Are you storing your 8 during the winter?

If so, when are you going to put it in the garage?


Mine is going away November 1st.....

I won't vote so I don't screw your results... but my car is going back the 16th, it will be stored at the dealer ;)

No way! My winter wheels and tires will be arriving today or tomorrow :D I'm looking forward to finding a big empty parking lot after the first big snowfall and giving the DSC and TC (on and off) a thorough evaluation! :p

Regards,
Gordon

I'm also planning on using winter tires and rims. Should be fun going up my steep driveway between 2 houses. It's only just wider than the car !!!!

Of those putting it away for the winter, are you guys doing anything to it first (put it on stands, fill gas/run it dry, remove battery...)? Is there anything that should be done before storing? Shouldn't be done?

In regards to stroing your car

I do most of what this guy does right pretty much down to a tee. I just don't feel like typing all of it.

http://www.tr6world.com/winter_storage.htm

I'm going to have 4-season enjoyment with this babe. Life is too short to park a big part of the fun away for 5 months.

I'm storing it this winter.
No set date though. I'll just keep an eye on the weather, and the day before winter is really supposed to hit, I'll just park it in the garage... and not bring it out again for a few months.

Full stabilizer on a full tank of gas and fresh oil, and it should be fine.

Storing.

My main concern will be keeping damned rodents out of the thing... anybody got any tips?

Originally posted by 73JPS
Storing.

My main concern will be keeping damned rodents out of the thing... anybody got any tips?

I don't have that problem, but i'd suggest calling a rodent exterminator for the job.

Originally posted by 73JPS
Storing.

My main concern will be keeping damned rodents out of the thing... anybody got any tips?

Buy a cat! ;)

I'm driving her.... ordered my tire package and ready for the cold season.... can't stand the thought of paying for the car every month but only driving it part-time....

Arggg, putting it out in such harsh weather ...:eek: :eek: ... Its hibernating for me, but mostly cause of the rocks on the streets , dont want to massacre the front end :( ...

MAdjoker

Originally posted by Ron_Jeremy
can't stand the thought of paying for the car every month but only driving it part-time....

I can't stand the thought of walking across the Ottawa River to work every day... :)

I'm somewhere in between - the Pathfinder will be primary vehicle for the winter, but my wife and I both work, so I know the 8 will be out a day or 2 each week.

My only real concern is salt on the interior. The floor will be a salt-caked mess by March. Any tips on preventative measures (treatments?) I can take to keep this from happening?

Salt on the interior is your concern? Winter Floor mats are the way to fix that up..

Personally, I've got a garage to store my RX-8 in this winter, so it gets the lucky spot.. I'm more converned about keeping the exterior salt free.. I don't like even driving in the rain, even though it's lots of fun.

I'm sure that it's going to be just fine driving, with the viscous differential, and the 50/50 weight, and the DCS/TCS & ABS.. Pretty much should be good..

I'll probably pull mine out in the winter if the weather is fine for a few days, and the salt is good and washed away.. I'm probably going to get the extended warranty as well.. This car is a keeper.

OverLOAD

OverLoad, you mentioned that you are planning to get an extended warranty. I didn't know that extended warranty it is still an option/available after the purchase. Please confirm. Thanks. :)

Yes with no penalty for the first 1 yr or 20K km's.

From the warranty manual I saw from the dealer the other day, extending the factory warranty from 50/48 month to 100/84 month costs about $1400(approx?), and can be purchased any time before your existing warranty expires.

I havn't purchased an Ext. warranty yet, and count on being able to get one at a slightly better than that price, if I decide to keep the rx-8 that long, which is very likely.

OverLOAD

edit: At least those are the options and prices from the US warranty booklet

Thank Wing and OverLoad!:)

It's good to know that the extended warranty option is availalble and I will definetly consider it since I will most likely be keeping the car for a long time...depending on the result of how reliable the car will be for the next 8 months.

Great:)

STORED NOVEMBER 1ST :(

STORED OCT. 28!!!!!

Stored mine November 13th.

I'd forgotten how much my MX-3 sucks...:(

Hey Jasper_the_2nd, I had an MX-3. IT was a '96 GS. I thought it was pretty good. I could do a 0-60 in 7.5s in it. ;)

Not quite up to scratch for many of todays beasts on the road, but still, its nothing to laugh at.

OverLOAD

Mine's a 95 GS.

It's not that it's really that bad a car, it's just that compared to the 8, it's kind of sad.
I keep wanting to shift into 6th. Good thing they have that little thing to keep you from shifting from 5th into reverse....
And the throw to 5th feels like I have to reach clear across the cabin.
And I keep forgetting to switch the mirror for night driving.
And what are the headlights on an MX-3, 40 W? I want my Xeon back.
And I keep pressing the left side of the steering wheel trying to adjust the volume.
And the steering wheel is frekking huge, and thin. Feels like I'm driving a tractor trailer.
And I never noticed how driving a front wheel drive feels like you are just dragging the back end of the car around before.

And that's just from a five minute drive last night and my drive in to work this morning...

Yeah, I can relate. I only finally sold my MX3 back in June, got the 8 a little more than a month later.

It just goes to show how great the 8 really is. Mazda has done a phenominal job, they just need to finish the last touches (the few that there are, will hopefully be fixed for the 2005 model year) and bring back the hp..

As far as resale? Well, Even between Ford Mustangs, for example there isn't a whole lot of difference in resale between model years, even though the hp is often significantly changed.

I especially think if Mazda redoes the ECU on our 8's to whatever the new cars come out to be, we'll all have Zero to worry about when it comes to resale. Maybe they'll even go as far as Ford did for the 2003 Mustang SVT owners, and re-chip us, and give us a new downpipe, midpipe & catback, which can handle better temps? I can dream right?

OverLOAD