>preferably an 05 or 06
I'd avoid these years. The 04-05 years are the ones that give the RX-8 the bad name. There were ECU problems that would screw up the oil injection, so many of the engines failed. Then they'd get shit quality rebuilds as replacements which would also fail. People didn't really learn how to care for them until years later.
At the very least, make 2006 the earliest you go.
You can probably get a good 2006 for around $7k.
I'd shoot for a newer one though.
RX8's are still cheap as fuck
Sounds like you can't really afford this car.
what up to Veeky Forums /0/ from AZ. Ermm, those prices seem appropriate to the value of the car. The compression test thing seems to be a bit of a sticking point and might be a bit too much! just forget about trying to 'test' a vehicle that costs a couple grand. That is a thing that is more appropriate for a car in the $20-30k range.
i would honestly pay more for a MINT one at dealer with low miles that would offer a full warranty
>full warranty
Actual value of these is pretty low. The dealer will string out expensive repairs for so long that it's just not worth it. Honestly, guys get fired for honoring warranties.
this is not true, bought a used car with leaky power steering pump. Warranty covered full 800 dollar repair for just a 100 dollar deductible, no problems at all when dealer confirmed
The cost of the pump was $50 and took a 1/2 hour to install, so $100 sounds about right.
kek, go look up dealer parts fool.i don't buy my parts at autozone
Honesly i have a very hard time believing that dealer parts are any more expensive to make than aftermarket.
I bet that some of the aftermarket parts are just oem contractors selling under a different name.