What are your opinions on the Mazda RX- and is it worth buying?

I'm 21 years old and is planning on buying my first vehicle..I been really interested in sports cars and coupes and so I feel in love with the Mazda RX- 2004-2009 models and was wondering if it was worth it? also what would be a reasonable down payment on a pay range of 11,944 to 18,899. I'm only interested in the Automatic transmission and if there are any mazda rx-8 drivers out there feel free to inform me on your experience with this vehicle.|||To a driver who knows how to operate a RX-8 they are worth it. As a matter of fact, nothing else will do!


Now if you want a car that does not take a lot of thinking, no it is not worth it.


Most of the problems reported with the RX8 come back to drivers who never read the owners manual on how to operate the thing.


The RX8 is a piece of exotic engineering and needs to be treated as such. No short drives, always using the hot start or cold start sequence as needed, and aways letting the engine idle down before turning the ignition off.


If you feel that these things are a pain to remember, just get a different car.|||YOU PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE ROTARY ENGINE, it injects oil on the Rotary's while they spin to keep the seal lubed. While your thinking that it's burning oil, actually it is designed to do that. Automatics and Rotary don't mix You HAVE TO redline them to clear the Carbon auto cant do it!!!

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|||While the reliability issues associated with rotary engines are nothing like they used to be with the Renesis engine they do use an awful lot of oil and have to have frequent oil changes and top-ups to stay in good order, also they are nowhere near as economical as they should be with a 1.3 litre engine.





However they ARE more economical than most cars of similar performance but that may be outweighed by the cost of oil.





I would advise that there are simply better choices out there for the money that will be less hassle in the long term.





Downpayment is all relative, if you have it, put it down and your monthly repayments will be lower if you don't, put down what you can but be aware you will have higher payments, also be aware that you my only be approved at certain places with a minimum downpayment.|||just get a Rx 7 and put all the extra money into it and make it fresh fast and whatever else. way better then a 8|||Rotary engines are unreliable!