It's awesome being the trailing car and hearing the awesome sounds in front of you. Pure delight. Thanks Kevin and Jason for the nice little drive today, I needed that! Car doesn't handle as bad as I thought. Might get down to the river tonight in Covington for a little photoshoot with the wife, if she's feeling up for it after work

 

See you tomorrow Tact.

 

OK guys.

I <3 the 135i i drove today. Still want to drive an e46 M3, but either way, it's time.

I got a terrible trade in offer, so i'm gonna do a small part out and sell.

Stuff that doesn't need stock replacements

Progress tech front and rear adjustable sway bars -- $250
Evor-R adjustable end links Front and Rear -- $100
Hawk HP+ front and rear pads with 1 DE weekend but tons and tons of life left $150
Mazmart ReMedy Water pump -- $150


Stuffs i need your stock + cash. These may go with the car if it sells before they do:
Ro_Ja R2-7 refinished gun metal. Some small rock chips, but no curbing. (rebranded Gram Lights 57S Pro)
18 x 9 +37 with 245/40/18 Toyo R1R's with 1 DE weekend and about 3000k miles on them (I'll try to get a penny tread depth pic later) -- $500 + Stock wheels and tires with enough tread to sell it and in nice-ish condition

HKS Hi-Power in good shape and awesome sounding as always -- $200 + Stock catback.

Car itself will go on Craig's List for $10k obo, but will go down if i get the stock stuff above put on.

2005 Titanium Grey GT with Red and Black interior. 104,XXX miles. Some odd scratches around the mazda emblem on the trunk, rock chips on the front bumper as well as a small crack under the grill.
Oil Cooler screens and Koyo Radiator will stay with the car.

That's it ladies and gents. PM me if you're interested any any of it.

 

Say it ain't so...

 

I agree with tactics 100%

 

Looked good today Tact.

 

Fuz, did you get to drive the Z06 as well? I really like the E46 M3, would love to have one. I also like the idea of a B6 S4, just not the gas mileage. In my mind, I don't want a WRX or EVO as I like a little creature comforts that the higher end vehicles are bringing. I just don't know how to go about selling my car yet.

 

anyone have or had this problem? my engine coolant light has been coming on, on the highways only. i checked the coolant level an there is plenty in it.

 

The z06 was a complete piece of garbage. Lots of broken interior pieces an the gauge cluster wasn't working. I still romped on it and had fun and would like I drive a better example. The local one was just trashed an made me not want one at all.

S4's are nice cars and think that are way nicer than the STI/EVO am can be fast and fun. They just aren't a track ready car and that' what I'm looking for. The e46 will really to wow me to keep me out of a 135

 

sounds like the typical coolant level sensor malfunction. Basically it stops reading correctly. You can try topping off the coolant just a bit more, but it's likely a bad sensor. You pretty much have to buy a new overflow bottle to get a new sensor. Check with Mazmart for one and be careful not to break the radiator taking the old one off. The plastic nipple on the top of the radiator is easy to snap when pulling the over flow tank off. Don't ask how i know.

 

Defectors from the Mazda camp will have to turn over all their Mazda swag to others who hoist the flag.

S4s are nice. I knew someone that had a B7. A bit heavy in the front end though but it ran like hell. I would agree not track ready.

Ditto on the WRX. Doors clang when shut. Interior from the 90's.

You know Kevin, if you get a BMW, you have to drops cigarettes and take up a pipe and wear tweed.

 

I understand why Kevin wants out, as I have thought so myself. It's hard to justify replacing a rotary $$$ for basically another underpowered engine. Outside of adding FI to the new engine, which would cost upwards of $10k to do right, it's hard to justify all of the extra cost. That said, the 8 is still a fun car, that I still enjoy driving and I'm really going to have to think and drive a few cars before I decide what will replace it. Just my two cents

When I was in the Army, one of my buds had a silver B6 with a manual trans, car handled well, sounded awesome, but I swear the needle moved just riding around Ft. Campbell in it! Not too mention the high cost to maintain which would be higher than the 8. I wouldn't track it, but it would be a fun and expensive daily. E46 M3 gets the nod here, but again BMW's are probably more than I could afford for maintanence purposes.

 

Do cigars count? I need to quit smoking anyway. I actually have a little bit of mazda swag collected at the Corral @ midO last year.

For what it's worth I was offered $4250 at King's Mazda on trade in. I was almost offended, but it really just made decide to sell it myself which would get me more money for it anyway. In reality, this really just kind of helped make up my mind. If it were already payed off, i wouldn't think twice about another engine. Even though I don't owe much on it, I owe enough to not want to put a ton of money into it that i will never see a return on. Well, the car always makes me smile and i'll never forget that. My wife saw that same smile on my face when i drove the 135 and knew it was over and my mind was made up. She didn't want to drive it too because she knew she'd cave and let me spend way to much to take it home right then.


I really love the car. The chasis is one of the best in the business. For a beginner, hell even a more advanced track car, it's perfect. I don't mind the cost of a well built engine or doing the work to put it in all that much, it's just hard for me to justify spending 3/4 of the cars value to put it back to basically stock power levels and still having the looming "How long with this one last?" hanging over my head. Mazmart has a good track record and builds a hell of an engine, but nothing lasts forever, and a rotary engine is going to always be on the short side of life. It will take me a few years at the track to really be held back by power at the track, and a well built engine would surely get there. I don't daily the car anymore which will add to it's life, but i just fell like it's time to move on. If it was modified more for track with ohlins, seats, rollbar and harnesses, i would be putting another engine in it, no questions asked. Where it's at now, it's just financially better for me to let it go and get something that won't be held back by power down the road.

I consider all of you guys and girls friends, and my garage will always be open to you if you need help. I'll likely stick around the forum quite a bit because of the community and friends i've made. I'll always love the car for what it is. Who knows, maybe the car won't sell and i'll end up diving back in head first.

 

Robyn's has been doing that, I forgot to ask you about it yesterday. I was afraid it was the sensor. Oh well.

 

So what you're saying is if I just sabotage all the potential buyers...

 

Are Porsche 944's a worthy buy? Not for a DD of course.

 

Yup probably a faulty sensor. Mine stopped working a couple of months ago too. It started out just coming on for short periods of time but now it's on pretty much all of the time.

On a side note, I did finally get my Miata! It's a '97 M edition. BRG with tan interior. I love it so far. We've got shocks and tires on their way to us now. Super excited to get some work done and get back out to autox!

 

Super fun cars, especially the turbos. Parts are getting harder to find and more expensive i'd imagine though. A clean and rust free one wouldn't be a bad "fun" car by any meants.



Congrats on teh miata luckygrrl

 

if you guys know anyone that is looking:

2005 Mazda RX8

 

Kevin,

Car looks great after you repaired the bulldozer tracks running over the length of the body.

You should get a good offer. It's a sweet car.

 

Thanks steve


Are you still available to do pictures for the Pan Ohio Hope ride on Sunday?

They finally got ahold of me with kindof what i'm supposed to be doing today.

 

Ok,

HP+ pads are sold
Tacti is buying the sway bars.
I'm going to leave the mazmart water pump on the car since it's such a hassle to take it off.

If someone wants to do stock plus cash, the wheels and tires and Hi-Power are still available.

 

PMd you. I'm in. Wife in tow. I need someone to carry the camera bag.

 

Sway Bars and End Links please.....

Right after I left, I noticed it was pretty much 7:00.... should have waited for a few more minutes for your wife to be back... oh well, I'll see you at the fuel in couple weeks!

 

Got. Reply coming

yes yes, end links are yours as well yeah she came up the drive about 10 minutes after you left. That's how **** always goes for me