Nuclearchris

This is my first post on here, so thought I would start with an introduction.

My name is Chris and can be classified as an obsessive car freak.

I am pretty open minded regarding car brands, but do have my favorites.

Yes I work for a Nuclear facility, and no I don't glow in the dark

From Sunny South Africa

Nuclearchris

So far I have had mostly BMWs and a few NC MX5s, but this is my first RX8.



Will post pictures of the RX8 once photobucket gets going

BigCajun

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Welcome, reading comprehension problem is a problem.

Nuclearchris

And here is the RX8

Nuclearchris

Its a 2007 with a mere 17 000km (10 600mi) on the clock.

Full black interior.

Completely standard.

BigCajun

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Nice, MT or AT?
Mine's an '04 LY GT.
Have fun!

Nuclearchris

6 speed MT.

I hate autotragic

Nuclearchris

BigCajun - I see you stated yours is a GT.

In SA we were only given the option of 5 spd "standard", or the 6spd "hi power" with 0 options.

However, the 6 spd came equipped with the following as standard:

Xenon lights
Heated/electric leather seats
Sunroof
Automatic climate control
LSD

Unfortunately no Cruise control and no Bose sound?

What spec level would that put it into?

mazdaverx7

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Incthe states that would be a Sport model... however the Sport does not come with the sunroof. The Touring adds Bose and moonroof. So your 8 is somewhat in between. Different versions for different markets. Would love to see some interior pics! Do you know any history on the car?

Nuclearchris

Thanks mazdaverx7.

This is the only pic I have of the interior.



The reason for that is because I still want to detail the interior, and secondly - The light conditions were way off for interior shots

The only history I have of the car is that it was sold on 18 Dec 2006/registered in '07.

All invoices are in the booklet of the 4 services it went for at the Mazda dealership.

Second owner bought the car in 2012 with 11 000km on the clock, and I got it last week.

BigCajun

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I'm pretty sure that heated leather seats makes it a GT here.

Luckyboii69

the gt's has an aero kit with front lip and sideskirts

9krpmrx8

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The Aeroparts were all optional, there are plenty of GT's without the AP lip, sides, etc.

But in other markets packages vary widely over the years and are called different names.

Gadowere

It looks like a very clean 8 from what I can see. Treat her well and she'll treat you well.

04Green

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Nicely done.

There are a few things in the Congrats thread below you might want to look at for an older one. I have a septembeer 03 build GT.

Nuclearchris

Thanks everyone.

04Green - I have read through that thread a while ago. Really interesting. I am actually a long time lurker over here

BTW - Over the past 2 years I have test driven and looked at at least 14 RX8s before I actually pulled the trigger on one last month.

But then on my way back home from the dealership, I got stuck next to the road. Took it back to them the next day, and they are still trying to fix it. I cancelled the deal on that day I took the car back, and I am so happy I did, otherwise I would have missed this one.

Apparently the fuel pump on the other one starts overheating if one drives further than 20miles, so they are waiting for a new pump to arrive due to no stock.

The previous car was an '05 and had 70k miles on it. It was a good looking car and went extremely well, but it wasn't even in the same league as this one.

RotaryRider

Whoa !!! Clean bro. Superlike. I have the same colour but looks a lil bit of a badass with lowering on Tiens, front Lip and Aftermarket Black Rims

Banzai-Racing

Looks like a nice car.

carid

Great choice for the cars, and welcome to the club! If you ever have any questions, please be sure to reach out.

Nuclearchris

Thanks.

So far every question has been answered by the search function

04Green

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Spread the word!