AQA101

After four and a half years and 100.000 miles with two RX-8 (first was black, second was red), I felt it was time for a change.

The RX-8 is one of the best cars there is for that kind of money and I've enjoyed every moment in it. Anyhow, I want something different and I need something bigger, since my wife got a smaller car than she had before and my Mazda happens to be a Volvo dealer as well.

"Volvo???" you might reply.

"Yes" I might answer.

It's a damn great ride and a total change of paradigm - Diesel for Rotary, AT for MT, compact SUV for 4-door-sportscar (well, and apart from that, it has one of best stereos money can buy).

Regarding the looks, judge yourselves, the bigger one is mine and the smaller one my wife's car. Matching colors ...

dozer

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wow you can probably have sex in the back now

Myriad

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Grats on the purchases, have fun with your new (cars)

Renesis07

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RX8 to RX8 to Volvo wagon = withdrawel twitches :

JRichter

Congrats - love the looks of modern Volvos.

dillsrotary

Ah, european diesels, if only we could get them here.

Rotard

say goodbye to sex appeal and hello to the constant bindings of fatherhood that will wear on you like a constant heavy burden.. Always weighing you down and sucking the remaining lifeforce away from you like an unstoppable all-consuming force. lol! teehee im jk ofc

04RX8man

^WTF do you have a brain Rotard? If not u better find something to stick in there! Damn...anyways...congrats on the new purchase I like the looks of them....and diesel is def the way to go anymore

Marklar

The Volvos are cool, in a boring family-car kind of way. Very very practical though. Have you blown the engine yet by waiting for the beep?

Rotard, WTF is a "gangled creature"? Did you mean "gangling creature," or did someone actually "gangle" you at some point? I had no idea it could be used as a verb.

04RX8man

yeah maybe he has been gangled!! haha....and someone distracted his brain i think.....

Renesis07

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THIS IS A PSA FOR ALL OF RX8CLUB

ROTARD HAS OFFICIALLY REPLACED DAROTARY.

That is all.

Marklar

^
So that makes him...DaTard?

zoom44

sex in the back of the 8 is no problem

04RX8man

^hahaha....yeah DaTARD!!!!!!

alnielsen

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Saabaru's?

robrecht

Nice Vulvas. There's no greater joy than fatherhood ... but I owe it to my 2 little buddyboys that I teach them well about sports cars. One will inherit the 8, and the other will inherit the Miata. Daddy should not drive a Volvo ... wife can drive the Honda Pilot, but Daddy has a responsibility to teach the boys about sports cars.

User24

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Huh, I did not realize they made Volvos anymore! Must have been 20 years since I saw one last. Supposedly built tank-like when they used to think it was good to be rigid, rather than energy-absorbing for crashes as modern science knows.

8 Maniac

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Nothing against miatas, but the one who gets the 8 is the luckier one... unless you've done some pretty sweet stuff to the miata. Both cars are great, but the 8 is better.

If I remember correctly, they always pushed for good safety ratings though. They were still pretty high on safety ratings for a while I think.

delhi

I always liked the C30. It's quite a unique car I test drove the T5 version and it wasn't bad at all. Certainly no where as engaging as the rx-8. But for a FWD hatch, it's not bad and i like the unique styling.
We also nearly bought a V50 wagon. It was our 2nd runner up. But alas, the Mazda6 wagon suited us better.

Not sure if you know....
http://www.autonews.com/article/2008...671907499/1193

Marklar

Wrong, the Miata will still be running.

Razz1

Yikes! its even ugly too!

Oh well it works for you. That's great.

Have fun with the new truck.

ZachLegend

Interesting looking car.

volcomx31

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if you're going to go with a hatch, go with the R32

alz0rz

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robrecht

Both of my boys prefer the Miata, no comparison as far as they're concerned. Since there's only two seats, it's special time with Daddy, and they can sit in the front and see out.