Hello Everyone!
I've been reading an awful lot of posts on this forum for the last few days and I decided I'm gonna create an account and join in the fun.
SO here's the gig. In the next 2 months I am going to get a car and spend around $7k on it. The car I've been hoping to get is an RX8. Here's the deal with an RX8 though, if I get one it's gonna be a 2004 and have 70k+ miles on it. I've seen a number of 05's with 110k miles or higher, but I'd be more interested in an 04 with the lower miles I think.
Now, I read up on some Reddit posts here in which the author of the post asked if RX8's generally make it far past 100k and the answer from the crowd generally seemed to be "Yes, if you drive it hard and get regular oil changes/top off the oil regularly."
So I can do that, no sweat. My biggest concern is gonna be that I buy an RX8 that has 100k miles on it and the owner before me didn't know what he was doing and realized his engine was dying and wanted to sell it before it died all the way. I'm sure there's a lot of honest sellers out there, but still.
I've heard about getting compression tests to see how well the apex seals are doing and what not, which sounds reasonable. My question is what goes into that? If it's a private seller, are they gonna be irritated if I want to go get their car tested?
Secondly, here's what I know about maintenance so far:
Am I missing anything obvious?
Also, if I go through with this and purchase an RX8, what sort of expenses could I expect to see out of the gate with a car this old with this many miles? Would you anticipate a lot of problems or assume if it made it this far, the owner was doing something right?
As a side note, where I live, we see snow for generally 2-3 months every year. I've heard that getting good tires mitigates any serious winter problems. Is this true? Will I be fine?
I am 18, this will be my 3rd car. I am okay with the gas and insurance cost of owning the car, I just want to make sure I'm ready for all the rest.
First car was a 2002 Impala with a V6. Pretty solid car. Unfortunately I got hit in the side by some crazy driver and totaled my car.
Second car was (and is) a 1999 Grand AM SE V4. Meh. It gets me around, but it's got some rust on it and it squeals and half the interior lights randomly go out. The plastic is falling apart. All in all, I'm ready for an upgrade.
I've been reading an awful lot of posts on this forum for the last few days and I decided I'm gonna create an account and join in the fun.
SO here's the gig. In the next 2 months I am going to get a car and spend around $7k on it. The car I've been hoping to get is an RX8. Here's the deal with an RX8 though, if I get one it's gonna be a 2004 and have 70k+ miles on it. I've seen a number of 05's with 110k miles or higher, but I'd be more interested in an 04 with the lower miles I think.
Now, I read up on some Reddit posts here in which the author of the post asked if RX8's generally make it far past 100k and the answer from the crowd generally seemed to be "Yes, if you drive it hard and get regular oil changes/top off the oil regularly."
So I can do that, no sweat. My biggest concern is gonna be that I buy an RX8 that has 100k miles on it and the owner before me didn't know what he was doing and realized his engine was dying and wanted to sell it before it died all the way. I'm sure there's a lot of honest sellers out there, but still.
I've heard about getting compression tests to see how well the apex seals are doing and what not, which sounds reasonable. My question is what goes into that? If it's a private seller, are they gonna be irritated if I want to go get their car tested?
Secondly, here's what I know about maintenance so far:
- Red line the car at least once on every trip
- Check oil every time I gas up
- Oil changes frequently (every 2k or so)
- Let the engine heat up and cool down before running and stopping (respectively)
Am I missing anything obvious?
Also, if I go through with this and purchase an RX8, what sort of expenses could I expect to see out of the gate with a car this old with this many miles? Would you anticipate a lot of problems or assume if it made it this far, the owner was doing something right?
As a side note, where I live, we see snow for generally 2-3 months every year. I've heard that getting good tires mitigates any serious winter problems. Is this true? Will I be fine?
I am 18, this will be my 3rd car. I am okay with the gas and insurance cost of owning the car, I just want to make sure I'm ready for all the rest.
First car was a 2002 Impala with a V6. Pretty solid car. Unfortunately I got hit in the side by some crazy driver and totaled my car.
Second car was (and is) a 1999 Grand AM SE V4. Meh. It gets me around, but it's got some rust on it and it squeals and half the interior lights randomly go out. The plastic is falling apart. All in all, I'm ready for an upgrade.
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