sharpbullet4

I live in Alexandria, Va . . . I saw a rx8 for sale today at the dealer ship so i went up there to ask about the info . . .i asked him about recall he was like its been recall once already

Mazda Rx8
year 04
mileage 52,300
no Navigation
silver in color
18in wheels
Leather seats

and he as asking for 18,799 . .. do u think is that a fair price

expo1

NO, RX-8's listed on Ebay go for that with 30,000 miles

Old Rotor

You can do better. Sounds like a GT.

Razz1

good price for a dealer.

Techsan

You could probably find one with a little less milage for about the same price. I bought mine out here near San Fran last month...27K, black, nav, etc....asking $18,995. With 52K, you don't get a warranty unless you purchase one through the dealer...for extra $$.

sharpbullet4

thnx guys for replying and now i'll take a look around on different cars and different prices and decide which one would be the best . . . thnx again

Towlie

I just bought my rx8 yesterday and got it for 16,228 out the door (no tax, extra charges etc.). It's an 04' silver, automatic 41,000 miles, not gt, not leather, but anyways me being short on cash only being 18, i had to settle for it considering its the lowest ive found in at least 6 months of searching.

tmak26b

I got a fully loaded one with nav for $18100. Car was mint with 36K. Got it from an Acura dealer

longfury

I wish I could find a deals like that out here in the Atlanta Metro area. Finding an RX8 with that kind of mileage out there for under 20K is hard to do. Cheapest I have seen without going over 50K miles was 17,998. It had a sunroof so I could not actually drive it. I am too tall.

Paul_in_DC

Was it Brown's you went to, on Route 1? Try Rosenthal at Arlington or Tyson's Corner - they may have better deals. Maybe if you went in with a printout from eBay it might help.

CTrx8

iTrader: (2)

are you dead set on buying from a stealership or would you buy person to person? if you have it checked out you should feel as confident buying from an individual and should save you some cash. what is your timeline on buying? if you're patient you can find some good deals. plus it might be good to look in the for sale threads here and PM those individuals with what you are willing to pay. just a thought.

sharpbullet4

a problem with individuals is we do not know how they treated their car and or if the car has been damaged in the past . . . plus i don't have cash to buy from individual . . .im going to finance the car thats y dealer would be the best choice . . . i went to Arlington Mazda dealer the other day and they have a silver 04 rx8 about 19K and they were selling it for about $18K. . .no leather seating and no moon roof . . . i was like nooooooooooooooooooooo . . .now i'll go to woodbridge and see if they have there any

CTrx8

iTrader: (2)

if it's used, you don't know who owned it before regardless of person to person or at a dealership. you really think a dealership knows the previous owner? they just gave the old owner no money, spit and shined it, then put it on the blocks. and you can get financing through any bank for person to person - that's what i did. try your bank and ask them for private seller rates and then check other banks. it's well worth your while.

CTrx8

iTrader: (2)

by the way, i'll PM you with the deal i got.

sharpbullet4

thnx let see

sonicblue6

I got my VR 04 with 17K miles, loaded GT, nav, sunroof, spoiler, red/black, 6MT, recalls all done/passed PLUS the latest navi software update, pristine, for $19k even, private sale.

CarAndDriver

Rip off. Too many miles. Overpriced. Hope there isn't a sucker who buys that.

sharpbullet4

nice deal . . .

well i went to woodbridge mazda today and they have 45,008K miles, leather seats, GPS, sunroof, fog lights, and they were asking for around 18K . .. .is that a good deal or no?

CarAndDriver

I wouldn't get any RX-8 unless it had some warranty left on it.

For that, I'd want $16K.

CTrx8

iTrader: (2)

this is true but if the guy is only going to look at dealerships this is about as good as he's going to get.

you can probably get them down closer to $17K but for someone that doesn't want to worry about the previous owner's problems, why would you want one so close to the end of the warranty period?

sharpbullet4

ok i have a important question .. . i was on my way to the dealership and a friend of mine just told me the rotary engine goes up to 100K and after that it broke down or something is that true .. . . what would u say about this?

CTrx8

iTrader: (2)

i would say someone is misinformed and needs to search this forum. the question has been discussed before.

mac11

iTrader: (1)

id say youre friend doesnt know what he/she is talking about.

UFGator12

None of us would have bought this car if that was true.

dbright007

2005 AT - Ti Gray - Sunroof/Bose/18"/No Nav/No leather - but thats cool - leather is hot in Ga. Full engine assembly replacement due to recall. 9700 miles. Full Warranty extended 12mo/12k miles. Bought at dealer for 17,995$.

Am keeping my fingers crossed - no probs so far (about 600 miles). Think you can do better.