Just got RX-8
08-31-2007, 03:59 PM
#1
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 5
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Just got RX-8
Hi to all,
Just got a 2005 RX-8 and it only had 9800 miles on it. Something is weird, though. It has all the options (yep, double checked and had the dealer check as well) that a Shinka has but it is a Pearl/white/mica exterior with the standard red/black interior.
Looked up the vin and it is listed as a Shinka as well there too. I thought that they all came in the Dark Cherry color with the beige interior.
Anyone heard of or seen a Shinka for this year that was a different, stock color?
Thanks for any help with this.
Just got a 2005 RX-8 and it only had 9800 miles on it. Something is weird, though. It has all the options (yep, double checked and had the dealer check as well) that a Shinka has but it is a Pearl/white/mica exterior with the standard red/black interior.
Looked up the vin and it is listed as a Shinka as well there too. I thought that they all came in the Dark Cherry color with the beige interior.
Anyone heard of or seen a Shinka for this year that was a different, stock color?
Thanks for any help with this.
08-31-2007, 04:19 PM
#2
Registered
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Glendale, AZ
Posts: 101
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Hi to all,
Just got a 2005 RX-8 and it only had 9800 miles on it. Something is weird, though. It has all the options (yep, double checked and had the dealer check as well) that a Shinka has but it is a Pearl/white/mica exterior with the standard red/black interior.
Looked up the vin and it is listed as a Shinka as well there too. I thought that they all came in the Dark Cherry color with the beige interior.
Anyone heard of or seen a Shinka for this year that was a different, stock color?
Thanks for any help with this.
Just got a 2005 RX-8 and it only had 9800 miles on it. Something is weird, though. It has all the options (yep, double checked and had the dealer check as well) that a Shinka has but it is a Pearl/white/mica exterior with the standard red/black interior.
Looked up the vin and it is listed as a Shinka as well there too. I thought that they all came in the Dark Cherry color with the beige interior.
Anyone heard of or seen a Shinka for this year that was a different, stock color?
Thanks for any help with this.
As far as the Shinka goes, I thought 2005 Shinka models were only Black Cherry Red. Unless it was removed, you can tell its a Shinka because it should have the word "Shinka" on the B-Pillar.
08-31-2007, 05:14 PM
#3
I think in 2006 they had a Coper Red Shinka.
Where do you live?
In the USA I believe they only had Cherry Red.
Regardless what it is listed at I would check around
Worst case, send the vin the MAZDA and they will confirm what it is.
Where do you live?
In the USA I believe they only had Cherry Red.
Regardless what it is listed at I would check around
Worst case, send the vin the MAZDA and they will confirm what it is.
08-31-2007, 05:30 PM
#5
Extraordinary Engineering
Welcome to the forum and congrats on the car.
Please add location to your profile.
I've never heard of a Shinka done up in Pearl/white/mica exterior with the standard red/black interior. Weird.
Please add location to your profile.
I've never heard of a Shinka done up in Pearl/white/mica exterior with the standard red/black interior. Weird.
09-03-2007, 02:39 PM
#8
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 5
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
New (Sort of) RX-8
Thanks for the responses.
The actual name of the color is Whitewater Pearl Mica. I've been doing more research and 2005 was the first year that this color was offered. I am in Arizona and according to the CarFax/Autohistory reports, the car was sold in 2005 (early) and then repossesed about a year later. Then it sat on dealer lots until I ran into it a month ago.
It does not have the Shinka badge on the pillars, but has every accessory offered on the Shinka. Maybe the previous owner custom ordered the car in this color or took off the badges and replaced the pillar covers. (Why? Who knows.) The satellite radio, I did find out, was not available on some of the early 2005 Shinkas' but had the button for it. You had to take the car back to the dealer to install it. Something about limited supplies or problems with the integration, from what one of the dealers in Tucson told me.
Anyway, it runs great, feels great, but wish it had better gas mileage. Though right now I am working on that.
Again, thanks for the replies. Does anyone know anything else?
The actual name of the color is Whitewater Pearl Mica. I've been doing more research and 2005 was the first year that this color was offered. I am in Arizona and according to the CarFax/Autohistory reports, the car was sold in 2005 (early) and then repossesed about a year later. Then it sat on dealer lots until I ran into it a month ago.
It does not have the Shinka badge on the pillars, but has every accessory offered on the Shinka. Maybe the previous owner custom ordered the car in this color or took off the badges and replaced the pillar covers. (Why? Who knows.) The satellite radio, I did find out, was not available on some of the early 2005 Shinkas' but had the button for it. You had to take the car back to the dealer to install it. Something about limited supplies or problems with the integration, from what one of the dealers in Tucson told me.
Anyway, it runs great, feels great, but wish it had better gas mileage. Though right now I am working on that.
Again, thanks for the replies. Does anyone know anything else?
09-03-2007, 11:08 PM
#13
the enemy in the mirror
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: billerica, ma
Posts: 440
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i am pretty sure you could order a shinka in the non-exlusive color if you were so inclined... otherwise i've seen a few new gt's at the dealer wearing the sticker ;-)
09-04-2007, 02:29 AM
#15
Congrats on the 8. Sounds like you have a GT though. Enjoy it, it's not that different from the Shinka, at least that's what I hear. Red and black interior is very sporty imho.
09-04-2007, 08:59 AM
#16
Something is weird, though. It has all the options (yep, double checked and had the dealer check as well) that a Shinka has but it is a Pearl/white/mica exterior with the standard red/black interior.
Looked up the vin and it is listed as a Shinka as well there too. I thought that they all came in the Dark Cherry color with the beige interior.
Looked up the vin and it is listed as a Shinka as well there too. I thought that they all came in the Dark Cherry color with the beige interior.
09-04-2007, 11:38 AM
#17
the bukkake master!
i have an 06 shinka in brilliant black. i might be wrong but i think the 06 shinkas came in brilliant black, copper red, and galaxy gray. not sure about white. strange though
09-06-2007, 03:44 PM
#20
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 5
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Hi to all again.
I sent the VIN to mazdausa.com and am waiting on a response. AJ could be right about the GT, though. The original way that I checked the VIN was through CarFax and they listed it as a "2005 Mazda RX8 Shinka". After that, I checked with a dealer in Tucson and he sent me a list of options that came on the Shinka.
Really do enjoy driving this thing. I will try running the VIN with the link New Yorker posted. Thanks.
I sent the VIN to mazdausa.com and am waiting on a response. AJ could be right about the GT, though. The original way that I checked the VIN was through CarFax and they listed it as a "2005 Mazda RX8 Shinka". After that, I checked with a dealer in Tucson and he sent me a list of options that came on the Shinka.
Really do enjoy driving this thing. I will try running the VIN with the link New Yorker posted. Thanks.
09-06-2007, 06:44 PM
#21
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 5
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Another note
Hi to all,
I ran my VIN on the link that New Yorker posted and my car didn't show up. So I guess it isn't a Shinka, but was probably ordered with all the options. Oh well,
, it's still a great car and I've already put 2400 miles on it.
I ran my VIN on the link that New Yorker posted and my car didn't show up. So I guess it isn't a Shinka, but was probably ordered with all the options. Oh well,
, it's still a great car and I've already put 2400 miles on it.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Chapsy
RX-8's For Sale/Wanted
1
09-22-2015 09:57 AM
Tsurugi
New Member Forum
0
09-07-2015 08:27 PM