Hello everyone, my name is Ruben and I own a 09 red rx8 gt I bought it last year right before fall with around 64,000 miles and I drove it for about a month then as winter came she became a garage queen then I did lots of research still doing so, I realized I was right around the mile mark for some touch ups to her, as you can guess I named my car Stella she is pleased to meet you all and I hope you are too. So I spaced off on her for a while during winter and got caught up with work, then one week after winter I decided to go start it up and came to a dead battery. I was freaking out wondering what could be wrong all day, but I charged it up and started good and hopefully healthy no problems yet. Stella has been sitting in my garage at 65,553 miles and I'm just wondering what some of you do to your car after winter and want a heads up. I mean I will flush all my fluids and get a fresh start with those I just want to open up my list of duties to be done, to maintain a clean healthy rx8. I'm not looking into any mods as of now because I've read lots of stuff about that and I don't need that as of now. Just to keep a clean rx8 and in good shape for now, I would post photos but I have no clue how haha. I do have a sad story about a cracked bumper and some damage done to my passenger headlight and fender if anyone is interested, but I doubt it and it's good to meet all of you.

 

Welcome to the club. Whereabouts in Omaha are you? I'm out in La Vista.

 

welcome to the Club. I am in Alliance Nebraska. im getting ready to do a 350/5 speed swap over the winter in my 04 GT. going to drive it and gather parts until the season begins. Going to get the engine and trans from the junkyard in the next few weeks once weather decides what its going to do here.... :/

 

Welcome.

The congrats thread below is a good place to start. For the first run of spring, there are some threads out there. I do not following them because Florida.

 

Sorry for the long waited reply I was struggling a bit, but finally got hooked up with a job at my local autozone. And I am located mainly in the south Omaha area but I recently bought some oil and oil filter to do an oil change and I know there's so many discussions on what oils to use but I'm just wondering is 10w-30 something you guys would recommend to use during the summer? I also need a good recommendation for any places to go to for best service and quality work in repairing/replacing front windshields in the Omaha area. But other than that I am all ears and open to any tips and tricks everyone has for me, thank you.

 

10w-30 is fine for summer and higher temp climates. Post to your local forum and find someone who perhaps has had their RX8 windshield replaced in your area.