Just looking for fellow 8 owners in UT

Usser Landon_Starr is from Utah...

Yep, that's me. Where'd you pick yours up from, Dragon?

If you're new to this forum, let me assure you ANYTHING you'd like to know or buy for your RX8 is discussed here. This has proven to be my best resource for information, since we really have only a couple good rotary techs in the state.

--Landon

I picked mine up at Bountiful Mazda. its like 5 min. from my house. what about you. Well i am wanting to get an exhaust and intake for my 8 but fear voiding my warranty. what modes do you have if any?

I bought mine from Murray. They don't care about intakes or exhaust for the warranty. I'm pretty good buddies with the service manager there, I'm sure I could introduce you. He even told me if I turbo/super charged it he wouldn't ask questions. I guess I just hope he doesn't quit anytime soon. :)

Aftermarket parts--

20" wheels, aftermarket leather, upgraded sunroof, clear corners, deciding between K&N & RE intake, ordering GREDDY exhaust in January. I plan on jumping on the canzoomer bandwagon with his piggyback system as soon as it's available. Custom stereo system being installed in January, plexiglass over the recessed spare-tire bay in the trunk with 2 amps & custom box integrated with all new carpeted interior(design specs already completed). Wish list(purchases within the next year, hopefully) includes the rear fog light, strakes, shaving emblems, DVD (probably aftermarket & going w/ the JDM tray).

I have a bit of an aftermarket sickness, if you haven't come to that conclusion yet. :)

i would say so. you have credit cards dont ya. j/k I think when i purchased my 8 they actually had to go get it from murray. right now im running all stock. Thats totatly cool that they wont ask questions. are you located in murray or else where? thanks for all the info to. Have you asked your dealer about getting the ECU reflashed like some people on here have been talking?

No, I get nervous having the techs in Murray change my oil, let alone reflash my chip. I don't have any respect for the Mazda techs out here. No experience.

--Landon

Cant say that i blame ya on that. I can understand how it would be difficult to find someone with alot of experiance. I my self am new to the rotary world. got stuck for the first time yesterday, this weather sucks real bad.

Dragon-
Have you seen this thread?
http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16559
This is what happened to me when I got my 8 stuck on ice.
Also, you might want to bookmark this site:
http://www.finishlineperformance.com/rx8/docs/index.html
I copied all the TSB's before having my ECU flashed, and was all too ready and willing to break out my laptop and show the service manager. I didn't need to, though... especially when I mentioned that I had read the TSB's before I got there. The service manager did kind of look at me funny... The dealerships, service managers and techs are going to have to get used to the fact that more and more people are "doing thier homework" before showing up. :D
Here's to hoping for the snow and ice to melt off of the roads!
-Doc:cool:

Doc-
Did i read on another tread correctly that you are inline for CZ stage 1 mod? whats your thoughts on it? Thanks in advance

Hi,
Yea, I'm going to buy the stage 1 kit, especially now since CZ has modified it to the point that it will fit entirely inside the ECU. This is one of the mods I have definitely decided to do, along with a RE intake, a cat-back, and the grounding kit, (this one is already done). My thoughts are, (after talking to CZ), that it can't hurt to add a few extra ponies. Plain and simple. When I get it installed, I'll let you know how it turns out.
I can say that the grounding kit was a decent mod, it's in this thread: http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16989
Hope this helps!
-Doc

That brings up a good question, Doc-

I've been trying to decide on which intake to go with. The RE looks nice with the heat shield & such, what made you decide on that intake versus the typhoon?

--Landon

Lemme jump in here, as I already have the Rotary Extreme intake.

I went with that one first and foremost because I think the heat shielding is important. Without it, the engine will be sucking hot air in all day long, since the K&N filter element is so large that it even blocks the cold air inlet duct. Secondly, I got to know Chuck from RE pretty well before I bought, and not only felt he was as ethical as they come, but also enough so that if I didn't like the intake, I knew he would take it back. No guarantees with the K&N... it depends on the vendor that sold it to you, and most won't take back a "used" intake once it's been on the car.

Additionally, the RE makes for a cleaner install... it even has provisions for the stock engine cover. If you go with the K&N, you have to lose the engine cover as there will be no mounts for it in front any more.
EDIT: Sorry, my mistake. The K&N does come with a bracket so you can retain the stock engine cover.

Finally, I consider the RE intake and the K&N to be about equal value, even tho the RE is about $70 more. There is more than $70 worth of heat shielding that comes with it.

So how do I like it? In a word, it's awesome. I can feel the difference, which means it's increasing HP by around 10 HP or so. Conventional wisdom (and other member's experiences) tell that your "butt dyno" can detect increases of 10HP or more. Mine does. It also sounds EXCELLENT at wide open throttle, makes the car sound like a JET engine, rather than "just" a turbine like it does stock. You can really hear the rotary doing it's thing with this intake.

Hope this helps!

Well, that's it for me. I know which one I'm getting... :D Actually, I had already decided. I have also decided on Borla for exhaust, along with the stage 1 kit. CZ and I talked at great length about the stage 2... I wasn't certain until I talked it over with him. I'm only going with the stage 1. Stage 2 looks enticing enough, and even though I live in a state where the chances of getting caught are pretty much nil... I'm not takin' no chances!
-Doccable

GREAT. RE it is. =)

Secondly, why Borla?

This forum is really just getting way too big to read EVERY detail, especially when talking intake/exhaust. I figure find a couple people's opinion you trust, and go with it. =)

--Landon

so where did you guys get your clear corners and fender strakes?

You just askin people from Utah? ;)

anyone that wants to answer ;) I did get a list of CZ items and but im not sure what the difference is on the strakes that are bright polished and brushed satin?

Originally posted by Landon_Starr
GREAT. RE it is. =)

Secondly, why Borla?

This forum is really just getting way too big to read EVERY detail, especially when talking intake/exhaust. I figure find a couple people's opinion you trust, and go with it. =)

--Landon Waaaal, I bought the Borla because it was the first thing on the market, at the right price, Borla is a great brand name, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I LOVED the way it sounded. Deep and powerful, mature, and not at all ricey.

I have never looked back since I got it, and am VERY happy with it. This is unusual in my experience, as when you're an early adopter of a product, sure as hell right after you buy it something comes out that is better and cheaper. This is hapilly not the case with the Borla, and it's still one of the most compelling choices on the market.

However, if I were in the market today, besides the Borla, I'd also take a good hard look at the Rotary Extreme, and maybe even the Greddy. The RE seems to be the best design from a flow standpoint, and I know Chuck (RE's owner) personally, and can tell you that if you weren't happy with the exhaust for any reason, he'd take it back without questions. Not many other vendors would take a "used" exhaust back, which it becomes once it goes on your car.

I also like the Greddy's looks and sound, and it's a great brand name too. And I really like the huge 'ol tips too. :D But really, besides those tips, it's no more compelling than the Borla.

So that's it... hope this helps.

Originally posted by DragonStar4681
so where did you guys get your clear corners and fender strakes? I got my clear corners from RotaryExtreme, who had as good a price on them as anyone at the time. This was before Canzoomer started carrying them, and vendors overall were limited. Today I'd buy on price alone, as all the units on the market are identical. I think the cheapest I've seen them is on eBay... do a search on RX8 or RX-8 and you'll see 'em eventually.

Originally posted by DragonStar4681
anyone that wants to answer ;) I did get a list of CZ items and but im not sure what the difference is on the strakes that are bright polished and brushed satin? Only difference is the finish. The Brushed are not shiney, while the polished are. Your call as to which looks best. I personally don't have them yet, as I'm waiting for a cheaper pair to come out... $150-$200 is just too durn much for 4 little pieces of aluminum, IMHO! ;) Altho, I DO keep thinking about them... :D

About 4 sets of fender strakes were sold by a Mada dealership at 149.99, I called him to see if he'd still sell them at that price. Turns out, he only had 4 sets and he acquired them in a way that MAZDA wasn't selling them, HE was, and he was just looking for a quick few bucks. Not likely we'll see prices around there again.

Regarding the clear corners, EBAY is a little more pricey than JTimports(www.jtimports.com). JT offers them at around $50 with free shipping. I haven't seen any prices like that on ebay...

Trussville Mazda's site is always a good solid low-priced option on parts, they offer the strakes at 195.....which I'm sure is matched all over the place.

--Landon

I personally don't have them yet, as I'm waiting for a cheaper pair to come out... $150-$200 is just too durn much for 4 little pieces of aluminum, IMHO! Altho, I DO keep thinking about them...

I'm in the EXACT same boat. =) It's kinda difficult to justify $200 for 4 pieces of small polished aluminum. <shrug>

I keep crossing my fingers for someone to manufacture a knock-off. I may end up breaking down, though, I put chrome wheels on my car and they would match just TOO well......(trying.......to.......maintain......com posure........hold off.......) :)

Ladon,
you going to the Auto Expo this weekend? i heard there is going to be alot of 8's there.

RX-8 owner here... Up in Layton...

I picked mine up from Bountiful Mazda as well, back in November...

Originally posted by DragonStar4681
Ladon,
you going to the Auto Expo this weekend? i heard there is going to be alot of 8's there.


Yeah, hopefully. I have an enticing offer to go up to Vegas this weekend, though, so I may decide against it. I DO take the auto expo seriously, though, so I may wait until a little later on Saturday to go to Vegas so I can go check it out......

alot of 8's being shown??? Mazdaspeed 8 going to be there? I haven't heard anything about 8's being there.....interesting. :)

I'll probably run down there, now that I'm thinking about it.

--Landon

Originally posted by JivenMushu
RX-8 owner here... Up in Layton...

I picked mine up from Bountiful Mazda as well, back in November...


Welcome to the forum, JivenMushu. Congratulations on the purchase, hope you're as thrilled w/ your 8 as I am with mine. :)

What color & options did you go with?

--Landon

Dragonstar, Jivinmushu, here's the link to the RX-8 Mountain Club if either of you are interested in joining.

Rocky Mountain RX-8 Club (http://home.bresnan.net/~rockymtnrx8/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html)

Landon,
well i didnt hear it my self but my wife said she heard a radio commercial that mazda was a sponsor for it or something. but she came home and said there should be some 8's there.
wouldnt blame ya on the offer to vegas.

Originally posted by Landon_Starr
Welcome to the forum, JivenMushu. Congratulations on the purchase, hope you're as thrilled w/ your 8 as I am with mine. :)

What color & options did you go with?

--Landon

Hey, Landon!

I love mine! I traded in the 350Z for the RX-8; I haven't regretted it for a moment!

I got the Sports package Sunlight Silver...

I had read somewhere in this post that you had custom leather seats made... Any chance you'd care to divulge who did them for you? :D

And thanks for the link to the RX-8 club... That's my next stop from here...

Ry

I had my buddies at ATD (auto trim design) put the leather in. Although, it wouldn't be "custom" from an upholstery specialist's perspective, I believe it was a kit they obtained somewhere.

The thought of silver on black leather is intriguing to even a velocity red 8 owner, though....:)



...Mazda sponsoring the expo would be enough to spark interest of a possible mazdaspeed showing up, though. :)

I'm definitely going. :)

The auto show... That's exactly where you'll find me this weekend. :D

I did hear on the radio commercial the RX-8 being mentioned as a "car that drives you." I checked out Motor Trend's website about the auto show... Here's the link:

http://www.motortrendautoshows.com/saltlake/features.html

They list the RX-8 as a car listed to appear, yet could change at any moment... :shrugs:

The chance to see MazdaSpeed... Heheh, I'll take it!

-Ry

Originally posted by DragonStar4681
agreed a chance to see the mazdaspeed cant be past up. :)

Bountiful Mazda rocks!

I had got the Sports package in hopes of the official MazdaSpeed body kit becoming available here soon...

I just got a call and a fax from Bountiful Mazda, Scottie... He wanted to fax me over the pricing list for all of the MazdaSpeed parts he just barely got this morning. They are taking orders now, but won't be able to fulfill them until early spring...

The prices are -- well, pricy... But, they are willing to give a 10% discount to the first RX-8 to undergo the transformation, if they can take pictures for promotional purposes... Ten percent off of $5,000 isn't much...

Ry

Woh, Jiven (and anyone considering the Mazdaspeed kit as I am) you should check out our vendor's forum (http://www.rx8club.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=60). Both Trussville (http://www.trussvillemazda.com/partsstore/index.cfm) and Rosenthal (http://www.finishlineperformance.com/rx8/index.html) Mazda sell Mazdaspeed parts, and you can get the complete Mazdaspeed body kit, painted to match all the factory colors, less mirrors, for between $3396 and $3618, depending on the rear under spoiler you choose. For instance, from Trussville's website:

Mazdaspeed Front Bumper - Painted $1,290
Mazdaspeed Rear Under Spoiler Painted $732 (or) Mazdaspeed Rear Under Spoiler Primer + Gun Metallic $510
Mazdaspeed Rear Wing Spoiler $876
Mazdaspeed Side Skirts $720

And that's just Trussville, Rosenthal might be cheaper.

Got an even smaller budget? Go to Rotary Extreme (http://www.rotaryextreme.com/msstyle.html) and buy the "Mazdaspeed-style" kit for $2700, including a carbon fiber adjustable rear wing. Kit is an exact copy of the MS only it's made out of fiberglass, and excellent quality.

the only thing i want of the MS kit is the mirror which sucks cuz its the only part i cant have

Originally posted by DragonStar4681
the only thing i want of the MS kit is the mirror which sucks cuz its the only part i cant have Sure you can. They will mount, and work, in the factory locations. Check this thread (http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13465) for more info.

Yeah.....Like Omicron said, definitely check out the vendors site prior to accepting any offers from the dealers. I had contacted Bountiful and Murray here in Utah to see if they'd match Trussville Mazda's price on the original body kit (not mazdaspeed), and they flat out said "no".

Although I get along with a lot of the people at the dealerships, they really are just salesmen. Mark-up is INSANE. Trussville is the only way to go for genuine mazda stuff (Rosenthal may compete, as Omicron stated, but I haven't looked into it).

Another good place to check if you want parts from Japan is CANZOOMER's place, he seems to have the largest selection of parts from Japan. Mazdaspeed stuff from Canz is more expensive than the dealers here, though, but Canz will have the part if the dealers don't.

May definitely want to check out his stage 1/2 chips if you're looking for more ponies.

--Landon

I Definitely am interested in CZ's stage 1. think im waiting for some others to get theres and test them. make sure its worth it ya know.

Yeah, I agree. Although after seeing the dyno's I'm kicking myself for not ordering when it was being offered @ $500. Oh well. I probably will just go with the stage 2 in a few months.

Went to the autoshow, no mazdaspeed. But I have to say, the RX8 was a rather hot commodity, it was getting a lot of attention while I was there. Crickets were chirping by the Evo & Sti, I have to say that made me grin. :D

The polished aluminum Jag was pretty cool, too.

well i did see some people checking out the evo and sti. i also noticed they where all high school wannabe types.
your right that jag was pretty cool. i actually liked the jeep concept the commander.

Hey DragonStar---

Everyone seems to be doing their own little "mini-meets". Do we want to put something together for us Utahns?

If nothing else we could just do a parking lot meet, show-and-tell style. ???

--Landon

Landon.
could be cool. i know you just want to show off all those mods you got goin on :) I heard its suppose to snow on monday dang it. guess im bummin a ride to work again.

Hey guys,

About two years ago my son and I stopped in a shop in Salt Lake called Modern Garage. They were doing some rotary work at that time. Anyone know if they're still up and running and offering any upgrades for the RX-8??

Modern Garage is still around (Murray area). They have done a lot of work with rotaries and are one of the better shops in the valley (one of the few with a dynojet, too). They haven't dove into any R&D to create any of their own products to my knowledge, though.

--Landon

bummin' a ride to work?!? I think drivin' the 8 in snow is comparably fun in the snow as it is on the pavement. :) I think I've heard it reference as a "fun spinning top" in other threads. :D

I really don't have many mods. It's really kinda pathetic. Sh@t will hit the fan as soon as I get my bonus & tax return, though. :D

you can drive in the snow. dang i pulled out of my parking spot and got stuck :mad: ah well.
your list of mods in the early post is pretty impressive even if most are cosmetic. I just read that review on the stage one being installed. want it even more now

Hey, Dragon! I had the same problem! I guess I was fooled by the 50/50 weight displacement as being an advantage in the snow. ;) And I won't mention the 4 lane fishtailing at the I-15/I-215 junction! :shakes head:

Here's a picture of the blue RX-8 at the Utah Auto Show. Yeah, no MazdaSpeed...

The RX-8 was the first car I went to. I talked with Gus, the guy who sold me my car, for a bit. I was amazed to listen to the comments that people were making. I just wanted to say "Don't be hatin'!" They ranged from "The RX-8 is a piece," to "It has no balls," to "Too bad it's just cute." I had called a couple people on their comments. They quickly shut up when I asked them if they've ever drove the RX-8. ;)

"It's an RX-8 thing. You wouldn't understand." LOL

I was going through my pictures and thought I would throw this one in the forum. Enjoy!

This was right after the big snowstorm...

Very nice!

im kind of surpirsed that you heard so many negative comments at the auto show. It looked like most people around it liked it. but then again i didnt hang around to long i was interested in seeing what all the hype was about the compition. 350 i wasnt impressed the interior really does feel cheap. the Evo and WRX just looked plain. the s2k was pretty nice though. also liked the paint on the cobra

I traded in my 350Z for the RX-8... I had the Z for 11 months. At first, I really enjoyed the car, but after a while, I could see the obvious flaws in it's design/materials.

The heat from the summer sun started curling out the plastic peice underneath the passenger side's dashboard. I had the Lemans Sunset orange; my front bumper looked like a connect the dots book. The smallest pebble or road debris would chip the bumper. The sewing on the driver's seat started unraveling... I had the car for 11 months! There's no reason why it should be doing that already...

Believe me, there is no competition between the RX-8 and the 350Z...

PS The paint on the Cobra was awesome! I had to take a couple pictures of that. I loved it!

I finally broke down, I went and purchased the strakes yesterday. :( I'm so weak. Paid $200 from Murray (there seem to be cheaper prices, but after shipping this is about what the cost equates to).

--Landon

Landon,
sorry for the break down. give me a month and i bet im right there with ya.

They just look SOOOOO cool. :)

Canz sells the exhaust finishers for 152....so that'll be where I get those.

--L

im from utah. i ended up buying from freeway in ogden (even though i live in west jordan) as they gave me no hassle and the best deal.

unfortunately my car is in the shop at bountiful mazda. last weekend i went to vegas and when i came back on sunday night it was snowing. i hit some ice getting off the bangerter i15 exit doing about 15 mph and slid right into the island. im sure any sailor within earshot of my car during the slide would have been a nice shade of red. i ended up cracking both the drivers side wheels and bending one wheel hub. im just really glad i didnt mess up the suspension.

sorry i know this is kindof a derail from the current topic of conversation but i wanted to pop in and say hello.

-project

edit: doccable i just noticed your avatar. i bought a yoyodyne propulsion systems parking pass sticker but im too weak to put it on my car. blue blaze irregular represent! hehe

Project
No worries on the topic change. Welcome to the forum. im really sorry to hear about your 8. hope if comes back alive and well

I second that. It's terrible to hear such horror stories. Good luck in getting it fixed. Plan on replacing the stock wheels, or going with aftermarket???

I'm optimistic beyond normal levels.....something broken is an opportunity to upgrade to me!!

Good luck & welcome to the forum!

--Landon

yeah i was so close to just going with the ms-01's but i just couldnt convince myself that i could afford them. bountiful mazda quoted me a price of 2675 for the set. if it had happened say this coming winter i would have definately bought them.

landon, where did you get your tint done? what level is it and how much did it run you?

project,
Where on earth, (or maybe another dimension), did you find a parking pass for yoyodyne? I've got to replace a few of my yoyodyne items, but have never seen one of those. I know - I'm off-topic, sorry!
-doccable

got it at a local gaming shop here called hastur hobbies. i saw it half buried underneath a ton of other stickers. the quality is poor but ill try to scan it and show you (if i can remember where i put it).

I got my tinting done at Utah Window Tinting (I go nowhere else ). They do an awesome job. As long as you pay cash, no questions about tint %. =) Ooops, did I say that out loud?

Mine are 20% all around. I paid $150, but I've done all my cars (6 or so..?) there, and I've gotten to know the owners pretty well, they might give me a discount. If they do, tell them you know the guy with the red 8, and tell them I said they'd give you the same deal. :D They're pretty easy to work with.

--Landon

So who else would be interested in setting up a mini-meet in UT prior to the big one? I know our new member project suggested it again in another thread.

Jiven, Dragon? Interested? If nothing else, we could coordinate the trip up to CO, and get a Utah RX-8 caravan rolling East. :)

Since the weather seems to be quite the drag when owning a RWD vehicle, how about something like the weekend of March 27th, 28th?

I'll be able to provide some information on some of the local performance shops, etc. I'm currently working with a local performance shop to have my car entered in the Autorama, March 18th - 21st, so I'll be able to provide you guys some info. from there.

Let me know if you're interested--

--Landon


P.S. I installed my strakes on Monday, and the directions that came with them were wrong. Make sure you read the DIY strake install thread prior to installing, saves quite the headache. :D

Originally posted by Landon_Starr
Mine are 20% all around. I paid $150, but I've done all my cars (6 or so..?) there, and I've gotten to know the owners pretty well, they might give me a discount. If they do, tell them you know the guy with the red 8, and tell them I said they'd give you the same deal. :D They're pretty easy to work with.

--Landon

i just called them before i noticed your edit and they quoted me $129. an added bonus for me is they are about 3 minutes from my house. the guy on the phone seemed pretty nice and i think im going to end up getting it done there. thanks for the tip.

as a side note, bountiful mazda gave me their dealer mazdaspeed brochure. ill try to have scans up later. but for now i can give you the prices they quoted me.

front tower brace- 345
rear tower brace - 235
mag wheels - 7000
ms-01 aluminum wheels - 2675
front roll bar - 418
rear roll bar - 388
shocks/springs combo - 1204
brake pad set - 308
front bumper w/ fog light- 1715
front bumper w/o foglight - 1600
side skirts - 945
rear bumper - 945
spoiler - 1110
flywheel - 900
muffler - 788
cf inner handle bezel - 147
cf door switch panel - 127
cf console kit - 522
shift knob - 118

all items plus tax.

personally i think these prices range from slightly more than average to ridiculously high. the funny thing is the service guy told me that i should wait and soon people would be making fiberglass copies of the body kit for less money.

Originally posted by project
i just called them before i noticed your edit and they quoted me $129.

Maybe I pissed them off. :D

--Landon

Trussville is still consistently cheaper than your dealer quotes. Check em out if you get a minute.

www.trussvillemazda.com/partsstore/index.cfm/results (http://www.trussvillemazda.com/partsstore/ )

--Landon

There are already fiberglass copies, but who really wants fiberglass if there's an ABS plastic/polyurethane option? I destroyed 2 fiberglass bumpers on my accord coupe a couple of years ago, I'm not interested in going down that avenue again. :)

It seems that Bountiful is charging more than what Trussville claims is RETAIL. I think I got even more expensive quotes from Murray. <shrug> The internet & globalization is a wonderful thing. :D

--Landon

new sighting. I saw a yellow 8 in bountiful that had the xmen wing (or something really similar) on Saturday.

That's cool....I'd really like to see one in person, I think I've decided on the Mazdaspeed spoiler, but X-men is pretty unique....I may consider it if it looks awesome in person...

P.S. Dragonstar, were you interested in cruising up to colorado for the rocky mountain group meet???

--Landon

Possibly, thats pretty far out to make solid plans with the way my schedule works. Think it might be cool though.

Hey, a maybe's better than nothin'. :) I'll hit ya up a little closer to the date, if you end up coming, we should cruise up together, only thing better than a road trip in an 8 is a road trip with 2(possibly more..?). Also, Dragon, if you're interested in parts, etc., let me know. I'm currently working with a Utah based performance shop on getting some dyno figures on a combination of different mods (exhaust, etc.). It will be nice to see how the mods perform at our altitude.

Anyone else in the Utah area interested in the Rocky Mountain club meet in June? Let me know, we can try to organize a group drive up there. PM me or post here.

--Landon

Sounds good. as soon as i get some money pulled to gether i want to get exhaust and CZ1. until then im gunna get the clear corners. ya know cant run %100 stock.

Hey, Landon!

When is the meet going on?

June 5th for the Colorado meet. :D

I'm trying to talk the performance shop into purchasing CZ mods (10+ for the discount). They seem to take an R&D approach to modifications, and take pride in their own tuning (they may lead more towards an PEMS-type solution) but I'm trying to convince them into saving some R&D expense & using existing research/maps, plus that will open time up to do R&D on other things. :D

I want to purchase the CZstage 2, got an e-mail from Maurice saying they're looking to start producing the end of this month.

Nice thing is, we can get the 10+ discount even if we order 5 stage 2's & 5 stage 1's. I'll be running some dyno times stock, with the K&N filter replacement, & the GREDDY SP2 within the next month.

Keep me posted Dragon, when you want to order Stage 1. Let me know if you're interested, too, Jiven...

--Landon

I have to admit that I don't know the first thing about cars, so all that talk you just said... :makes motion over head: Ya lost me. LOL It sounds cool, though!

Aight, Dragon... Were you on I-15 this morning? I was heading to work and ran into a titanium RX-8 right when I was hitting North Salt Lake...

-Ry

so i think i have the worst luck in the universe.

saturday morning i wake up, weather looks ok. a tiny bit overcast but thats ok. i decide to take my car to work instead of the train. i get off work at 5. at 3 it starts to snow. you can imagine my snow paranoia from the accident i just had a week and a half ago. i get out of work, and the snow is coming down but the roads seem ok. no snow just really wet, not even slush. not wanting to try my luck with the freeway again i just decide to take state st all the way home. im being very careful, keeping about 8-10 car lengths away, only doing about 20 mph. around 50th s the streets start to get slushy and i start to get nervous. making the final approach to my neighborhood its getting kind of bad. im doing about 8-10 mph when the light turns yellow right at the moment. you know the one where youre going to fast to stop but too slow to make it through before it turns red. i lightly apply the brakes and lose all traction, slide through the intersection up onto the curb and hit a telephone pole. i want to die.

after a few moments some people come help push my car back onto the road. one of the ladies says my car looks fine other than about a 2 inch long scrape in the front bumper. when they finish i thank them, one of the guys compliments me on my ride (which makes me feel like an even bigger jackass) and the lady then tells me about a dent that 'isnt too bad' that i should be able to get taken out easily with a fix a dent kit. so i get home, check out the damage. and find the dent. the dent is right over my passenger side wheel. im thinking what the hell, i hit the pole dead on, where did this come from? there were no marks on the paint at all so did it buckle? after a few days of thinking about it i realized what happened. one of the guys pushing my car was standing right where the dent was. he dented it trying to push me off of the curb. the scratch sucks yea, but the dent is by far the worst damage on the car, and i didnt even do it. i cant be mad at him, he was only trying to help me out, but it still sucks. ive learned my lesson though. the car is in the garage till march. next year its going in there in november and not coming out till spring, snow tires or no.

Jiven, Nope that wasnt me. I have seen another titanium here in bountiful, but it lacks the spoiler.

Project, so sorry to hear about you 8 :(

Originally posted by Landon_Starr
I'm trying to talk the performance shop into purchasing CZ mods (10+ for the discount). They seem to take an R&D approach to modifications, and take pride in their own tuning (they may lead more towards an PEMS-type solution) but I'm trying to convince them into saving some R&D expense & using existing research/maps, plus that will open time up to do R&D on other things. :D

I want to purchase the CZstage 2, got an e-mail from Maurice saying they're looking to start producing the end of this month.

Nice thing is, we can get the 10+ discount even if we order 5 stage 2's & 5 stage 1's. I'll be running some dyno times stock, with the K&N filter replacement, & the GREDDY SP2 within the next month.

Keep me posted Dragon, when you want to order Stage 1. Let me know if you're interested, too, Jiven...

--Landon FYI folks, we are going to be working out a Group Buy arrangement with many different Vendors through the Rocky Mountain RX-8 Club.This'll be one of the benefits of club membership. ICanrel-8 is our Vendor/Sponsor manager, so if you're interested in getting a group buy on anything, get in touch with him. PM me for his email if you want it.

Originally posted by project
so i think i have the worst luck in the universe.

saturday morning i wake up, weather looks ok. a tiny bit overcast but thats ok. i decide to take my car to work instead of the train. i get off work at 5. at 3 it starts to snow. you can imagine my snow paranoia from the accident i just had a week and a half ago. i get out of work, and the snow is coming down but the roads seem ok. no snow just really wet, not even slush. not wanting to try my luck with the freeway again i just decide to take state st all the way home. im being very careful, keeping about 8-10 car lengths away, only doing about 20 mph. around 50th s the streets start to get slushy and i start to get nervous. making the final approach to my neighborhood its getting kind of bad. im doing about 8-10 mph when the light turns yellow right at the moment. you know the one where youre going to fast to stop but too slow to make it through before it turns red. i lightly apply the brakes and lose all traction, slide through the intersection up onto the curb and hit a telephone pole. i want to die.

after a few moments some people come help push my car back onto the road. one of the ladies says my car looks fine other than about a 2 inch long scrape in the front bumper. when they finish i thank them, one of the guys compliments me on my ride (which makes me feel like an even bigger jackass) and the lady then tells me about a dent that 'isnt too bad' that i should be able to get taken out easily with a fix a dent kit. so i get home, check out the damage. and find the dent. the dent is right over my passenger side wheel. im thinking what the hell, i hit the pole dead on, where did this come from? there were no marks on the paint at all so did it buckle? after a few days of thinking about it i realized what happened. one of the guys pushing my car was standing right where the dent was. he dented it trying to push me off of the curb. the scratch sucks yea, but the dent is by far the worst damage on the car, and i didnt even do it. i cant be mad at him, he was only trying to help me out, but it still sucks. ive learned my lesson though. the car is in the garage till march. next year its going in there in november and not coming out till spring, snow tires or no. Wow!!! That really sucks man! Glad your're ok though!

Project, you reeeeeeeeally need to get yourself some all season radials!!! Everyone that has them says they make ALL the difference in the car's handling and traction in the slick stuff.

So, are you going to get your dent repaired?

That really sucks, Project. You really have some of the worst luck....:(

Ya know, you all seem to be seeing more 8s than me. I've only seen 2 total, one winning blue, the other titanium at the Sears Grand on Bangerter (no spoiler). I guess I don't get out much.

My odometer seems to think otherwise, though (over 9000 miles). <shrug>

Good to hear about the group buy, Omicron. How many interested buyers do we have so far? Also, do you plan on upgrading to the stage 2, or are you satisfied with 1?

--Landon

yea i know i need to get them, my plan was just to never drive in the snow again. heh we all know now how effective that was! as far as the dent, my roommates dad is having a truck restored for him and he thinks he can get his body guy to hook me up either free or super cheap. as far as the bumper goes, i think ill just leave the scratch till i buy either the autoexe or a mazdaspeed replica kit. hehe hopefully i can get that taken care of before the meet in june.

Sounds like a plan. Man, I'd LOVE to see the AutoExe bodykit in person... you'd make us all jealous as HELL if you showed up with that one! :D

And all season radials are in my near plans too. In the mean time, when the roads get crappy I just drive my Jeep. Boring as compared to the '8, but effective. ;)

i kept my jeep instead of trading it in. i was planning on just selling it myself and using the money to pay off my only cc. after this though im pretty sure im going to keep it and only insure it for the winter months. btw, can you guys check out my oz wheels thread in the tires forum and let me know if you can help? ill get a link for you in just a sec.

edit: http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20713

I just replied in that thread. :)

Hey guys.

I live in SLC (part time St George), Sugar House area. I attend the UofU....

Just wanted to pop in and say hi to fellow Utah Rx-8's :D

BTW: Vel Red (bone stock) Orange JERCS sticker on back window.

-Guy

hey glad to have you on board!


ok which one of you were driving their titanium rx8 southbound on 3rd west near 2100 south yesterday? we passed each other but you were looking the opposite direction at the time...

Welcome to the board, Guy! Hope you find this place as awesome of a resource as I have for my 8!

Good to hear we have a fellow velo red in Utah cruisin around. =)

--Landon

Hi JERCS, and welcome... Glad to see you here! :D

lol, I've been driving around since August! I got mine at the dealership in Mur. and those techs are idiots and don't even know how to drive a stick.... do you guys know another dealership that does better?

Welcome to the utah board JERCS.

Twas an interesteing lunch break today. on the way home say a silver crossfire on the way back saw a silver Evo VIII

That's cool....I've seen a couple of crossfires around, but I have yet to see an Evo yet. Crossfires would be cooler if the back of them weren't so, um, weird lookin'. My articulation and descriptive abilities are shot today, I've been reading too much code. :(

Murray techs do suck, Jercs. I was totally unimpressed when chattin' with em.

--Landon

Looking at code all day? take it you are a programmer too.


I just bought my intake from RE, it'll be here in a day or two! So excited...lol.

Not technically "Utah", but since I got my 8 at Dahle in Murray, I'm back & forth between WY and SLC for service, shopping, flying out of the airport, etc.

Hey guys, I don't know if any of you know about the local rotary "crew", but here is a link to our forum www.slcrotary.com/forum I just added a RX8 specific section, so feel free to post and meet more local guys. We are having a dyno day on March 13th, so if anyone wants to get their 8 on there, please let me know. So far its just 7s that are dynoing. Well look forward to meeting some of you. Also feel free to come to the dyno day even if you aren't going to put your car on it. We will be hanging out all day. Cya.

I'd be down for that, where at and what time?

Yeah....I'm a programmer. I concentrate on the software admin. & risk analyst(banking) parts a little more, though, so staring at code all day every day isn't something I've accustomed myself to.

It's weird, a lot of 8 owners seem to be in the programming field. :) I guess programmers' salaries are perfect equilibrium to maximize RX8 purchases. heh heh. Someone in the mazda sales department should check into this.

--Landon

Congrats on the RE intake, Jercs!! You'll have to let me hear it sometime. They say it adds some AWESOME sound to the 8.

My KN filter replacement came in on Monday. Not installing it until dyno time, though, later this month. Going to dyno stock, with the filter, and then with the filter and SP2 exhaust. Should be some good data. <shrug>

--Landon

Originally posted by Landon_Starr
Congrats on the RE intake, Jercs!! You'll have to let me hear it sometime. They say it adds some AWESOME sound to the 8. Yes, the RE intake does sound good, REALLY good, -BUT - it is LOUD! Just FYI.

OMG! Just installed it this afternoon... SO loud, SO Cool!

I need Borla to come help me now ;-) ;-) and CanZoomer...

Are you plannin' on dynoing it in March, Jercs? That would be cool to see an independent dyno run. I'd even pitch in if you want to un-bolt the RE & bolt it back on between dynoes. I'd love to run a check on RE's provided dyno. :) Just for our own information......

--Landon

Yeah I'd be down for that... only problem is I threw out a tube that's needed for the stock air. It's a tube and has some can of box in the middle connects from this green solenoid vavle to a white nipple on the engine... :)

Also I've been driving with TSC and DSC turned off, it's been a lot more fun!

Originally posted by JERCS
Yeah I'd be down for that... only problem is I threw out a tube that's needed for the stock air. It's a tube and has some can of box in the middle connects from this green solenoid vavle to a white nipple on the engine... :) FYI, that's a vacuume chamber that helps the vacuume-actuated air duct that's under the bumper to open. Getting another one from Mazda shouldn't cost very much. But I don't know that bypassing that when you put your stock air cleaner back in will make that much of a difference in the engine's output.

I'll also be very interested in what you get on the Dyno. My elevation here is ~5100 ft, which obviously makes a difference. What's yours?

I'll be dynoing my car in the near future too, so it'll be interesting to compare what we get.

4,330 here in SLC. Yeah, we're faster than you, Paul. :) heh heh. j/k.

Still way too high, though. Really throws some goofy variables into the mix when tuning.

--Landon

well my first post so i am going to do it in this thread. i will be picking up my velocity red rx8 (grand touring pacage with aero kit) next wednesday (st patty's day).

i made my deposit at d.dahle mazda, my dealer was josh, (some really big dude) but was very nice.

i payed 31,365 before taxes, with taxes it ended up at 34100.

do you guys feel like i got a pretty good deal, or just average. also it would be nice to get to meet my other fellow rx8 owners.

Welcome to the Mountain forum, kikiboi, hope to see you a lot around here... and CONGRATS on your soon-to-be RX-8!!!

Sounds like you got a pretty good deal. As I recall, your car would sticker at around $32500 - $33000, so well over a grand in discount is not bad at all. And regardless, once you have it, you'll see that what you paid is FAR less important than the fact that you DO have it. This car really hooks you. :D

Well put, Omicron. :)

Welcome to the forum, kikiboi!!

Sounds like you got a GREAT deal. Josh is a pretty good guy, I think they ended up giving credit for the sale of MY velo red rx-8 to Dave Whitmer, but I really dealt with Richard for the most part. Congratulations on your purchase! I only got about $500 off sticker....that's the price of buying early, I guess.

If you're interested, a bunch of rotaries will be down at Modern Garage this weekend (4677 S Cherry St. (440 W.) ) for a "dyno day". I'll be down there, too. We have 1 RX8 dynoing, his username is JERCS on this forum. This would give you a chance to meet the "rotorheads" of SLC. :) Sounds like there will be about 10 cars dynoing, mostly 7s, couple of FDs, FCs, etc. Let me know if you're interested.

Again, welcome to the forum!

--Landon

Originally posted by kikiboi
well my first post so i am going to do it in this thread. i will be picking up my velocity red rx8 (grand touring pacage with aero kit) next wednesday (st patty's day).

i made my deposit at d.dahle mazda, my dealer was josh, (some really big dude) but was very nice.

i payed 31,365 before taxes, with taxes it ended up at 34100.

do you guys feel like i got a pretty good deal, or just average. also it would be nice to get to meet my other fellow rx8 owners.

Welcome! I started the paper work for mine the day they were selling at D Dalhi... mine was sticker and they wouldn't budge! So about 35k after taxes and I don't have aero kit. :) Welcome!

i went to d.dahle first. big mistake. josh was the guy i worked with and i assumed since he was a friends brother he wouldnt try to do me in the ass. i was wrong. he wouldnt talk finite numbers with me until i had 'agreed to purchase' a car from him, he kept trying to sell me a green rx8 i told him i didnt want, and he wouldnt even tell me if they could find one i wanted until i agreed. after about 4 hrs i left the dealership. long story short i ended up buying from freeway mazda (after another adventure with bountiful mazda) at $250 over invoice. they gave me no hassle and were very pleasant to deal with.

josh still sends me letters every week trying to get me to come buy a car from him.

thanks you guys. and with project, i kind of agree with you with josh, he is kind of pushy in a sence. i really wanted velocity red, which i am getting, but he kept on pushing for the sunlight silver, which by no means is a bad color.

he also sent me all these letters at first, because i was going to purchase the sti instead, but just couldnt fall in love with the car because it looks like any other wrx, but with a high spoiler.

but the rx8 doesnt look like any of the cars that mazda sells.

well anyways, i am sure i cant make it to the rx meet, but i would love to see you guys soon though.

if you guys want you should stop by the Mikado restaurant (cottonwood) i am the manager there.

you guys/gals can have the best sushi in utah. and i can see what i can do with a discount or something like that.

you better be careful with the sushi discounts around me. ill eat you out of house and home. :)

nice, well then you better not come to mikado's then hehe. jp.

Originally posted by kikiboi
nice, well then you better not come to mikado's then hehe. jp.
Mmmm fish. Usually we ear at Tsinuami (sp?)

Right by our house

Where is Mikado? I'm sure I've eaten there before, I attempt to try all the sushi bars I'm aware of....My Grandma's Japanese (I'm 1/4) and I was exposed to the wonderful life of sushi at an early age. Give me an address and a time when you're working and I'm THERE, kikiboi. :)

--Landon

well there are 4 locations, and i am at the cottonwood one. we are at 6570 s big cottonwood canyon road (3000e).

a little tid bit about Mikado.

1) we are the first japanese restaurant in utah, we also get voted best sushi, and japanese in utah, we got voted best of state from the city of utah.

so if you come by then you will be in for a treat hehe.

i am there everyday besided wed and sun.

hey if you want we are having a special for st. pattys day.

we are calling it "o'sake" hehe
its all you can eat sushi for $27.00 so if you have time that day come by and have fun. i will be bartending and managing that day so it will be okay.

Awesome. I'll be in Cancun for St Patty's day, but maybe I can make it down before then. If not, I'll for sure come stop by when I get back!

--Landon

just got back from utah window tinting. they did a sweet job. only problem is i noticed a little speck of something between the tint and window on the back. it doesnt look too bad and i wouldnt care except im worried about it bubbling. should i be worried about that?

also there was a red rx8 pulling into the stall that i left. was it one of you guys?

Not me. Was there a "JERCS" sticker on the back? =)

In this warm weather(50 is nice in Utah these days), you shouldn't have any bubbling problems. Nice thing about Utah Window Tinting, though, they will replace it if you have any problems.

--Landon

Wasn't me! ;)

How far in is it? If it's close to the edge, you may be able to gently pry it up, get the booger out, and wet it again and stick it back down. After you wet it, be sure to squeege all the water out. It takes new tint about 3 days to really cure, and if you're careful, you can fix little bobbles like this pretty easilly.

its pretty close to center in the drivers side back window. its a tiny little fragment of fiber from a cloth. its tiny so as long as its not going to cause problems later i dont mind leaving it. also one other thing, ive never had my windows tinted before and i was noticing some large light/dark streaks. is this normal while it cures? im kinda feeling nervous since i had less than legal tint put on and paid cash and i doubt it came with any guarantee...


also i saw a sunlight silver around 4pm friday heading east on 2nd south. any takers?

It should even out within a week or so, but don't hesitate to take it back and have 'em redo it if it isn't right.

youre right it all went away cept for one big streak that happened to be outside of the tint and wiped right off.

in other news...

ive been outside since noon (its 7 now) washing and zainoing my car. my wrists back and arms are killing me and i have a nice sunburn on my freshly shaven head BUT hot damn does my car look good.

i started with a dawn wash, the the claybar which removed all of that nasty adhesive the dealer left on there. then i zaino car washed it, slapped on one coat of z5 and 2 coats of z2. as i was buffing out the last coat there was a classic utah sunset (ours are the best anywhere!) and i could see every detail perfectly mirrored in my car. i would have taken pics but i dont have a camera. :( :(

while i was out there, i had several neighbors walk up to admire my car. sadly none of them were attractive females. oh well, ill take my victories where i can get them... :)

lol. I'm down in St George for spring break... my friends and I went to the lake here and goofed off (duh! it's still winter).

I think we hit about 85 today... poor CO folks!

Nah, we got to 74 or so today, and it was georgeous. No envy here! :)

phew... poor eastern folks that had snow days today then :D

Sup fellow mountain guys,

I have seen some opinions on some dealers here in utah. There are two that I have been strongly considering on buying from, one was the Freeway Mazda in ogden, and Allen Patch Mazda in orem. Has anyone had experience for the one in orem. Right now that is the closest and I know the two I am considering are on different sides of the valley and the closest to me right now is the one in orem. I live in price, but my parents live in kemmerer,wy so I spend queit abit of in wyoming and ogden is closer. The things i just said might sound stupid but I am willing to travel almost any dealer in utah to be treated right right and good a good price. To bad my favorite dealer is a GM only dealer. This also will be my first non GM vehicle.

When I first heard of the rx-8 and started reading about it the more I wanted it. Then in december i finally test drove a Black one and loved, I live how when i got on the throttle how the front would rise slightly (maybe i just thought) but was just amazed. The rotary has always been my favorite engine and I have spend alot of time researching and studying the rotary and consider myself every knowledgeable on this engine. I loved hitting redline in the car. :D

Sry to bore you guys I just can't wait any longer, depending on constuction season I might be able to get one, Price of the car isn't the problem, its the insurence. The car i am looking at getting is a Winning Blue rx-8. 6Spd, Leather (going to have a shop redo the seats to match the car, like in the red ones).

Thank guys sry to take up time and space, I to confess my love for this car. Oh one last thing who likes to listen to 97.1 ZHT, I still laugh at the "What michael jackson is doing at this moment" and the "Martha Stewart in Jail" things they play, and I agree utah sun sets can't be beat.

Chevy. Im gunna recommend bountiful mazda and ask for Jack Peake

Have any of you been able to get your dealer to do the "L" flash? when i took mine in for recall work they said they couldnt reflash it with out a certain problem, cuz it could cause problems.?

just claim a CEL light

CEL,as JERCS said, and also tell them you had trouble with flooding. According to Mazda, if the customer complains about flooding this L flash is the definitive fix, and will be done if that's mentioned.

Originally posted by Chevy
Sup fellow mountain guys,

I have seen some opinions on some dealers here in utah. There are two that I have been strongly considering on buying from, one was the Freeway Mazda in ogden, and Allen Patch Mazda in orem. Has anyone had experience for the one in orem. Right now that is the closest and I know the two I am considering are on different sides of the valley and the closest to me right now is the one in orem. I live in price, but my parents live in kemmerer,wy so I spend queit abit of in wyoming and ogden is closer. The things i just said might sound stupid but I am willing to travel almost any dealer in utah to be treated right right and good a good price. To bad my favorite dealer is a GM only dealer. This also will be my first non GM vehicle.

When I first heard of the rx-8 and started reading about it the more I wanted it. Then in december i finally test drove a Black one and loved, I live how when i got on the throttle how the front would rise slightly (maybe i just thought) but was just amazed. The rotary has always been my favorite engine and I have spend alot of time researching and studying the rotary and consider myself every knowledgeable on this engine. I loved hitting redline in the car. :D

Sry to bore you guys I just can't wait any longer, depending on constuction season I might be able to get one, Price of the car isn't the problem, its the insurence. The car i am looking at getting is a Winning Blue rx-8. 6Spd, Leather (going to have a shop redo the seats to match the car, like in the red ones).

Thank guys sry to take up time and space, I to confess my love for this car. Oh one last thing who likes to listen to 97.1 ZHT, I still laugh at the "What michael jackson is doing at this moment" and the "Martha Stewart in Jail" things they play, and I agree utah sun sets can't be beat.


Freeway was awesome to deal with from the very beginning, and like you I was willing to travel to any dealer in the state to be treated right. I will admit though that I never visited the Orem dealership.

For insurance I use Bear River Mutual. They are a very strict insurance company (they will not insure rx-7's for instance) and they gave me a rate that was half of what Geico etc gave me. You might want to look into them.

Just a question, how come you left at D Dahle?

edit: EDITED FOR ME NOT READING!!!!! Nevermind. :D

Thanks for the replys.

Omicron. i replied to your PM but im gunna post here also incase you didnt get it.

I did get your last message and thought i replied sorry for the confusion. Also i thought i was signed up on the club web site. I remeber my name on there when it first came up. Any way im sorry but at this point i will have to pass on the group buy. Thanks a ton though. Dragon

Not a problem, Dragon. I got and replied to your PM too. :D

Thanks fellow utah guys for the dealship recomendations. I wish I could get the 8 tomorrow but not ready yet since i am 6'5" I need to test drive somemore. I am playing to do that soon. Last one i test drove was a buy back it was black, cloth seats, and manuel and had 2,400 miles on it. It felt great to me. I just can't see why people are complaining about the clutch is more difficult in the 8. I dirve a manuel truck and it is alot different then a car. The only other manuel car i was drove was a stupid honda civic (yuck I really hate those cars) I didn't have any problems with the clutch in the 8. I was like this is awesome when the clutch started engaging. I will have to see what I finally decide on. Nothing is going to change my mind on this car the engine could blow up every 5,000 miles and I still wouldn't care. The car is plenty fast for me but I am not buying it for speed, I am buying it for the rotary, and that fact that is so much fun to drive. Thanks for listening to me. I gotta plan a trip to Copper globe, goblin valley and other cool places like that. I wish I could take me friends 8 but need to take my truck because of the dirt roads. My number one rule, this car will never touch dirt, that is what trucks are for. I love utah, such awesome scenery in my back yard, that poeople travel all over the world to see. Thanks again for you help.

Originally posted by project
Freeway was awesome to deal with from the very beginning, and like you I was willing to travel to any dealer in the state to be treated right. I will admit though that I never visited the Orem dealership.

For insurance I use Bear River Mutual. They are a very strict insurance company (they will not insure rx-7's for instance) and they gave me a rate that was half of what Geico etc gave me. You might want to look into them.

I second Freeway Mazda. Ask for Bill Packard and tell him Matt, the guy that gave him the ride in a Ferrari, sent ya. He should hook you up. There number is: 621-1100

Hey 8's the SLC rotary club is more then likely going to have a meet on the 18th. Going to go to the Auto-X at the E-Center. If anyone is down, just go to SLC Rotary Club (http://www.slcrotary.com/forum/) and go to the Events page!

See you there!

edit: ok im obviously not 'precious' nor do i live in iowa.

ok that last post was from me... wierd.


who did i wave at on friday at the creek rd / highland dr intersection? also who did i wave at this morning driving a yellow on i-15 nb near the 600 s exit?

I was in that area on Friday... I don't remember anyone waving at me. What color was the 8?

mine is sunlight silver and yours would have been titanium...

I wave at another red around there... lol

HELP!!! Why are people able to post as me?? AW! :confused:

Not to worry, it only seems to happen to brand new members. After you've been here a while, it won't happen anymore. =) It's some sort of glitch that I haven't heard has been able to be fixed yet. <shrug> At least there wasn't anything obscene posted as your user name. :) Let's look on the bright side.

Welcome to the forum, Precious. :D

--Landon

Thanks Landon!

Nothing obscene as of yet!! Although it's happened a few times. :)

Originally posted by project
ok that last post was from me... wierd.


who did i wave at on friday at the creek rd / highland dr intersection? also who did i wave at this morning driving a yellow on i-15 nb near the 600 s exit? Project, when this happens, just log out of the board and log back in as who you should be. If it keeps happening after this, go into User/CP, Edit Options, and set "Automatically login when you return to the site? (uses cookies)" to "No."

Hope this helps!

Aight, guys... I know nothing about cars, let alone rotary engines. So, don't crucify me for my ignorance... (Thanks in advanced. :D)

I was driving past Sinclair on West Temple and 9th south... I noticed that natural gas is sitting at 91 cents a gallon... What's the possibility of converting a rotary engine to natural gas? Does the mechanics of the rotary engine prevent that?

Just a random thought I had...

Actually, if I remember correctly, the general rotary engine design is better for a multiple fuel setup (you can put different fuels in the one engine, with differing results, of course). But, I don't know how hard it would be to convert the specific Renesis design to natural gas.

---jps

I just picked up a second job manufacturing custom concrete countertops and sinks. With my new source of income I'm going to be saving up for the Auto Exe kit. I really like white on the RX-8 and I'm toying with the idea of having my entire car repainted when I get the kit installed. Can any of you recommend an excellent shop to get this done? Also, what might I expect to pay to do something like this?

PS- If anyone is in the market for custom concrete countertops or tables, drop me a line! :D

I called a couple natural gas conversion shops around the valley (grand total of 2), and they said it could be done, but the conversion kit has to be EPA certified. There is not a conversion kit for a rotary engine out there EPA certified, and he said that he couldn't even preform a conversion without it. :shrugs: I guess it's too expensive to produce an EPA certified kit, and there aren't any rotary engines out there looking to convert...

I finally got my RX-8 back from Bountiful Mazda yesterday... (I should say that I got it back from Murdock Chevrolet, who does the body work for Bountiful Mazda.) Almost 3 weeks ago, someone tried to steal the car... They did about $2,000 worth of damage to the car... It was miserable seeing all of you out there in your RX-8's for the three weeks while I was behind the wheel of a truck. ;)

Anyway, I remember some posts from Project a time ago... Did you ever get around to fixing your dents and bumper? If so, did they have to order replacement parts? How long did it take? I understand the RX-8 is new and that most places don't have the parts immediately available, but three weeks?!

Shoulda called Trussville or Rosenthal. =) They seem to stock damn near everything.


Good to hear you're back on the road, Jiven!!! Plannin' on cruisin' up to Denver with us?

--Landon

:shakes head: Count me out. I have to admit, I don't own the RX-8 anymore... :\

Just got wonderful news today...(sarcasm exuding from every possible pore on me).

We're in the process of losing a VP at my bank, and yours truly gets stuck with pickin' up the slack. What this incurs, is a god damn trip to San Francisco from, yep, you guessed it, Thursday June 3rd through Monday evening, June 7th.

$#!@%$^%$#^%%$#@%$@#.

Looks like I won't be able to make it to Denver, boys.

BULLSHIT.

Sorry everyone, I went recruiting telling everyone how cool it was going to be, etc. etc., and then my dumbass isn't going to be able to make it. I'm so pissed.......

--Landon

oh No!! I was looking forward to the drive with ya!
Well good luck with work ( as it pays for the car ;) )

uh oh, looks like the utah trip is falling apart... who is left just me and jercs?

and jiven, i still havent gotten the dents taken care of. since im planning on getting the autoexe kit and then repainting my car i figured id do it all at the same time and save myself some time and money. sorry to hear about your trouble. some asshole tried to steal my jeep 2 summers ago and royaly fscked up the inside of it. did you end up selling it?

Originally posted by JivenMushu
:shakes head: Count me out. I have to admit, I don't own the RX-8 anymore... :\ WTH????? Last I heard you just got your car back from the shop... :(

Now don't you two guys, JERCS and Project, back out on us!

;)

Landon, that truly sucks. Anything you can do to get out of it? Quit your job, perhaps? I mean, a man's gotta have his priorities... :D

LoL. Ya know, I considered it, but these guys are takin' care of me too well. Plus, I'd be rather thrilled to be given the opportunity to take the job(more interested in the salary, but the job works for now) of the person leaving. If I'm successful in this, I'll have a LOT more toys on my 8 next meeting to show you all. ;)

Nonetheless, it does truly suck, and I am extremely disappointed. I was really lookin' forward to this. :(

Jercs, Project, & IGOZMZM will represent, though, I'm sure. :)

--Landon

Originally posted by Omicron
Now don't you two guys, JERCS and Project, back out on us!

;)

Landon, that truly sucks. Anything you can do to get out of it? Quit your job, perhaps? I mean, a man's gotta have his priorities... :D

Well, ok. I guess a shot at a VP shot takes priority over driving 8 hours to hang out with a bunch of rotorheads. :D

So is that the Utah contingent planning on attending? Jercs, Project, & IGOZMZM?

Yeah I'm still coming. I just got my room taken care of tonight.

Jercs, ZMZM what time do you want to leave on friday? I have friday off so we can go whenever. I just want to give my car one last coat of Zaino in the morning before we leave though.

Lets try to get the time and location were meeting up nailed down this week. I'd rather not leave it for the last minute. :)]

Oh, Omi, check your email. I replied to your message about club dues.

i would like to leave around noon now that landon isn't going. 8 hours of driving, leave at noon roll in around 8-9.

I just found out that my friend who is coming with me can't leave until 5 pm (shes the only one in the office that day and can't leave early). SOOOOoooooooooo if you want to leave before then I completely understand, I'll just have to meet up with you at the event :(

I think I will be leaving about noon because I don't really want drive all night and i'm planning on eating dinner with some of my family out there.

So if you guys do this, I assume someone will take lots of pics to get up on our website, right? :D

Way to get the activity crankin' in the mountain forum, Omicron.... :)

But what are you talkin' about? Maybe I just missed some of the posts.....

--Landon


Originally posted by Omicron
So if you guys do this, I assume someone will take lots of pics to get up on our website, right? :D

I thought they were talking about a mini-meet...

We are talking about a mini meet, but not in this thread ;) This is the last of what was said before the Official meet in Denver. So YES I did take lots of pictures there :D

The Mini meet thread is on rockymountainrx8.com club website
http://www.rockymountainrx8.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=70

Yeah, I realized that after I posted the above, but forgot to go back and update my post till just now... and you've saved me the effort. Thanks!

So, you gonna post up the Utah mini-meet pics, or did I miss that too? :D

Greetings !! new here in this forum it looks pretty good, I bought a used
RX8 Velocity Red 6 speed and love it, but hey what do you think of a dead
battery after only 13 mos... are the stock batteries to small or was this just
a fluke, I have had alot of cars in my life and never have seen a battey die so
fast even after living in the Arizona heat.... anybody heard of anything like this...
guitarski

Greetings !! new here in this forum it looks pretty good, I bought a used
RX8 Velocity Red 6 speed and love it, but hey what do you think of a dead
battery after only 13 mos... are the stock batteries to small or was this just
a fluke, I have had alot of cars in my life and never have seen a battey die so
fast even after living in the Arizona heat.... anybody heard of anything like this...
guitarskiWelcome to the Mountain Forum guitarski, and congratulations on your "new" RX-8! You're gonna love it!

Yes, the battery issue has come up before. It's been discussed in the Tech forum, so you might try searching there for more info. But in brief, the stock RX-8 battery is not a particularly good unit - it barely seems to have enough power to start the car sometimes! A lot of people have replaced them with better units like the Optima batteries. But before you do this, you might want to consider hooking up an ampmeter between the negative terminal of the battery and the negative cable and checking for current flow with the ignition off. It shouldn't be more than (as I recall) 15 mA - but again, this info can be found in the tech section. If you don't find it with a search, try just scanning the thread titles.

Hope this helps!

So.... has anyone talked to you yet about the Rocky Mountain RX-8 Club? Check the URL in my sig block for our website... :D

Hey everyone, I just bought a Red/Black and Red '04 RX-8 6-speed from D. Dahle Mazda today. I won't pick it up until Wednesday, but I will post pics when i get it. Let me know when you guys meet up.

Congrats on your purchase, S2K1!

We meet monthly. The Utah RX8 contingent organizes their meetings through the Rocky Mountain Rx8 club. We just met last night, actually.

RMRX8 (http://www.rockymountainrx8.com)

Hope to see ya at the next meet!

--Landon

RMR and you can hit up the local rotary club at

www.slcrotary.com We just met tonight too, rx8 club was last night.

Hit the slc site then go to meets, we'll be meeting up I believe Oct 23rd at Modern Garage.

Hey Landon, your car was at the Autorama show this year wasn't it? If so, it was looking good. I had my blue S2000 there, it was next to the red Supra in the Modern Garage booth.

Yeah, it was. So, did we convert you from the S2k, or are you collecting sports cars? =)

Sorry I didn't make it last night, JERCS, I really was planning to....got caught up installing the side skirts, though.

That's cool, S2k....you entering any vehicles in next year? It's a pretty fun atmosphere, hopefully I'll have some better numbers to brag about if I enter next year, this years' dyno charts that were on display for my 8 were kinda embarassing, considering the company. :o But I keep her real clean. :)

Oh well. Good to have ya!!

--Landon

I did not give up the S2000. I've put about $30,000 into it, so I'm not getting rid of it anytime soon. My dyno charts sucked too, but the day after the show ended, I got my turbo kit installed. The RX-8 will remain tame, mod-wise...for awhile. :D

Yeah, it was. So, did we convert you from the S2k, or are you collecting sports cars? =)

Sorry I didn't make it last night, JERCS, I really was planning to....got caught up installing the side skirts, though.

That's cool, S2k....you entering any vehicles in next year? It's a pretty fun atmosphere, hopefully I'll have some better numbers to brag about if I enter next year, this years' dyno charts that were on display for my 8 were kinda embarassing, considering the company. :o But I keep her real clean. :)

Oh well. Good to have ya!!

--Landon

Damnit Landon, you couldn't wait could you? I was going to offer to come help you put the side skirts on. :cool: It was a blast we had 14 RX's there (2 - RX-8, 6 FDs, 5 FCs, and only 1 first gen RX-7). Always good to have new Rotorheads, looking forward to seeing you at the next meet S2K1.

Why are there no other RX-8 drivres that autocross here in SLC. I see tons of them on the road, but none have shown up. There is an event this sunday at the E-Center. Show up at about 8:00 AM and bring $30 bucks and your drivers liscence. Ill show you around and help out. I have my car set up sweet I run Hoosiers and a Racing Beat front sway bar.I also have had an alignment done. If you really want to appreciate your car you must autocross it. I gaurantee you will love it. There is also an event Oct. 16 at the lower Deer Valley parking lot this is a Saturday event be there about 9:00 AM.

Landon-I saw your RX8 at D. Dahle today, I picked my car up today and saw yours, it was looking good as usual.

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?p=568664&posted=1#post568664 (http://)

8 FS

That's unfortunate, Dragonstar. It was good having ya. Good luck with school & the house!!

--Landon

Landon-I saw your RX8 at D. Dahle today, I picked my car up today and saw yours, it was looking good as usual.

I must have missed ya.....? I've been in & out of that damn dealership so much. Mostly because I'm picky, though. :) No real problems.

Did yours have the rear rotary accent? I think I saw it, she's a beauty.

--Landon

Just wanted to introduce myself and join the group. I just bought a new 2004 RX-8 earlier this week. Sunlight silver metallic 6-speed with Grand Touring Pkg, Appearane Pkg, and Rear Wing Spoiler. I bought it at Bountiful Mazda at a reasonable price over invoice with a current $1500 rebate which actually took the car under invoice. I doubt they will do this on the 05's but they had exactly what I wanted in an 04 with only 35 miles so I was very happy. As near as I can tell, the only difference for the 05's is the key. The 05's have a pop out key.

After reading on some of the general sites and looking at the history on this thread, it's obvious that I need to invest in some snow tires (and possibly wheels). I'm interested in hearing what others have done. Bountiful Mazda is telling me that the Goodyear UltraGrip is a very good tire for the money and should perform as well as the Blizzex (SP?) tires. What have others done in this area?

tharkness, Let me be the first to say welcome. I drive my RX-8 year round and I use 17" Blizzaks during the winter, and have had absolutely no problems in snow or rain. If I was in your shoes I would have gotten the 04 just like you did, and do what I'm doing and get the 05 key as an extra. :D

If your interested, drop on over to www.rockymountainrx8.com that is our more localized club, with it's own Utah chapter. In fact we are putting together a meeting for Dec. 4th, and your welcome to come and see what everyone has done with their cars. (that is if they haven't stored them for the winter). We also meet with the local SLCRotary club (mainly rx7's). PM me if your interested and I can email you the details as they develop.

IGOZMZM, nice to meet you. Thanks for the info. Where did you get your wheels from? Did you get the pressure guages to go in them or just go without. Mazda was quoting me $114 per gauge. Also, thanks for the site. I'll look into it.

Well lets see...... My 17" w/ Blizzaks I got from TireRack.com and at that time they didn't offer the pressure sensors. I hear if you call them and order the tires/rims they can see if they are avalible and give you prices. And my 18" Dark chrome rims I got from Freeway Mazda ;)

You get used to the sensor light lit during the winter, just have to remember to check the tires like you did (or were suppose to) before you had the TPMS.

IGOZMZM, what did you do with your stock wheels? So, you went with 17" for better traction in the winter? Not sure if I want to spend $400 just for a little sensor light to go off if there really isn't anything that effects the warranty. I'm going to start looking seriously this week becuase this is my only day-to-day car and I don't want to get stuck. Last winter we got hit early and hard. I'll check out tirerack as well. Thanks for the tip.

I still have my stock wheels some where around here. I didn't go with the 17" for traction, I did it mainly because of cost and the fact that 18" were not that readily available at this time last year. And it is also easier to just change tires and wheels when the time comes, rather than take the rims to some place and chance the rims being damaged everytime they get changed. Nothing affects any part of the warranty, just a warning light that was required to be put in.

Yes you will get stuck if you don't get snow tires for your 8, I know from experiance. I'd hit either Tirerack or Discount tire. I've purchased from both, and been please with both. They have comparable prices for the most part, just make sure you check both so you don't get screwed on price.

Did you get the Blizzak WS-50's or the LM-22's? I have read that some will simply not be happy with the WS-50's because they aren't a performance tire and there is a very noticable difference between them and the LM-22's. From everything I have read, 215/55/17's seem like the way to go if you use the minus theory. I'm going to order from tire rack this week. Just looking for some last minute input if there is any.

I got WS-50 215/55/17's. I figured how much performance am I wanting in the winter? I want traction over and above anything. Now if we lived in a place that got very little snow and more rain than snow, then I would have considered the LM-22's, but that is not the case here in Utah. I have taken them up Ogden Canyon to a resturant (unpaved parking) during a snow storm, and they handled like champions.

I love Utah. I've skied at Park City, Solitude, Snowbird, and now Alta (pics here) (http://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php?p=627652&postcount=33). Little Cottonwood Canyon is one of my favorite places on Earth. I envy y'all for looking at those mountains daily. Don't take them for granted, that's a little slice of heaven. :)

tharkness, here is the most current info on our local meeting of RX owners/lovers:

http://www.slcrotary.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=944&start=30

tharkness and anyone else from Utah that would like to join us, please just send me a PM so I can add you to the head count.

edit: Damn snow has made me put on my snow tires before I really wanted too :mad: oh well it was bound to happen sooner or later

Hi guys, I've had my Titanium RX-8 for about a month and a half, and I've been on the board for about the same. I don't know if I've seen any of you on the road or not, I don't really see 8's too often. I'm in south Salt Lake valley. You can see some of my pics from Suncrest (top of the mountain between Utah Valley and SL Valley) in my post in the gallery... http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=49003 ... and a few more ... http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=47661

Anyway, hello to you all.

BTW, if you see me on the road, I'm stock, with the exception of fog lights which come on with only the parking lights (weird... ) ;)

Nick - Let me say welcome. I have a silver RX-8 stock. Bought in Bountiful in mid November. I travel to SLC every day as I work out by the International Center near the airport. Hope to see you on the road. How's your 8 handling in the snow?

Nick - Let me say welcome. I have a silver RX-8 stock. Bought in Bountiful in mid November. I travel to SLC every day as I work out by the International Center near the airport. Hope to see you on the road. How's your 8 handling in the snow?

I bought mine at Bountiful Mazda around Thanksgiving. Snow... not too bad, but I have to be really soft on the pedal on the roads during pretty much any slick conditions. I have slid a lot, one major time on I-15 from 70mph.. I was just holding the accelerator steady, but I was going up a hill and I guess the tires just didn't stick well enough and the backend kicked out to the side, and I didn't get straight again without it swerving from side to side about 4 times - I didn't have my foot on either pedal, just slowing down. But I've been as careful as I can be, and it's been a little scary sometimes. I just can't justify the money for a new set of wheels and snow tires. Hopefully winter will just cease to exist :) I know I'd be happy not having to wash the car every 4 days.

You guys wash your cars in the winter??? I've heard the salt does wonders for the paint job........... ;) :eek:

I made the investment and bought wheels and tires from Tire Rack for about $1200. But man, what a difference. I live on an incline and I wouldn't be able to get up the driveway without these. Good luck Nick. :)

IGOZMZM, I haven't washed mine for a couple weeks now. I'm sure that layer of salt is geat for the paint. :D

I made the investment and bought wheels and tires from Tire Rack for about $1200. But man, what a difference. I live on an incline and I wouldn't be able to get up the driveway without these. Good luck Nick. :)


Thanks :) Though, even if I did get wheels and snow tires, I think I'd miss the beautiful stock 18's too much, especially on those dry, clear days that we are bound to have lots of if I were to prepare for the snow :rolleyes:

Wow....I fall asleep on this thread for a couple weeks and look what happens. :) Welcome to the club, Nick, although it looks like you've been pretty active for a while already.

I'm in the South end of the valley, too, down in Riverton. I work in South Jordan, too. I see 8s every now and again, but there's enough that I can't really pick them out by owner, anymore. I think I'm the only Utahn that has been dumb enough to throw 20" heavy-a$$ chrome wheels on my vehicle as of yet, so I'm pretty easy to pick out, Velo Red, red calipers, and half of a mazdaspeed kit (going to be finished, someday) :) Somewhat of a "sore-thumb" in the RX8 community. Oh well, it'll be done soon, hopefully.

Hope to see ya around!

--Landon

Wow....I fall asleep on this thread for a couple weeks and look what happens. :) Welcome to the club, Nick, although it looks like you've been pretty active for a while already.

I'm in the South end of the valley, too, down in Riverton. I work in South Jordan, too. I see 8s every now and again, but there's enough that I can't really pick them out by owner, anymore. I think I'm the only Utahn that has been dumb enough to throw 20" heavy-a$$ chrome wheels on my vehicle as of yet, so I'm pretty easy to pick out, Velo Red, red calipers, and half of a mazdaspeed kit (going to be finished, someday) :) Somewhat of a "sore-thumb" in the RX8 community. Oh well, it'll be done soon, hopefully.

Hope to see ya around!

--Landon

Sweet... nice to "meet" you :)

I saw a red 8 up on South Mountain today. I think he waved, but I was facing the sun, couldn't see for sure. Anyone on the bored live over there? Oh, he also had a "Tire Rack" decal on the windshield.

I'm sure the "tire-rack" decal detracts from the vehicle ALMOST as much as Casey's (IGOZMZM) HUGE Mazda decal on the front windshield. ;) j/k, Casey.

--Landon

Okay guys, this is a long thread, and I'm too lazy to read all of it (okay, I skimmed through most of it, but not all of it), so I really apologize if this has come up before :) I've heard of these flooding problems a lot before, and really they kind of concern me. Its not really something that I want to deal with, especially when I pay $30,000 for a car. Sooo, my question is, how many miles do you Utah (or anywhere else it is cold for that matter) guys have one your cars? Have they ever flooded, or have you ever had a hard time with them running in the cold weather? Thanks guys (I'm a girl, and as hard as I try to understand cars, I don't usually pick up on it as fast as you guys!)

Well, I just got mine in August and have 5000 miles. I haven't had any problems with it. And as for cold weather, it has heated seats, which is more than I can say for the S2000. I think most of the issues were with the ealry builds (beginning of 2004 and earlier). One of my friends at work also has one and he got it when they first came out(back in 2003). I believe he's got about 15k miles on it. He's had all the flashes and applicable TSB's, but hasn't had any problems nor has he ever flooded. And he races in the SCCA events too.

I think the biggest issue people have is the gas mileage. Both of us get about 18mpg, but can pull 21mpg with just straight highway driving. I don't care about it, but there are plenty of threads on the subject.

Let us know if oyu have any other questions...

Nick that was me (nice to meet you)
I autocross and that tire rack sticker is required for national events. You should come autocross this year.

I've got about 11k on mine and never had a problem. I havent been in to get my reflashes since I got the notice after I put my car in storage for the winter. I'm very particular about revving to 3k before turning off though. I'm so used to doing it that I do it by habit when driving my girlfriends 3 hehe.

Hey guys... just bought (on 1/17/05) a new RX8 at Freeway Mazda. Bought a 05' titanium gray with the 6 disc changer, navigation system, and the grand touring package. Its a blast! I love the car! Just saying hi!

Also to let you all know I am the finance manager for for Wasatch Front Kia (don't laugh), Freeway Mazda is part of our automotive group, and I've got the hook up for all your Mazda needs! The Mazda store is right next to mine and I can get stuff from the Mazda store and sell at cost out of mine!

Hey guys... just bought (on 1/17/05) a new RX8 at Freeway Mazda. Bought a 05' titanium gray with the 6 disc changer, navigation system, and the grand touring package. Its a blast! I love the car! Just saying hi!

Also to let you all know I am the finance manager for for Wasatch Front Kia (don't laugh), Freeway Mazda is part of our automotive group, and I've got the hook up for all your Mazda needs! The Mazda store is right next to mine and I can get stuff from the Mazda store and sell at cost out of mine!

NICE. Definitely good to have you, financeguy. :D I'll be calling you on that claim for mazda parts very shortly, I'm sure. ;) Congratulations on your purchase, and welcome to the cult!!

Okay guys, this is a long thread, and I'm too lazy to read all of it (okay, I skimmed through most of it, but not all of it), so I really apologize if this has come up before I've heard of these flooding problems a lot before, and really they kind of concern me. Its not really something that I want to deal with, especially when I pay $30,000 for a car. Sooo, my question is, how many miles do you Utah (or anywhere else it is cold for that matter) guys have one your cars? Have they ever flooded, or have you ever had a hard time with them running in the cold weather? Thanks guys (I'm a girl, and as hard as I try to understand cars, I don't usually pick up on it as fast as you guys!)

I've got over 24,000 miles on my velo red, Traci, I don't rev to 3000 when I turn my car off (like I'm supposed to), I don't let my car warm up before turning it off, and I have never flooded, not once. Keep in mind, the only people that post about problems and respond on posts about problems, are, uh, the people having problems. People who can't relate to the problem don't usually care enough to voice their opinion on the matter.

The actual ratio of people with flooding problems versus the people without is VERY low. Flooding wouldn't be a reason to avoid purchasing this awesome vehicle......in my opinion. :)

--Landon

Hey guys... just bought (on 1/17/05) a new RX8 at Freeway Mazda. Bought a 05' titanium gray with the 6 disc changer, navigation system, and the grand touring package. Its a blast! I love the car! Just saying hi!

Also to let you all know I am the finance manager for for Wasatch Front Kia (don't laugh), Freeway Mazda is part of our automotive group, and I've got the hook up for all your Mazda needs! The Mazda store is right next to mine and I can get stuff from the Mazda store and sell at cost out of mine!

Very jealous! I want one SO bad!

I have dealt with Freeway Mazda a couple of times with my mazda protege....they are an awesome dealership. They have never been rude, or anything. So, when I buy my mazda (hopefully in the next 6 months), I will definately be heading your way!

Nick that was me (nice to meet you)
I autocross and that tire rack sticker is required for national events. You should come autocross this year.

Hey, awesome! I didn't think you were actually on the board, but that's cool! Do you remember seeing me?

When/if any of you come up to Freeway to do any business let me know. The RX8's have quite a bit of markup on the invoice compared to most vehicles and I have the ability to save you several grand.

Travis

I do remember. I just live below the South Mountain golf course. Do you live in South Mountain?

You guys are stongly making me think about Freeway Mazda. I recently when dealer hunting based on recomendations from here. Well, I was really impressed with Bountiful mazda, clean and orginized shop, and a really nice show room, and the salesman talk to me, not my dad. Which I liked because I was the one interesting in the car. They treated me as a 20 year old adult. Murray, I know some recomended this dealship to me, but I was not impressed, their view on me was a 20 kid not a 20 year old adult. The salesmen avoided me. I will check out Freeway when I get a chance, poor Murray for miss reading me, As I currently have enough for a commanding down payment, have the same amount ready when I visited Murray.

I do remember. I just live below the South Mountain golf course. Do you live in South Mountain?

No, I live in Draper, but over by the freeway.

They treated me as a 20 year old adult. Murray, I know some recomended this dealship to me, but I was not impressed, their view on me was a 20 kid not a 20 year old adult. The salesmen avoided me. I will check out Freeway when I get a chance, poor Murray for miss reading me, As I currently have enough for a commanding down payment, have the same amount ready when I visited Murray.

Hey I know what you are saying man. I went into the Murray Mazda dealership as a 19 year old. They didn't give me the time of day. When the dealer came back with my credit pull he tried to make up for it. I scored high enough to qualify with elite credit and have no co-signer. Needless to say I still bought the 8 cuz it is a beautiful car.

They treated me as a 20 year old adult. Murray, I know some recomended this dealship to me, but I was not impressed, their view on me was a 20 kid not a 20 year old adult. The salesmen avoided me. I will check out Freeway when I get a chance, poor Murray for miss reading me, As I currently have enough for a commanding down payment, have the same amount ready when I visited Murray.

Hey I know what you are saying man. I went into the Murray Mazda dealership as a 19 year old. They didn't give me the time of day. When the dealer came back with my credit pull he tried to make up for it. I scored high enough to qualify with elite credit and have no co-signer. Needless to say I still bought the 8 cuz it is a beautiful car.

That sucks to have that sort of interaction. However, I've NEVER considered the salesmen when I'm rating a dealer. You interact with them only once, and just by the nature of what they do & how they make their money, I usually never find myself very fond of ANY salesmen. I look at the service department, parts department, etc., the parts of the dealership that you have more than just a one time interaction with. Salesmen are salesmen. They come, they go, some you hate less than the other one.

Regardless, welcome to the board, Corndizzo!!

--Landon

So who do you suggest for service in Northern Utah? I bought my car at Freeway and have taken it in 3 times now. I have been somewhat dissappointed on how they treat my car. I now have a scratch in the doorwell, they installed a '05 HU panel in my '04, they leave fingerprints all over it, I have little broken plastic pieces in the center console, and I forgot to tell them not to wash it. They took a perfectly clean car and left spots all over it.

I take mine to Bountiful Mazda and they have always done a good job for me. Although I really haven't had them do anything more than a oil change. Their shop is spotless. I did consult with them on winter tires (but ended up buying frolm tire rack) and their staff was very knowledgable.

Thought I'd post my 400th post here.

:cool:

--Landon

Ahoy mateys!

I haven't checked in with you guys for a few months. Any casualties while i was gone?

Also, I haven't been too impressed with Bountiful Mazdas shop. I took it in to have the creaking rattle in my moonroof looked at as well as the swishing behind my glovebox under acceleration. The rattle they said was caused by 'dry tracks' which they 'lubricated'. The swishing they said was completely normal and did absolutely nothing about. When I got my car back and opened my moonroof, the rattle was still there only it was about twice as bad...

Also I was in an accident that bent a wheel hub and cracked the wheel last winter. They replaced the hub and the wheel and called it good. Everything seemed great at first but gradually I've been noticing a thrumming road noise and a regular vibration in the steering wheel that increases with speed. I asked them to check it out worried that I may have bent my axle as well and all they did was tell me the wheel hub wasnt bent (no shit, you replaced it with a new one!) and that its tire wear causing the vibrations. Now I realize that tire wear COULD be a cause of this problem but it seems to me they didn't do a very thorough job of investigating my concerns. :(

I'll probably keep taking my car there for engine related issues because I don't know who else to trust with a rotary but thats about it. Any of you have any recommendations on a good shop?

Hey Project....Good to hear from you again!

Casualties= Jercs (Guy), sold his 8, but he has a 1st or 2nd gen Rx7, now.

That sucks about the bountiful shop. The Murray shop has been good for me...? Modern Garage is also a good aftermarket/rotary shop(where we met before the porcupine pub meet) if you're beyond warranty. Otherwise, I'd suggest sticking with Mazda, even if you have to go to another dealership.

--Landon

Ahoy mateys!

I haven't checked in with you guys for a few months. Any casualties while i was gone?

Also, I haven't been too impressed with Bountiful Mazdas shop. I took it in to have the creaking rattle in my moonroof looked at as well as the swishing behind my glovebox under acceleration. The rattle they said was caused by 'dry tracks' which they 'lubricated'. The swishing they said was completely normal and did absolutely nothing about. When I got my car back and opened my moonroof, the rattle was still there only it was about twice as bad...

Also I was in an accident that bent a wheel hub and cracked the wheel last winter. They replaced the hub and the wheel and called it good. Everything seemed great at first but gradually I've been noticing a thrumming road noise and a regular vibration in the steering wheel that increases with speed. I asked them to check it out worried that I may have bent my axle as well and all they did was tell me the wheel hub wasnt bent (no shit, you replaced it with a new one!) and that its tire wear causing the vibrations. Now I realize that tire wear COULD be a cause of this problem but it seems to me they didn't do a very thorough job of investigating my concerns. :(

I'll probably keep taking my car there for engine related issues because I don't know who else to trust with a rotary but thats about it. Any of you have any recommendations on a good shop?

I'm still here. Who's up for a meet before the annual meet?

.....they installed a '05 HU panel in my '04.....

What's the difference between the '05 HU and the '04???? I thought 99% of the car was the same between the two years, and the things that are different most people have been trying to get mazda to trade them out for anyways.

Good to hear from you again, IGOZMZM. I'd be up for a meet...I'm moving to Atlanta, Georgia on the 29th of April, though, so we'd have to make it quick.

--Landon

What's the difference between the '05 HU and the '04????

The '05 HU has a SAT button where the '04 has the AM button. They just made the FM become a FM/AM button. I did get it all swapped back. Some poor sap would have gotten a '05 with a '04 HU.

...I'm moving to Atlanta, Georgia on the 29th of April, though, so we'd have to make it quick.

--Landon

I have been commuting to Atlanta for the last 3 weeks, heading back tomorrow morning to finish up. People in Atlanta love their cars, lots of S2000, RX8, Vipers, etc. Love to meet up with yall next weekend or so.

The '05 HU has a SAT button where the '04 has the AM button. They just made the FM become a FM/AM button. I did get it all swapped back. Some poor sap would have gotten a '05 with a '04 HU.
Had I known that happened when it did, I would have traded you my '04 HU for it :D for some reason when I first read it I was thinking you meant HUD. But now I understand (just a temp brain fart)

Hey everyone..... I don't have everyone's email addy's or phone numbers. I am trying to find out who if anyone is going to the Rocky Mountain RX-8 Club Annual Meeting. I've sent out some PM to members that I could find.

Project, I saw your name on the comfirmed list of attendees. Are you up for driving out there together again? ANYONE else that is thinking of going you are welcome to join in the group drive out there.

Please reply or message me ASAP so we can get a comfirmed list of people going and get the appropriate schedule going for a group caravan out there.

igozmzm

While in Colorado at the June meet you had the problem of not being able to past 7000 rpm with the engine....what did you find was the cause?

Well I took it in to the dealership and at that time it wouldn't go past about 6000 rpm. They found that the cat was plugged up. They replaced that and it would rev like normal again. Well they didn't find what actually plugged up the cat, and now I'm having the same symptoms as I was having before of lacking power now and then. And I am also having some really hard starting problems sometimes. I personally think there is a compression problem and that is contributing to the cat plugging up and the hard starts sometimes. So I will be taking it back in again soon. :( oh well it's a love hate relationship..... I hate having problems but I love the car enough to make it through the bad times. ;) :D

Any updates on the power and starting problems?

Not yet, I'm kinda waiting a bit so that I can get the recall work down at the same time and not have to wait for weeks for just the recall parts to come in. I have read of a few people that took their 8's in minor/serious problems and they could fix that stuff in a timely manner but they couldn't let them have their cars back until the recall work was done.

Seems fair...I know I haven't even been driving by the dealer for fear that they would run out into the street and take the car away....lol. Still haven't heard anything from Mazda...and it would appear that no one else has either, but it would be nice to hear something from Mazda. Anything!

I had a starting problem a few months back. Came back from a trip and had not driven the car for 6 days. It would not start. Mazda came and towed it to Freeway. They said I flooded it. They cleaned it out, changed the spark plugs, and sent me on my way. They made sure to instruct me to rev it past 3000 for a second or two every time is turn the engine off. All work including towing was covered under warranty. Sounds kind of funny to me that they would cover this under warranty with no questions asked if I actually flooded the engine. Anyway, no problems since.

What recalls are you guys hearing about?

Go here to read about the potential recall

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=66002&page=1&pp=20

I had the same thing happen here! When me and the wife bought the car we were informed that we could not just drive a little ways and then turn the car off. Tis was also mentioned in the owners manual as well. That we had to let the 8 warm up to normal operating temp and then we could shut it down. The tow bill the cost of the de-flooding process and such was all coverd under warranty. But we were informed that it would only be covered once. So far this has not happened again.

Hi everyone,
I am kinda new to the forums here. I purchased a 04 in February. I love the car. I got my first door ding this past weekend. I am wondering anyone know of a good body shop in the Salt Lake area. It didn't scratch the paint, but put a small dent in it. I hope to hear from you all. My poor baby. Oh, I live in W.V.C, so if anyone sess a black with the wing in the area, it is me.

I also purchased my '04 in February of this year and got my first dent while golfing. That will be my last trip to Bountiful Ridge. After a company golf tournament I came back to a car covered in dried grass that had been washed off a lawn mower next to my car. After a pissed off look around at the car I noticed a dent in the driver quarter panel. The car had been hit by a golf ball.

I talked to the golf pro and filed a report (no call back, typical). He offered to wash the car off with a pressure washer, no way on this earth was he using a pressure washer on my car. And that is all he offered, (no free golf).

So the car is fixed now. I have the utmost praise for the :D DentPro :D office in Ogden. can't even tell it was touched. I don't have pictures of the after right now but here is what it looked like after I got a camera and had wiped some of the grass off.

- Casey

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I'm sorry to hear about everyone's bad times.

I've been rather busy lately with work so I haven't been able to get out much and plan for stuff. So here is my current situation: I had planned on going to SevenStock 8. I even have the time off from work to do so, but with costs of gas, friends falling out, minor car problems (read about it a few pages back), and other miscellaneous things..... I've basically come to end that SS8 is out of reach this year for me.... :(

Now for my solution: I've decided that we haven't gotten together for sometime now, and it's long over due. I'd like to meet all the new owners, and catch up on stuff with everyone else that I've already met. So my idea is to have a meeting/road trip/getaway from normal weekend/day. I'm going to be going out to Wendover the weekend of SS8 (Oct. 8th and 9th) and would like to invite anyone that would like to come and hang out and have good times. I will probably throw out an invite to the RX-7 guys too so we can have a fun little caravan going out there (carpooling is an option too since gas is a factor). if we have enough interest I will even see if they can hook us up on a hotel deal (I usually get my nights free from playing too much :cool: ) Well either way chime back in if there is interest since time is drawing near.

IGOZMZM
Casey

SledGeek,
I hear you about the dent issue. I recieved my first one this weekend. Someone opend up there four door on me. thankfully the paint was scracthed, but a small dent is there. It just bothers me though, and is frustrating. I wish when people do that they would give you the courtesy to at least leave some money or contact info on your windshield.
I am going to get mine looked at by the people that we use at my old dealership I used to work out. They use the Dent King. How much did you cost you to get your golfball dent out?

IGOZMZM,
I would be down for a Wendover meet. I was going there quite often for awile and now I only make it up for the Blackjack tournaments. What games do you play while you are there, and where do you prefer to stay.
I play mostly Blackjack and prefer to stay at the Montego Bay. I am going up this weekend for the Peppermill Blackjack tourney.
Let me know what happens with the meet. Oh, I am gonna take my car in for the recalls. I am taking to D. Dahle, has anyone ever been to Allen Patch in Orem?
Where did or do you guys take your 8 for work?

DentPro got me for $95. I was so glad to see it look as if it was brand new I would have paid $195. They were great.

I took my car to Freeway Mazda in Riverdale for the recall. I got my best gas mileage ever right after that (21.x mpg) recall, also had my first oil change at the same time. I am currently averaging (19.x mpg).

Also just received a DVD from Mazda today on oil consumption and cold starting, I had read about most people receiving this months ago. They took their time getting it out to everyone.

- Casey

Wow! I might have to check them out. Do you have the number available? I called someone I know today, that guy who does the work for my old dealership today, but hasn't called back.
I am scheduled to do the recalls at Dahle, I haven't had that great of experiences at Bountiful. Their shop is state of the art, but the servie that is questionable. I took in a few months ago, for a reflash, and they came out and said the computer that was doing it went down right in the middle of the flash. Which sounded a bit dangerous. I ended up having to go back for it. I think they were just full of it originally, but damn it is a nice looking service dept. But I guess as my one my lady friends told me it isn't always about looks.
I did order the 05 key fob today. I am looking forward to it.

well i picked up my black 05 in june love that car and got sent to iraq a couple weeks later. would'nt mind getting together when i get home for about a month in december before i have to go back to ft bragg nc for awhile. :( my dad has my car and told me that he took it to d. dahle mazda where i bought it for the recalls and never had a problem. BTW everything is stock so far but i did get the windows tinted at a place called auto rage in WVC awesome tint job :D

Well as of this morning I'm currently without my RX-8 :( I finally got it in for:

Oil Change
Recalls
Light grinding noise from the rear
Lack of power sometimes after long drives
Hard starts
Front brakes squealing (should be getting the new brake pads)
Oil light coming on when it isn't low (should be getting the new oil pan)
and part of the E-brake cover broke off

I'm afraid that they will come back once again and tell me they can't find anything wrong with it (hard starts, lack of power). But has anyone heard of any problems with the rear differential making a grinding noise, or any other part for that matter. Sadly I'm driving a Ford Expedition. It's like trying to drive a damn oil tanker compared to my 8.

Well, I took my car in for service at D. Dahle Mazda in Murray Ut.
I asked for the following:
Current Recall for Ball Joint and Heat Pad.
Squealing Breaks
22,500 Service
Moonroof Rattle
Drivers Side Mirror Rattle
Rust on Hubs.

Well anyone want to guess, what work was performend?....In a few seconds, first you need the story. I called ahead twice to confirm a time. The first time I called they said drop it off all day. The next day I called to set up a confirmed time, thankfully someone else answered and I did. I went there, told the Service Advisor what was wrong. She mentioned she would look into it. Well, 8 hours later I called. They just got done. I did get a rental it was a bron Ford Focus. I can't complain at least I got a car. Well, I picked up the paperwork from the receptionist as they were closing service and had dropped it off up there. I looked at the invoice, the only thing they did was the recalls, everything else wasn't on the paperwork. I thought maybe the didn't write it down. Wrong, apparently they only did the recall, supposedly. I swear, how hard is it to be honest? Needless to say, I called today and they apologized. Didn't offer a free oil change or anything like that. I am supposed to take it down there again on Saturday. I was thinking about taking somewhere else like Bountiful However, the last time I was there in in Bountiful I was having a reflash, the computer went down, and they couldn't do it. Which made me nervous when they said it went down while doing mine. I was afraid to bring it back there again, since who knows what could happen there next. At least the work would get done right. So needless to say, anyone have any good experience with any of the Service Depts in Utah. Let me know.
D. Dahle Mazda THUMBS DOWN! I DO NOT RECOMMEND.

Well when I went in last week to make my appt. I watched the guy type in my concerns. Also when I dropped off the car today I saw all the stuff on the paperwork. Now if they will actually find the problem and then proceed to fix it is the story to come......

I have been taking my 8 to Freeway Mazda in Riverdale Utah. Talk to Jerry if you go there, he seems to be a good guy. :shrugs: