New car

[southdown]

Iv heard about these rotary engines, a 1.3 petrol engine seems to generate 190bhp!  What are the flaws, inefficient?

[Denn Forever]

Iv heard about these rotary engines, a 1.3 petrol engine seems to generate 190bhp!  What are the flaws, inefficient?

They may be effecient but you will be tied to Mazda for servicing etc as if they go, your best option is to replace the engine. 

Great car to have in a Top Trumps game though.

[trileacman]

I was lead to believe they were not that efficient but I may be wrong. Also you are dealing with a one-off engine with little history. Mazda kinda made it up as they went along with this one, like Karl Benz back in the day. There are decades of experience in cylinder engines and fuel injection pumps and I'd say if you turn up with one of these to your local mechanic he wouldn't know what to do with it.

[All of a Sludden]

Wankel.

[muppet]

Wankel.

Leave Tyrone's Own out of it.

[Denn Forever]

Also you are dealing with a one-off engine with little history.

Also the History is not good.  The NSU 80 of the early 70's   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSU_Ro_80 and the Mazda RX7.

Where are they now?

[southdown]

Iv heard that they are fantastic to drive. Still cant believe thae prices they are going for second hand, what looks a £10K car is for sale for £3-£4K.

[wanderer]

Looks like i am going to have to buy a new car.
Budget of £7'500 to about £10'000.

Looking At something for 08 onwards and would need something that is good on the juice.
Currently driving over 500 mile per week.

Any suggestions for models ??
Any one ever taken a fleet car from England?

I have bought two cars (ex-fleet and auction) in the UK. You can pick up some great deals but you need to have a bit of time/patience to see what models are going for, and figure out whether you are there on a particulary busy day or a quiet one. Its the buyers as much as the sellers that set the price.
Set up an account with BCA and take a nosy for a while. But if you do decide to go for it, the price always carries a risk (a very slight one at that imo) but if there wasn't a risk the prices wouldn't be as good

[FermGael]

Any opinions on Wilson car auctions??

[mylestheslasher]

Can you test drive the car? In a lot of auctions you can't. If you can't I'd stay well away.

[FermGael]

You can't.  That the problem.  The majority of the cars seem to be fleet cars.  They are usually between 2 and 3 years old, mostly English reg

[Tony Baloney]

You can't.  That the problem.  The majority of the cars seem to be fleet cars.  They are usually between 2 and 3 years old, mostly English reg

Would say risk is relatively low as most will be ex-fleet, big motorway miles but generally full manufacturer's service history.

[mylestheslasher]

You can't.  That the problem.  The majority of the cars seem to be fleet cars.  They are usually between 2 and 3 years old, mostly English reg

Would say risk is relatively low as most will be ex-fleet, big motorway miles but generally full manufacturer's service history.

Why are they in an auction then? Personally, wouldn't go near.

[Tony Baloney]

You can't.  That the problem.  The majority of the cars seem to be fleet cars.  They are usually between 2 and 3 years old, mostly English reg

Would say risk is relatively low as most will be ex-fleet, big motorway miles but generally full manufacturer's service history.

Why are they in an auction then? Personally, wouldn't go near.

Company cars in my work are changed every 3 years or so - they have to go somewhere. I would imagine most company fleet hire places are similar. Hundreds of people use Wilson's without bother but obviously not all cars will have an exemplary service history so no doubt some scrap in there. They get a lot of repo stock too so always plenty of knockdown Ranges, X5s etc.

[Denn Forever]

You can't.  That the problem.  The majority of the cars seem to be fleet cars.  They are usually between 2 and 3 years old, mostly English reg

Would say risk is relatively low as most will be ex-fleet, big motorway miles but generally full manufacturer's service history.

Why are they in an auction then? Personally, wouldn't go near.

It is where small garages buy their stock.