Replaced my 8 with a BMW... and I'm coming back.
05-19-2010, 06:39 PM
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Replaced my 8 with a BMW... and I'm coming back.
Maybe.
I mean, I love my E90 330i. It's a 6-speed sport model (tighter suspension, power side bolster seats, big wheels/tires), but I'm just kind of not into driving it like the RX-8.
I used to look forward to driving the 8. It didn't have the grunt or the refinement of my 3 series, but it didn't matter. The seating position, the communicative steering, smooth hum of the rotary, the short shifting... it was so very zen.
I sold my 8 when gas here in San Diego was about $5/gallon. With the 8's crap mpg, I was spending over $450/month just in gas. My 330i gets about 24 mpg.
Anyway, I'm thinking of buying another 8. Probably a 2006 or 2007. If you have an 8, keep it! There's really nothing like it.
I mean, I love my E90 330i. It's a 6-speed sport model (tighter suspension, power side bolster seats, big wheels/tires), but I'm just kind of not into driving it like the RX-8.
I used to look forward to driving the 8. It didn't have the grunt or the refinement of my 3 series, but it didn't matter. The seating position, the communicative steering, smooth hum of the rotary, the short shifting... it was so very zen.
I sold my 8 when gas here in San Diego was about $5/gallon. With the 8's crap mpg, I was spending over $450/month just in gas. My 330i gets about 24 mpg.
Anyway, I'm thinking of buying another 8. Probably a 2006 or 2007. If you have an 8, keep it! There's really nothing like it.
05-19-2010, 07:47 PM
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That is EXACTLY what I am doing!!!!! And that's the explanation I give too!! I tell my friends who bash my 8s 0-60 that I'll just get on my bike and destroy them hahahaha.
05-19-2010, 09:20 PM
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I used to look forward to driving the 8. It didn't have the grunt or the refinement of my 3 series, but it didn't matter. The seating position, the communicative steering, smooth hum of the rotary, the short shifting... it was so very zen.
Anyway, I'm thinking of buying another 8. Probably a 2006 or 2007. If you have an 8, keep it! There's really nothing like it.
J/K
05-19-2010, 10:33 PM
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I hear ya.....I went from an 05 RX8 GT to a Mazdaspeed 3 to a BMW 545I and back to an 09 R3. I plan on holding on to the R3 in hopes that it becomes rare like the RX7 R1.
05-25-2010, 04:42 PM
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I just hope gas doesn't go sky-high again.
btw, the new rx-8 interior is awful. what were they thinking? the steering wheel looks like what a previous-gen rx-8 steering wheel would look like.
btw, the new rx-8 interior is awful. what were they thinking? the steering wheel looks like what a previous-gen rx-8 steering wheel would look like.
05-26-2010, 02:46 PM
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Heh.. I just bought a leftover 2009 R3 because this car just gets in your head. There is nothing else like it. Screw the mileage, I have a VW diesel for that.
05-26-2010, 03:19 PM
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Ever since I drove an R3, I have been wanting one so bad. Made my Series I seem no fun, which I had to sell anyways, and now I drive a '99 Cavalier. I just hope I can find a quick $45,000 so I can have an R3 as a summer car.
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