I was wondering what you drove before you bought the RX-8. I drove a Kia Optima... ok, stop laughing. When I bought it, I had great ideas of keeping it through it's 10 year warranty without a car payment for the last seven or so. But I just didn't like it... at all! My other car is a Volvo wagon, so I have the reliable and practical car too - so the Kia is officially gone!

jeremy

KIA OPTIMA??! what the hell were you thinking?? nahh jk.

its a big upgrade to the rx8. good choice man.

The thread has been many places before...

Anyway I drove a Honda Integra DC2 Type R before the RX8

I drove a modded 1986 Corolla GTS liftback. I aslo drove a 2000 Suzuki Grand Vitara. Traded the Suzuki in and sold the Corolla.

2003 Acura RSX type S in Arctic blue pearl.

In this order...

88 Celcia all Trac turbo
94 Jeep wrangler
95 Jeep GC
97 Jeep GC
99 Dodge Durango - Yamaha V-star
02 Ford Exploder (still have)
82 Ferrari 512bbi
78 Ferrari 308 GTS
04 Rx-8

i think i got everyone beat!! I traded in a 93' mazda protege!! hahaha. The sales manager (a buddy of mine) wouldn't stop giving me crap about that.

97 civic ex auto coupe

I drove a black 99 Civic Si

A modified GTI VR6...It served me well.

hehe... this is going to be funny..

high school: '82 Buick Century.. got me from point A-B thats all that mattered.

College.. no ride as the Buick would have died trying to get to NY. So bummed rides off of friends.

Post college: (now) RX-8

This is my first car.

2000 Civic Si EBP for me

modded this for four years
stolen in july

94 mutsubishi Galant.
it held up well, but for the last couple years i've been wanting something a little more sporty ;)

All the stuff below...

In this order,

83 Accord
87 Cougar LS
77 Blazer (lifted, 402 HP, REALLY nasty 4X4)
85 Accord
72 Ford F-100 (another big 4X4 but restored)
90 Miata (still have)
80 Jeep CJ-5 (still have and can be seen at Cardomain.com under the name Cletus_T_Mudd) You can also see a piece of the Miata

FINALLY MY BRAND NEW RX-8!

In this order

74 Chevy Vega
72 Chevy Chevelle SS454
73 AMC Ambasador
76 Datsun 280Z
79 Mazda RX-7
80 Celica GT (and) 82 Buick Century (and) 81 Yamaha Virago 750
86 Celica GT-S
84 Mazda RX-7
90 Honda CRX-Si
91 Acura Integra GS
93 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo
93 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited (current)
99 Nissan Maxima SE
03 Mazda 6S (current)
04 Mazda RX-8 (current)

I'm sure I've missed a few... :D

in this order

89 dodge caravan-first car
90 mustang 5.0--totaled
84 camry--dont ask
95 civic==stolen
04 rx8

Oh come on Mike, tell us what happened to the Camry.

nothing happend to the camry
it was bright orange and had 200k miles
I sold it for 2k

Just traded in my 01 S2000

Fabulous car cannot recommend enough, but longing for my RX8 now :D

Anthony

Olds delta 88. I don't remember the year but I DO remember the rocket 455 cubic inch V8! Size mattered :D
1967 Volkswagen Beetle! (1st car bought with my own money - $600)
1971 VW Beetle convertible(cool) with Auto-stick (yech)
1984 Renault/AMC Alliance (1st new car)
1991 Mazda MX-5 Miata (bought new, daily driver w/ 148,000 miles)

2004 RX-8 (god willing)

Here's my list:

88 VW Golf
99.5 VW Gold GTi
02 Nissan Xterra
04 RX-8

My first ever car wasn't a car at all, but a:

93 GSXr 1100 WP3 (way too big for a 16yr old 145lbs moron)
had a very lowered Mazda B2200 Pickup truck. Was a show truck only after about a year.

96 CBR 600 F3 Smokin Joe

RC51 used specifically for racing. Not even street legal.

99 Yamaha R6 (Hated it)

02 CBR 600 F4i with 7coat pearl on everything.

02 GMC Jimmy to pull bikes around.

99 Chrysler Sebring Conv JXi (okay car for what it was)

RX 8

I never was really into sports cars, because anything I could pay $30k, up to $200k to get it to go quick on 4wheels, I could spank on a stock $7k-8k bike.

So, here I am, not happy with the RX-8's speed, but I love the way it stiffens up in turns.

90 Miata
94 BMW 325is (for sale if anyone's interested)

'75 Chevy Monza 4.3liter V8 (The Brown Trout)
'80 datsun 310GX with louvers (The Grey Goose)
'89 Nissan Pulsar XE (The Deer Hunter)
'84 Ford Escort Wagon (3-Toed Sloth)
'89 Nissan Pulsar XE (same car, long story)
'93 Probe GT(my favorite until now) (Skank)
'92 Dodge Stealth Twin Turbo (Unlucky)
'91 Acura Integra (Waterwalk)
'94 GMC Jimmy (totaled to get RX8)(Jim)

03 Cobra

'85 Mazda RX-7 GS (blue)
'85 Mazda RX-7 GS (blue)
'91 Mitsubishi 3000 GT (blue)
'04 Mazda RX-8 6MT (blue)

88 - 91 Ford Laser S
91 - 92 Mazda 323 GT
93 - 95 Bus and train
95 - 97 Honda Civic SiR
97 - 00 Mitsubishi Lancer Mivec
00 - 01 Audi 80
01 - 03 Volswagen Golf VR6
03 MAZDA RX-8!!!

Red 2002 Acura RSX Type-S

1995 - '90 Holden Barina (beep-beep) - for the non-Aussies, that's basically a 4-door Geo Metro, aka Suzuki swift. My first car with some help from the folks. Lucky for me it was a little 1.3L 4-banger front-wheel drive and was far too gutless to ever get me in any trouble.
1998 - '90 Mazda Rx-7 - the first car I bought myself and my introduction to rotary power.
2000 - '01 Jeep Wrangler Sport - first new car (if you can consider a Jeep a car, which I don't)
2001 - '95 Mazda Rx-7 - my dream car!
2003 - '04 Mazda Rx-8 - uh-oh! My other dream car!!

Ah the memories of your first car... (yes, that's me in the drivers seat nearly 10 years ago, and my dad outside the car - in his pyjamas no less)

Golf 18T GTI Served me well too.

80 Chevy Chevette
89 Dodge Daytona ES
93 Honda Prelude SI
95.5 Isuzu Rodeo
92 3000GT SL
98 Honda Prelude
94 300ZX
01 Lexus IS300
04 Mazda RX-8

'63 Dodge pickup
'74? RX4 wagon
'76 Mazda 808
'78 Dodge Diplomat
'72 Plymouth van
'83 Dodge Omni
'83 Chrysler LeBaron
'68 VW Bug
'72? VW Rabbit
'86 Toyota Van
'81? Datsun wagon
'92 Plymouth Voyager
'93 Hyundai Elantra
'92 Chrysler Concord
'90 Miata (current)
'04 Hyunda SantaFe (current)
Soon to add '05 RX8 MS (whooohoo!)

97-99: '95 GMC Safari :(
99-00: '96 Discovery :( http://www3.telus.net/usoff/DSCN0636.jpg
00-01: '00 Explorer :( http://www3.telus.net/usoff/or22.jpg
01-04: '96 Discovery :(
04: RX 8 :D :D :D

1970 Toyota Corona 4-door, auto, blue
1982 Mazda RX-7, manual, blue
1991 Dodge Stealth, auto, blue

1975 Ford Maverick
1972 Lincoln Mark IV
1979 Chrysler Lebaron ( put a 340 in it)
1972 Chevy Impala
1988 Ford Ranger
1998 Dodge Neon
1984 Dodge 250 P/U
1995 Ford F 150 P/U
2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser

The PT Cruiser was what I traded in for RX-8, great car just got tired of it.

ok dude with the ferraris.....thats sweet

VW Jetta '89
VW Golf GTI '93 (stolen)
Nissan Maxima '91
Nissan Maxima '92
Nissan 240 '98
Audi A4 '96
Mazda RX-8 '04

Only one car before the '8: 97 Hyundai Accent

Not that bad of a car. Small cars are fun to throw around, and you can rev up to red line often without breaking the speed limit :)

In order:

81 Dodge Colt
91 Nissan Sentra (Ex got it in the divorce)
82 Ford F-250
90 Isuzu Trooper II Limited edition (totaled by Drunk Driver)
96 Chevy Lumina (traded in for next two)
96 Corolla (wife)
96 Toyota Tacoma (me)
98 Camry
99 4-runner
Moved to Germany and had to give both Camry and 4-runner up.
89 Honda Civic hatchback

03 Dodge Caravan (wife)
04 RX-8 (me) Wooooooo-Hooooooooo!

by the very fact that you're typing here means you must've had some inherent skills :D

Originally posted by Stu
My first ever car wasn't a car at all, but a:

93 GSXr 1100 WP3 (way too big for a 16yr old 145lbs moron)

01 VW GTI 1.8T

Seems like there are quite a few members here that came from the VW family.

E36 BMW 325Ci. Superb engine, superb handling. Was very sad to let it go.

'91 honda civic hatch
'04 Honda Civic SI 4dr
'04 RX-8

i drove a 99 ford SVT Lightning!!!!!

87 Audi 80 1.8S
89 Audi 90 2.2 quattro
93 Audi S2 turbo quattro avant - an absolutely amazing car!
99 Ford Focus TDdi (kept it for just 6 month, but stayed in the family)
96 Audi A4 2.6 V6 quattro

I also drove the following cars owned by my wife :
00 Audi A3 TDi
99 Ford Puma 1.7
97 Porsche Boxster 2.5
03 Audi A4 TDi quattro avant

Her next car is an RX too, but a Lexus RX400h...

93 Saturn 4-door
97 Mitsubishi Eclipse GST

gradual upgrade

I drove a 1999 Corvette Hardtop. Modified to 425 HP. Excellent car. Sacrificed for a 4 seater. The RX-8 is a much more comfortable ride.

95 Celica ST

1967 Pontiac Catalina (1st car)
1969 Pontiac GTO
1967 Pontiac Firebird convertible
1970 Pontiac GTO
1967 Datsun SPL 1600
1979 Pontiac Formula Sunbrid
1985 Chevrolet IROC Z-28
1990 Mazda Protege
1996 Mazda 626
1999 Mazda Protege
2000 Toyota Celica GT-S
2004 Mazda RX-8

1989 Chevrolet Camaro RS
1998 Pontiac Trans-Am
2000 Chevrolet Corvette Coupe
2004 Mazda RX-8