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RX 8 or Mustang GT
For my 16th birthday I'm either getting a RX 8 or a Mustang GT but I can't decide which one. Is there anyone here that knows about cars that can tell me a little about both and which one is better? I looked online but I just found what each car came with. I want to know more about performance and I can't get to a car dealership until over a week.
Also, I need opinions on color. If I get the Mustang, I either want that green color it comes in (kind of like a dark lime metallic green) or black. If I get the RX 8 I either want black, silver, or dark metallic pink (special order). Thanks.
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It all depends, im guessing youre a girl since you want it pink so, are you looking for something thats cute and flashy? Or something that has lots of horsepower and speed? If youre going for speed, take the GT. Cute and flashy, RX-8. Oh and STAY AWAY from pink paint, please.
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I think Definatley go 4 the Mustang GT they look nice are cooler faster...
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go for the mustang. the RX8 uses mazda's twin rotor renesis engine. it's not that rotary engines are bad, they really aren't. it's just you sound like someone who doesn't know much about engine work. especially engine work on a rotary.
see a rotary engine works on the principle that fuel is injected into a laterall mounted cylinder. and inside said cylinder are two rotors that spin in a counter clockwise motion igniting fuel and allowing for back pressure to be built up on the rear differential thus pushing the car forward. it is an ingenious idea invented by an engineer named felix wankel. who wanted to design a new way to run a car on less fuel but generate more power. the engine also is better aspirated, but the problems begin as soon as the list of good things ends. the rotary engine is fragile, is powerful but at the same time problematic. having worked on an older mazda RX-7 (what the RX-8 is based on) and the engine was albeit a great idea in principle. it was hard to work on, and parts were cheap but even with the low part cost you still have to literally relearn all the work you thought you knew inorder to get it working. the mechanics of the RX's rotary engine are good in principle and on paper but for me i would not want one for a daily driver, let alone a first car. they're much too flimsy and unreliable a build for someone who doesn't know what they're doing under the hood.
the mustang GT however would be a less fuel efficient buy. but ford offers a nice warranty on it, a lower overall cost, and granted it has a suspension setup that is outdated it does have more power and offers a more enjoyable ride especially if you get the six speed manual option. but based on the fact that you sound like a girl (and a spoiled one) you probably wont want a manual as you'd actually have to drive the car and not just do like most other teenage girls and goof around behind the wheel and get in random accidents. the mustang is the better buy.
your parents are spending far too much money on you for a first car. most people wreck their first car and wreck it pretty badly. and that's not just me talking that's a known fact that most people wreck the first car they own. for you i'd suggest a volvo S90 simply because it's a good solid safe car and good for a beginning driver because it's a brick on wheels. and your parents wont have to pay out of their ass for the car nor would they have to pay out of their ass to insure an irresponsible teenage driver. this is said in no way to insult you but to help you in realizing that a sports car for a first car is a bad idea especially since younger less experienced drivers are more likely to wreck and damage the car. and why damage a quality sports car? especially when a sports car is smaller, less safe, more likely to get totalled, more likely to result in your injury, and will cost a ton of money to insure. get a volvo, you'll thank me later.
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Get something that makes your car unique. When you drive around town, people know it's you!
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