Quote Originally Posted by Thighs
no, i back my anti-rotary spews up with a good 50/50 mix of bullshit and fact. part of it is for comic relief and because i dont care about what i say on here, plus its fun to get people all worked up for no reason. the other part is because rotaries are well known for needing mixed gas (i.e. 2 stroke oil) to keep the apex seals in good shape, unless they are ceramic units which tend to last alot longer.
I won't deny the gas mileage part. The gas mileage sucks. The gas is only mixed with 2 stroke oil if the OMP (oil metering pump) is removed at the owner's discrepancy. Apex seals can last well into 300 thousand miles if the engine is maintained properly. It's more common to see them from 180 thousand to 220 though and occasionally on boosted cars(above stock boost applications) only 120 thousand (now on FDs, they can go as early as 40k miles, but the owners are usually at fault). I guess the other part of you is just trying to piss rotor heads off and I accept that reason more than you being uninformed so I'll leave you alone on it.