Flying up north to pick up my new RX8, yipee
 

Hello all, my second dream finally will come true tomorrow. I'll be flying north to pick up my 06 Silver 6-speed manual, black/red leather from Northern California tomorrow. Then drive it home 360 miles away slowly :mdrmed: Looking forward to share the full RX-8 experience with you all.

What was your first dream? :)

Congrats on the car.

First dream was when I flew up north (again) and picked up a white '94 RX-7 from Putnam Mazda. Something about you guys up north that kept me coming back to get my RXs from, eventhough I don't like the Giants :-)

oh yeah, Thanks :)

Neat - I went over 300 miles to get my brand-new RX-8 too. Dream car for me also.

Hope you have a smooth trip. You'll be half-way done with your engine break-in and completely in love with the car by the time you get home.

What route are you driving back? I-5? PCH?

Back home with my new RX-8
 

I took the I-5, won't be much fun to take hwy 1 when you can't go over 6000rpm. Ride home was a smooth ride, loving the car so much. The manual states that I shouldn't go over 6000rpm the first 600 miles and not to do constant speed for too long, which is sorta hard to do an a long boring straight I-5. Well, I did stay below 6000rpm at any time, see pic below for proof.
Gas report, my first full tank of gas only last 225miles before the light comes on, so I fill it up again at 240miles, this is all freeway driving below 6000rpm. Not complaining, since I know about the gas mileage on this car, especially when it's new.

Congrats mate, enjoy you car and welcome to the cult (oops sorry) club :)

Congrats man! I would say even worse then going over 6k is a constant rpm so hopefully you mixed it up quite a bit.

A long time dream of mine that has yet to come true... :tear:

Anyways, congrats on the car. :)

Congrats, I'll have to go 110 miles to get mine, but still have a few months worth of articles to do before I can wrap up my Mustang Project. I want to see if I can make enough money by the end of the summer that I can buy an RX-8 for cash! LOL I want to freak out the sales people!

Thanks guys, I'm definitely one of the happiest dude on the planet now :). Btw, cleoent, yes I did mix up the rpm throughout the trip, but still mainly between 3000 to 5500 due to freeway driving.
And yes, I'm glad to be part of the cult , lol.

Good luck on your project Munkey

Pics
 

Here're some pics of the new family member

Congrats on the new baby in the family!

I see you got yours from Diablo
 

I'm in Walnut Creek. Were they cheaper than LA dealers? Who was your CA?

Naz, congrats and welcome man!

Nice, growing collection you have there! That 7 is sweet, and you picked the best color for the 8. :)

Cool I drove 200 miles to get mine.

Take care of that sucker. In my 1st month of ownership I have curbed the right rear wheel (first day actually), had a rock chip hit my front windshield and backed out into a parking lot pole (so now I need a new bumper and front windshied)

Congrats on the new ride. I'm new to the board, and your post caught my eye. I just brought mine home on Monday. Didn't drive as far as you did, but I did have to go to Nevada to get it. I'm in the Bay Area, looked at Putnam, and they didn't have what I wanted. I'm glad it worked out for both of us.

Mine = Brilliant Black.

Nazca,
If you're in San Gabriel

We can definitely meet up. I'm right in Pasadena.
I want to check out your 7 too =]

Good eyes Chris
 

Don't know about cheaper, but they have the combination I wanted, silver 6-sp manual with black/red interior. Searched all of CA dealership and only Diablo Mazda has it. I even got an email from "FriendsatMazda" who checked what's coming in, on the boat and in production, no silver black/red coming to CA. Anyway Frank at Diablo was great, made the deal over the phone, put down deposit and flew north a couple of days later.

Cal_RX8, I almost went to Nevada too to get a new '05 same combo from Vegas :) glad it worked out for you too.

Thanks all, I feel great to be member of this forum; you guys are awesome.

:worship:

No problem
 

Now I just need to make sure it's protected. Waffling on using a full nose mask or partial or a clear. Any suggestions?

rxChris, where in the Bay are you?

Pasadena
 

Cool, I live just south of Huntington dr, where in Pasadena are you? PM me anytime for a meet, weekend is always better for me as my work hours is shrewd.

400 miles to get my Whitewater Pearl RX8 in Cerritos. What a great drive home! :mdrmed:

Congrats Tanic. So let's see, you went 400 miles west to get yours, Cal went at least 200 miles east and I flew 400 miles north; boy we do anything to get our RX8s :)