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Astral
08-27-2005, 12:23 AM
First daytime shots. (http://new.uksiland.com/pix/firstdaytimerx8)

Nothing special (an RX-8), but very special to me. :D

Iwannarex8
08-27-2005, 12:32 AM
Congrats on the car,the pics look great especially the first 2, she looks fresh out the box! good luck! :)

BlueRenesis82
08-27-2005, 12:58 AM
reppin teh blue! all you have to do now is get rid of those breakdown prone euro cars next to you and yer set! :)

Astral
08-27-2005, 01:44 AM
reppin teh blue! all you have to do now is get rid of those breakdown prone euro cars next to you and yer set! :)

haha! :) that yellow kompressor is sweet though. not enough driving feel for me though.

i looooove my car so far... if i had a brand new m3, i don't think i'd be as happy as i am now!

BlueRenesis82
08-27-2005, 01:48 AM
m3=blah, if you dont use their reccomended oil you stand a pretty good chance of blowing up yer engine. but they do look badass

EZZY
08-27-2005, 02:13 AM
congrates on the new car, enjoy ;)

i looooove my car so far... if i had a brand new m3, i don't think i'd be as happy as i am now!
hope you are still feeling the same 6 months down the track :rolleyes:

Astral
08-27-2005, 02:20 AM
congrates on the new car, enjoy ;)
hope you are still feeling the same 6 months down the track :rolleyes:

I sure hope so! :)

midlifer
08-27-2005, 04:50 AM
Welcome aboard. Nice shots.Good luck with it.

Bob

BlueFrenzy
08-27-2005, 11:32 PM
Welcome to the club ... and to the WINNING team.

BlueRenesis82
08-27-2005, 11:45 PM
aye

Overport
08-28-2005, 12:48 AM
haha! :) that yellow kompressor is sweet though. not enough driving feel for me though.

i looooove my car so far... if i had a brand new m3, i don't think i'd be as happy as i am now!
i dunno, i just drove an e46 m3 today and was VERY impressed. i had a ton of fun.

definitely doesn't feel as light as the 8 though. then again, what does? a cooper?

BlueRenesis82
08-28-2005, 02:57 AM
bmw=teh slow

\\Konig\\
08-28-2005, 02:26 PM
Looks great.

Let the modding begin!

BigOLundh
08-29-2005, 03:53 AM
bmw=teh slow
m3s are not slow. they are horrible cars to own (maintenance/repair), but they are definetely not slow.

staticlag
08-29-2005, 04:10 AM
First daytime shots. (http://new.uksiland.com/pix/firstdaytimerx8)

Nothing special (an RX-8), but very special to me. :D

Dang! that thing looks brand spankin new! Why doesn't mine look that good???!!!

Congrats :D

Astral
08-26-2007, 01:01 PM
A 2nd Happy Birthday to my RX-8, clocked in at 48959 miles yesterday! Still running well! (drove 25.6K miles in the last year)

A couple of mods since I bought it :)

http://ilp303.com/albums/miscrx8/loweredandwashed.sized.jpg (http://ilp303.com/pix/miscrx8/loweredandwashed?full=1)

http://ilp303.com/albums/miscrx8/washedandapplique.sized.jpg (http://ilp303.com/pix/miscrx8/washedandapplique?full=1)

TopGear8
08-26-2007, 03:21 PM
looks very nice, i would get some clear corners. what mods are you gonna do?

Astral
08-26-2007, 04:59 PM
looks very nice, i would get some clear corners. what mods are you gonna do?already got clear corners & mods in sig, see today's post

TopGear8
08-26-2007, 06:35 PM
^oh, i see, didnt realize that you started this thread 2 years ago, thought you just got your 8. but it looks very nice.

MazdaJeff
08-26-2007, 07:29 PM
Nice ride.

TopGear8
08-26-2007, 07:34 PM
Hey how much did you pay for the lip and side's? cus i've seen them alot but dont know how much they are.

supergoat
08-26-2007, 08:54 PM
Nice! It really is the best color. :)

Astral
08-26-2007, 10:20 PM
Hey how much did you pay for the lip and side's? cus i've seen them alot but dont know how much they are.I got a deal on a 2nd-hand set of lip, sides and rear aero flares. They all cost a bit over ~$840 new, subtract ~$225 if you don't want the rear.

DOMINION
08-27-2007, 11:47 PM
Me like the color :)

Astral
09-15-2007, 06:59 PM
50,000 miles today!

HIX8
09-15-2007, 07:57 PM
50,000 miles today!
Or as they say...

Turbo Time! Ha!

Astral
09-15-2007, 08:18 PM
Or as they say...

Turbo Time! Ha!Haha, 10K more miles until powertrain warranty is out!

But going to be visiting SevenStock X to look at kits and what not! :)

Astral
10-28-2008, 10:42 PM
And so she's gone, with 75K miles on the clock.

One engine and power steering rack later :)

But did she look beautiful and did she drive great and did she rev ever so willingly!

... started with:

http://ilp303.com/albums/firstdaytimerx8/rx8_1.sized.jpg

Peaked at:

http://gallery.me.com/uksi/100124/P7060987/web.jpg

Sold as:

http://gallery.me.com/uksi/100252/PA281614/web.jpg

Did this:

http://gallery.me.com/uksi/100157/2008-08-09-2313/web.jpg

And only one of this:

http://lh5.ggpht.com/chuyler1/R8tV3-gWvCI/AAAAAAAABbk/Y_W_40tLgEA/s720/P1000814.JPG

But a bunch of this:

http://gallery.me.com/uksi/100172/P8161327/web.jpg

And it was all fun!

If I had to do it all over again, I would go with coilovers instead of springs + shocks. Racing Beat exhaust has been nothing but awesome--what a great note! I'll miss that sound!

Time to shed a tear and raise a glass for her.

ZumnRx8
10-29-2008, 12:17 AM
http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp53/rx8zumn/wbs.jpg