vote for the s2000!
09-01-2006, 12:42 AM
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Oh well. If the RX-8 wins we will all go home and cry, then replace our engines. Oh wait. That's them. HAHA.
Source: Automotive News
Automaker: Engines failing vacuum test must be replaced
MONTEREY, Calif. -- After suffering a black eye from disclosing that it won't count RX-8 owners' opinions in its internal customer-satisfaction scores, Mazda says it may have to replace the engines in many of its flagship sports cars.
The voluntary recall of all 2004 and 2005 vehicles, and some 2006s, is expected to be announced this week or next. It involves damage to the catalyst resulting from oil leaks in the RX-8's rotary engine.
Any engine that does not pass a vacuum test must be replaced, said Robert Davis, head of product development and quality at Mazda North American Operations.
Engines prone to failing the test are mostly in hot climates and use synthetic oils.
Mazda also will check each RX-8's battery and starter, which tend to fail in cold climates.
"We're going to give these cars the white-glove treatment," Davis said. "We would rather replace the engine than have the dealer crack them open."
Davis would not disclose the projected failure rate of the engines or the cost to replace them.
Mazda has a remanufacturing center in North Carolina that will rebuild faulty engines and return them to service.
The recall comes after a video Webcast by two dealers who attended the July 11-13 National Dealer Advisory Council meetings in Newport Beach, Calif., was leaked on the Internet.
In the video, dealers said problems with the RX-8 were unfairly lowering Mazda customer-satisfaction scores.
Mazda informed the dealers that RX-8 owners would continue to be surveyed, but that the responses would not factor into dealer
customer-satisfaction scores.
Mazda has issued service bulletins on such trouble spots as squeaky
brakes and engine flooding.
http://mazdanews.com/node/view/346
Source: Automotive News
Automaker: Engines failing vacuum test must be replaced
MONTEREY, Calif. -- After suffering a black eye from disclosing that it won't count RX-8 owners' opinions in its internal customer-satisfaction scores, Mazda says it may have to replace the engines in many of its flagship sports cars.
The voluntary recall of all 2004 and 2005 vehicles, and some 2006s, is expected to be announced this week or next. It involves damage to the catalyst resulting from oil leaks in the RX-8's rotary engine.
Any engine that does not pass a vacuum test must be replaced, said Robert Davis, head of product development and quality at Mazda North American Operations.
Engines prone to failing the test are mostly in hot climates and use synthetic oils.
Mazda also will check each RX-8's battery and starter, which tend to fail in cold climates.
"We're going to give these cars the white-glove treatment," Davis said. "We would rather replace the engine than have the dealer crack them open."
Davis would not disclose the projected failure rate of the engines or the cost to replace them.
Mazda has a remanufacturing center in North Carolina that will rebuild faulty engines and return them to service.
The recall comes after a video Webcast by two dealers who attended the July 11-13 National Dealer Advisory Council meetings in Newport Beach, Calif., was leaked on the Internet.
In the video, dealers said problems with the RX-8 were unfairly lowering Mazda customer-satisfaction scores.
Mazda informed the dealers that RX-8 owners would continue to be surveyed, but that the responses would not factor into dealer
customer-satisfaction scores.
Mazda has issued service bulletins on such trouble spots as squeaky
brakes and engine flooding.
http://mazdanews.com/node/view/346
09-01-2006, 01:21 AM
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taken from honda tech
"I still frequent the old RX8 site. Someone's bragging on there about manipulating the votes, and ultimately it appears as if the RX8 will win. He has a way to keep voting by himself, and bragged about single handidly taking off 6% of the vote by himself in only a couple hours. Aparently he's gonna finish the deal tomorrow, unless S2K guys can counter act it. Anyone on here know how to do what he's doing? There's guys on there that can vote hundreds of times in a day, which is why the RX8 will overtake the S2K very very soon. "
"I still frequent the old RX8 site. Someone's bragging on there about manipulating the votes, and ultimately it appears as if the RX8 will win. He has a way to keep voting by himself, and bragged about single handidly taking off 6% of the vote by himself in only a couple hours. Aparently he's gonna finish the deal tomorrow, unless S2K guys can counter act it. Anyone on here know how to do what he's doing? There's guys on there that can vote hundreds of times in a day, which is why the RX8 will overtake the S2K very very soon. "
09-01-2006, 03:20 AM
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They're using dialup, because the IP is dynamic (it changes everytime they login). They delete the cookies and reconnect/dialup with a new IP and vote repeatedly without a time constraint. I think some with broadband and a router that has WAN side MAC Address Cloning could change their WAN (internet) IP and vote even faster. I can't get it to work with my DSL (Verizon), but I used to able to change my WAN IP by entering a MAC Address to Clone into my router (Linksys BEFSR41). It may only work with residential broadband accounts that have dynamic IP's anyway. These IP's change but usually only once a week or month, not nearly fast enough for the desired effect. Anyway, by cloning a MAC Address in a router you may be able to force WAN IP changes repeatedly and rapidly on a broadband account that already is assigned to a pool of dynamic IP's (normal residential broadband).
I voted for the S2000 :-)
I voted for the S2000 :-)
09-01-2006, 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by jdm knowledge,Sep 1 2006, 10:12 AM
vote vote vote. Supposedly there is a guy on a RX-8 forum who is voting like crazy with an IP proxy or something!
