318ti.org forum

Go Back   318ti.org forum > Garage > Lounge

Notices

Lounge Temporary forum until new sections are suggested.

.
» Recent Threads
1999 M-Sport For Sale
12-31-2023 05:10 PM
Last post by Coop540iT
03-23-2024 06:39 PM
1 Replies, 97,373 Views
Once again 318ti owner...
03-20-2024 12:39 PM
Last post by two30grain
03-22-2024 02:04 PM
1 Replies, 60,313 Views
What brakes do I...
03-20-2024 03:27 PM
Last post by huirtera
03-20-2024 03:27 PM
0 Replies, 57,673 Views
Reply Share/Bookmark
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 12-12-2010, 02:55 PM   #1
Flametail
Senior Member
 
Flametail's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Nashville, TN
Posts: 699
iTrader: (2)
Default Gone Baby Gone

Well the wife and I have been looking for a new car for me, one that is a little more reliable and without so many issues...well we test drove a G35 a few weeks ago and found out that was gonna be too much of a down payment for us to come up with, so friday she found an RX8 about an hour away so I filled in an online credit app and the dealer called me back about 2 hours later, we chatted and he said the bank wants $1500 down (the dealer was thinking a grand for my car and $500 cash), which is reasonable since we had xmas coming and I was gonna trade in the Ti as well. We traveled out there yesterday, took a test drive then the dealer got a look at my car and everything got switched. He now wants $1000 down and can probably adjust the papers a little to get us going, its just that the bank is wanting $1500 total. We have $500 and then I thought about it and realized I could probably craigslist my car and get $500 out of it since its a running car....put it on there for a grand and a guy is gonna give me $700 today if he wants it. The thing blue books for $375 in poor condition (which as ya'll know it is), so either this guy is gonna get it for $700 or my dad is gonna buy it off of me to get us right where we need to be with the down payment...it was nice owning a Ti and maybe down the road I'll snag another in MUCH better shape that won't be so much of a pain! I wish I had a stock shift knob for it cause I was wanting to sell the ACS knob and emblems I got on here for ya'll...might have to run buy auto zone and get a cheap knob...
__________________

Steffen, they are F's not V's.
Apexcone Projector36 w/ 6000K|ACS Driver's Collection Knob|UUC Ultrasuede boot|20% Tint|TMS CF Wing|Antenna Delete|Rear Wiper Delete|Magnaflow Muffler and Resonator w/ Cat Delete|
Extra Tail Light Mod
6" Speaker Mod
Flametail is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-12-2010, 06:27 PM   #2
tiFreak
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: asdfasdf
Posts: 10,002
Vehicles
iTrader: (8)
Default

boo RX-8's are pretty sweet though
tiFreak is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-12-2010, 07:21 PM   #3
Flametail
Senior Member
 
Flametail's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Nashville, TN
Posts: 699
iTrader: (2)
Default

It wouldn't be so bad if the bodywork wasn't so extensive, but that's definitely not the case. Lol
__________________

Steffen, they are F's not V's.
Apexcone Projector36 w/ 6000K|ACS Driver's Collection Knob|UUC Ultrasuede boot|20% Tint|TMS CF Wing|Antenna Delete|Rear Wiper Delete|Magnaflow Muffler and Resonator w/ Cat Delete|
Extra Tail Light Mod
6" Speaker Mod
Flametail is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-12-2010, 08:29 PM   #4
cooljess76
NOBODY F's with the Jesus
 
cooljess76's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Ventura California
Posts: 7,824
iTrader: (6)
Default

Right on Steffen, sorry to see the ti go away, but the RX-8 is a nice upgrade. Definitely stay active here, post pics of the new car and be sure to refer the new owner to the org!!!
cooljess76 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-12-2010, 08:49 PM   #5
Flametail
Senior Member
 
Flametail's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Nashville, TN
Posts: 699
iTrader: (2)
Default

Oh will do, he'll be reminded of it since it has the .org stickers in the opera windows, lol
__________________

Steffen, they are F's not V's.
Apexcone Projector36 w/ 6000K|ACS Driver's Collection Knob|UUC Ultrasuede boot|20% Tint|TMS CF Wing|Antenna Delete|Rear Wiper Delete|Magnaflow Muffler and Resonator w/ Cat Delete|
Extra Tail Light Mod
6" Speaker Mod
Flametail is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-13-2010, 07:37 AM   #6
pdxmotorhead
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Portland Or
Posts: 2,666
iTrader: (1)
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by cooljess76 View Post
Right on Steffen, sorry to see the ti go away, but the RX-8 is a nice upgrade. Definitely stay active here, post pics of the new car and be sure to refer the new owner to the org!!!
IMHO the RX8 is not an upgrade.... I raced rotary's for years and still have friends in the game, the 8 is almost as bad as the Gen 3 RX7 for maintenance. Make darn sure that car has had all the service done.

Dave
__________________
Dave - PDX
1995 318ti - Active Black and Tan.
2005 330xi - Mtech 1 - 6spd - Orient Blue/Black
pdxmotorhead is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-13-2010, 04:13 PM   #7
Flametail
Senior Member
 
Flametail's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Nashville, TN
Posts: 699
iTrader: (2)
Default

Compared to the state my car is in now its a huge upgrade.
__________________

Steffen, they are F's not V's.
Apexcone Projector36 w/ 6000K|ACS Driver's Collection Knob|UUC Ultrasuede boot|20% Tint|TMS CF Wing|Antenna Delete|Rear Wiper Delete|Magnaflow Muffler and Resonator w/ Cat Delete|
Extra Tail Light Mod
6" Speaker Mod
Flametail is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-13-2010, 05:57 PM   #8
dahamler
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Monterey, CA
Posts: 770
iTrader: (11)
Default

Good friend of mine has a RX8 that I drove for a bit. Overall a very nice car; I love the power delivery and the utility with the rears door. The car handled like a dream but I couldn't deal with the abysmal gas mileage and the excessive oil consumption.

Be sure to post some pics once you drive that baby home.
__________________
dahamler is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-13-2010, 06:03 PM   #9
Flametail
Senior Member
 
Flametail's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Nashville, TN
Posts: 699
iTrader: (2)
Default

I most definitely will
__________________

Steffen, they are F's not V's.
Apexcone Projector36 w/ 6000K|ACS Driver's Collection Knob|UUC Ultrasuede boot|20% Tint|TMS CF Wing|Antenna Delete|Rear Wiper Delete|Magnaflow Muffler and Resonator w/ Cat Delete|
Extra Tail Light Mod
6" Speaker Mod
Flametail is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-14-2010, 04:29 AM   #10
Flametail
Senior Member
 
Flametail's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Nashville, TN
Posts: 699
iTrader: (2)
Default

Well, she's gone...kinda sad but I know it's for the best.
__________________

Steffen, they are F's not V's.
Apexcone Projector36 w/ 6000K|ACS Driver's Collection Knob|UUC Ultrasuede boot|20% Tint|TMS CF Wing|Antenna Delete|Rear Wiper Delete|Magnaflow Muffler and Resonator w/ Cat Delete|
Extra Tail Light Mod
6" Speaker Mod
Flametail is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-17-2010, 10:47 PM   #11
Flametail
Senior Member
 
Flametail's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Nashville, TN
Posts: 699
iTrader: (2)
Default

As I promised...









__________________

Steffen, they are F's not V's.
Apexcone Projector36 w/ 6000K|ACS Driver's Collection Knob|UUC Ultrasuede boot|20% Tint|TMS CF Wing|Antenna Delete|Rear Wiper Delete|Magnaflow Muffler and Resonator w/ Cat Delete|
Extra Tail Light Mod
6" Speaker Mod
Flametail is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-18-2010, 12:06 AM   #12
dguzzardo22
Senior Member
 
dguzzardo22's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 1,093
iTrader: (0)
Default

i like the rx8 but i am stil iffy about the rotary motor.
__________________
was the 1 an only Bagged Ti on 19's!!
dguzzardo22 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-18-2010, 05:01 AM   #13
vsonix
Senior Member
 
vsonix's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Southwest England
Posts: 379
Vehicles
iTrader: (0)
Default

nice RX8, I'd go for smoked tails PDQ if it was mine...
I do quite like Mazdas, I was giving serious thought to a 323f Astina before I went for the Compact, but at the end of the day I have the BMW bug bad and if I went Japanese I'd still be lusting after a Bimmer. Plus of course BMW parts and servicing are cheaper than jap stuff in the UK anyway. Great looking car though, if I was a collector I'd get myself a Mazdaspeed version in my garage fo sho.

Last edited by vsonix; 12-19-2010 at 07:56 PM.
vsonix is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Ice Ice Baby! SDKmann Lounge 18 12-02-2007 11:03 AM
My Baby Is Gone bmwman1983 Lounge 4 10-30-2007 11:55 PM
My Baby! fuse1002 Lounge 15 07-10-2007 04:23 AM
here is my baby! proudTIowner Lounge 34 06-17-2006 01:54 AM
My Baby robcarync Lounge 3 06-15-2005 02:34 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 02:35 PM.


.
Powered by site supporters
vBulletin Version 3.8.8
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©1999 - 2024, 318ti.org
© vBadvanced CMPS v3.2.2
[page compression: 113.30 k/134.47 k (15.75%)]

318ti.org does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information or products discussed.