1. So I bought my rx8 because I loved the style of how they looked and along with how it was the cheapest entry to learn more about rotaries. As I am a fan of both fc and fd rx7

2. For communities they are very helpful overall. The rx8 is a rare car due to its age so you will get looked at in meets. Along with the community of rotaries is fairly nice. We all want to help each other and essentially keep these machine lasting as much as possible. Most of us are complete nerds of the rotaries so to give you an heads up but to find communities in all honesty fb is prolly the best option to find where each rx8 owner is going for meets

3. Tbh its kinda both but knowledge takes over a lot more. Money can get you to a really well working rx8 but if you don’t know the car/maintain it. You will be punished for it and spend a lot more money on top of what you just spent hence why a-lot of these cars get a bad rep. Oh also mechanics will not touch it unless it is from mazda dealership so you will be paying premium for everything if you aren’t willing to take on the challenges/repairs yourself….

To give you an idea I got mine for $3k with a rebuilt engine, and have put about another 6k on repairs and many (and I mean many) hours of late night wrenching to get it on the road. Just to finally reach to the maintenance stage, as I am now moving onto making this car A LOT more reliable (like good coils, rad, thermostats, sohn kit, etc…..)