Im planning on buying a mazda rx8 but im very scared. Please help?

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Farid

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I live in montreal canada and im planning on buying an rx8. I read countless hours on how to properly maintain a rotary and im fine with checking oil, expensive premium gas, red lining the car (woot), warming up etc...

The problem is i found a 2004 RX8 with 79000km from a dealer. The salesperson showed me a report of all the maintenance done on the car. Catalytic converter almost brand new, new starter, new plugs, new coils and some other regular maintenance cleaning crap.

My question is: Lets say I buy this car with a lot of new parts which were known to be faulty in 2004 rx8's will I be avoiding problems in the future if I truly maintain the engine properly?

Another question: What if the owners before me had no Idea they had to put oil in the car? Am I basically buying a premature death for my engine?
 
buying a car just in general is basically a stab in the dark. ive seen brand new cars with 20k or less on them have serious transmission issues. and ive seen 100k cars with nothing wrong with them other than the occasional brake pad slap and oil change. what really helps is to look at the consumer reports on each manufacturer. look at cars that had relatively low TSB's or technical service bulletins, which are basically like recalls. and also make sure to do all the scheduled maintenance.

when buying a used car, most of the time the dealer will sell it as a certified preowned. which means they do road test it and check for leaks and everything to make sure its a good working vehicle. and although thats good. they usually dont go too in depth as to see how worn the internal components of the engine are. your best bet is to get a car with good reviews and also look at the cost to maintain
 
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