to go out.
based on his experience i wouldn't buy one and expect it to be cheap to run, but it looks good, performs well (when on the revs) and is built well
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