You are going to have a hard time finding on at a dealership this time of year, and most don't even have a brand new one in stock anyways. I am sure you will find someone with a new(er) one you can check out. Now, when it comes to buying one, ANY Mazda dealership would be happy to take your money and order one for you, but I would be cautious of a few of them. I recommend Morries or Walser mazda myself, they are pretty honest and have the low price guarantee.

Good luck in your hunt.

You could buy a 2008 40th Anniversary Edition with 30K mileage in mint shape and save half the price of a new R3. It has the same Bilsteins, no Nav but it has the newer foam filled front crossbar. Mine is up for sale at $18,500.00 :)

Anyone in Minnesota that have a turbo charged RX8, that is willing to receive a guest?

I'm from Norway and gonna visit some relatives in Fergus Falls for 3.5 weeks. I've been VERY keen to mod my car to FI, but would really like to try one first.

Please!:)

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Hey guys,

Just joined the forum after getting an 04 RX8 last week and ran across this thread. Is there a Minneapolis RX8 car club out there by chance?

so many new people haha, sorry my 8 is not turboed or else i'd help you out... mn hokie, there was a small one at some point, can't remember who was in charge though. Almost everyone that was in it posted here anyways so maybe someone who knows more will post.

Who bought the black RX-8 at Morrie's Mazda?

Wasn't me - although I did test drive a black one there :)

Saw you're in Maple Grove. Plymouth here.

How did it drive? I seriously thought about buying it but the price was still to high when i bought my car. I also was more interested in an R3.

It drove really well. Had a very tiny jerk when downshifting from 6th to 5th, but otherwise was fine. I looked at the service report and it had new brakes and tires on it. The only thing missing for me was the spoiler.

I too thought it was a little high in price. We saved about 2K on the one we ended up buying. The guy had just dropped the price and we jumped on it. Had slightly less miles too.

this is it... we have had a few meets. in the past, we had one in spring which brought a good 15 or so 8s.. which brings up... when are we gonna do another meet? its been too long. i am sure it has been a busy summer for everyone though...

also there is a mazda group that meets regularly... mnmazda.com i have met a couple of them and nice bunch of peeps.

Cool, welcome to MN :) Sorry I can't help you out. I almost went FI but I was worried about blowing another engine.

What part of Norway are you from?

I found the "Minnesota RX-8 club" page on facebook, but doesn't look like it's been active in years... LINK

But there's an easy way to change that :)

I live in Kristiansand, close to as far south as you get in Norway. But I'm not a townie originally, I grew up in the country side 1.5 hrs away from Kristiansand.

A week or so ago people were talking about dealers they recommended.

Little back story about my car. Mine is an 04 RX8 and about 2 years ago my engine check light came on. So I brought my car to Polar Mazda in White Bear Lake to have it checked out. They told me my car misfired and had idea why it did.

Two months go by and I have the same problem..engine misfires when I am getting onto the freeway. So I take it back to them to see whats wrong with my car. I was told I should replace two of my ignition coils. Well my car misfired again after the work was finished. I called them back to ask them why I was still having problems with my car. They had no idea. I was really starting to trust these guys.:dunno:

Now my car wouldn't start when the engine was warm, it would idle really rough, and it still would misfire. So I brought it back in to get checked out. I told them about the problems I was having, and they STILL couldn't find anything wrong with it. I asked about the engine not starting when the car was warm etc and they had no clue.

So I deal with the problems for another few months and bring it back in..my car had misfired quite a few times and my insurance payed for the other two ignition coils to be changed. So thinking that my problems were solved after all this run around, The next day going to work engine misfires again. I call the dealership and ask them whats wrong with my car. Once again they had NO clue.

So around Jan of this year I tried to start my car and it was dead. I got my car towed back there because It was so far to go anywhere else. They told me my alternator was bad, and they put one on order. Well let me clarify after three days of my car being there I had to call to find out what was wrong with my car. So the alternator comes in and they replace it and find out that that wasn't the problem. It ended up being a computer chip and that was fixed. So they had my car for a week, and of course it still didn't start up when the engine was warm.

Now I wash my car quite a bit and I had washed it the day before it broke down. So after a week I finally get my car back, and it was covered in dirt. I took it next door to the gas station to get it washed, and while I was drying my car off I see a nice chip of paint taken out of my door. I was so pissed off I had to calm my self down. I wasn't going back there to have them try "FIX" my car again.

After doing research and asking questions I found out about the engines losing compression. That was why my car wasn't starting. I did not want to go back, but didn't know where to take it.

The last 4 months my car has been slowly dieing... lack of power, misfiring, etc...
You guys started talking about Mazda dealerships that have been great to go to. Thompsolonian posted that he was getting a new engine from Walser Mazda. I talked to him and he told me that he started having problems with his car like I had almost two years ago. He said they knew exactly what was wrong with his car and ordered a new engine for him.

That day I made an appointment, and I brought my car down the following Tuesday to get looked at. Well that was a week ago....As of Tuesday I have a new engine, catalytic converter, and a new overflow tank for my radiator. First two were covered by Mazda and the tank was covered by my insurance. They ordered me engine mounts, and will be put on next week.

So I guess this was long winded, but my point I was wanting to make was Polar Mazda SUCKS and they have no clue.
Walzer Mazda is a great place to go. They are friendly and very fast with their work. They also called me to let me know what was going on with my car.

Now we need to set up a meet. We should meet somewhere, take a drive, and then have lunch. Sundays are good days..I say we should shoot for 10/16/11.
We could meet early about 9 or so and head to Duluth and have lunch. Maybe drive around there a little and head back. Vikings play a night game by the way so that would be great for me.

Lets have a meet!
So people post of this is a good day for you or not.

That sucks, but good to hear walser took care of you...

If i ever get my car back from Luther, I'd be down for meeting up. that weekend is great for me...

I used to work with RCChris, but it would be cool to meet some others.

Sorry, not to spam my stuff in the MN thread again, but I posted my pads and rotors here too: https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...36#post4084836

i work with chris now. lol he said you would be joining this forum.

anyone around the mankato area on here? i have passed three 8's in the last few weeks..i just picked mine up finally a month ago. just curious if anyone is around!

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I live in Mankato 2004 velocity red. I've seen a blue one, black, couple silver, couple of more reds.

Same here, im the winning blue 8 you have seen around. Just trying to meet everyone around here! If you ever see me out and want to, feel free to flag me down.

It looks like we have enough interest for a meet on 10/16/11. I want to meet in the morning and head either to Duluth or maybe Mankato. We can have lunch and have a drive around the area where we are going.

If any of you are interested on showing up that day please post so I can get an idea.
I Was thinking of meeting at the Mall of America at that empty parking area to the east of the mall. Make sure you have a full gas tank when you get there. We will be heading out from there.

Let me know where you guys are most interested in heading. Also we need a spot to take pictures and have lunch. If more people want to head to Duluth then you Mankato guys should drive up and meet us at the MoA.

I was actually thinking, a run down Highway 60 would be great. then can catch lunch and pictures by lake pepin. and then run back through the twisties on the way back.

For those not familiar, Hwy 60 is a 40 mile stretch running between Zumbrota and Wabasha, and has probably the best collection of twisties in minnesota.

MAP

I've done runs through there with other clubs and it works out nice. People from the northern areas can meet and drive down together, and then meet up with the folks from the southern areas right outside zumbrota (theres a large parking lot) by a defunct gas station.

when you get over by Lake city, there is a large parking lot, right against lake pepin, which creates a great backdrop for pictures.

Afterwards those that don't want to run back through hwy 60 have several options to head back home.

Heres a pic of my old celica, which i snapped in the aforementioned parking lot next to pepin.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-e...252520lake.jpg
https://picasaweb.google.com/1164571...67595910109778
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...eat=directlink

I like Braks idea

That sounds great. Someone should contact the Mazda club and have them join us as well.