Just bought it yesterday.

Turns out, the Titanium Gray with the Touring package model was on another lot, and ended up getting sold in the time I was in the dealership signing papers!

However, another truck had just arrived with a BRAND new one with 0 miles on it. It still has to go through PDI (post-delivery inspection) apparently, and the lazy bastards on the other lot left work yesterday at like noon.

Soo, I have to wait until tomorrow to pick up my new ride.

Dealer is ordering the Spoiler, floor mats, cargo net, etc and that stuff should be put on/in this next weekend.

I'm so excited, but moritified at what I've done. Sooo much money (I'm 25, this is my first new car).

Soo, on a totally unrelated note, does anyone want to buy a 96 MX-6 M-edition with 92k miles? Great condition....;)

I'm so excited, but moritified at what I've done. Sooo much money (I'm 25, this is my first new car).

That's exactly how I felt yesterday when I was giving the dealer my deposit. I'm 24 and this is the first car I have bought on my own. My dealer didn't have the car I wanted on the lot, so they are getting from another dealer. I'm expecting it to be ready by the middle of the week. Congrats.

Congrats! You guys will both love the car- it really is amazing to drive. I've never had so much fun with ANY car before.

Eerie coincidences, I'm 24 and this is my first new car as well. Seems like a pattern is developing here. :cool:

Hey guys -- I'm more than twice your age and this is my first car that was not a compromise of some sort. Congratulations. RELAX and enjoy it. Drive safe. The world is your oyster.

Shebam, isn't that the truth! I always said I would have a sports car of some type before 40, it came and went. Now with 50 fast approaching, just had to do it or it might be 60. And I don't regret it for a minute either :)

You youngs guys have fun and be safe.

Originally posted by Sea Ray
Now with 50 fast approaching, just had to do it or it might be 60.

Let me know when 50 arrives and we'll start an AARP threatd -- share back remedies, etc.:)

guys i know exaclty how u feel.. i bought the car just after my 22nd bday. Just started working about 2 months before it. With so many of my friend being laid off i was like shit this could be a horrible idea... but now ive learned the most important thing about buying a car is havin 3 months worth of payments sitting in a safe somewhere for a rainy day..

oh yah not having other major expenses like rent is good too.. not like my college loan helps though!

i had a choice move out or new car.. i can deal with the parents.. and my job is 5 mins from my house so moving is just stupid

as for the 8 have fun its a great car to have at this age..

I'm sorta twice your age - back in '79, I did the "practical" thing and bought an Accord instead of an RX-7. Really dumb move.

There may be few things you'll do now that you might regret later, but I don't think buying your 8 will be one of them.

Cheers

I'm also 24 and just bought a 260K house and soon to buy an RX8...you're only young once right? A six figure job helps too.....

Originally posted by lrock59040
Eerie coincidences, I'm 24 and this is my first new car as well. Seems like a pattern is developing here. :cool:


Holy $#!@^ I was 24 when I bought mine on New Year's Eve...
:D ;) :p :cool:

Shebam - Easy on the AARP thing - now at 51.

Originally posted by RX8_GT
Shebam - Easy on the AARP thing - now at 51.

Got you beat; I hit the double nickle in January. With kids out of the house, my wife finally couldn't object to a sports car. But then the one I wanted had 4 doors anyway!

Shebam - I've had three sports car phases of lfe so far - (1) under 25 - had a 1969 Camaro (2) under 35 - RX-7 and now since over 45 - four sports cars including the ones below plus a 2001 SLK320. Life is better - at least in my own mind - as long as I have it. John

I guess I never really comprimised. My first car, at 18 was an '87 Fiero which we slightly modified for hp. Still didn't corner too good. Then a few years later I bought the '91 MR2 turbo which we heavily modified to get nearly 575 hp at the flywheel. Next I bought a '95 M3 installed Dinan chip. And now I have the RX-8 :D . oh yeah, I will be 32 in May :p :p :p .

Originally posted by Nigandahu
I'm also 24 and just bought a 260K house and soon to buy an RX8...you're only young once right? A six figure job helps too.....




funny, you have a 6 figure income and you "only" bought a 260k house...cmon...live a lil more than that...haha, shoulda went ahead and bought a 4 or 500k house w/ that flow comin' in...

cool... live it up while your young... nothing wrong with driving a sports car when your 50... or soo... but its better to do it while your young...

Originally posted by rx-7~rx-8
cool... live it up while your young... nothing wrong with driving a sports car when your 50... or soo... but its better to do it while your young...


tru tru

Originally posted by sunlightred8
funny, you have a 6 figure income and you "only" bought a 260k house...cmon...live a lil more than that...haha, shoulda went ahead and bought a 4 or 500k house w/ that flow comin' in...

Damn man, I want to pay the house off some time!

whoa..

I'm like 34 and this is only my 3rd new car.

Originally posted by Llathos
I'm so excited, but moritified at what I've done. Sooo much money (I'm 25, this is my first new car).

God bless you! When I was 25 I bought a VW bug convertible with the crap beat out of it for too much money. I hope you have as much fun as I did :D

I wish I could've been in a position to buy such a great car at such a young age . . . but then they didn't make one when I was in my early 20's! I just turned 36 and the 8 is just my 3rd new car too - after an 87 Escort GT and 94 Probe GT. My last rwd car was a Ford Pinto before the Escort.

It seems like I only buy a new car every ten years or so, but I told myself that my next car would be rwd or awd, fast, and a sports car with no compromises. As it turns out, the 8 is a very practical car on top of fitting that bill. Even sweeter! :D

Congrats on the new ride....I just picked up my new 8 last week....Brillant Black.....6MT......all options,.,......I'm in love with it!!!!....you will love it...and enjoy and stares!!!!


Happy Motorin'!!!!!!

This is what I have looked like since picking up my car :D

23 here... this is my first new car also... its soo nice... with that new car smell

my previous cars were an 87 rx7 turbo which made me fall in love with rotaries and a 92 3000GT vr4.

The Rx8 is my favorite by a slim margin... but that will get bigger the longer i have it!

This is my mid life crisis car...so I say. I'm 47, have only had 3 new cars that I can call my own in my life and those have all been since 2000. First was a 2000 Neon, a compromise since it was a gift from my parents. (I was broke, from a divorce and bankruptcy and the family mini van I got with my kids from the divorce was ailing fast). Next I bought an '02 Dakota for practicality, my new wife had the "impractical" car, an '01 Eclipse. She got rid of it for an '03 CRV and it was time for my "impractical" ride, the RX-8. I figured I would enjoy this more at 47 than at 57 so now was the time. I was thinking about a used RX-7 before the RX-8 but decided for the 8 cause it looked nicer to me. (last damn time I play Need for Speed Underground and decide that it would be nice to have such a ride! :) )The 4 doors with a back seat looked nicer for insurance reasons, too. :)

You young guys enjoy it for as long as you can. You're only as old as you want to be and I am like Peter Pan, I don't want to grow old!

Llathos,

A Titanium Gray with Touring Package?

You have great taste!:D

Just to continue with the old guy theme here, I bought my 1980 RX-7 new when I got out of college.

Been driving an rotary ever since.

You will love this car.

It looks like the demographics for the 8 are clustering at age 26 and at age 51. I fall into the latter group and hope to have one in the fall. If all goes well I'll be zoomin' with the aarp group.:)

Originally posted by mdsbuc
It looks like the demographics for the 8 are clustering at age 26 and at age 51. I fall into the latter group and hope to have one in the fall. If all goes well I'll be zoomin' with the aarp group.:)

And most welcome. Of course, this AARP stands for:

Advanced Age Rotary Phanatics

My first new car was my '01 Jeep - got it when I was 29.

My 30th birtdhay came with some mid-life crisis issues and I ended up with the red car in my signature.

Then the rx8 was an unexpected 31st birthday present to myself - didn't really intend to get one, I was just going to have a look and I just couldn't resist.

There are some advantages to being 31 and single, but there are also some disadvantages too...

Next thing on the list is a house, and with any luck I should have that one put to bed by the end of the week.

Debt, here I come!

hi all, im 27, this is my 5th brand new car and i just built a brand new house. we only live once right? just have fun, be safe and dont put yourself too far in debt!!

ps i love my 8!

HEY Llathos -

Congrats Man !!!!!!! I'm so happy that you did it. :)

I figured that you were nervous about pulling the trigger on the car, but I can tell you that it's nerve wracking buying any car when you're that age no matter what the car is. I bought my first new car when I was 24. It was a Nissan Maxima, and my hand shook so much that I could hardly write the check. However, driving the 8 I am sure will make it all worth while for you :) . I'm glad that you did it, and remember . . . don't flood it (just kidding). Enjoy that car!

Have a good one -

Haze

Yup, im 24 too and getting an 8, hmm whats up with that guys?? I guess the 8 must be a 24 year old male magnet or something.. well no complaints here.

Other options would be, 350Z (but roomate already has one), or bmw m coupe(hatchback)...

yeah, we'll see.. maybe you all can sell me on the 8

Originally posted by mdsbuc
It looks like the demographics for the 8 are clustering at age 26 and at age 51. I fall into the latter group and hope to have one in the fall. If all goes well I'll be zoomin' with the aarp group.:)

Put me in the middle of the pack @ 34. This will be my 6th new car (all have been of the sport variety) but this will be my first rotary.

My soon to be Ex-wife always hated the fact that I had "impractical" cars, so she will probably sh*t when she finds out I got an RX-8. My new girlfriend loves it!

Mid-life crisis, huh?:cool:

Originally posted by Pirate Rex

Mid-life crisis, huh?:cool:

Based on the actuarial tables, you guys in your 30's are having "mid-life" crises only if you're planning on driving unsafely. If you think you're strange now, wait a decade or two.

Thanks for the well-wishes Haze:)

I'm still mortified I'm going to flood the damn thing in my first week and totally disenchant myself with the 8.

I just want everything to be ok

:( :)

It will be since you are way more aware of the potential issues than other owners. Just be sure that you avoid snow on the stock tires. I do understand your nerves though, and remember that you have a warranty :) . Have fun with the car, and break it in right. The engine was very tight on mine when I bought it.

I've been lucky enough to have a rotary in my 20's (83 rx-7 gs, maya gold), 30's (86 rx-7 sport pkg, dover white) and 40's (2004 rx-8 gt, nordic green) and only one flood!!!.......I say have fun too !!!!

Let's hear it for 51! Isn't this the AARP thread?:D

First sports car, best decision I made since retirement.

Fun is what it is all about! Stay Safe!

Speaking of AARP, I drove like a certified member on the way to work today.

I got my car last night.....so I'm fresh with that "new baby driver's syndrome" where you freak out when people drive aggressively around you.

God I love this car.....soo smooth.

WHAT, drving the car to work???? I thought you were going to keep it safely tucked away at home, away from the parking garage???

Hard to resist driving it, isn't it? My employess don't know about mine yet so on nice afternoons I take an extended lunch break, and go home, get it and just drive until its time to go home. Being the boss has its perks :)

I couldn't HELP it!! It looked to beautiful in my driveway...and I don't have a garage at home, so it's actually probably safer at work as far as exposure....

and ....

I just couldn't do it. I moved my cars last night too so I could take my old car in, but this morning....I couldn't do it.

I'm a sucker for my 8.

Originally posted by Nigandahu
Damn man, I want to pay the house off some time!



hahah, well ya, but you have a 6 figure income and all, go for it, cmon


haha, w/ that income you should be able to pay off a half million dollar house in no time

Don't forget Uncle Sam.

Our glorious over-father the tax-man will label him as "rich" and take 40-60% of what he earns because he doesn't deserve it, remember?

Oh crap, I got on my soapbox. <shuffling it aside> My bad.

That's what a crooked tax attorney is for. Oh Crap! Did I just say that out loud?

Originally posted by rotisory
I guess the 8 must be a 24 year old male magnet or something..

I know this is going to be a chick magnet, but if i start attracting 24 year old males, i might have to return her ;) I'm 28 and this car is the reason I am learning to drive a manual.

Sorry to say this but every time I go out to my car at the grocery store or where ever it seems like there are a couple of guys checkin' it out. But it's the winks that their girlfriends give that tells the real story ;) .

definately a chick magnet. hopefully the guys are JUST checking out the car, while the girls are checking out the driver ;) Best money I've spent EVER.

27yo. Got my 8 back in November after months of talking myself into it. Didn't want to spend the money but now glad i did. What am amazing vehicle. Never had RWD before and it absolutely sucks in the snow but small price to pay for easily the best car I have been in. Amazed at how smooth it rides.

Originally posted by irish98
Never had RWD before and it absolutely sucks in the snow...
AARGH! Deep breath. OK, I think I'm ready now.

Yes, the summer performance tires suck in the snow. However, with winter tires, this car handles extremely well in the snow, ice, cold, etc.

Originally posted by irish98
Never had RWD before and it absolutely sucks in the snow but small price to pay for easily the best car I have been in. Amazed at how smooth it rides.

Move to Florida, forget snow tires, lots of chicks to check out you and your 8.

:D

38 here, and lustiing for an 8. (currently "stuck" with an Audi A4 and a Miata...) Like many of our young friends here, I got my first new car at 24; it was a 1989 Taurus SHO. That car cost more than I made that year. Ahhh, the good old days...

Originally posted by BriGuy
38 here, and lustiing for an 8. (currently "stuck" with an Audi A4 and a Miata...) Like many of our young friends here, I got my first new car at 24; it was a 1989 Taurus SHO. That car cost more than I made that year. Ahhh, the good old days...

Good choice on a a first car! My family is on its second SHO, the first of which (a silver/black 89) bit it on the DC Beltway. The current SHO is an auto 95, not quite as fun as the stick was, but it hasn't eaten any transmissions either (the 89 went through 2 before its accident).

But definitely, trade in the Audi and get an 8!! (keep the miata :))

Originally posted by Elara
The current SHO is an auto 95, not quite as fun as the stick was, but it hasn't eaten any transmissions either (the 89 went through 2 before its accident).


I looked at an SHO stick but its having the parking brake pedal still on the floor down next to the clutch convinced me that they weren't serious about the stick. BTW my issue of RX8 Tuner finally came today. Great article by Maurice, aka CanZoomer.

Originally posted by CrackerJax
I know this is going to be a chick magnet, but if i start attracting 24 year old males, i might have to return her ;) I'm 28 and this car is the reason I am learning to drive a manual.

..and after you've learned how to master a manual transmission, you should go pick up an older rwd car with manual tranny and practice some tricks! like burnouts, spinouts, donuts, drifting, chirping, powersliding, etc.etc.etc... all the things I miss doing now that I have the 8...

I turned 23 in October, and got my 8 in November. The first time I saw one I told my wife I was going to get one. I expected her to say I was crazy, instead, she wanted to go to the dealer with me that day! As soon as she drove it, she was sold on it too!

"go pick up an older rwd car with manual tranny and practice some tricks! like burnouts, spinouts, donuts, drifting, chirping, powersliding, etc.etc.etc... all the things I miss doing now that I have the 8..."

Is this to say that you can't do these things in the 8 ????

Hmm.. I know it doesn't have much torque but with a little reving and some nice clutch action, these things shouldn't be any prob.

b.s. oops. p.s. if you want some real rotary action try driving a twinT 7 thats been upgraded a little. :)

Originally posted by jerkorz
As soon as she drove it, she was sold on it too!

YOU LET HER DRIVE IT? Assume this was BEFORE you bought it.;)

Originally posted by rotisory
"go pick up an older rwd car with manual tranny and practice some tricks! like burnouts, spinouts, donuts, drifting, chirping, powersliding, etc.etc.etc... all the things I miss doing now that I have the 8..."

Is this to say that you can't do these things in the 8 ????

Hmm.. I know it doesn't have much torque but with a little reving and some nice clutch action, these things shouldn't be any prob.

b.s. oops. p.s. if you want some real rotary action try driving a twinT 7 thats een upgraded a little. :)

Sorry let me clarify. What I meant was "it's cheaper to do such things with an older car that you wouldn't care for as much as a brand new RX-8"... I have no doubt in my mind that the RX-8 is more than capable of such abuse.

:)