I've been trolling the boards for a while now, looking around and getting everything in order to be able to make this purchase. I finally picked one up this weekend.

04 Black 6spd Sport with the appearance package and spoiler. Took delivery with 10,492 miles. As she sits in the parking lot this morning shes at 10,812. Paid 13,500 out the door (tax, title, doc, etc...) + my tiburon. Tossed some cash on top and I'm paying 225/month. Clean carfax and its got just over 2 years left on the warranty - was put in service summer of 05.

Its a hell of a car, I'm deff happy with it.

welcome aboard.

Nice find - I wish my payment was that low!

Congrats on the 8. Sounds like you got a good deal!

Congrats mac. Nice color choice.

Congrats on the 8. Sounds like you got a good deal!
it depends on how much the tiburon was worth. regardless, welcome aboard.

Welcome and thanks for the pics. Very low miles for an 04. Make sure all the recalls and TSBs done.

congrats!

Welcome and thanks for the pics. Very low miles for an 04. Make sure all the recalls and TSBs done.



it hasnt had the latest "emmisions" recall done yet. Drives and runs nicely so far. god ~19.8MPG on my first tank. Pretty happy with that.


I got 6,000 for the tiburon. it was an 03 4cyl 5spd manual with 88,000 miles in good but not great shape. Probably wasn't worth 6,000 especially from a dealer on trade. I don't think I stole the car but I don't think I overpayed by any means either. I am happy with what I got the car for.

Hopefully I'll get it out on the track in the next few weeks. I work about 90 minutes from Gingerman Raceway(www.gingermanraceway.com).

Congrats! Sure looks nice :)

Look like a ,,,look like a ,,,,, another satisfied RX-8 owner FTW. Congrat's.
As was mentioned before ,,"I wish my payment was that low."

gratz and welcome.

see ya at the track

:)

it hasnt had the latest "emmisions" recall done yet. Drives and runs nicely so far. god ~19.8MPG on my first tank. Pretty happy with that.


I got 6,000 for the tiburon. it was an 03 4cyl 5spd manual with 88,000 miles in good but not great shape. Probably wasn't worth 6,000 especially from a dealer on trade. I don't think I stole the car but I don't think I overpayed by any means either. I am happy with what I got the car for.

Hopefully I'll get it out on the track in the next few weeks. I work about 90 minutes from Gingerman Raceway(www.gingermanraceway.com).
Well Chicago doesn't get the searing heat and temperatures day in and day out that some parts of the country get so you're car is most likely fine. Your mileage may drop or may increase with the emission recall. I think most went down a bit.

What tires are on it? Watch the stock Bridgestone RE040's. They are sticky in the dry and slick in anything else.

I am in the same boat as you except with higher payments.

Just walked out of the dealership with an 06 RX-8 GT AT with under 10K miles on it.

We will see if the shine wears off in the next few months.

uh-oh.

Ignore my PM, I just found your post. Nice looking 8. May 27 Blackhawk Farms with midwest council :ylsuper:

That May 5 date sounds familiar for some reason. Either way Im sure me and/or mike and/or kristen will be there so i'll make sure you get it then.

So i take it you liked Blackhawk? How were those new pads?

That May 5 date sounds familiar for some reason. Either way Im sure me and/or mike and/or kristen will be there so i'll make sure you get it then.

So i take it you liked Blackhawk? How were those new pads?
It was a nice track. Not as fast as RA, only one real straight and I could only get it to 102 before I had to brake, the other straight is much like he back straight at RA just much shorter. It had some nice corner though. The new pads were great but it took me a few laps to get use to the difference in brake pressure needed.

Yea that is pretty much what it looked like. More of a technical track like Gingerman that me and Mike do regularly. Its fun not having every asshole with 250whp blowing by you once you get to the straight just to park in front of you on the corners isn't it?

Welcome to the board and a great addiction

Yea that is pretty much what it looked like. More of a technical track like Gingerman that me and Mike do regularly. Its fun not having every asshole with 250whp blowing by you once you get to the straight just to park in front of you on the corners isn't it?
true that. esp when the get mad at you when they wave you by and it takes 10 seconds to pass them because they don't understand that your car is NOT fast in a straight line

true that. esp when the get mad at you when they wave you by and it takes 10 seconds to pass them because they don't understand that your car is NOT fast in a straight line



I dont know what thats like yet...i only have 140bhp last time out. :Freak_ani

Welcome to the board and a great addiction

A Delorean with a 13B, that would be pretty cool.

stainless steel DMC-12 FTW!

true that. esp when the get mad at you when they wave you by and it takes 10 seconds to pass them because they don't understand that your car is NOT fast in a straight line
I had a vete at Blackhawk wave me by al pissed but didn't even lift. Finally he realized he had to lift to let me by. I was gone once we hit the first set of turns :)

congrats on the new ride...

A Delorean with a 13B, that would be pretty cool.

Hope you've refueled the flux capacitor with some fresh plutonium...cause we all know that a rotary powered delorian would SURE be thirsty for some type of power :uhh:

congratz & welcome to the club :)

Congrats! This car will own you

Enjoy the car!

yeah nice payment pretty good find I got my 04 with 14,400 miles left and 2 yrs on warranty 4 19000 with no trade or cash my payments are 300 so 225 is nice good luck and keep up the good cleaning on the thing.

yeah nice payment pretty good find I got my 04 with 14,400 miles left and 2 yrs on warranty 4 19000 with no trade or cash my payments are 300 so 225 is nice good luck and keep up the good cleaning on the thing.


yea i don't have a lot of plans for this weekend and im off work today and tomorrow (friday) so as soon as the rain passes this weekend im gonna strip it down and zaino the piss out of it. should look good as the paint is in pretty good shape as it is.

yea i don't have a lot of plans for this weekend and im off work today and tomorrow (friday) so as soon as the rain passes this weekend im gonna strip it down and zaino the piss out of it. should look good as the paint is in pretty good shape as it is.
have fun! I wish I had the time to do it :(

have fun! I wish I had the time to do it :(
Me too, I'm actually going to pay to have her deatiled. Just need to find a good deatil shop. One thing I noticed is that the track does a number on the paint in the front. Many little chips, probably a combination of track and road debris :mad:

i looked at the front of my cavalier, there are all sorts of paint chips from getting stuck behind salt trucks

yea salt trucks are no good.

i started on the car yesterday.

washed it with dawn, hit it with a clay bar, washed again then used Zaino ZP-C Fusion (http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=Z-PC&Category_Code=Zaino&Product_Count=4) to take out the heavy swirls.

I left the rest for today and tomorrow. Probably will get 5-8 coats of wax of various wax's.


I'm kicking around the idea of 3M clear bra on the nose and leading edge of the hood.

congrats and welcome!

What's up and welcome . Where outside of Chicago are you from ?

just over into northwest indiana.

I've got plans to move into the city once i become a little more financially stable. hopefully well before the time im 25.

yea salt trucks are no good.

i started on the car yesterday.

washed it with dawn, hit it with a clay bar, washed again then used Zaino ZP-C Fusion (http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=Z-PC&Category_Code=Zaino&Product_Count=4) to take out the heavy swirls.

I left the rest for today and tomorrow. Probably will get 5-8 coats of wax of various wax's.


I'm kicking around the idea of 3M clear bra on the nose and leading edge of the hood.
I was thinking about that when I got my windows tinted but they wanted $550. I thinki I should of done it :wallbash:

what all were they going to do for that $550?

I was thinking about that when I got my windows tinted but they wanted $550. I thinki I should of done it :wallbash:

After almost all of us end up with those absolutely breathtaking chips in the front bumper, we all seem to think the same. :banghead:

Upfront it's a lot, but to further the longevity of your front bumpers paint, i really think it's a pretty dang good idea!

I dont think i would get the whole nose wrapped. I was thinking like the first 1/2-1" of the hood and 1" above and below the headlights the center of the nose where the flying M is and then the nottom corner of the appearance package lip from side to side. Probably wouldnt be too expensive.

what all were they going to do for that $550?
Install it. It would of gone a 1/4 of the way up the hood and half way past the wheel arch.

Install it. It would of gone a 1/4 of the way up the hood and half way past the wheel arch.


lol...yea i hopes so.

was it like a full fitted mask on the front bumper or just random pieces?

lol...yea i hopes so.

was it like a full fitted mask on the front bumper or just random pieces?
Full fitted, one solid piece. Looked nice. One of the new guys on the chicago site with a blue 8 has it on his and it looks great. You can't even tell its there.