Hey just seeing if there are any other 8 owners from Winnipeg on here. I was at the heights crew meet last weekend hoping to see some rotary and I turned out to be the only rx8, there were a couple FB rx7's but that was it.

just got my 8 a lil less than a week ago. LUVN it!!! Treating the pot holes like a slalom course....hahaha

well welcome to the club then, its definetly a fun car to own! at least the roads are better than they were a couple weeks ago, but ya you still gotta be careful and pay attention. what part of the city do you live in?

Hey, thanks. Well some of the holes are gone but I spent all day claying the tar off...hahaha, Damn tar/gravel spittin machine! The lesser of 2 evils I guess. I'm in River Heights. Whats this meet that you went to? The salesman at Destination was tryin to get me to get a hold of some Mazda club here in the city.

Ya theres the manitoba mazda club, they're having a meet this sunday the 24th at the assinoboine park zoo
http://forum.manitobamazdaclub.com/index.php/topic,1312.0.html
I've never been to any of there stuff but I might go check it out if i'm not busy. Then theres the heights crew meets every sunday that are all organized on the winnipeg heights forum
http://www.winnipegheights.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=208
I went to their meet last sunday and it was pretty good, lots of variety of cars and the meets seem to get bigger every weekend, last night they even had a BBQ set up and were selling food. They're actually having another meet tonight cause of the long weekend but it probably wont be as big cause they just had one last night and the weathers not looking so good. And no wonder you have pothole problems, River Heights has to have to worst streets in the city, my girlfriend lives there so I've driven around there quite a bit and you really have to pay attention and not go too fast.

I'm in Winnipeg, living in St. James. I've only had my 8 for a few weeks, but I used to own a '88 RX-7 years ago.

Just added recent pics from the detailing I did over the long weekend.

Also in St.James. Bought a 2008 Anniversary Edition last year from Destination.

I am the founding member of the Manitoba Mazda Club

The club has grown over the years, most original members did not show at the meet this past weekend. Alexxx, on the site organized this past meet with a plan to get several members to travel down to Gas Performance for their compact car meet.

I will attempt to organize a summer Mazda meet, most likely sponsored by one or more of our city's dealers.

Keep your eye on www.manitobamazdaclub.com for details.

picking up my rx8 this friday. I cant wait.
I live in north kildonan area

Another Winnipeg owner here.

I've owned my 05 since new. I'm in the River East area.

Chris...

Wooo Representing North end over here. got mine last year and lovin it. We should all gather up sometime!!!

Anyone know where the best/cheapest place in the city to buy our spark plugs is? thanks for any help.

Anyone know where the best/cheapest place in the city to buy our spark plugs is? thanks for any help.

I called around just the other day. I believe piston ring auto services is the cheapest.
Napa autoparts was $5 or $6 more per plug.
and partsource didnt have them in stock.

However. piston ring was still $48 each for trailing and $52 each for leading. (roughly. I cant remember exactly)

and online you can find them for $20 lol... So. I decided I'd wait a week or two to save a $100

I bought all 4 plugs from Sparkplugs.com for $122.80 all in CDN. I also got the 4 coils and wires for $239.92 from www.onlinemazdaparts.com ie Montgomery Mazda in N. Carolina. Destination Mazda had quoted me $105 per coil, so I easily saved more than half. Took a couple weeks to get everything.

Make sure to ship USPS as you're less likely to get dinged with any duty.

ya thats what I found when I called around, Speed Factor on pembina got them for me for 30 each and they'll be here much sooner than if i order from an american site and only really cost like 15 or 20 more than if i did.

St. Vital here. I think my work can get the plus for 36 and 40 each. but I can't remember. I will check tomorrow.

if you could, let me know when you change them if you notice any discernable difference in start, idle, or general performance. I'm a ways off from having to change mine per mileage but if its worth changing them earlier i'm all for it.....

Also if there's anyone on here from Destination Mazda's service dept., big kudos for sliding me in today for tire repairs, much appreciated....damn city constuction!!!

ya i'll let you know the outcome, I'm also putting on a new upgraded starter cause the ones they put in the 04's suck, I think that may be what started all of my problems

I may end up doing the same if I instal the plugs and it doesn't start a lot better. I should have my car back today after some body work is being done, including a factory spoiler that I bought from a user on this site.

I dont know if any of you guys know of this. but there are auto x races done through wscc (winnipeg sports car club) about 6 or 7 times a month.
I've been a several times and its unreal how much fun it is. I've seen a few other 8's out there. It would be nice to see more.
Heres a link to the calendar http://www.dlbracing.com/default.aspx?view=1 (http://www.dlbracing.com/default.aspx?view=1)
and heres a link to the wscc website http://new.wscc.mb.ca/

anyone can sign up. and it's only $25 for the day to race.

one of my neighbours goes to the auto x events a lot and has been trying to get me out, maybe later this summer when my car is back in working order. I got the plugs today from speed factor and will be installing them this weekend or early next week and see how much of a difference they make. If anyone else is looking for plugs speed factor on pembina has another set for around $135 after tax which is the best price around unless you order from an american site.

one of my neighbours goes to the auto x events a lot and has been trying to get me out, maybe later this summer when my car is back in working order. I got the plugs today from speed factor and will be installing them this weekend or early next week and see how much of a difference they make. If anyone else is looking for plugs speed factor on pembina has another set for around $135 after tax which is the best price around unless you order from an american site.

That seems like a reasonable markup considering the prices elsewhere.

sparkplugs.com sells them for around $20 each so once you pay the exchange rate and the shipping your getting pretty close to $29.95 plus tax at speed factor so $120 plus tax for the set is pretty darn good. the cheapest place in the city is piston ring at like $50 each or something and the dealer charges even more than that.

sparkplugs.com sells them for around $20 each so once you pay the exchange rate and the shipping your getting pretty close to $29.95 plus tax at speed factor so $120 plus tax for the set is pretty darn good. the cheapest place in the city is piston ring at like $50 each or something and the dealer charges even more than that.

If you ordered more than one set, the cost would go down proportionally as shipping is a flat cost. $122.80 was the charge on my VISA for the 4 plugs with the exchange rate costs. I found a few sites that were cheaper in the US, like Amazon.com, but they do not ship auto parts to Canada. The difference between Amazon and Sparkplugs.com was only a few dollars.

Derek54, is this the sites where they set up some pylons, or the road racing in Gimli that you attend?

You guys in winnipeg do you drive your rx8 in the winter and if so which snow tires did you guys buy. I live in toronto and I bought some icebear blizzaks and I had a tough time with them in toronto i had to put weight in my trunk

I think the auto x stuff Derek54 was talking about is the pylon racing they do at the assinoboine downs (same place they set up the red rever ex).

and to hackdss: I don't drive mine in the winter so I wouldn't know but I'd imagine you'd have a bit of a tough time with any snow tires, our cars weren't really designed for the snow,

Derek54, is this the sites where they set up some pylons, or the road racing in Gimli that you attend?

I do the auto x (pylons)
Apparently gimli is an amazing experience but i was told you need to take a training course before they let you ride in the solopro races (races at gimli)
the auto x is mainly at the red river ex grounds. They were talking about doing a test event at mcphillips street station casino. But I'm not sure if they're confirmed on that yet.

I drive 17" rims with X-ices, no problems in the winter.

I drive 17" rims with X-ices, no problems in the winter.

who makes the x ices

who makes the x ices
Michelin.
I'd either go with that or the bridgestone blizzaks are amazing too.

Ya because last winter i struggled to make it up hill with 10 cm on the ground

Does anyone have a used catalytic converter they want to sell or give me?

Does anyone have a used catalytic converter they want to sell or give me?

If your CAT is shot, then it should be covered under Mazda's warranty. 8 year/ 80000 mile North American Warranty.

If your CAT is shot, then it should be covered under Mazda's warranty. 8 year/ 80000 mile North American Warranty.

I thought that was just the engine core. aka rotors/housing
or am i wrong?

Separate warranty - the government makes the manufacturers maintain the whole emmissions system for a long time.

The block warranty is a Mazda thing.

S

got parts for sale hood (varis carbon kevlar red) , custom speakers (rockford subs), auto exe strut bars(new) PM me.

hi guys im from morden, about an hour or so away from the winnipeg

hello fellow peggers I am in need of your help! some idiotc person slashed one of my tires this week while my car was sitting in the lot of a shop where my car is being fixed so I am in need of a 225/45/18 tire. If you happen to have one kickin around that you would like to donate or sell to me it would be of great help cause my car needs to be able to move for the shop to finish its work. even if you have one that i could borrow for like a month until i put my car away for the winter it would make things much easier. i know this seems a little desperate but my car has been in the shop for two and a half months now for all kinds of problems which include my car catching on fire, so i'm a little short on cash. I'll probabaly just but a new set over the winter but for now I just need something to get me through till snow hits. thanks again for any help.

hello fellow peggers I am in need of your help! some idiotc person slashed one of my tires this week while my car was sitting in the lot of a shop where my car is being fixed so I am in need of a 225/45/18 tire. If you happen to have one kickin around that you would like to donate or sell to me it would be of great help cause my car needs to be able to move for the shop to finish its work. even if you have one that i could borrow for like a month until i put my car away for the winter it would make things much easier. i know this seems a little desperate but my car has been in the shop for two and a half months now for all kinds of problems which include my car catching on fire, so i'm a little short on cash. I'll probabaly just but a new set over the winter but for now I just need something to get me through till snow hits. thanks again for any help.

That's the shitty part of having an RX-8, NO SPARE.

If you don't have any luck here, try www.manitobamazdaclub.com

hello fellow peggers I am in need of your help! some idiotc person slashed one of my tires this week while my car was sitting in the lot of a shop where my car is being fixed so I am in need of a 225/45/18 tire. If you happen to have one kickin around that you would like to donate or sell to me it would be of great help cause my car needs to be able to move for the shop to finish its work. even if you have one that i could borrow for like a month until i put my car away for the winter it would make things much easier. i know this seems a little desperate but my car has been in the shop for two and a half months now for all kinds of problems which include my car catching on fire, so i'm a little short on cash. I'll probabaly just but a new set over the winter but for now I just need something to get me through till snow hits. thanks again for any help.

PM me. I have a couple OEM's in my basement that I kept as "emergency" tires when I bought a new set in the Spring.

Chris...

i dont want to park my car for winter:(
i hope this coming weekend is nice so i can take it out for a nice drive to winnipeg

i dont want to park my car for winter:(
i hope this coming weekend is nice so i can take it out for a nice drive to winnipeg

ya, i seen ur car driving around couple times. sounds nice.