What car did you have before you bought an RX-8?

Trade in?
Private party sale?

I had a 2002 Nissan Altima 2.5S, 5 speed.-trade in

sorry, didn't put an "other" category.

Just list the car you had if it is not an option in the pole.

No Toyotas? (other than the Lexus listing)

Mine was a Blue Spectra Mica 2k Celica GT-S A/T.

Car was totalled by a lady in an SUV making a U-turn in front of me. Using insurance $$ as downpayment.

Ya mines pretty obvious hehe!

mitsubishi 3000gt---still have it until the 8 arrives in october

My boosted speed demon...
1988 Chrysler Conquest (aka Mitsubishi Starion)
I'm keeping her as I've put too much time, money, & tlc to let her go.

http://www.eastcountybiz.com/jim/052502-23.jpg

there should have been a catagory for Probe Gt's- I think alot of us are switching from that car. BTW I bought the Probe because it was a Mazda/Ford. I love the Mazda engineering, but wanted to give a US company the business. I feel good about the rx-8 purchase since Ford own Mazda. I also like the fact that mazda engineers are passionate about the rotary, and worked on it even in their own spare time.

Originally posted by emailists
there should have been a catagory for Probe Gt's- I think alot of us are switching from that car.

I'm coming from a Mazda MX-6, which is essentially a non-ugly probe. :)

I rather like Playboy's car review of the MX-6: "The MX-6 is like a misogynist's view of a perfect woman: beautiful to look at, handles wonderfully, and doesn't have too much power." Sound like any other car we know well?

Originally posted by emailists
there should have been a catagory for Probe Gt's- I think alot of us are switching from that car. BTW I bought the Probe because it was a Mazda/Ford. I love the Mazda engineering, but wanted to give a US company the business. I feel good about the rx-8 purchase since Ford own Mazda. I also like the fact that mazda engineers are passionate about the rotary, and worked on it even in their own spare time. Just chose mazda since you have an MX-6 like me. Might wanna maintain a low profile about this Ford thing ya got goin on.:D

2001 Celica GT-S 6spd

Toyota MR-S, preceeded by Celica 190 (190bhp - GTS in US?). Before that was an MX-6 (love the Probe comment lbrintle LOL)

Originally posted by emailists
I love the Mazda engineering, but wanted to give a US company the business. I feel good about the rx-8 purchase since Ford own Mazda.

Not trying to single you out, emailists, but it seems to be a common misconception that Ford owns Mazda. Ford owns a percentage of Mazda (not sure about the actual percentage, but the number that comes to mind is 33%?), but Ford doesn't "own" Mazda in the same way Ford owns Jaguar, Land Rover, and Volvo.

Oh, and to get back on topic, my vehicle before purchasing my RX-8 was a Nissan Frontier pickup (which I still have but I'm trying to sell -- anyone interested?)

My current cars are a VW Polo G40 and a TVR Tuscan S. The plan originally was to buy a car to replace the Tuscan, but I can't bring myself to sell it, so the Polo is out the window instead now, and the RX-8 will be taking it's place on the driveway. :)


-andy-

1996 Blue Mitsubishi 3000GT (Vivian, the RX-8 is named Vanessa after Kobe Bryant's HOT wife)

I sold her to a private party =(

http://www.dodstudios.net/uploads/uploads/3GT2.jpg

'97 Toyota RAV4....ja, who can beat that!?

'93 Nissan Maxima SE with 180,000 miles on it. It's been by far the best car that I've ever had, and as much as I like the 8, I am not going to hold my breath it will be as reliable as the Nissan has been over the last ten years. I'm selling it to a friend because I think that it has more value left in it than the economic value that I can get for it on the open market. I mean the trade in is pretty much nothing.

-H

Hyundai Tiburon.... can't vote!

Originally posted by RX8-TX
'97 Toyota RAV4....ja, who can beat that!?


96 Toyota Tercel POS. till i gets my car in October

1993 Toyata Pick-up that just won't die.

Traded in my 1994 Mazda MX-3

Chipped VW 1.8T - a ton of fun quite frankly. Unfortunately, can't get all the power to the ground in a FWD vehicle...but the handling (with mods) was quite good.

Like the RX8 SOOOO MUCH BETTER!

When i get my Blue 8 in a couple of weeks it will replace my Dads handme down: 76' Datson (Nissan) 280Z. The car still runs great just lacks AC and power i wanted, let alone the room for more than 1 passenger. It won't be sold or traded as it has too much sentimental value for my dad and i to let it go.

The 280Z is a classic too. Great car!

seems like there are A LOT of loyal Mazda owners upgrading to the RX-8 from their current Mazda(s) :D

I will be one soon too!

Honda civic.. but im keeping it as a daily driver

No option for me to vote on my super duper Dodge 1998 NEON (SOHC version of course). but it was the 2 door! I actually see it every day since I sold it to my roomate :D Put about 80K miles on it over 5 1/2 years while I saved up for soemthign worthwhile.

Not a bad little car, but it's a *bleargh* automatic NEON fro gods sake.

I sold my 99 Prelude before heading to the Middle East and I will keep my 02 Jeep Liberty when I get an 8 on my return to the states...

Volvo 960 -- Drive Safely :D

Keeping the Volvo -- only 9 years old and 106,000k -- in Volvo years this is still like a brand new car. Interior and exterior still look like they did the day I bought it.

A 2000 Eclipse GT. We are keeping her though. We need two imports! :)

Front pic (NOPI St. Louis)
http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Aug/20038243829231386977585.jpg

Back pic (for Club 3g Calendar)
http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Aug/20038244852341025713900.jpg

2003 mazda 6i

bought it with 40k miles in 06 and got ran into by a family that failed to yield properly at a stop sign. Very gay accident, but at least I have an rx8!

I got that friggin 6 to 87k miles and I redlined that bitch throughout each day. I drove the hell outta that car and put over 40k in less than 2 years! Very solid car and I have no doubts it woulda lasted to 150k+.

Great resurrection from the new guy!!!!!!


To keep it going, I had a Toyota Tacoma. White, regular cab, manual tranny gardeners truck

I had a '93 Miata. Still do actually.

Little red Mazda 323 gets 36 miles to the gallon and we kept her because she still can tote 2 bales of hay and 3 bags of feed, or 12 big black bags of trash, or five bags of raw cement, or 8 potted trees... The Blue 8 is for driving, the red 323 is for chores....

1991 Toyota MR2 turbo. Where do I vote?

And I still have it. It's still my daily driver. The 8 is for weekend fun!

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Ahem. (clears throat.) Ahem.

Honda, I got tired of reliability. I wanted to know how it felt to live dangerously.

black 05 Mustang GT....No regrets!

black 05 Mustang GT....No regrets!

almost bought that before i bought my 8. everyone, including some mustang owners said i made the better choice with the 8.

before my 8 i had a 88 Toyota Supra Targa. it was totaled after a drug dealer slammed into me.

before the Supra i had an 87 RX-7 TurboII and an 86 RX-7 GXL

Before the Stang I had an 89 Toyota Supra targa! Charcoal gray 5 spd. My son has it now!

I traded the Stang for 2 reasons. #1 was that @ 17K miles the rear end had to be replaced, and @ 20k it was whining again. Reason #2 was that I missed the handling that my supra had. It's the closest thing I've ever driven to having the capabilities that the 8 does.