silvernite8
05-22-2006, 04:03 PM
Finally got a RX-8
Copper Red 6spd with Sand leather seats + appearance package + Rotary accents + Spoiler + even came with a cargo net. Everything but the nav system.
Thanks to everyone for answering my questions about the car. And for those who gave me some great color choices. I just had to wait and go with the Copper Red and now…
I like to join this strange cult you all have going here:
unique style sports car
1.3L Rotary engines, Zero cylinders, no pistons
an engine that makes a sweet humming noise
50/50 weight distribution
exceptional handling
seating a sports for 4, how could this be???
Two real doors and two freestyle rear doors that open backwards- Mazda doesn’t like ppl to call them suicide doors
Wow it’s damn hard to become a member. you need to have car with all these features
Good thing I got one of those
Wow I spent the whole weekend with my car. Picked her up on Saturday. Took her out for a test drive that morning and that was it. After the S-turn in my test drive I was sold…
Waited 6 hrs at the Mazda dealer for them to process the paper work and clean/ ready the car. Why do car dealers take so long washing/waxing, cleaning, and checking everything.
Took her home dropped 50 miles on it driving her home. The car was never driven before, think I was the first to test drive the car. It arrived to the dealer on Tuesday and after I test drove the car for 20min it only had 19 miles on it. So I think I was the first or second
This car handles exceptionally well. Driving this car is an absolute blast. An experience unlike any other. From the minute you turn the car to hear that sensational humming noise to the second you step on the gas this car will bring a smile to your face. Taking S-turns are an absolute treat in this car. Never have I driven a car so responsive on the turns. This car reminds you that its roots are from a tradition of rotary racing cars. It tells the driver that it is gripping the road extremely well and that it’s not afraid to accelerate through the turns. It may be lacking at low RPMs but pass 5K you’re waking up that Rotary monster. On the straights the car is about average, but on the twisty this car will shine and it shines bright.
Oh might I add people will notice the RX-8. I spent 6 hrs at the dealership while the paperwork was being processed and almost everyone including other techs and salesman were staring at my RX.
Mazda put it best by their childish phrase but believe me when I say this- the feeling of “Zoom-Zoom” best describes the RX. I never understood why “Zoom-Zoom” until I driven the RX-8. Do not let this car’s Rotary engine fool you. This is one of those cars that reward the driver and reminds the owner what a spectacular choice he or she has made.
For those interested in the RX-8 seriously consider this car. It’s unlike any of the competitors (350 Z, G35- the car I originally wanted, S2K- unlike it because of the seating for four, but actually the S2K drives similar to the RX).
My First and not the last Rotary…
Mr. Wankel would be proud
Pics below took the shots while waiting at the dealer I’ll take more pics this weekend or next
Copper Red 6spd with Sand leather seats + appearance package + Rotary accents + Spoiler + even came with a cargo net. Everything but the nav system.
Thanks to everyone for answering my questions about the car. And for those who gave me some great color choices. I just had to wait and go with the Copper Red and now…
I like to join this strange cult you all have going here:
unique style sports car
1.3L Rotary engines, Zero cylinders, no pistons
an engine that makes a sweet humming noise
50/50 weight distribution
exceptional handling
seating a sports for 4, how could this be???
Two real doors and two freestyle rear doors that open backwards- Mazda doesn’t like ppl to call them suicide doors
Wow it’s damn hard to become a member. you need to have car with all these features
Good thing I got one of those
Wow I spent the whole weekend with my car. Picked her up on Saturday. Took her out for a test drive that morning and that was it. After the S-turn in my test drive I was sold…
Waited 6 hrs at the Mazda dealer for them to process the paper work and clean/ ready the car. Why do car dealers take so long washing/waxing, cleaning, and checking everything.
Took her home dropped 50 miles on it driving her home. The car was never driven before, think I was the first to test drive the car. It arrived to the dealer on Tuesday and after I test drove the car for 20min it only had 19 miles on it. So I think I was the first or second
This car handles exceptionally well. Driving this car is an absolute blast. An experience unlike any other. From the minute you turn the car to hear that sensational humming noise to the second you step on the gas this car will bring a smile to your face. Taking S-turns are an absolute treat in this car. Never have I driven a car so responsive on the turns. This car reminds you that its roots are from a tradition of rotary racing cars. It tells the driver that it is gripping the road extremely well and that it’s not afraid to accelerate through the turns. It may be lacking at low RPMs but pass 5K you’re waking up that Rotary monster. On the straights the car is about average, but on the twisty this car will shine and it shines bright.
Oh might I add people will notice the RX-8. I spent 6 hrs at the dealership while the paperwork was being processed and almost everyone including other techs and salesman were staring at my RX.
Mazda put it best by their childish phrase but believe me when I say this- the feeling of “Zoom-Zoom” best describes the RX. I never understood why “Zoom-Zoom” until I driven the RX-8. Do not let this car’s Rotary engine fool you. This is one of those cars that reward the driver and reminds the owner what a spectacular choice he or she has made.
For those interested in the RX-8 seriously consider this car. It’s unlike any of the competitors (350 Z, G35- the car I originally wanted, S2K- unlike it because of the seating for four, but actually the S2K drives similar to the RX).
My First and not the last Rotary…
Mr. Wankel would be proud
Pics below took the shots while waiting at the dealer I’ll take more pics this weekend or next