Rotaries are most efficient at about 3,000RPM and with a constant load such as in a generator scenario, they are likely to see very long MTBF, assuming Mazda actually injects enough oil in for lubrication (the cause of several 1st and 2nd year RX-8 engine failures).

For a range extender application, where the engine can always run at maximal efficiency, I imagine it actually will be quite reliable. And servicing it will be much simpler, especially if it’s in a vertical configuration as in that drawing: unbolt the top casing, swap out the worn rotor for a new one with fresh seals,…

The use of a generator and automotive engine are completely different. This is a very good use of a rotary engine. It can be tuned for a very fine RPM range and load. Think of a normally aspirated rotary at idle, but it just does that forever.

9000 RPM push mower. The whole block will love it.

The sad thing is that so many of them are already advertised as “rotary mowers”. Bunch of lying bastards.

Agree. This is what happens with new money douchebags get hold of cars like this. 100% certain guy who edited this was wearing a NOS hat and drinking a monster.

Subaru fanboys disagree, or maybe I missed a joke and it went right over my head... gasket...

Only in a rotary Mazda can you be a fan boy and shit talk your own car at the same time and everyone gets the joke...

Right. Foregoing some symbolic visits, and some R&R that can easily be had elsewhere pales in comparison to their offrontery, and our acquiescence to China’s building bases in the territory of our allies in the region-as adjudicated by an international tribunal. Yet they persist, and we barely make a noise except for…

This really isn’t a big deal. The “illegal” fortification of islands in the south pacific and ignoring rulings of international agencies is a big deal.

THESE CANUCKS NEVER PAID FOR THE CANADIAN INVASION OF 1812, TIME TO RETALIATE!

Think that maybe the UPS guy had something on the side with her then blackmailed her out of that sweet, sweet GTI ?

sold it to the UPS guy? sold it to the UPS guy? what? He should just ask his real dad to give it back.  

<Meanwhile, the Chinese Navy has voyaged to the United States just a handful of times.>

In 1986 my mother traded in the 1977 Datsun 280z I was looking forward to driving when I got my license for a new Oldsmobile Cutlass Sierra. That is all.

I literally would never talk to my mother again after that.

“Sadly, my Dad hasn’t learned his lemon lesson. He currently drives a 1997 Jeep Cherokee, which should be a sweet ride. But his is running on 4 of its six cylinders, no longer has functioning 4WD, and burns oil like an OPEC nation trying to break an embargo. He has sunk thousands of dollars into his $2,000 dollar…

The GTI story...man, that just sucks.

Oh man, how did I miss this. It’s short and sweet, but here is my belated entry:

Gold on gold cars? The mind boggles.