Simic90

Helllooooo!! guys/gals, first time posting here, been reading the forums for a few days now. Just going to say that this is an extremely great website w/ a ton of information for noobies like myself!

anyways...finally making the shift from my 95 mazda millenia to something a bit more fun . Even though there is nothing wrong with the millenia (250k miles on it) I need something a bit more exciting!

I have been checking out this '05 RX-8 (sadly it's auto :/....) with about 53k miles on it, White Pearl, and it's had only one owner before. They say the owner had nothing wrong with it, just wanted to trade it in for a new Lexus I something or other. I had the people at Lexus send the car to a Mazda dealer to check it out and everything, there are no open campaigns on the car yada yada. All the recalls have been done to it. I even test drove it a few times, found nothing wrong with it. However, my only concern is that it already has 53k miles on it, and I don't know if it's worth the 15.9k they want for it. I completely forgot to ask them if that extended 8yr/100k warrantly would be applied to that car or not, because on the sticker on the car it says it has some bogus 90 day warranty where they cover 50% of the repairs blah blah.

Just wanted to see what you guys/girls thought of it. Is that a fair price? I'm going to try and see if I can get it for 15k total. Oh and meh this isn't anything spectacular but the previos owner put 20'' rims on it + new rotors/pads/tires before he traded it in. Think they raised the price on the car just because of that?

dozer

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im pretty sure you can get a better deal, shop around...and EVERY rx8 in north america has the 8yr/100k mile warranty on the engine core....yeah tell to get rid of the 20s and put the stocker back on, youll notice the differnce in handlin right away

tubingchamp

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Way too high priced..

Can probably get a 2007 for that price.

Also, get a MT.....

zoom44

you say "sadly its auto" so why are you even considering it? the price is (sadly) a bit high for an 05 auto. they should knock off some just because you need to buy new wheels...

Simic90

I have been looking for a used RX-8 for a while now, the ONLY ones that ever come up out here are auto's, if a manual one ever came around I would highly consider it over an auto. Only manual ones around here are the brand spanking new ones that I can't quite afford :/

tubingchamp

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Wait for a deal.

A MT will come up, and it will be worth it. Totally augments the feel of the car (not to mention more horses).

swiftnet

The price is too high for an auto. I just googled "ohio used rx8 manual" and see several manuals for around 15K@50~60,000miles. I'm sure if you look hard, you'll get find a comparably priced/miled manual.

renesisgenesis

so you do realize that the only reason to buy an automatic sports car is if you don't know how to drive a stick, or if you have one leg?


So if you don't know how to drive a stick then you shouldn't be looking for a sports car anyway. I would consider a family sedan.

But it sounds like you probly know how, so logically it makes sense to wait a few months for a good manual version to appear instead of getting an auto now and regretting it later.

05rx8mazda

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Let the man chooose, if he wants a auto the let him get one. but a manual is muuuch better in every aspect BTW!!!!

I would pay10K for a rx8 like that being auto and that many miles on it.

CarAndDriver

I can't imagine you can't find an MT in Ohio. Search cars.com and Craigslist. Bargain hard, people are desperate. IMHO, if AT might as well buy another car.

kersh4w

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10k is a more reasonable price. heh.

and im calling absolute bullshit on no manual transmission in ohio.

http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=rx8

and check the forum sale section.

05rx8mazda

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yeah im sure there is alot more selection in that state. just look a little bit more instead of reading those newpapers they give you for free at a gas station.

Simic90

Yes, of course I know how to drive a stick

Oh when I said I couldn't find any used mt rx-8's, i just meant my area of the state, not the entire state itself. I live in NE ohio, near the willoughby area. I've been cruising around looking for rx-8's around here for 1-2 months and only came across 3 of them (all 3 auto). but i guess if it continues to be this difficult to find one, i'll probably consider going further out to get one.

also on those 3 that i found, it seemed like all 3 deals they offered were pretty bad.

that 05 one i was talking about ~17k total. (lexus dealer)
another 03 i found w/ 70k miles ~16k total. (mazda dealer)
another 03 w/ around 50k ~ 15k total. (toyota dealer)

i guess opening up to more of the state will help a lot. what would you guys say the normal rate on mt preferably 05 and newer would be?

and thanks for the responses/tips!