chiketkd

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Year: 2006
Make: Mazda
Model: RX-8
Price: $10000
Mileage: 88000
Color: Galaxy Gray
Private or Dealer Listing: Private Listing
Location (US State/Canada/Int): VA

Location: Charlottesville, VA (zip code 22903)

Mileage: 88K (as of 1/10/2012)

Model: Base, non-sunroof, 6spd manual w/ the optional Sport Package - this includes stability control, HID lights and fog lights. The car also has the optional rear wing and 6 disc cd changer.

Price: $10,000.00 for everything (priced for a quick sale)

Reason for Sale: Between going back to school, a new job and picking up the game of tennis again, I'm just not driving this car as much as I used to. It was retired as a daily driver about 18 months ago.

Description: I'm the second owner of this RX-8 and bought it in November of 2007 from Carmax with 13K miles on the odometer. Mechanically the car is sound and the engine has never been flooded. Redline fluids in the transmission and rear diff. Per Mazda's recommendation, I've only use regular (non-synthetic oil) in this engine in the recommended 5W-20 viscosity (Castrol) and the oil is changed religiously every 4K miles. New Continental Extreme Contact DWS tires were put on the car 10K miles ago (70+% tread left). Car has a current VA inspection valid through 3/12. I've only used Premium gas in this car and when it was my daily driver, I averaged between 20-21mpg in mixed driving.

Vehicle History: Clean title. No accidents. Only blemish was in 2010 when a pick-up truck scraped the passenger-side rear bumper when backing into a parking space at my office (my car was parked at the time). His insurance company (State Farm) covered the repairs at the body shop of my choice (Masters Auto Body). Repairs were done professionally and per the Body Shop's report the damage was only superficial.

Upgrades: This car is currently built to compete in the SCCA's STX class at the regional/divisional level:

Bilstein PSS9 coilovers (with custom 7K front Swift Springs)
Hotchkis 27mm MX-5 front swaybar (3 way adjustable)
Eibach 16mm MX-5 rear swaybar (2 way adjustable)
Racing Beat Intake
Black Halo Racing ignition system
Hypertech Max Energy Sport Tuner
Racing Beat mid-pipe w/ Davesport 100cpi high flow cat
Corksport catback
CG Lock
17x9 Enkei RPF1 wheels


Many of these parts were purchased from Stranoparts and the owner has given me great advice/direction with regards to making my set-up work. These efforts were rewarded in 2010 when I won the 2010 NE Divisional. The car also finished 2nd in the 2010 DC region STX season championship (lost by 3 points) and has won several season championships with the Blue Ridge Region in stock class and now STX.

The car was my daily driver for ~3yrs and has the usual door dings, light scratches and paint chips/flakes. The only major imperfection on the exterior is a dent in the lower rocker panel by the passenger-side door when it slipped off a jack. So I'd give the exterior a 7.5 out of 10. The interior is near perfect with no major blemishes (9 out of 10). Since the car has been sitting a bunch, just this past winter I have started noticing some faint cracks on the dashboard in front of the passenger seat (this is apparently a common problem with RX-8's and the cracks appear above where the passenger-side air bag deploys).

Kelly Blue Book pricing for private party sale is between $11,500 to $9,500. Due to the dent in the lower passenger-side rocker panel and the rear bumper scraping incident, I moved my price point towards the lower end of this range.

If interested, you can e-mail me directly at: chiketkd 'at' yahoo.com

Thanks for looking.

chiketkd

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I have a very interested buyer from the solo community. Sale pending...

chiketkd

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The car is SOLD