It's also very bad on gas and high maintenance
True, but i didnt bought this car to be economical. And "using" the turbo of a lancer or impreza, especially the FQ300+ ones or custom upgrades ones, make your car insane on gas and maintenance.
I love this RX8. I've never driven anything close to this. Its reasonably quick, but the sound that wankel rotary engine makes is just unique. the "launch" sound it secondary makes when starting from standstil is great, the engine sound when keeping at the same rpm is great, the high pitch sound you get when increasing revs is great.
i'd say, that is the best bit. Turbocharged beasts, requite you to hit the boost rpms to get that impressive sound. But naturally aspirated rotary engines, give an amazing sound when accelerating the revs, at any level
1200-4000, whenever increasing it will make that special sound. It gets a bit more brutal past 4000 and past 6500 yes, but thats just extra.
Whats also nice is you can pretty much do anything in 3rd gear. You can easely start in third gear when you know how do drive this kind of car, and it goes to about 140 kmh in third. and from 40 kmh on, your acceleration is pretty near.
For my own sake, its probably best i've got the 190 horsepower version. Chance of having a fatal carcrash would rise when having the 230hp one :tongue: