Jas
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Registered: 13th Oct 04
Location: Mid Wales
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as an everyday car what would you go for?
pros cons?
any other suggestions?
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danny_dub
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Registered: 12th Dec 09
Location: Fareham, Hampshire
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CTR.
work at a car sales and RX8s always have problems + their MPG is stupidly low!
Civic is a great all round car
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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CTR pros
uber reliable
good out the box
fairly good mpg
con
common as muck
not much steering feel
Rx8
RWD
smooth engine
good looking
Cons
Need TLC
thirsty on fuel and oil
more expensive to run in general.
Cant fault mine even with the extra power its running its never put a foot wrong. Always returns over 300miles to a tank and is nice and spacious inside 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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CTR by a country mile
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
CTR by a country mile
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Tomm R
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Registered: 19th Dec 06
Location: Bredhurst, Kent
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I am going for the RX here.
Recently did a load of work for guy who owned one, never had anything to do with the 8 but have dealt with the FD and FC before.Totally different car.
Its large enough to fit all of his kids in whilst still having the appeal of a small sporty car. With sensible driving he was getting a pretty respectable MPG out of it.
He said that he almost went for something else but was really glad he went for the 8.
Dont think i could turn down a rotary if i had the chance!
Hondas are nice, they are good fun, you will love it and i have had my fair share of hondas and would recommend one to anyone, but i think you might enjoy the 8 more.
I know i certainly loved the brief time i spent driving his!
They also seem to be going for a very good sort of money as well.
All in my opinion of course.
Only way your really going to settle it is getting out there, speaking to owners and driving some cars!
Good luck! Either way you have got it down to two really good cars!
[Edited on 29-07-2011 by Tomm R]
Sort of missed the every day bit...
I would go with the CTR.
You see a lot of them on the road like some one said. But that must only be a good thing?
A DC5 would be better though 
[Edited on 29-07-2011 by Tomm R]
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Rob R
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Registered: 31st May 03
Location: Kent
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quote:
Originally posted by Tomm R
A DC5 would be better though
A-men to that!
Never driven an RX8 so can only go by hear-say. Had an EP3 for over 2 years, it never bored me and never went wrong and it got well and truly abused.
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Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
Location: Area Motorsport Drives: Race EP3
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RX8 are pants, my mate has one and wants to sell for an ep3, he had a s2000 before and hates the RX8 with a passion.
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AndyCorsaSport
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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CTR all day long, mate of mine works at Mazda as a salesman and doesnt have a good word to say about RX-8's, says they are shocking.
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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RX8 is like one of those old sterling silver tea sets your nan owns, it looks nice but when you come to sell it you realise its worth fuck-all and no one wants it.
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