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Tphelps92 02-17-2016 11:38 AM

Got my hands a rx8 finally!
 
Picked it up last wendsday, fell in love with the car as soon as I drove it I have a 93 Miata and had a 2000 bmw 328i as a daily. When I test drove the rx8 if felt like a perfect hybrid of the last two cars I drive/drove in terms of handling and interior luxury. The rx8 I picked up was a one owner car with 88k original miles it has two tone brown and black leather interior w/the pop up nav and DVD player. Is there anything I need to know to look out for in terms of preventive Maintanance or Maintanance in general? And what things are faulty and break easily that I should upgrade first?

Khurram 02-18-2016 11:49 AM

Congrats on acquiring your 8 :-) and Welcome to the club..

I hope you got the compression test done
Inspect the ignition components to ensure they are in good order
Get the maintenance history from Mazda to get a better picture of what's been done to the car

Tell us more about your car, share some pics..

Rx8 indeed is a great car, and looks and drives awesome.


**Read through this thread, it's packed with tons of great info
https://www.rx8club.com/new-member-f...t-here-202454/


All the best..

Tphelps92 02-19-2016 01:59 AM

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...6c67558ae.jpeg

Originally Posted by Tphelps92 (Post 4745416)
Picked it up last wendsday, fell in love with the car as soon as I drove it I have a 93 Miata and had a 2000 bmw 328i as a daily. When I test drove the rx8 if felt like a perfect hybrid of the last two cars I drive/drove in terms of handling and interior luxury. The rx8 I picked up was a one owner car with 88k original miles it has two tone brown and black leather interior w/the pop up nav and DVD player. Is there anything I need to know to look out for in terms of preventive Maintanance or Maintanance in general? And what things are faulty and break easily that I should upgrade first?



https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...a17f78708.jpeg


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...52f69ab44.jpeg


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Tphelps92 02-22-2016 11:42 PM

Some pics of the the car
 
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...7ef1ae698.jpeg

Originally Posted by Khurram (Post 4745768)
Congrats on acquiring your 8 :-) and Welcome to the club..

I hope you got the compression test done
Inspect the ignition components to ensure they are in good order
Get the maintenance history from Mazda to get a better picture of what's been done to the car

Tell us more about your car, share some pics..

Rx8 indeed is a great car, and looks and drives awesome.


**Read through this thread, it's packed with tons of great info
https://www.rx8club.com/new-member-f...t-here-202454/


All the best..



It's got the chocolate and black two tone interior


https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...76a1c2d79.jpeg


Body is super straight, I can tell the previous owner garaged it from the time it was new


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...7e10ffe32.jpeg


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...b443c8871.jpeg


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...d8a8a03c7.jpeg


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...5f472e874.jpeg


Took it out to a local track to get a better feel for the car, had a lot of people ask how I found a rx8 in such good condition and I shared some laughs with them because I don't have plates yet just the temp dealership paper one in the back window. It was all in all a awesome experience and I'll definitely do it again!


https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...d08753190.jpeg

deadlyfishes 03-02-2016 11:29 PM

Wow looks clean as hell... It's posts and pics like these that sadden me since I might have to let mine go pretty soon...

Tphelps92 03-03-2016 02:38 AM

Don't do it!!
 

Originally Posted by deadlyfishes (Post 4748122)
Wow looks clean as hell... It's posts and pics like these that sadden me since I might have to let mine go pretty soon...

Don't sell the 8! I know I could never sell mine now that I've owned it for a few weeks the car is in a class of its own

ZoomEricZoom 03-03-2016 08:41 PM

Great pickup man!! Looks super clean. (By the way, take off those license plate frames! Haha). Where in WA are you located?? I'm over in Kirkland.. Good to see another 8 in WA!

Tphelps92 03-03-2016 10:37 PM


Originally Posted by ZoomEricZoom (Post 4748280)
Great pickup man!! Looks super clean. (By the way, take off those license plate frames! Haha). Where in WA are you located?? I'm over in Kirkland.. Good to see another 8 in WA!

I will when i get my plates lol and I'm up in mount Vernon! I head south quite a bit though for the Mazda militia meets i know two other guys that own 8's (4 between the two of them to be exact 😂) that live in the Kent area. Are you going to make it to the xxx root beer meet on Sunday in issaquah?

Tphelps92 03-03-2016 11:13 PM


Originally Posted by ZoomEricZoom (Post 4748280)
Great pickup man!! Looks super clean. (By the way, take off those license plate frames! Haha). Where in WA are you located?? I'm over in Kirkland.. Good to see another 8 in WA!

I will when i get my plates lol and I'm up in mount Vernon! I head south quite a bit though for the Mazda militia meets


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