Oh Crap, I Just Bought A Rotary!
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- To find out what life is like with a Mazda RX-8, Alex bought this one for £650. Here's our first look at the car and the plans for this series!
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That isnt water Alex, it's blinker fluid. It is low and you just need to add more and you're good to go! Cant wait to see the transformation... I have always wanted a rotary ;)
ChrisFix I wish they lasted! I’d get one so quick!
Wooder you mean? ;)
Their good sounding but when they fails it burns hole in the pocket.
ChrisFix S2s Are reliable!!!
And he need piston return springs!!!!
ChrisFix you legend
2:06 make sure you top up the blinker fluid
It'll be fine. It's not a BMW.
This. Comment needs more likes lmao
Mircea Poptean the goldfish will appreciate that too
The water in the rear lights is actually collected tears from previous owners every time they had to fill the car up at the petrol station.
You killed it!! 😄
LAURENCE OF GABRIEL,!!!!
And this is a comment that didn't age well xD Considering they literally drove 400 miles on 1 tank
I think it will name itself soon...
"Start ya bastard!!!"
Daley UK “The BASTARD”
@@willfudge8131 Shaun The Irish Bastard.
2:00.... ahh so that's what they mean when they say "blinker fluid", now I get it
Mihai Segirceanu at least the 4th person to say that
No that's the tail light fluid
Thibz HD r/woosh
Thats just some blinker fluid, no need to worry about
Hassan jza80 so no gold fish, it's poisonous
Hassan jza80 yeah just gotta top it off to keep the blinkers in good condition
Mmmh i feel that you have seen this on youtube
Vegar Hoem Gravråk who saw what on youtube?
No need to worry? Did you see how low the level was? There's probably a leak somewhere if it is that low so ya he should actually worry about it!
Brave picking a 2004 model, they're generally considered to be the ones with the most problems. Getting it rebuilt should solve a lot of issues though. I've owned my S1 231 for about 18 months and it's been almost faultless (only needed a new catalytic converter, and the wheels have corroded). They're brilliant cars with a bad (mostly undeserved) reputation. I'm not going to claim they're all reliable (they're not) but a lot of problems are brought on by owners not knowing how to look after a rotary.
A redline a day keeps a rebuild away.
2:00 looks like you're low on blinker fluid
Call it Bill, because you're about to receive a lot of them.
2:02 finally some blinker fluid footage
Miss mine, had it mapped, full exhaust, intake, used to spit flames, and sound like the devil in the process. Kept up with a 3.2 audi tt which I was happy with at the time.
omg.. you can buy steering wheel in finland with that price..
British cars are useless in Europe, resale value is mininal. Also crazy insurance rates
Well i bought my car for 250€ (Nissan Primera SLX P11 4D 2.0i) and it runs and drives and no big problems. (Oon itekkin Suomesta/i am also from Finland)
Insurance in this would be £2400 a year
Broken rx-8 4500euros in Finland...
Right hand sided cars are good because most of Europe drive with left handed as far as I'm aware. Tbh most of the world lol
*_Red Cars don't Depreciate in Value!_*
If it burns oil like there's no tomorrow, why not call it Burnie? (Like Bernie, but more in-yer-face)
This one fits well
They do burn oil, engine mixes it with gas lol. Burnie is very fitting lol
Andrew Micallef great name! Gets a thumbs up from me.
@@15october91 Cheers guys, here's hoping Alex likes it!
Low on blinker fluid is Rolf Harris
Nice video, the best I've seen! Top gear material!
Taillights are just low on blinker fluid, no biggie
Someone tag chrisfix here!
On the contrary, those look overfilled to my eye.
I had this issue with mine, couldn't be bothered getting new seals, but a couple of holes drilled in the bottom of the lights solved it
Call the car "Willie"... Willie break or won't he?
Rob Shepperd call him will! Because he Will break
Willie the Wankel. I like it.
Don't you 'when Willie break'
Willie wanker
No, Willy Wanker (Will he break) (wankel)
Looking forward to this series. Always wanted one for a laugh!
Love these videos. Keep them coming.
Terry (get it? Ro-Terry?... I'll see myself out).
I like terry
Me too!!
Dory from Dor(y)i-tos
Nice
I’m feelin Terry... terry-bly bad for that joke... no? No one? Aight
Call it Felix after the inventor of the engine Felix Wankel
Or wanker
I like it!
Wayne Kell
My last 8 was called "Felix" ... Was a great car! Dooooo itttt!!!
PewDiePie?
Amazing presentation. Keep up the good work my friend.
14 years old already! That’s insane, still love the design!
At least it came with blinker fluid
Yup @ the tails.
Looks like it’s due for a top up
Wtf is a blinker
Dont you mean indicators
@@teefromt it is called a blinker dude
wow, i wouldn't find a car that clean for that much even in my dreams. lol
Really? Can get ones that nice for around 500-1000 US around where I live.
There are loads of cheap RX-8s about with questionable 60K+ motors, nobody wants to take the risk and the bodyshells are a bit of pain to do anything with as the engine bay is pretty tight.
@@redactedrider7606 maybe for someone just starting out working on cars. The rebuild kits are cheap and I can do all that easily. I would assume no matter how much I paid for a rotary powered that the engine is due for a rebuild because people don't drive them correctly, and instead want to treat them like a regular cylinder type engine.
Haven't even watched the video and I've liked it.
So keen for this series.
I like Rev because it revs up to 9 grand
HP revs up to 10k
And means Fox
@@TheFreakbreak what's the point if you can't use all 10krpm lmao
why not roxanne
Walk the streets for money, you don't care if it's wrong or if it's right.
You don't have to put on the red light!
Gingium's Rx7 was called roxanne
TYRANNOSAURUS RX
I was thinking about the same name-Roxy is great!
Brex-8
cuz of the brexit, y'know
Welcome to the club amigo! *Please let this new engine live long and prosper*
Been watching the vids subscribed , just for the rotary vids
How about Rotarded?
Does it look like Forest Gump ?
ian_feel_keepin_it_real was that from baby driver?
@@henrimyllymaki8752 it was indeed. Shame some people aren't so bright.
Reported to dvla and police for tampering with the emissions system
*Phils Rotarded Cousin*
YOS
Its excellent but not youtube friendly
WOGER THE WOTARDED WOTARY!
The RX8 is such a nice car It’ll have to be my guilty pleasure but damn I’m too broke to risk having a car that will need so much work done
My old science teacher had one of these. He took me and a friend out in it, and the back seats were quite spacious.
I love how in the video he says “Oh SHIT, I just bought a Rotary”, but in the tittle it’s “Oh CRAP, I just bought a rotary” so the video wouldn’t get demonetized..
Well I doubt is this entire video title is dedicated to that one 3 second clip
Who cares?
It still got demonetized.
i didnt even know carthrottle said "shit" i thought they used to censor it
It should say "OH BRAP"
Dorito power ACTIVATE!!!!!
*breaks down*
@@gqh007 still beats anything in the corners in the process
rick van stiphout The sound too while at it
My taillights on my 2003 mini also cried, I've had both replaced and they're brilliant now 😁
I bought an rx8 earlier last year and I love it to bits. Needless to say it does need a engine rebuild just before its next MOT in November this year. But the overall fun factor of the car makes all them little things seem not as bad to maintain. I love my rx8. Its last owner called it Rexy so I'm continuing on the name :) I bought it because of the shape, sound and fun factor. I knew it was juicey with fuel and oil but it really weren't as bad as what I'd thought it would be. :) love it and intend to keep it for as long as I can!
The car has a dorito motor. It is the same color as a bag of Doritos. We shall call it Nacho.
Leonard R Im hungry now 😂
NACHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
(deleleleleeeeee) LIBRE
It also has a little dorito in the front lip..
Its nacho car , so let him decide!
Oddly enough my blue FC with white wheels is called Cool Ranch
Damn I hate it when i accidentally buy a rotary. Really ruins my day
fetus deletus
R/oopsdidn'tmeanto
@@jaspervandewiele502 doritos deletos
Why do you have Gingiums Miata on your profile picture?
yeetus deletus no you have dingle in uranus
I want an RX8 so bad! Always have. I'm enjoying living that fantasy through you. (i'm too scared to buy one right now)
I'm subscribed to this channel, loved your video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
ep 1 : i bought an rx8
ep 2 : we rebuild the engine
ep 3 : we rebuild the engine again
ep 4 : we rebuild the engine again again
EP 5: we LS swap the RX-8
(Edit for all the butthurt people) this was a joke
@@couchgaming5577 Yeah, because people in the UK do LS swaps...
@@couchgaming5577 Ep 6: Bankrupt
Ep 7: Adventure to the junkyard
Ep 8: The return of Rx-8 clones
The Mighty Dash it’s a joke bro
@@couchgaming5577 You should go to hell to say "ls swap" i hate ls swaps they are dumb lmao
Dori because it has a Dori(to) engine
U are brilliant my friend
Your taillights look like they’re low on blinker fluid 😂😂
Transmission synchros on that 2004-08 model also goes out VERY quickly. They fixed it on 2009-12 models (same issue on 2006-08 MX-5 with 6 speed manual.)
Update both the engine and transmission to 2009-12 specs.
I'm sorry for your loss Alex.
ImGonnaBeTheVeryWorse, SkyrimPlayer!! what loss ?
@@willpark7483 the loss of thousands of pounds that he is going to end up spending
ImGonnaBeTheVeryWorse, SkyrimPlayer!! oh onto
RIP - to his wallet
@@key2theuniverse713 At least itll go into one of the best platforms ever
Needs to be called Oiliver.
The man himself
No you can only name a car oliver if it was a 1963 opel kadett
@@K9B8H6 I'm happy yet sad that I know what you mean😂
Should be called bankruptsy
What about William Wankel
My Grandad, who died when I was too young to remember him, helped develop the original Rotary
Love that you guys are doing the rx8. Ive always wanted to try but the sensible me kept saying no to the mpg the low HP and the terrible reliability. Good luck!
*Rotary goes over 75,000 miles* “I’m in danger”
NorthAmerican Auto goes over 30,000 miles, help I’m in trouble
Thats a lot of damage
Just need a bit of flex tap and seal and it be all good
matt avery Volvo goes over 100,000 miles. Time for a service
Unless it’s a na 13b from an FC. Those go over 150k easy..
Rx-7s annoying little brother
That everyone loves!
I don’t... love the rx-7 though
@@justryan5697 Thank you Kanye, very cool!
@@justryan5697 what did you say?
@@justryan5697 ok mr sa22c pfp
But still prefers the older brother
When i bought my RX7 in 1993 the engine failed at 95k. The tech guy from Mazda that checked the compression told me the std versions were usually good for 70k and the turbo 35k miles. Most turbo's were changed under warranty, they went so soon. When i stripped the engine and measured the rotor seals the wear would indicate a life of about 70k miles before they would fall out of their slot.. Perhaps if they were changed at 50k it would last longer.
I had two RX3s in the late 70s, the most exciting car at that time. I rebuilt the engine on the first one after coolant flowed from the spark plug holes and it worked well, nobody was more surprised than me as it was unknown magical territory, I then wrote the car off in a none fault accident but bought another with a duff engine so put the rebuilt engine in that. It lasted about 2 years before it was drinking coolant again and became a pain so it had to go, I remember it also used to eat spark plugs. Love the rotary, also had two Suzuki RE5 rotary engine motorcycles with no problems.
I've owned one for the past 3 years, 2005 identical model and colour as video. Purchased for £1,300 with 27,000 miles on the clock. It now has 54,000 I've replaced everything for new orginal OEM. It's my first car and its basically been a hobby keeping it in top condition. Looking forwards to this series! Infact I got a Mazda dealership recall last year for the Fuel Tank, and one this morning for the Passenger Airbag!
Replaced: Battery, Coils, Leads, Sparkplugs, Heater Matrix, Window Motor. Airbag Module, Brakes/Discs, Cat Exhaust for MOT Catback when out, Rear light seals, 3 Sensors, Starter Motor, Oil, Air, Pollen Filters, gearbox oil and engine oil frequently, Coolant. An Something next week I expect! 😂
300miles on one tank isn't happening, I've done Bristol to Ipswich a few times. I must stop both ways on a full tank almost there and then when almost at home 218miles each way. So that'll be interesting! Averaging 19-21 mpg at best. A Porsche Cayman S gets 25mpg. Still I wouldn't ever sell the RX8
Best tip: Engine Deflood procedure, hold the accelerator down and keep cranking. Once you hear it backfire slowly lift off. Naturally you'd think holding an accelerator down would flood more but Mazda designed this as the actual deflood procedure 😂 I pulled the fuel pump lead out from under the rear seat to start with, also people pull out fuses. All Totally unnecessary!
So, I wanted to get a rx8 as my next car, I think ill wait a bit more :/ thats wayyyy too many repairs for me
@@markopolic9964 it's only ever failed once that was caused by a misfiring Coil and a blocked Catalytic converter, oh and the heater matrix was leaking caused an airbag ECU short giving airbag fault light, everything else is just maintenance. I bit the bullet when I bought it, there are so many RX8 parts available and I didn't know the first thing about Rotary Engines. I know this car so well now that it's just become Easy to know exactly what's going on! admittedly I've spent more than what I paid for the car. Keeping it stock and I do this in hope's that one day, it'll be a real orginal timepiece. I wouldn't sell it but I'm thinking of storing it!
Felix because the name of the inventor of the rotary is felix wankel
K4TORG412 prefer to call it Wankel
or wankel
Call it the wanker lol
Welcome to the club! Enjoy ur experience w/ it. How low compression is it, really? Because if it still starts hot, u got plenty of miles left in the engine. Mine is starting to die, front rotor is somewhere in the high 40's or low 50's, and rear is somewhere in the high 70's and low 80's PSI. I can still drive it because the rear rotor is carrying most of the work. Hot starts are becoming an issue though. I have the 2kW starter (which I recommend, btw). ALSO, if the engine failed after about 30k miles after rebuild... I would STRONGLY question the dudes that rebuilt it. A good rebuild should last you well into the 100k mile mark, and I know that for a fact. Local rotary shop here makes awesome engines. Since it has a decat, I would definitely premix as well.
Brilliant as ever Alex grazie Mille
Thats not water in the tail lights. You are just low on blinker fluid
Welcome to the club!
Hey, quick question since you have more experience with an 8. Any idea what would cause a massive power surge (increase) at 7k rpm or there abouts? Sort of feels like a turbo kicked in. Car feels a bit sluggish until 7k. Car has decat and everything else is stock, engine replaced within 10k miles (5k before I bought the car)
Welcome you will be an addict. And the brakes are actually great when you replace them. And I have 118106 just did plugs and my car runs perfectly!!! And the 6-speed manual forget about it!!🤤black with orange black interior 😍
@@mihai733
I would suspect the SSV not working correctly. It has 3 positions controlling the intake air flow.
You should feel a first power increase at around 3200 rpm, and another one over 5500 rpm. Looks like it's either delayed by a bad SSV or there is a vacuum leak.
@@mihai733 Crazy_Borg's got it right - sounds like an SSV issue if anything.
@@mihai733 yeah SSV valve probably.
Up and down hackpen. You should be allowed to chuck it round Grand Tours track. Great vids.
The power of a V-6 with the gas mileage of a V-8, what's not to love? I owned several of the earliest models and learned firsthand about the importance of apex seals.
Finally!! Feels like i have been waiting forever for this
Edit: call it Felix.
Failix?
Hey thats meeeee
No way .. I just commented that without scrolling at all
@@abelpereira475 xD
As a fellow Felix that knows how you came to that idea, I approve of this message.
it's called blinker fluid
Loved mine. Cobra cat-back. Sounded mental! Swapped it while it was still mint though.. For a clapped out track MR2 😂
Me and the hubby use this as our beater car to drive back and forth to work. It was my first car so we just kept it. Hubby has a 5.0 mustang and I drive my Cadi. So def a big upgrade from the rx8. Lol
This cars name HAS to be tREVor!
“Let’s take Trevor out for a screaming endeavor”
Lovely.
We have already had a trevor
Anybody got any Vera’s?
I think your rear blinker fluid is low bro, you gotta fill that sucker up
Poeta831 not original
2:10 that's actually really good ASMR
I put 80k on my '05 RX8 before I sold it. I miss that car every time I see one on the street. Was such a fun car.
BUT CAN YOU MAKE IT FASTER THAN A 330D?? BAWAHAHBAOW ILLGETMYCOAT
A RX-8 is faster than a 330d from factory lol
Wolfie R8 you forget he tuned the 330D. I know you’re limited but try to keep up.
You have a coat? Don't you just get a slightly less thin tshirt?
Of course it can be made to be faster. Depends on the allowed mods though and budget. I expect a 20B swap in the UK is expensive.
He said his main goal is miles on 1 tank, not achievable on max BHP. one or the other.
You bought a brapmobile
That Tingled my pringle
Aah, Ben I know you from the app...
maxi MINI'S aha yes hey
@@arne_mh same
OriginalPringle Tingle ;)
Man the body looks rough 😂 Look forward to seeing the progress though and how it gets on at Rotary Revs.
Bro you got to check the clutch pedal itself they often go out and start playing so you can't really depress clutch all the way that's like an easy fix for the clutch clutch might be still good) cheers and best of luck with that)
Just try to be ready earlier than Rob Dahm's 4 rotor (if it will be ever finished XD)
The truth
He already is
I'm sure he will
3 years in the future, its a beast (as i'm sure you've seen)
Brad (the money) Pit
Nice one
How about "Brap (the oil) pit"
Brap because Rotary sounds like that, and the oil pit because there will be a pool of oil when the engine broke down.
I think this car should come with 2 engines so you can slap in a working one whenever the other fails (like once every 6 months)
I struggled to make 200 miles from one tank in my 07 RX8, and even then only if it was 100% motorway. Fuel consumption like a 500bhp super car, power like a tuned up Fiesta.
The RX-8 still looks fantastic.
Rotary on Carthrottle, M5 on Hoovies Garage and a Bentley on Tavarish. The next weeks will be so awesome! :D
whats next? a supercar in garaje 54?
Plenty of rear break fluid I see
Practically needs a refurb in the places needed like you mentioned and I'd sort the asteticks out like the body and interior
I think I know what the Rx 8 needs and is missing ......pop up head lights and I think it would be so cool when you turn the headlights on and people are around looking at it like it’s a magic trick or party trick 😀
They made popup headlights illegal
The name should be Felix after the engines inventor.
_Fix it Felix_ for short 😉 😂
My first job after leaving school was an an apprentice Mazda technician, from the first say I walked through the door I was working on theres. The most popular fault with this car was restarting engines that people had flooded (which was more common than engine rebuilds and low engine oil issues). That being said they sound insane...the PZ model sounds as close to a bike as you can get from a car. The feeling you get when you floor it is like no other. Instead of being thrown back into your seat you are gradually pressed back. And if things do go wrong (which apart from engine rebuilds) and constant oil refills, it's an easy car to work on. Anyway enjoy your RX8 you will have a lot of fun!
What was the cause of people flooding a rotary?
@@user-ks5ff A design floor, too much fuel entering the chamber. Mazda released multiple ECU updates which was supposed to fix the flood yet made no difference. The only way to stop the engine from flooding was to hold the throttle at 4000 rpm or above and turn the ignition of whilst it's held there. That being said flooded engines that where not under warranty where a cash cow to Mazda.
Thanks, interesting.
@@thevirgintraveller not true they fixed the issue with 09 models and up. I've had my 2011 R3 for 5 years and never had a problem with flooding
@@williammora88 I have a 09. No floods. But, I never let it shut down when still cool. That was a common cause of flooding. Once up to full temp it almost never happened. Unless the engine had other issues.
Rowdy the rotary!
Working engine light.
Mine to
Sheryl, after my ex who took everything and still ask's for more.
smaktard16 you poor b#stard
Rx8 vs phill drag race please alex make it happen
I think Phil might actually win
how bout an actual race?
Didn't know about the 300 club. I did that recently in my 1969 Reliant Regal 3/30 700cc engine :P
I just bought a 1990 GTUs last week. Doing a ground-up restore on it.
Some youtubers spent tens of thousands on garbage cars to have some content while Car Throtlle spends 650 pounds
TechGod 😎
650 on the car then about 8000 on the renovations
buut thats the fun part
@@piotr88e
@@piotr88e its profit on the long term because give the creator more content
@@piotr88e If you've already got the garage and the mechanic then it's not that expensive.
WHYYYY are cars so cheap in the UK?!?!
Importing in the uk is also way better and cheaper
Cars, yeah, insurance, lolno.
Rx8s are cheap because they are headache to own
because they are unreliable shit
Nothing is cheap in the U.K.
You got it for $650? Woah! I need that deal ASAP! All though if anyone can explain how to keep a rotary reliable until I can 2jz swap! That would be awesome 🤯
5:51 - I'd love to see you try to get 4 full size adults in the back.... 🤣
Rory cause it's a rotary
Rory McRotaryFace
How about Dori? Short of Doritos
Dorikin
Good luck with that car
These are great drivers’ cars. Maybe 10 yrs ago a friend I used to car-share with bought one, it was a step-up from his Prelude. So thirsty but the sound was epic. A bit nuts and stupid that you could flood it just by moving it around your drive-way though. He ended-up writing it off going sideways around a junction, crashing into the car park of a Ford dealership. Had 2 tins of paint in the boot, which went everywhere. Bought an S2000 after that lol.