Originally Posted by Niburu

Show me a 20+ year old LSX motor.
How many V8 Camaro's and Firebirds from the mid 80's do you see still running around on their original motors?

The only real reason the rotaries have such a bad rep is most of the original purchasers had no clue as how to maintain and treat these motors. I do however put the blame for that squarely on Mazda for not educating their buyers. It's happening all over again unfortunately with the RX-8, all the people i know who had rotaries before have zero issues with them. The few people I know who never had one befor and bought the 8 based on how it looked and just babied it (or got automatics) have problems.
Also most of the second gen RX-7 buyers are broke-ass teenagers getting there first car, as with any 20 year old sports car everything is just about on the verge of breaking.