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Originally Posted by R8
I'm just saying that if "calling 18/25MPG horrible on a sports car that screams 9000rpm is just wrong," then the RX-8 mpg's aren't "horrible" 
I love the S2000 though! Almost bought one, but that rock-hard suspension was kinda nasty to my aging bones |
I love the RX-8! Except for the mileage... I preferred +2 seats and fixed roof, and was this close >< to buying a purple/tan leather special edition one when I got the S. In the end, it was the fuel mileage that killed it for me (then had a 100+ mile round-trip commute), and I got the S2k instead.
Seriously, the RX-8 with an F20C or F22C S2000 engine would have been BRILLIANT all around! Or why not the MS3 engine? The rotary is cool and all, but it's irrelevant when you can get the same power from the same-weight piston engine and get 30-40% better mileage doing it.
IMO, it woulda made more sense to make a rotary Miata than to use it in a semi-practical 2+2 fixed-roof RX-8.