FazdaRX_8

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I daily a red 1995 ford probe, about 30mpg
pulls right through the snow

ken-x8

My 8 is my daily driver. When I bought it in '06, I kept my '87 Accord to use on snow days, parking at the airport and Home Depot runs. Kept it about four years, until it flunked inspection with too many things to be worth putting money into. By then I had replaced the OE tires with all seasons, so I have a chance if I get caught out in snow. If there's much of a snow forecast I can work at home.

Times when I used the Honda instead of the 8 because of threatening forecasts were really annoying. As nice as the Honda was as a regular car (had it for over 200,000 miles) the 8 is so much more fun to drive, even on a dull commute.

If you had a really hot wife or girlfriend, would you limit sex to the weekend and just take cold showers during the week?

Ken

9krpmrx8

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I hate driving a daily mostly and for me weather is rarely an issue (although I am glad I didn't have to drive the 8 today since it froze) but I need it for when I have to places where I would otherwise constantly worry about my rims, door dings, etc. Plus it's nice to have so I don't have to rush when makes changes, installing mods, etc. But yeah when my 8 was stock, it was a great daily. I miss those times, having a modified car can be a PIA.

I am fairly certain my next daily will be a stock (okay maybe rims and coilovers but that is it) 09-11 RX-8 and I will give the Integra to my daughter for her first car.

alnielsen

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It's a 2014. What's that 6 month old. You don't have a track record to know how reliable it will be. My RX8 was reliable for the first 12 months too.
And FIAT stands for, Fix It Again Tony.

supergoat

2001 Audi allroad. AWD, twin turbo V6. Great daily but just as thirsty.

usafrotard

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1995 Subaru Legacy AWD wagon. Great all weather daily.

godesshunter

That's a nice looking gsr. I have a few friends who would go berzerk at the thought of that being a daily. Myself included a few years back. Its funny what a difference in location and climate can do for a car. Its very rare to find one of those in my area that isn't either rusted out, or riced beyond justification. the few that are in that rare of condition are garage queens.

9krpmrx8

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Thanks it was a lucky find. It was not modified much at It did have cut springs on it though that were not cut evenly but stuff for these is so cheap, I go the Eibach pro systems for cheap op Amazon. It also has a AEM intake and luckily that was the extent of its mods. What sold me though was the shape of the interior, all I did was replace the speakers and she was good to go.

Front springs that I took off.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9krpmrx8/11614227303/
Replacements
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9krpmrx8/11614346224/
Interior
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9krpmrx8/11436460344/http://www.flickr.com/photos/9krpmrx8/11436503956/
The best $4800.00 I have spent in a while,

Boeuf

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2011 BMW 323i.
Heated seats, heated steering wheel, and a set of Continental winter tires and she's great in the winter.

Redshift

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That is one clean GSR. Nice job picking that up.
Are they still as big of a theft target as they used to be, or have people moved on from them? I used to have a 99 SiR coupe (Canadian version of the Si) and I was constantly terrified it would never be where I parked it.

9krpmrx8

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Yeah theft is the biggest concern.

dynamho

Nice GSR 9k.
Honda I4s are one of the nicest sounding I4s.
I remember they had a real nice shift action too.

9krpmrx8

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It really drives great and handles well so long as you don't push it too hard.

Buckshot

As dumb as it sounds, my 8 is my winter car. We've had a pile of snow this year, but it hasn't been too bad driving around.

In the summer I'm on two wheels. 2012 Honda NC700SA



She's not the fastest bike on the road, but she's good in the corners and averages over 70mpg.

UrbanOcho

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I used the Ocho as a daily for two years during my "underemployment." In Southern California we have legendary stop and go traffic. Not only did I get **** poor miles per gallon, driving all the time in stop and go traffic for long distances killed my clutch and my left knee.


As soon as I got three months of a steady paycheck late last year, I leased a 2013 Mazda 3 with Skyactiv for the gas mileage and to save my knee. Winning!!! It's true what they say that Mazda makes cars for people who enjoy driving. If I didn't care about the driving experience, I would have leased a Civic. I get awesome gas mileage. It's a fun car to drive during the week. The Ocho goes to work on days when there's a holiday or a reason why there would be less traffic in town, and of course, he zoom-zooms on weekends

gendry

I have an Audi S4 which was supposed to be the DD. It quickly turned into the wife's car. The S4 is great and can do anything fast and easily, but it lacks steering/road feel and lets the good parts of the RX8 really shine.

shadycrew31

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What year S4?