Sorry Children lol
 

Im going to be in Vegas this weekend, So no go for me. .

What's happening in Vegas this weekend? I wish I could go to SEMA this year. But I don't think it's gonna happen.

I was looking on the wii and it said that it should snow this weekend :( :) (snow is bad for the car but good for the board)

Saturday I am going to the bodyworld thing at two but friday night I could come out to play..

I'll be up in Ogden all weekend, I'll be lookin for ya Husain! A co-worker said he saw a red one up there with flames on it.

Oh Jethro, I think I coaxed my sunroof into behaving finally! I just had to give it a lot of love and affection...and white lithium. This car is such a woman! But I still gotta get you to look at my paint and rims if we ever can meet up. And SS will just get better as the years go, the RX8's are just starting to get really tricked out.:drool: But I'm glad you got your priorities straight ;)

Snow tires can wait at least 2 more months - until the snow is actually sticking...in the roads...for more than an hour.

I can't wait to go snowboarding too though!:wiggle: Let me know if any of you know someone who's tryin to sell a 153 or longer - I gotta get a powder board this year, and meet someone with an SUV to put it in :) It's gonna be a good season, I hope I can afford it!!

04, you should say what's up to the Vegas crew while you're there, they're pretty chill.

Hey guys, quick question i am hoping someone can help me out with. DO you know of anywhere i can pick up replacement headlights and taillights? I need to put new ones on my car so i can pass the lights off for a fix it ticket i got haha stupid po po's.

Also i think i have to sell my beautiful 8 :(

Thanks guys.

Do you need to whole housing or just bulbs? If bulbs try checker, autozone. If you need the housings, I'd try ebay. But if they are the HID's your gonna be spending bookoo bucks, those things are pricey. I've seen them on ebay for as low as 230 per light but still $$$.

Guys I'm just slammed at work. I took 2 days off last week and now I'm paying for it!

I don't know when I'll be able to come out and play, no visibility for the next couple of weeks.

And as soon as they start putting salt on the roads, my 8 goes into the garage until spring. Not a happy time of year, but she's not going to ever be exposed to road salt. This will be the second winter I've kept her in the garage for the season.

I drove her to work today since it was such a nice day, and the weekend is supposed to be rain and SNOW!

I am not looking forward to driving in the shit. Still looking for a beater if anyone knows of anything. Shooting for an older Subaru Impreza 2.5rs 98-01, preferably a two door. I want to build it into a rally car, already have it planned out and most of the products lined up just need the car before I start buying the parts.

Mike the sooner you can get her off the road in winter, the longer she'll last.

I bought a BN '80 RX-7 in late '79 and it developed rust in hidden areas after only a couple of winters. It eventually ate through from the backside. And I washed that car weekly, religiously. Engine compartment, underside, as best as I could. Don't let anyone tell you that road salt won't hurt a car.

My beater ('91 Explorer) is also rusted-out on the bottom from road salt. I bought that one BN also and it took about six years for it to rust through from the backside of the sheet metal.

The RX-8 season draws to a close for Jethro (sniff!)
 

As I write this, the snow is falling outside.

Last year spoiled me. We didn't get our first snowstorm until December 1st. I was driving my 8 right up through the end of November. I don't think I'll be that lucky this winter.

We still have some good days ahead of us, before winter comes to stay for a few months, but this first snowfall is a sad time. Usually we don't see salt on the roads until December, when the snow doesn't melt off quickly after a fall. Cities and UDOT don't want to use up their salt budget too early.

But the writing is on the wall. Time to think about one more detailing and an end-of-season oil change before parking her on her little carpet out in the garage until sometime in March.

Good luck to all you brave souls who drive your 8 year-round. Remember that most other people forget how to drive on snow and have to re-learn each winter, so watch-out for those jerks who seemingly want to crash into your beautiful cars!

A reprieve
 

Looks like after today, the sun and dry weather return for a while. Woo-hoo!

I drove my 8 last Friday, but except for a trip to the gas station Saturday morning, she sat in the garage all weekend. I hate it when the storms fall on weekends. Two in a row.

I may have to drive it to work a couple of days this week. :)

Snow??? What's that??

Phil, you sound just like my brother. He lives in Henderson.

Snow doesn't bother me. It's the damn salt and sand they dump all over the roads once the snow comes in earnest.




You DO know about sand, don't you? ;)

Now sand and sand on the road I can talk about:) Salt on a road? - does that come from driving too close to the Great Salt Lake? They sure don't know what snow is in Henderson:icon_no2: and obviously your brother is smarter than you, he left the snow and the salt:)

^If I could earn a living down there, I'd be there in a heartbeat. My brother works for a grocer; I'm in composites.

He left here to get away from his ex-wife, so maybe he is smarter than me!

They put rock-salt on the roads to melt the snow & ice. It works down to about 20 degrees, below that they use specialized snow-melting "super-salt" with additives. The bottom line is, it eats away cars. I have an old Explorer (and had an RX-7) to prove it. My 8 stays in the garage when the roads have that yuck on them.

Anyone going driving Saturday? Sunday looks like it might change with some dark clouds, anyway I will be running around if anyone is interested in putting something together.

I have an old friend in town visiting Th, Fr, Sat. Will be running him to the airport on Saturday, but as of now I'm not sure what time, so I can't say for sure when I'd be free. A drive sure sounds like a good idea, Klone.

I took the 8 out last night after several days in the garage. Was a nice run.

I know the snow sucked this weekend, so I waxed the car and changed my filter. At least snow is good for projects, we can make the drive on Sunday as well, the weather may change, not sure what it will be like, but KSL has dark clouds on Sunday. I am sure it will change, I am free either day. It might be one of the last good weekends we get.

Sunday looks better according to the weather people. If anyone wants that day I am up for it.

im up. . .
 

You know im up for it :) Just might have a halfway torn apart car :) been working on hooking up a aftermarket amp to the Bose system.

I'm out sadly, will be for a couple weeks. I got into a wreck last night and she needs to go to the hospital. I'll update more later, just too sad right now.

Bose! Dude! What happended? Forget the car, are YOU OK?


Think of this as an opportunity to upgrade to some custom mods.

did you get hurt bose, how bad was the wreck, was it just cosmetic or will she need surgery? My baby is in the shop again for second gear grinding, any ideas on what it could be? I just had them replace all the syncro's not to long ago :(

Thank you for your concern JT, and yes I am just fine.

Relatively low speed crash, I was at a double left hand turn, in the left lane she was in the right left turn lane. She was already stopped, and I was approaching and it turned green. So I slowed to about 20ish, and took the turn as usual. I drive this almost everyday. Once the turn had been completed and she decided she either wanted my lane or wanted to do a U turn cause she ended up in my lane I tried to slam on the brakes but to no avail she was to close for me to do so in time. I have no pics of the damage right now but will shortly.