Awesome thread. Helping me a lot for my search for my first 8. Florida's prices blow for sure.

 

Colonial huh? Was it at Sport Mazda by chance? Was it a VR?

 

What do the ghetto mirrors look like??

 

10k is roughly what a dealer would give you on a trade in for a 2004 rx8 with GT and 50k miles. So private party I would expect 11-12k range. Given the environment (high gas prices, high unemployment, recent $4500 gov't subsidies), I don't know how low the price needs to be to sell.

 

i have an 06 w fogs sidekirts front air dam and rear flares and spoiler. the trade in for me was 8,500

 

The prices do blow. No the car was at a place called GreenLite. Really helpful people but a few days after I put in my paperwork, he told me he wished I would have put a deposit on the car because people were looking at it. I said.. I thought this was a done deal. I have the down payment in hand and he said nah, don't worry about it, see you Tuesday.... it's been keeping me stressed.

The Ghetto mirrors are fake carbon-fiber M3 mirrors, white serious sun damage to the fake fiber and yellow, hazy lenses. They're hideous.

I don't mind the price, TBH. The dealer's willing to work with me, and that's what matters to me. And it drives like a dream, it's really, really strong. Everything seemed perfect, even almost got a ticket during the test drive. XD

 

Alright here's an update. I got approved today, I just have to come up with a larger down payment then I already had. So, I've got to wait until Friday when I get my check, and then Saturday when I actually have a free minute to make the drive. lol It's killing me. I should be in it Saturday, Monday at the lateset.

 

Another update! Yay! We had a few people quit at work so I'm stuck covering for them. My car is sitting there waiting on me and I can't go get it because of this crap. I'm going to throw something. lol

I'll let you guys know when I finally get it and I'll post tons of pics for you. :P

 

Ugh..another delay. Now it's supposed to be Friday when I can get it. *strangles a cat* There, I did it!! See what you made me do....damn dealership. XD

 

Called the dealership today.. they've still not taken it to Mazda...I'm going to kill someone. O.o

 

When I get up in the morning..I'm going to go pick it up...finally. Wish me luck.

 

I just got back from the dealership... and I GOT MY CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Congrats. I was looking at that one on craigslist a while back. Test drove my first 8. Took me 20 minutes to figure out how to put it in reverse. lol

 

Haha, I tried to reverse twice in 6th, before I realized. >< It's really comfortable once you get used to it though.

 

very nice - congrats!

 

Yeah. Considering it was my 2nd time driving a stick on the road, i didnt do too bad. And the dealer didn't come with me (weird) so i was more comfortable. Im still not sure if i want an automatic or manual. With the bumper to bumper traffic in central Florida, i might just look for a nice automatic.

 

even my 06 has a very loud click when the fan comes on. It always freaks me out for a second until I remember that it is the fan.

(for above)

Auto is fun and quick, I face stop and go every day in the DC metro area and I'm glad I have the AT. Plus being half asleep during my commutes means I have one less thing to worry about when I randomly become conscious.

You can put the AT in semi-auto and still have a very good time. Either way you'll have a good time. Don't let the AT haters get to you.

 

Thanks for the input. Everytime i see other people discussing, theres no comparison. Its always, "Theres no reason to get an automatic sports car."

I think whatever good deal i swing by will decide it. Shopping for an RX8 in florida is a pain.

 

Glad to hear things went well for you. Thanks for asking the right questions and not repetitive ones.

Best of luck with the car

 

Haha of course. I've been kind of lurking since the middle of last year, so I've got quite a bit down by now. It was just specifics that I needed to know. Thanks for all the support guys, I'm proud to finally be amongst you. :P

 

Pics or the car doesn't exist!

BTW Congrats!!! I was looking around the same time as you.

 

That's honestly not a bad price for the car. But what trim was it? because I got mine with the grand touring package for 10k and had 70k miles on it. It was a really good deal because I knew the kid, and I knew he took really good care of it. Also it has a billy boat exhaust on it and some other performance parts. I Also do that same thing where it goes into 6th, instead of reversing. I feel like I'm killing my transmission every time. Also, just for the future, there's one thing I liked to look for when shopping for 8s and it was the exhaust tips. I found that if the person didn't clean the tips, usually they didn't take very good care of it. Its easy to tell to. Black? or Shiny? =)

 

Haha, they're shiny. It's a GT.