My mom is looking to sell her Infiniti (looks for smaller, better looking, and sportier car). She saw a few RX8s recently and she has basically fallen in love with the style and the practicality of it. She can't drive manual and we know that she will be missing out with an Automatic RX8. I would like to teach her how to drive a manual car but she would rather not since 99% of the time it will be driven in the city. She's not looking for anything specific. Lets see what you guys/girls have .

 

How much are you looking to spend? What kind of things are you looking for in one? Around how many miles are you looking for? etc, etc, etc, fill us in so we can fill you in

 

Nothing specific . I'm still not familiar with the different packages the RX8 comes with. We would like to keep it under 16k with less than 60k miles. she also wants leather and moonroof since she's moving over from an Infiniti .

 

under 16k with around 60k miles, shouldn't be that hard to find. No leather over here so I can't help you :p

Good luck to your mom!

 

04 AT's usually go for 14k-15k (or less according to what i've dug up), correct?

 

What mileage? 60k? And I'm assuming leather/sunroof, so maybe GT package

 

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...g=1&cardist=13

This one looks nice and clean

 

Minus the hole in the bumper . I was looking at that one earlier online.

I plan on taking my mom to the Mazda dealer tomorrow and have her test drive an AT RX8 if they have one available.

 

Bump. She's looking to buy one before it gets really cold.

 

Did you post this as a WTB in the forsale section? You may get more interest in there. Or teach her to drive/like stick :p

 

Yeah. I would teach her but she's not willing to drive a manual tranny car around Manhattan traffic.

 

Meh, my dad drives his manual TL-S to Long Island City every day, tell her to suck it up, lol

 

The RX8 is quite small compared to the TL-S (nice car your dad got there btw). Manhattan is a lot more busy compared to LIC. There are some slopes around midtown manhattan and the last thing i want to hear is a phone call from my mom saying how she got into an accident when her RX8 stalled and rolled back into another car.

 

Up again...

Went to the local Mazda Dealer and found an 06 and it's supposedly "brand new".

Lets say the salesman thought we knew nothing about rx8s... That didn't go well lol.

 

Haha, I love to hear those stories.

Yeah, bit of a size difference. Acura actually included rear seats that are usuable for people of proportions larger than an infant, while allowing the driver to sit comfortably and not have his knees in his chest. lol


There is an auto RX8 at my school for sale, if I pass by it during school I'll give you the info.

If you want, PM me a contact number and I'll get you the info directly.

I believe it is silver or blue, or could be 2 of em.

 

You can email me at saynotopistons@yahoo.com or just PM me. Some info on the cars will be good when you find out about them.
Thanks.

 

You should avoid the 04 if you're going AT. Much higher rate of failure (tho that "fact" is difficult to prove)

Search the car sites (autotrader.com, automart.com, etc.) for 8s that are $18k max. If they're listed for 18 you should be able to get them for 16 no problem. Especially going into the winter. Sports cars sell about as fast as boats in the Northeast during winter. It's a great time to buy. Go in, offer 15k for the car you want. If they don't accept, make the offer again next month when the car is still sitting on their lot. They'll accept. It does nothing but burn money on them if it sits on the lot for the winter.

Be sure to have winter tires ready to go.

 

Thanks for the advice. I'll try to do more research on the 04's. I would prefer a 06+ (the 6 port 13B, warranty, less issues and the 6SPD AT are the main reasons).

 

That's the best way to go. But I don't know if you'll find an 06 or 07 at the $16k mark. Should still be able to get one for 20k, but 16k probably isn't going to happen.

Then again, if a dealer has one that's just taking up space for the winter it always works in your favor. Take a look in the purchasing section - I know a new(ish) member posted an excellent thread about buying tips.

Happy hunting!

 

Bump. Found a few on autotrader and ebay, going to check them out next weekend.