New owner
07-09-2019, 10:24 PM
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New owner
I am 65. Have owned a Triumph GT6, TR6, Subaru SVX and a Mini Cooper S amongst other vehicles.. So I went looking for what I would assume will be my last car. Went looking for a RX8. Had planned to buy a white one, but came across a 2006 Black one with 20,000 Kilometers on a new motor. Never winter driven. But I will. Not that it snows much here in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. Found the car on AutoTrader. Just a ferry boat ride away.
Told the seller the same story that I was looking for my last car, and was not a tire kicker. He and his wife arrived with two cars at the ferry terminal to pick me up. Told me he held on to the car for me. Turned down offers of parents trying to buy it for the kids. Said he wouldn't sell it to teenagers. Also a lot of people didn't understand the oil procedures. We went straight to the insurance burrow. Don't you want to go to the bank so I can pay you first. Nah, lets do this first, its closer. he starts taking the plates off. His wife and I are doing the transfer. So I go to pay with my card and its declined and declined again. Well Tom I hope this doesn't happen on the other end. Not to worry lets find a bank. At the bank no problem. I pay him first and get some cash for the insurance. bank says it must be their machine. Back we go. The ladies at the insurance company are not amused. Even with both of us trying to get them to smile. His wife chimes in....it's good us girls are here to take care of these two clowns. Great great people I bought the car from.
Get to the ferry....and hey it was a long weekend , only had to wait 45 minutes to catch the extra sailing....anyways I get to the ferry, a young guy 20ish, you are in lane five. He looks around, and if you want to make some noise, lite her up. And gives me two thumbs up.
So I have had the car a week and know more then I did yesterday. Found out how to turn on the outside temperature display. Found the hidden charging port in the armrest. Loaded up the CD changer.
One question to begin with. The other night I was out in the dark....daylight saving time....does the radio itself light up?. is there a button I need to push. In the dark you can not see any of the radio or heater controls
Tom Nanaimo BC
Told the seller the same story that I was looking for my last car, and was not a tire kicker. He and his wife arrived with two cars at the ferry terminal to pick me up. Told me he held on to the car for me. Turned down offers of parents trying to buy it for the kids. Said he wouldn't sell it to teenagers. Also a lot of people didn't understand the oil procedures. We went straight to the insurance burrow. Don't you want to go to the bank so I can pay you first. Nah, lets do this first, its closer. he starts taking the plates off. His wife and I are doing the transfer. So I go to pay with my card and its declined and declined again. Well Tom I hope this doesn't happen on the other end. Not to worry lets find a bank. At the bank no problem. I pay him first and get some cash for the insurance. bank says it must be their machine. Back we go. The ladies at the insurance company are not amused. Even with both of us trying to get them to smile. His wife chimes in....it's good us girls are here to take care of these two clowns. Great great people I bought the car from.
Get to the ferry....and hey it was a long weekend , only had to wait 45 minutes to catch the extra sailing....anyways I get to the ferry, a young guy 20ish, you are in lane five. He looks around, and if you want to make some noise, lite her up. And gives me two thumbs up.
So I have had the car a week and know more then I did yesterday. Found out how to turn on the outside temperature display. Found the hidden charging port in the armrest. Loaded up the CD changer.
One question to begin with. The other night I was out in the dark....daylight saving time....does the radio itself light up?. is there a button I need to push. In the dark you can not see any of the radio or heater controls
Tom Nanaimo BC
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