Originally Posted by
pilotb777
Thanks for all the response guys... let me provide some background into how all this has come about.... about 7 days ago a good friend of mine went out and imported a 2001 RX7 RS ! we've been fairly good buddies for a while now so he let me take it out on my own one day this weekend and let me tell u, the experience was in a different world to driving the MPS around. As great as the MPS is for the money you pay, with the RX-7, i felt like I was driving something special that not many ppl have... a real sports car. It also looked as close as ur gonna get to a exotic car without owning an exotic car. It definetely turned heads everywhere I drove it, and dont even get me started on how that thing handels ! lol it just pulls all the way to 8K and feels like its on rails. Now I'm not saying I want a car just to show off with, but the RX7 is a far cry from when I first got the MPS and copped comments like "ohh u spent 30 grand on a second hand mazda 3 ! " or " ohh whyd u buy that girly car for ". now we all know these things pull hard and handel fairly well as well but I think I just want something that stands out a little more. I would get an RX7 but unfrotunetly I am a tall person and my knees tend to hit the wheel when coming off the clutch so it aint all that comfortable. I find it the same with the MX5, its just too small for me. The S2000 has more seat adjustment to move back and my legs fit in there fairly well I think and head room doesnt seem to be a problem for me. Other option are RX8 but for some reason my heads hits the roof in that car and the Integra is just too common. I would rather just keep the MPS.
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Btw Just out of curiosity, the RX-8 is also still in the running if I get a miodel with no sunroof as I think the roof line is a little higher... how do u guys think the RX8 compares to the MPS ?? power wise ? reliability ? resale value etc...
Thanks
RX8 & RESALE dont go ! good to buy a rx8 now tho as the 03/04 model has lost value and can be brought for as little as 25k..
i paid 37.5k in march 07 for a 2004 rx8 wih 60k
sold it 18 month later for 27.5 (picked my mps6 with 10,000 less for $28250 )
To be honest you cant compare a 'hot hatch' to a sports car like rx7 or s2000.. remember the rx7/s2k are 10 years old..
IF you are to buy a rx8 try and get a 06+ most of the bugs from older year where fixed up..
do your research on http://www.rx8club.com.au/forum
Last edited by kovmps6; 12-10-2009 at 09:27 AM.
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