Paul,


Bad news.  Today on the radio and  in the news was a report that  Mazda is
stopping production of the rotary engine.

Strange news.  About four months ago they were saying the new 16X fuel
mileage was exceeding their piston engine line-up.

What gives?  You can put me back on the list now.

Doug in Japan

Not really bad news. They stopped selling RX7's in the US back in
1995 until 2004. It did not affect us as there are at least
a couple of hundred thousand RX8 engines out there somewhere.
Nobody is buying new cars in the states and Mazda is just trying
to stay alive. This won't change until we vote the crazy idiot
out of office. Perhaps they should only stay in office 2 years
instead of 4.

Paul Lamar


Yes.. Continuous campaigning would clearly be an improvement..  Ha.  ;)

Actually, on a two year cycle, maybe the office holder would be a bit
more focused on getting something done.  Maybe not though.

BTW, Car sales have continued to be pretty good.  Maybe not in
Kalifornia (where the balance of individual welfare/socialism to
corporate welfare/socialism)..  Lots of new cars on the roads in many
places I go, including NY and Austin, TX.


Cheers,

Matt-

--
I've just got to get a hold of Don Hayes, reputed to have
rotary engine parts, enough to build hundreds, if not thousands
of engines. He evidently won't sell parts, only complete engines,
but I haven't even heard of him doing that. The Hayes clan is a
cagey bunch, they helped me a bit with my engine, but it's hard
to get a hold of them. I plan on building a spare engine or two,
just to have in case.

Brian Trubee

Here are some pictures taken in 2003 of his ex shop.

Paul Lamar


Whoa!! That must be what heaven looks like!! (all those wankel parts!!)

-Dan

Just a side note, I wonder when you speak about the state California you are
referring to a 1993 movie (Kalifornia).
I guess Matt started it and others (Ed) follow. First I thought Matt is
German or from that ancestry but probably not. The Germans spell it like
that.

By the way, I also like that dog face when talking about the 14 trillion
debt. It is quite fitting.

Rolf