My old civic hatch. My wife smashed it in to 2 deer in NY 4 years ago(back when she was my girlfriend). These were the only pictures I have left. Dont poke fun, I thought the car was really cool back then. Tastes have changed.. but I still miss her, was proud to say I did all the work myself, although my skills have greatly improved. The performance was similar to the 8, 220hp NA, 14.9 quarter mile.

 

I am coming off an Audi A4 Quattro (2.8) into my RX-8. Heck of a transition, but a whole lot of fun

 

I had a Bentley, but I got tired of all the looks and glares, so I downgraded to this little RX-8.

 

89 supra targa 5 speed... stock..

85 subaru 4wd wagon with 330k miles on it...

snow sucks.

btw, painter1, do we need to talk???? what do you paint?

beers

 

i had a nice widebody mr2 turbo!til i wrecked it and had tires falling of on the freeway cause of spacer..man i mis her!

 

Before the 8, I had a 03.5 Laser Blue Mica Mazdaspeed Protege. I do miss it.

 

don't know if theyll show.....cool car but def. the rx8 is better

 

Here is the list.

*1976 scirocco
1986 mr2
*1969 240z
1983 300zx turbo
1995 jetta
1995 saab 900 turbo conv.
*1996 audi A4 2.8
*2001 saab 9-5 aero

*Note: Cars were silver and all of them caused me problems.

 

Don't ask me why.

 

1992 red S13 hatch,
1995 S14 with a S15 front end,
1990 red S13 hatch,
1990 white S13 hatch,
and now i have the 8
i do miss the cars, i used to think the 240's are my life!

 

Ok, Here's what i was driving before i got my 8.
A 1992 Acura Integra.
Also here's a pic of my 8.

 

98 integra gs-r

 

2004 subaru wrx

 

the good old honda civic. My 8 is much more fun.

 

loved it to many miles

 

1993 mx-3 - Girlfriends dad backed in to it. Mx-3 vs. Expedition. The mx-3 screamed in terror.
1990 240sx. -- Lady decided to stop in the middle of my lane turning left.
2003 Mazda6 -- Sold to my parents.
2005 Winning Blue RX-8

 

My full time job is automotive refinisher at a toyota dealership (cars). I do paint and body, but I do alot of custom work on the side.. mostly motorcycles, and have done work for bruce rossmier, and arlen ness.

 

Last car an 03 Passat GLX, nice car but had to get it to qualify for work mileage which I don't have now.

Just for fun, previous rides just to see if I can remember them, been driving since 70.

60 something Pontiac Tempest w/slant 4cyl
58 Triumph TR3
60 something Ford Galaxie
60 something Buick Wildcat
60 something Sunbeam Alpine painted baby sh$t yellow.
60 something Pontiac Station Wagon
72 Mazda rotory RX-3 (new)
late 60s buick lesabre
late 60s Ford Station Wagon
late 60s 1200 Harley Superglide
59 MGA Coupe (had these last four at the same time)
72 Triumph Spitfire
70s something Triumph TR4
65 442 convertible
70s something VW bug semi-automatic
70s something Dodge Van (hippie van with **** carpeting)
80-81? Renault Le-Car(5K bought new)
84? Renault Alliance(new, crappy car, the Le-Car was better)
75 Cessna 150
80s VW Cabrio
46 Cessna 120
85 Jeep Wrangler
another 46 Cessna 120
80 something Harley Sportster(new, fun)
69 Cadillac Deville convertible
69 Cadillac Brogham (I think that is how you spell it)
00 VW Jetta Diesel(stick, new, great car, got 50mpg and 600mi on a tank)
02 Jeep Wrangler (new went with divorce)
03 VW Passat(new, Didn't really want but nice car)
Suzuki TL1000 (wow, what a ride)
What I own now
72 AMC AMX (needs restore)
93 Jeep Cherokee (226K miles, still runs strong)
06 RX-8

 

is complicated and a little personal.
Since we are posting everything before our 8s

RX-8 about to get replace by 03 BMW 325i
02 WRX wagon
93 VR FD
93 silver FD
93 VR FD-got stolen
04 Pontiac Vibe-daily driver when I had the FD
02 Lancer ES-daily driver when I had the FD
92 Prelude VTEC
95 Cavalier Z24
00 Celica GTS
00 Jetta VR6
98 Jetta GT
89 Integra
91 CRX Si

 

My old POS eclipse.

 

92 Ford Probe: Sold
90 Chevy Beretta GTZ: Traded in for wifes 99 intrepid
91 Pontiac Grand Prix: Sold
94 Chevy Beretta Z26: Traded in for wifes 99 intrepid
95 Dodge Avenger ES: Traded in for 00 eclipse
00 Mitsu Eclipse GS: Traded in for 01 BMW
00 Yamaha R6: Wrecked
01 BMW 325CI: Traded in for 04 RX8
04 Kaw ZX6R 636: Current
04 Mazda Rx8: Current

 

89 Honda CRX
Pontiac Fiero
Mitsu Starion GT Turbo
Dodge Stealth RT Turbo
91 Chevy Camaro
89 Toyota Supra Targa Top
03 Mazdaspeed Protege
The 05 Shinka RX8 beats them all.

 

'83 RX7 GS nice pocket rocket for its day
'94 Probe GT (my daily driver still...nice front wheel drive coupe)
...and now, '04 RX8 with all the packages and a few extras ( I named her, Bluecrush)

 

Ok in okinawa japan year
1991-92 89 Starlet Turbo.
1992-94 i was driving 86 AP GT Truneo trunk (got into drifting so i picked up this car for beginner, wish i woudl of got the toyota ke70 carina GTthough )
1994-98 FC 7 (since all my friends wanted a boost car to grad from 86 levin and trueno and Ke70, i got this car my first mazda, where all my other friend went with nissan s13 and 14 )

Move to US
98-2001 94 sentra (good car it was, i couldnt pic my self buying a civic or a integra when i see the price for a 7 i almost had a heart attack. US vs JP is way different on price. so i had to find something to drive for the time being.)
2001-2004 97 m edtion miata which then i dropped a turbo in. ( Since i couldnt find me a rwd car that i like and i didnt want a s13 since im not a nissan fan i got this car. i miss that car . funny never knew i would end up liking a miata, but more i seen it the more i thought it look like a FB 7 with jsut a soft top. Think ill buy me antoher one soon. )

2004-now rx8
married wife in 2003 she was driving 92 turbo mr2 which got traded in for 2002 s2k.
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when i get home il post pics of FC was hks out and 86 Trueno some TRD upgrades nothing major compared to FC, both where painted dark blue with white Watanabe's (which was the thing to have during early mid 90's)

 

the first car I ever had was a 1998 Saturn SL1, i got it for successfully tranferring up to A&M College station.



It was a good little car, used to be my grandmas, then it was my dad's then he handed it down to me. I used it for about a year after I graduated and after 150K miles and some mony in the bank i bought my 05 RX8 GT loaded cept for Nav.

Note that pic isnt EXACLY the car I had, just found the make/model on images.google.com mine was white.