Finally! I am an RX-8 owner...
 

After more than a year of (off & on) searching, I found the one for me! 2005 Shinka, 6-speed, 36k miles, phenomenal condition!

What should I know about this car? What is a rotary engine? What mod should I do first? How do I make it faster? Where can I buy a giant spoiler? Why is my gas mileage bad?




Just kidding. I know exactly what I've gotten myself into. But did I miss any other annoying newbie (read: "intarweb search challenged people") questions? :)


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And no, those aren't my plates. I bought the car in Seattle and brought it to Oregon. So, I will order new ones tomorrow. (Although, I'm still undecided what they're gonna say.)

Although, now that I have my eight... I'm not sure what to do with my time on the internet, if I'm no longer searching Craigslist and AutoTrader across four states.

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Congrats and enjoy the ride.

You have a beauty there. These are amazing cars, hope you enjoy yours as much as i have mine the past 7+ years.

Now you can move on to lurking on RX8 club all the time like me ;)

Very pretty! And such low mileage for a 2005! She's still just a baby :)

It looks black in the picture at first glance, but 2005 Shinkas were that Black Cherry color, yes?

Yeah, it's black cherry. Kind of changes colors a bit, depending on the lighting... Sometimes black, sometimes brownish, sometimes blushing with a bit of purple. ;)

congrats... and yes now you can just lurk here more :D there is always porn if this gets old :dunno:

I bought my 2005 Shinka with 39k miles a few months back. I love this car. Mine has a full exhaust that my local exhaust guy made for me. Dual resonated midpipe, single exit 3" with a 15" Magnaflow straight through muffler. Sounds great. And only cost me $370 for a FULL exhaust vs $600 for a catback. Noticeable difference in power and torque as well. I guess I got lucky.

Welcome! Looks like a great find.

That's a beautiful car with a deep, rich, rare and sophisticated color. Same as mine.
;)

Oh boy, you had me worried there for a minute with the pretend newb questions. Congrats.