Hey guys. New to the forum. Just bought the car. blah blah blah. Here are the pics everyone wants to see:





2006 manual Grand Touring model. Not my first experience with a rotary. I used to have an 84 RX7 as well. Plans for the car? OMP adaptor, ipod kit, and some other random boring mods.

 

Looks nice

 

Got her registered today. Here's the new plates:

 

Nice...& welcome. I'm new here also.
I'm coming from the Mazdaspeed6 side of the house & thinking of an RX-8 once I return stateside in Aug.
How are you liking it so far?

 

I'm liking it. I moved up to this from a Nissan Versa, so its a big change for me. The Versa was a good car to get me through college, but now that I'm done and making a little more money, I figured it was time. I'm a mazda tech so it should work out pretty well for me

 

Nice! I guess as a Mazda tech you knew what you were getting into.

oh and just noticed you had an older rx7 - guess this will be reliable and easy in comparison

 

haha. yes. I had an 84 GSL 12a!! Had the 5 speed transmission. I had big plans for that car but the money wasn't there (poor college student days).

First upgrade for the car: I need a keyfob. My car only came with 1 key, a valet key. I want to be able to open my trunk and remotely lock/unlock my doors.. Even with my discount at the dealership though they want $200 for an uncut key.. Then they want me to pay to cut it.. Then I have to program it (I can do that bit myself). Ebay here I come. haha

 

2 upgrades for the car, first off, I installed an ipod adaptor via the spare port on the back of the factory headunit, very pleased with the result. Second, I bought a set of lowered springs with a set of oem shocks/struts on ebay for just over $100! The springs are NF210's. According to the seller, the car they came off has around 70k on the clock, but he has no idea how long the springs/shocks were on the car. So I guess I'll keep the shocks around for just in case and the springs will go on as soon as I have a free weekend.

 

Oh and here are some pictures I took this weekend. Guess what's in my bay at work for the week??



Of course, we got my RX creeping in the background



And I gave her a good wash.