KimiFelipe

Hi everyone, I just bought my RX-8 yesterday and am glad to be part of the crowd!

I have an 06 Copper Red Shinka, its awesome! I love the polished aluminum wheels - btw I'm accepting advice on how to best take care of these!

I bought the car from North End Mazda in northern MA, good guys, and gave me a good deal overall. They have sold at least 5 RX-8's in the last month or two - don't know whats up with that but maybe we're all a little crazy up here.

My car appears flawless - we'll see how long that lasts! But I'm really impressed with it, I love the drive and the looks, and cant wait to finish the break in period!

So, look for me in MA!

TomAssBender

Welcome!

Prepare to be addicted

Great car and great color/package choice.

Would you be willing to share just how great a deal you got?

snipaz2420

congrats!!!! and welcome to the club. there are a lot of helpful people on this forum so dont be afraid to ask anything just make sure you use the search button first. as to taking care of the car go to the show and shine section of the forum u'll find everything you need in there.

Duke15

Congrats! Honoring the break in period is tough to do, but once your past it, it is like you got a new RX-8 all over again...

Design1stCode2nd

Hurry and get some Winter tires on there since you are up north. And congrats I have the same as you more-or-less except no chrome rims.

StewyRX8

Welcome to another Shinka Hoe!!!

dmc27

Congrats! Break in sucks as bad as the MPG once the break in is over!!

Definitely need snow tires - something I'm sure the dealership didn't think to mention.

Jax_RX8

Welcome to the Club and a great car

New Yorker

Congrats on your new Shinka. I've used Wheel Wax for about 4 years now and I think it's great… http://www.tirerack.com/accessories/.../wheel_wax.jsp

shinka213

welcome to another shinka owner.....

hey stewy - speak for yourself you ho!!!!

are you female?

we love our shinkas!!!!

wait till you get bit by the mod bug!!!....i havent been able to stop since i got the car and its been a year and a half.......
enjoy!!

shinka213

i dont think she/he has chrome rims....they are just polished....a stock rim on shinkas.....you should have them too??

StewyRX8

Why we takin shots at Stewy 213? I AM A HOE, FO SHO!

shinka213

that was a slapshot you ho!!!

shinka_J

i have a grey shinka too, and do u mind ask u how much about your shinka car?

N10S

TomAssBender ,

I just picked-up a GG Shinka a week ago today and pulled $5796.00 of the top of the price, which stickered at $34, 776.00. This is one reason folks are buying the RX8 right now, and the other is its obviously a really cool car thats great fun to drive. Not trying to divert Kimifelipes thread, but just giving you some numbers you may be interested in.

JR

KimiFelipe

I'm sorry I don't understand your question?

KimiFelipe

I was quoted invoice, minus the rebates, so I think it was $27,500 for the car, ~ $30k out the door. They gave me a great deal on my A4 as a trade in - about 7k, but that car is in awesome shape (see my thread in the f/s section).

I am pretty sure I could have gotten a better deal, BUT:

- my A4 was still cherry and at 79.5 k mi, not getting any more valuable
- I will never buy a car with a wing, and there were not very many cars available - no GT's without a lot of crap like the appearance, wing, Nav, all that crap, excepting 3
- The three GTs without all that stuff all were all black interior - didn't want that, and were silver or black exterior - didnt want that
- I realized 06 inventory was getting limited, and that I should move now rather than take a chance of NOT getting my Shinka exactly the way I wanted it - with only the shinka pkg. So, I didnt want to take the chance that by the time I was able to save another grand or two by selling my car to the right guy and getting a touch more in rebate or trying to get a car at a loss for the dealer, my car would be gone.

Anyway the car I got seems to have been in the showroom for ~ 6 mo or so. The paint is just about flawless, as are the wheels.

Anyway that s the story. These guys are really nice, and so are the service guys - the rotary guy (at least one) has been around a long time and seems like a pretty serious technician - pretty sure he's a master technician.

Anyway if you cant figure it out by now I am pretty picky about what I'm dropping 30 to 40 large on and I got just what I want, and a very good price, so I am happy. Sure I probably could have saved another grand for gas, but it wasnt worth the risk.

Now I am so pumped - and at least a couple of my friends are totally jealous!

KimiFelipe

So anyway thanks guys for the recommendation to buy winters - the dealership actually did suggest it but I am all over this stuff anyway and they figured out pretty quickly I know what to do.

Anyway we were waiting since tuesday for them to go get the car, and I found an excellent deal on a set of mazda 3 wheels with some bridgestone LM-25's on them in 205/50/17 - this is the size I wanted for my Legacy GT for winter (gotta dump the stock crap rubber asap), so I scored a set of 1500 mi old winter rims for the shinka and a set of 1500 mi old winter rubber for my other car, all for about $75 less than I was going to pay for a set of winters for the GT in the first place.

Score!

Anyway I picked up the wheels wed afternoon and as soon as I got back to the office, I ordered my shinka's winter rubber - Contiwintercontact in 225/50/17, going on my 17x6.5 M3 wheels.

In fact, I'm having all the tires mounted on the winter rims for both cars in the morning, and afaik it is just in time for some snow early next week.

It's gonna be a good month . . . .

LOL

shinka213

isnt that hilarious that the rims are interchangeable.....my son has an M3
so when i put the Hiros on my car, i gave him my stock shinka rims which he put on his car....they look sweet!!

PS....link to my pics
https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...4&postcount=36

KimiFelipe

Right,

So heres a couple pics:

It was tough saying goodbye to my A4, but the Shinka is making me feel better and better about it!

shinka213

that color sure is sweet!!!!

next best to B/C all the way!!!

next stop is clear corners!!!

c41250n

iTrader: (5)

welcome.......post some pictures!!

KimiFelipe

Nope,

Next stop is, um, less sexy (work with me here . . .) 17 inch M3 rims for winter. I have high hopes for the rubber I'm mounting =)

NEXT after that is to figure out how to hard wire my Valentine into the fuse box.

After that I have to add a few touches to the interior pick up the visual interest a bit.

What I'd really like to do is mod the trunk entrance to make it easier to put my hockey bag in there but I guess it is like asking for better gas mileage, huh?

LOL

Lets talk about fun mods later

KimiFelipe

Getting there. I am looking forward to getting my cars cleaned up and putting together some pics of them together - hopefully the weather will cooperate this weekend!

shinka213

im not talkin about practical here.....if ya live in MASS we know ya gotta put snows on!!! we dont call that a mod!!!
now for me, the shinka is not my DD....i have a B9 for the snowy, rainy weather!