Originally Posted by 9600baud
Someone mentioned a FC ... but woudnt that break down even more? I mean... those cars dont last past 80k w/o a rebuild?
No. Mine has over 170k on the original engine, 146k on the original on my last one when I sold it. TII's tend to last ~150k, N/A's into the 175-200k range if you take care of them. Mk.III's tend to chunk headgaskets about as often as a rotary pops a seal. Funny thing with that though, you can almost always still drive on a "blown" rotary.
Anyway, if you want light and are afraid of the rotary, go 240.