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I own a '22 brz and sold my s2 sport rx8 about 2.5 yrs ago. I also had the opportunity to drive back to back on a windy mountain road a 1st gen brz and my rx8 (winner - rx8). RX8 interior is way more comfy and spacious, front and back. An adult can sit in the back of an rx8, and children do not complain (and they love the suicide doors). Neither of my small kids (50-60 lbs) enjoys the back seat of the brz. It's a mild annoyance to open both doors on the rx8 passenger side if nobody is in the front seat. Both are great on long drives with stock suspension. Haven't had the brz on track yet (only ice/snow course) but I found the rx8 deceivingly fast in stock form (though I had just come from a track prepped miata with stiff susp and no ac/ps/etc). For track work it's best to pull the cat but then it smells, but shoots flames. In warm weather coolant temps can be an issue on track in the rx8, and I had to keep the gas tank full to not get fuel starvation on long left sweepers (though that fuel thing seems like an odd isolated issue to my personal car). Oil temp issue seems common on stock twins. As long as you're OK pre-mixing at fuel fillups and can be mindful of the flooding issue, I say the rx-8 is a no brainer. I would have kept mine if I knew there was track stuff nearby when I moved (it was a salvage title with 30k miles that looked nearly showroom mint inside and out that I picked up for a little over $5k in FL and required very little work).
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