holy crap.. I honestly cannot tell which part of the car you took that reflection of?
I'm confused by what I"m looking at!!!

 

It's my trunk

 

I heard somewhere that if you always wax in the same direction as the air flow, you won't get circular swirls and any marks you do get will be far less noticeable.

Any truth to that?

 

That is some mean shine!!!!

 

There's your problem. I just slap on a coat of Z2 and call it a day.

It's a losing battle to keep a car squeaky clean, so I just do the bare minimum waxing, mainly to get up close to the paint to spot any early rust spot. After every wax job, take a bunch of pictures of your pristine car so you can use them as wallpapers. But forget about keeping the real thing clean, it's just too painful.

 

True enough. And black is the worst to keep clean. I treat it more as a protecting job than to keep show-car looks.

It does keep the water beading for several months though, whenever I do get a chance to wash the car. Which I'm thinking will be a lot more than I planned on this winter: my place in the nation's capital has a heated garage. i.e. bad news for all that salty slushy snow sticking to the car. At least there's an indoor wash bay.

 

YES! Clay bar the car IMMEDIATELY! It will pick up a lot of "rail dust" on its trip from the factory.

 

What Eug said about more for protection than show. Somebody commented on a picture of mine that I hadn't even fully cleaned out the wax between the hood and headlight.

While I really admire you guys with zaino'd appearance and I understand you have to care for your paint ... I kind of like my car to not stand out TOO much in the parking lot at school. Been vandalized there with a different car. I LOVE all the VR's and other colours but to me, I want my car to blend a bit, to be a bit hard to see maybe, but still a batmobile. So even when it's a bit dirty, I don't mind ... although not enough to damage paint.

 

Almost....that is correct on the hood, roof and trunk. But on sides of car stright up and down is best.

Steer clear of circular motions.

 

damn so much excitement...

The dealer is suggesting an extended warranty of 2 more years comprehensive to make it 5 years/100,000km in total.

What do you guys think about extended warranties?

 

I have the one that's 160,000km and I plan on keeping my car. If its a lease don't even bother unless you are planning to buy the car after.

 

I bought the car. I'm planning to keep it forever (until it runs down into the ground).
They're offering the 2 extra years (up to 5yr/100,000km) for $1524.

How much is the 7 year one? (adding another 4 years)

 

no extended warrenty...

some people sorta wish their warrenty is over just so they can mod their cars more hardcore...

well, think about this, lower the car, your suspension warrenty is gone...

if you decide to do any engine mods, I know, you havea CAi already...but yea...any troubles, You MIGHT be able to fight with them, but its just a hassle, they will throw all sorts if excuses at you wasting your time.

or maybe later you want more power and decide to go FI..

then your warrenty is done for sure....no questions there.

so i wouldn't and your already so excited about the car.!

MOD AWAY!!

 

well the first mod I'll be doing for sure is the clear corners and the fender strakes. Next spring when weather warms up. I'll be doing the brake caliper red paint. And then in the summer, I am considering the Mazdaspeed dual-canister exhaust...

ahaha, see how much thought I've gone into it already in the past year of lurking here?

 

Welcome to 8 ownership. Good thing you got a VR, you don't have to worry about you car getting in an accident.

I claybar my car every spring (preference) using the Mothers 3 step. I think what type of wax you use is totally personal preference. The end results are very similar. Instead of getting Gay-DM clear corners why not get the RP supercar instead. You will like the results much more.

Juergen

 

Do you mean RP supercat? That's an exhaust though.. what does that have to do with JDM clear corners?

 

I guess what he means is think about mods that will give you much more utility and tangible benefit to the driving experience, as opposed to just cosmetic add-ons. For instance, I would whole-heartedly recommend saving for an upgraded suspension instead throwing a hundred here, a hundred there for 'little things' that don't do much (i.e. corners, strakes). It'll give you some time to learn how the car feels before you change things, so you can judge better afterwards.

Of course, it's all your own preference from here on in, people will give you all sorts of varying opinions.

 

What's wrong with the mazdaspeed dual-can exhaust?

 

Choose your Coverage - This is for an 2008 {May be cheaper for '07}
36 MONTHS / 80,000 KM $529.00
42 MONTHS / 100,000 KM $629.00
48 MONTHS / 100,000 KM $720.00
60 MONTHS / 100,000 KM $1,624.00
72 MONTHS / 120,000 KM $2,224.00 72 MONTHS / 160,000 KM $2,474.00
84 MONTHS / 160,000 KM $2,674.00

http://www.mazda.ca/eng/getin/mazdam...&ModelName=RX8

http://www.mazda.ca/files/rx8_experience.pdf

I have the 72mo/160 000. Can't believe you haven't checked this site out and built your own car??

 

I paid....Canadian$$

April 30, 2007 - New 2006 GT, Velocity Red with sunroof...

List - $41,400
Dealer Discount - $4000 (+520 Pre Delivery Expense)
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MSRP $37,920
Freight $755
Air Tax $100
Fuel $75
Theft Pkg $299
Ext. Warr.(72/160km) $2349
Other(upgrades/MSKit)$6884 [All upgrades listed in sig.]
Gold Pkg. $895
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$49,277
License Fee $75
Tax(7%gst,8%pst) $7400
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TOTAL: $56,754

MINUS (-$4000 Dealer)
-$7400 No Tax
-$1000 Cash Back
- $700 Sold OEM Rims
-$5055 No payments for 5 Months plus no service fee
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Total Savings $ 14,155 ($18,155 total with 4000 already subtracted above. Also forgot to add the $3500 in free upgrades, totalling $21,655)


TOTAL: $56,754
SAVINGS: $14,155 { $9,100 (not including free payments)}
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$42,599 In reality really paid... [$39,099 with $3500 Performance Pkg.]


I got don't pay for 5 months, 1000 cash back $13, 500 down, $3500 Free Performance Pkg. and free oil changes for 1 year! No installation charges on my upgrades- (Paid for - Full MS bumper and spoiler). Also got $4000 off the list price for the 2006 which I purchased in April and picked up in May. Almost forgot 0.9% Financing!!3yrs.

 

That is a ridiculous amount of savings!!!
Finally the 2008 catalog is out on Mazda CAnada website.

NO CHANGES AT ALL except for colors from 2007, but they want $100 more! LOL

 

Hey Leesha,

From the time you made the deal complete to the actual time you picked up your car. How long did it take?

 

I could have had my car in a week but all the accessories had to be ordered and my car came from Quebec. No more were available in Ontario. Plus I didn't want mine until June but picked it up at the end of April.

 

I just thin personally that doing cosmetic upgrades on a car that is a) heavy already (3000lbs) and b) race track orientated is a waste of time and money. You want to improve what the car is already good at like turning and stopping, and leave the rest as is. I still think the essesence of modding is personalizing your ride, but I realize everyone has different tastes. Maybe what I am saying is don't forget to stay true to the roots of the car.

 

holy crap that was the LONGEST downtime ever for the site...

BTW, anyone have 1st gear hesitations with the MS CAI installed?