My mate had the 230 bhp one.had a lil race and stayed the same distance behind him to about 110-120.also a friend at work bought one and said it was a nihtmare as he only did short journey s to and from work an to the shop.he said you have to drive round for a certain time before you turn it off and you can't just drive somewhere an stop and get out you have to sit they and rev it to stop the build up of carbon in the rotars or something, also you have to redline it a good few times in a journey to stop the carbon build up, heard it was bad mpg aswell.

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Last few years i did work for a used car sales dealer and nearly every rx8 had bad staring issues due to engine wear. Most had full service history with around 50000 miles. Uprated Plugs ,leads , coils didnt make a fart of a difference. Too high maintance costs, poor mpg, real world performance. Maybe they go better with delivery miles or lots of money wasted on them