What was your previous car?
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Sold my 93 VR RX7 that I had for 8 years and my 01 Focus ZX3 for my 04 BB 6MT RX-8 GT.
A guy in Norway bought my RX7!
I loved my RX7, but amreally enjoying my RX8!
It doesn't have the power or the style, but I wanted to go from 2 to 1.....insurance was killing me.
I wanted a newer car that I could have fun in that also was a rotary.
A guy in Norway bought my RX7!
I loved my RX7, but amreally enjoying my RX8!
It doesn't have the power or the style, but I wanted to go from 2 to 1.....insurance was killing me.
I wanted a newer car that I could have fun in that also was a rotary.
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From: Northern California
The order is best aproxment I have at this time, off the top....
56 Ford
58 Fiat
60 Ford Fairlane
56 Mersedes 190SL
66 VW Bug
67 VW bug
69 Karmen Giah
68 Ford Fairlane 500
70 Mercury Mavrick
71 Mazda RX-2
73 Mazda RX-2
74 Mazda RX-4
75 Mazda RX-4
79 Mazda RX-7
81 Mazda GLC-L
84 Mazda 626LX
86 Mazda 626GT
86 Mercury Sable
87 Mazda RX-7 Turbo II
88 Chevy van
89 Chevy van
91 Chevy van
93 Mazda 626LX
94 Mazda 626LX
01 Nissan Pathfinder LE
04 RX-8 Tour
08 Mazda 5 Tour
Now that I'm retired and not driving near as much I only have 27K on the 8. Cant wait to see whats NEXT!!! I have driven 519K miles on Rotary alone!!! Rotary I know!!!
56 Ford
58 Fiat
60 Ford Fairlane
56 Mersedes 190SL
66 VW Bug
67 VW bug
69 Karmen Giah
68 Ford Fairlane 500
70 Mercury Mavrick
71 Mazda RX-2
73 Mazda RX-2
74 Mazda RX-4
75 Mazda RX-4
79 Mazda RX-7
81 Mazda GLC-L
84 Mazda 626LX
86 Mazda 626GT
86 Mercury Sable
87 Mazda RX-7 Turbo II
88 Chevy van
89 Chevy van
91 Chevy van
93 Mazda 626LX
94 Mazda 626LX
01 Nissan Pathfinder LE
04 RX-8 Tour
08 Mazda 5 Tour
Now that I'm retired and not driving near as much I only have 27K on the 8. Cant wait to see whats NEXT!!! I have driven 519K miles on Rotary alone!!! Rotary I know!!!
Last edited by Old Rotor; Apr 12, 2008 at 03:17 PM.
Bite my shinny metal...
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: Chicago
First car was a '92 Pontiac Bonneville SE, Then I got a '03 Nissan 350Z Performance in Silverstone I ordered in Aug. '02, rec'd in late Nov. '02. While I had that I bought a '91 Jeep Cherokee Ltd. to drive in the winter (now it has a 3" lift w/ 32" tires, a total of 5" of lift). When the Z went out of warranty I had a few close calls on expensive repairs and one $500+ front brake job, so I decided to sell it. I had no idea what to do after that. After about 2 months without a sports car I needed something. Test drove a few cars and like everyone else, the test drive of the '8 did it.
I will say this... No mater what car I ever have, my first love will always be a 1981 Fiat Spider 2000 (Turbo). I learned to drive on it, but he sold it right before I turned 16!
I will say this... No mater what car I ever have, my first love will always be a 1981 Fiat Spider 2000 (Turbo). I learned to drive on it, but he sold it right before I turned 16!
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From: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Well I chaned my whole set of cars from
2003 LX470 to 2005 Range Rover 4.2 Super Charged (wives car)
2004 Mitsu EVO VIII to 2006 Mitsu EVO IX (weekend car)
2004 Mitsu Pajero 3.8 to 2005 RX8 Type S 6M (my commuting car which i love the most)
2003 LX470 to 2005 Range Rover 4.2 Super Charged (wives car)
2004 Mitsu EVO VIII to 2006 Mitsu EVO IX (weekend car)
2004 Mitsu Pajero 3.8 to 2005 RX8 Type S 6M (my commuting car which i love the most)
(or I'm just cheap). 
What am I doing here?
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From: 2017 Miata RF Launch Edition
1. '88 Ford Aerostar (first vehicle, I could fit 15 friends in that badboy; too bad I didn't have that many)
2. '92 Saturn SL2 (Would you believe your grandparents could rip you off? Niether did I until I bought a car from them.)
3. '99 VW Jetta 2.Slow (returned 2 days later when I found out it was a flood car)
4. '99 VW Passat 1.8T (The best car I seldom drove. $3000+ of CPO warranty work done over two years).
5. '06 Scion tC (The best car I didn't know that I didn't want. It was actually a really nice car, just wasn't for me.)
6. '05 RX-8 MT (This car is viral. My buddy test drove one while killing some time buying a Mazda6 for his girlfriend and he bought it. I test drove his and had to buy it. I let a co-worker drive me to lunch in mine and he's searching Autotrader for his now
)
We had the Scion for about 3 months. The wife and I were supposed to share it and she was going to learn to drive stick. After several weeks of failed attempts at leaving various parking lots (she was fine in the lot but would just freeze on public roads), she gave up. She could never get over her phobia of somebody being mildly inconvenienced by having to wait behind her while she figured out the right clutch/gas ratio. So I decided to trade the Scion in for the RX-8. I figure if she's never going to drive it, it doesn't have to be such a compromise.
2. '92 Saturn SL2 (Would you believe your grandparents could rip you off? Niether did I until I bought a car from them.)
3. '99 VW Jetta 2.Slow (returned 2 days later when I found out it was a flood car)
4. '99 VW Passat 1.8T (The best car I seldom drove. $3000+ of CPO warranty work done over two years).
5. '06 Scion tC (The best car I didn't know that I didn't want. It was actually a really nice car, just wasn't for me.)
6. '05 RX-8 MT (This car is viral. My buddy test drove one while killing some time buying a Mazda6 for his girlfriend and he bought it. I test drove his and had to buy it. I let a co-worker drive me to lunch in mine and he's searching Autotrader for his now
)We had the Scion for about 3 months. The wife and I were supposed to share it and she was going to learn to drive stick. After several weeks of failed attempts at leaving various parking lots (she was fine in the lot but would just freeze on public roads), she gave up. She could never get over her phobia of somebody being mildly inconvenienced by having to wait behind her while she figured out the right clutch/gas ratio. So I decided to trade the Scion in for the RX-8. I figure if she's never going to drive it, it doesn't have to be such a compromise.
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From: Pittsburgh
Too many cars in my short driving career...Started about 5 years ago...
1st - 1992 Buick Riveria - Thought this was the best car ever when I had it, lol, totaled it...
2nd - 1992 Mazda 626 - From 'rents after totalization, worked well...
3rd - 1988 Oldsmobile 98 - Terrible Car, broke too much and waste dtoo much money in parts
4th - 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse - Thought it would be "cool" to rice something out...Ran well, but too much money into aftermarket parts for it...(I have some funny pics of the money I wasted it anyone wants to see them.)
5th(and currently) - 2005 RX-8 Shinka - What a great car, so glad I took the plunge and bought a real car...Makes me hapy everytime I look at her...
1st - 1992 Buick Riveria - Thought this was the best car ever when I had it, lol, totaled it...
2nd - 1992 Mazda 626 - From 'rents after totalization, worked well...
3rd - 1988 Oldsmobile 98 - Terrible Car, broke too much and waste dtoo much money in parts
4th - 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse - Thought it would be "cool" to rice something out...Ran well, but too much money into aftermarket parts for it...(I have some funny pics of the money I wasted it anyone wants to see them.)
5th(and currently) - 2005 RX-8 Shinka - What a great car, so glad I took the plunge and bought a real car...Makes me hapy everytime I look at her...
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89 Z-24 Cavalier ....3800 swap turbo'ed with a 12.1 quarter 
....street driven with over 100K on the 3800 motor 
......
still drive that car even today when I want to feel the torque...((ironic aye)) ....and I love waxing evo's or even fellow 8'ers in it
....street driven with over 100K on the 3800 motor ......still drive that car even today when I want to feel the torque...((ironic aye)) ....and I love waxing evo's or even fellow 8'ers in it
Former Nissan Junkie
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From: Taftville, CT
2004 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec-V (296whp, 283lb ft torque) (traded in to get wife a 2006 altima)
Precision GT3251r .63 exA/R / .70 compA/R
Precsion FMIC
Walbro 255
Denso 446cc injectors
3" Turbo back exhaust
SAFC2
Ton of other stuff....
1989 Toyota Supra Turbo (totalled by some woman who didn't feel the need to stop at her stop sign)
64k original miles
Targa top
Fully loaded
All stock
Precision GT3251r .63 exA/R / .70 compA/R
Precsion FMIC
Walbro 255
Denso 446cc injectors
3" Turbo back exhaust
SAFC2
Ton of other stuff....
1989 Toyota Supra Turbo (totalled by some woman who didn't feel the need to stop at her stop sign)
64k original miles
Targa top
Fully loaded
All stock
1992 geo storm
1995 honda civic si hatchback
2000 toyota celica gt-s 6spd
1999 honda civic ex
2002 acura rsx-s
2004 mazda rx-8 6spd
All of my previous cars were modded pretty good. And I miss them all except the storm and civic ex. Never should have sold the celica.
1995 honda civic si hatchback
2000 toyota celica gt-s 6spd
1999 honda civic ex
2002 acura rsx-s
2004 mazda rx-8 6spd
All of my previous cars were modded pretty good. And I miss them all except the storm and civic ex. Never should have sold the celica.
