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Old 01-15-2014, 02:56 PM
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GT or R3

After typing a long thread about which car I was thinking about buying, then hitting submit only to find out I was logged out in the middle of typing. . . here it goes again, the shortened version:

I have narrowed down my search to 3 different 8's. Red R3 in Denver (where I live) with 19.5k miles for $21k, Blue R3 in TN with 21k miles for $18.5k or a Silver GT in OH with 19.5k miles for $17k. I think I prefer the GT over the R3 as I don't need a track car and the comfort features appeal to me more at this stage in my life (Sunroof, heated seats, Auto climate control, Auto on Wipers and Headlights). I like the Blue color the most of these 3 (I would prefer a White GT over anything but the only one I was able to find was in TX, was lowered by looking at the photos and has 40k miles on it), the Red R3 is in Denver so I could actually test drive it, but at almost $4k over the GT, is it worth it? I like the Silver GT because of the low mileage, price, but it is over 1k miles away and I have no way of looking at it, test driving it, etc (same with the Blue R3 and I don't really like a red car).

Anyway, I am looking for people thoughts on how differently the GT drives from an R3, if the sunroof is a problem from me (I am 6'1") and how best to find someone to go take a look at these for me/

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The post literally below yours had this same question
https://www.rx8club.com/purchasing-f...ck-rx8-250431/
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Lol, well then, I have received no response from the people in the NE sections on anyone stopping by the stealership to take a look at this car for me, any ideas on that? I guess I can go test drive the R3 here in Denver to see how it drives. I test drove a GT a few months back, but honestly anything will be an improvement over my DD (06 Xterra).
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You have done about all you can with asking for someone to check it out for you. Hopefully someone that can help will see it before long.
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For some reason, everytime a dealership in Denver gets an 8, they automatically mark it up $3-4k, they are like gold up here . . .
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Ok so I test drove the R3 today, wow that thing drives like its on rails . . . too bad they won't budge on the price. I do have one other question, the paint on the Blue R3's, does it have all the metalic flakes like on the red, I never really liked red cars, but the paint on the red R3 is very nice in person, net photos just don't show the metalic in the paint all that well.



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