I use winter sport M3's, and I love them even when there isn't snow on the ground.
Got me through last winter, including the Level 3 snow emergency

 

You got lucky - they'll let you down eventually.

 

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We will see, hopefully not, but then again I don't plan on taking the car there much. I'll do most of the work myself. I only took it there this time to get the factory parts that I couldn't find anywhere else.

 

..+1

 

ive got the 18" lm-22s and this will be my 5th winter with them on. they arent as grippy as the potenzas, but thats to be expected. they perform just fine for me in the dry, and it looks like they have ~80% tread left. they have been wonderful, and i dont forsee replacing them in the next 3-4 years.

 

I finally got my Viper 5901 installed today with remote start. I took about 5 hours for best buy to install and it wasn't cheap but I think it was well worth it. I did a lot of research on this one, and the system has everything I want/need on it.

 

It's been a long time all since we've talked or seen each other. I've missed seeing everyone but alot has been going on.

I'm giving the Columbus gang first dibs on my 8. I'm going to list it for $21,999.00 on Autotrader but will take an OBO from anyone here that can help me get this thing sold.

Please don't ask why. You know that if I'm doing this, I have no other options.

To review: '04 LY GT - ONLY 24k miles - Runs and looks great as ever.

Tell the people you know that they better be serious because I'm not going to be playing games. There will be no joy rides.

There are plenty of threads with photos of the car and nothing new has been taken since.

You can e-mail me at acottone4@gmail.com

Thank you in advance for your help.

 

sorry to hear its going man. if youre selling any parts (cough, short throw) let me know

 

man, i love the yellow 8's. wish i was in the market! so i've been using 5w20 oil since the start, but i'm thinking of switching to 5w30 or 10w30 - any recommendation? also, i need to get some scheduled maintenance done - who should i trust if i don't go to the dealer? i live in the westerville/new albany/gahanna area. is there a rotary-focused garage or expert somewhere around c-bus that does great work at decent prices? Who's the best mazda rotary mechanic in town?

 

jason over at the rx7 store. its in hilliard just off of roberts road

 

Anthony,

Sorry to hear you have to get rid of your ride. I hope you find the right "*** for the seat", as they say.

We'll leave the light on for ya.

 

After reading one of the lengthy threads on oil I went with 5w30, although I cant even remember why. Guess I should go read it again myself.

these guys are a rotary focused garage, not so much for routine maintenace tho, but if you want to drop a 3rotor in there lol...
http://www.definedautoworks.com/index.php

 

3 rotor - yum! I'd love to have the Speedsource guys drop one in for me, but I still have 24,000 miles left on the warranty!

I will say that after changing the coils, wires & plugs, it's like a new car. I have to have my fun now, because it looks like the winter rubber will probably go on Monday

 

I keep hearing about these roads/curves south of Columbus, where are these at specifically?

 

hocking hills maybe?

 

I think so, basically alot of Columbus people talk about taking their cars there to hit the curves.

 

why so early?

 

Because it's easier on this old body to do it when the weather is warm. I need to clean it all up and get a coat of wax on it before winter, so I'll just do it all at once.

 

Ugh - now it rides like a rental car

Yikes! Those rears were way shot. You can just about make out the tread pattern on them. Guess I'll get some new rubber in the spring.

 

Hey RX8 owners...
just moved here to Columbus and thought i'd introduce myself. i drive a blue 04' 6-speed rx8.

anyways got a question...
i thought i read somewhere on a thread that putting 17in tires on 18in wheels is OK. If so, where can I get this done in columbus or who do you trust? i ordered 17s for the winter and the place i had it delievered to refuses to put them on.

or, should I just return them all together and shell out the extra 400 bucks for 18s.
thanks for your advice

 

^17 inch tires CANT fit an 18inch rim

 

well...anyone want some brand new firestone winterforce 17s before i return em?

 

Before you return them, you might want to get 17"wheels to put them on. That's what I did so the tire changes for the season is a simple matter of just changing already mounted tires.

 

thats actually what i decided to do. it's probably gonna be cheaper to do that anyways

im thinking black rims. NTB has VLines buy 3 get 1 free. I'm looking on TireRack and I haven't found anything that I like so far...

 

second set of rims is definitely the way to go. welcome, what part of town are you in?