Nah, we got to 74 or so today, and it was georgeous. No envy here!

 

phew... poor eastern folks that had snow days today then :D

 

Sup fellow mountain guys,

I have seen some opinions on some dealers here in utah. There are two that I have been strongly considering on buying from, one was the Freeway Mazda in ogden, and Allen Patch Mazda in orem. Has anyone had experience for the one in orem. Right now that is the closest and I know the two I am considering are on different sides of the valley and the closest to me right now is the one in orem. I live in price, but my parents live in kemmerer,wy so I spend queit abit of in wyoming and ogden is closer. The things i just said might sound stupid but I am willing to travel almost any dealer in utah to be treated right right and good a good price. To bad my favorite dealer is a GM only dealer. This also will be my first non GM vehicle.

When I first heard of the rx-8 and started reading about it the more I wanted it. Then in december i finally test drove a Black one and loved, I live how when i got on the throttle how the front would rise slightly (maybe i just thought) but was just amazed. The rotary has always been my favorite engine and I have spend alot of time researching and studying the rotary and consider myself every knowledgeable on this engine. I loved hitting redline in the car. :D

Sry to bore you guys I just can't wait any longer, depending on constuction season I might be able to get one, Price of the car isn't the problem, its the insurence. The car i am looking at getting is a Winning Blue rx-8. 6Spd, Leather (going to have a shop redo the seats to match the car, like in the red ones).

Thank guys sry to take up time and space, I to confess my love for this car. Oh one last thing who likes to listen to 97.1 ZHT, I still laugh at the "What michael jackson is doing at this moment" and the "Martha Stewart in Jail" things they play, and I agree utah sun sets can't be beat.

 

Chevy. Im gunna recommend bountiful mazda and ask for Jack Peake

 

Have any of you been able to get your dealer to do the "L" flash? when i took mine in for recall work they said they couldnt reflash it with out a certain problem, cuz it could cause problems.?

 

just claim a CEL light

 

CEL,as JERCS said, and also tell them you had trouble with flooding. According to Mazda, if the customer complains about flooding this L flash is the definitive fix, and will be done if that's mentioned.

 

Freeway was awesome to deal with from the very beginning, and like you I was willing to travel to any dealer in the state to be treated right. I will admit though that I never visited the Orem dealership.

For insurance I use Bear River Mutual. They are a very strict insurance company (they will not insure rx-7's for instance) and they gave me a rate that was half of what Geico etc gave me. You might want to look into them.

 

Just a question, how come you left at D Dahle?

edit: EDITED FOR ME NOT READING!!!!! Nevermind. :D

 

Thanks for the replys.

Omicron. i replied to your PM but im gunna post here also incase you didnt get it.

I did get your last message and thought i replied sorry for the confusion. Also i thought i was signed up on the club web site. I remeber my name on there when it first came up. Any way im sorry but at this point i will have to pass on the group buy. Thanks a ton though. Dragon

 

Not a problem, Dragon. I got and replied to your PM too. :D

 

Thanks fellow utah guys for the dealship recomendations. I wish I could get the 8 tomorrow but not ready yet since i am 6'5" I need to test drive somemore. I am playing to do that soon. Last one i test drove was a buy back it was black, cloth seats, and manuel and had 2,400 miles on it. It felt great to me. I just can't see why people are complaining about the clutch is more difficult in the 8. I dirve a manuel truck and it is alot different then a car. The only other manuel car i was drove was a stupid honda civic (yuck I really hate those cars) I didn't have any problems with the clutch in the 8. I was like this is awesome when the clutch started engaging. I will have to see what I finally decide on. Nothing is going to change my mind on this car the engine could blow up every 5,000 miles and I still wouldn't care. The car is plenty fast for me but I am not buying it for speed, I am buying it for the rotary, and that fact that is so much fun to drive. Thanks for listening to me. I gotta plan a trip to Copper globe, goblin valley and other cool places like that. I wish I could take me friends 8 but need to take my truck because of the dirt roads. My number one rule, this car will never touch dirt, that is what trucks are for. I love utah, such awesome scenery in my back yard, that poeople travel all over the world to see. Thanks again for you help.

 

I second Freeway Mazda. Ask for Bill Packard and tell him Matt, the guy that gave him the ride in a Ferrari, sent ya. He should hook you up. There number is: 621-1100

 

Hey 8's the SLC rotary club is more then likely going to have a meet on the 18th. Going to go to the Auto-X at the E-Center. If anyone is down, just go to SLC Rotary Club and go to the Events page!

See you there!

 

edit: ok im obviously not 'precious' nor do i live in iowa.

 

ok that last post was from me... wierd.


who did i wave at on friday at the creek rd / highland dr intersection? also who did i wave at this morning driving a yellow on i-15 nb near the 600 s exit?

 

I was in that area on Friday... I don't remember anyone waving at me. What color was the 8?

 

mine is sunlight silver and yours would have been titanium...

 

I wave at another red around there... lol

 

HELP!!! Why are people able to post as me?? AW!

 

Not to worry, it only seems to happen to brand new members. After you've been here a while, it won't happen anymore. =) It's some sort of glitch that I haven't heard has been able to be fixed yet. <shrug> At least there wasn't anything obscene posted as your user name. Let's look on the bright side.

Welcome to the forum, Precious. :D

--Landon

 

Thanks Landon!

Nothing obscene as of yet!! Although it's happened a few times.

 

Project, when this happens, just log out of the board and log back in as who you should be. If it keeps happening after this, go into User/CP, Edit Options, and set "Automatically login when you return to the site? (uses cookies)" to "No."

Hope this helps!

 

Aight, guys... I know nothing about cars, let alone rotary engines. So, don't crucify me for my ignorance... (Thanks in advanced. :D)

I was driving past Sinclair on West Temple and 9th south... I noticed that natural gas is sitting at 91 cents a gallon... What's the possibility of converting a rotary engine to natural gas? Does the mechanics of the rotary engine prevent that?

Just a random thought I had...

 

Actually, if I remember correctly, the general rotary engine design is better for a multiple fuel setup (you can put different fuels in the one engine, with differing results, of course). But, I don't know how hard it would be to convert the specific Renesis design to natural gas.

---jps