Gone Baby Gone

[Flametail]

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...

[tiFreak]

boo RX-8's are pretty sweet though

[Flametail]

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

[cooljess76]

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!!!

[Flametail]

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

[pdxmotorhead]

Originally Posted by cooljess76

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

[Flametail]

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

[dahamler]

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.

[Flametail]

I most definitely will

[Flametail]

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

[Flametail]

As I promised...

[dguzzardo22]

i like the rx8 but i am stil iffy about the rotary motor.

[vsonix]

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.