Goodbye to the 8
 

About 6 months ago I trading in my wife's Maz3 for a 2006 VW GLI with DSG. It fulfilled my "go" urges, making my 2004 RX-8 manual expendable. Since I owed my bride a car at this point, I picked up an automatic Acura TSX for her yesterday, with the RX-8 as the trade. I had 26 months to go on the 8 lease, so it ended up costing me $2,500 to get out (car was "bought" by Acura dealer for about $21k, and I was given "trade in" value of $18.5K).

I have nothing but good things to say about the 8. Never gave me a problem, always gave me thrills. Although I don't own a manual car anymore, the DSG transmission in the GLI is awesome, and the high torque engine makes for a great drive train in the VW

Good luck to all, and I hope that you guys eventually have a turbo option.

CIAO! :rock: :rock:

Hear that boys? That's the sound of man being pussy whipped! :yelrotflm

I ended up with the GLI, my wife ended up with the TSX. Even without a $500.00 chip, the GLI is faster than the RX-8.

Pretty rude comment to an RX-8 guy. Torque envy, Kings8?

GTIs are nice cars but VWs are rated at the bottom of the Consumer Reports reliability survey. Don't keep that puppy to long or it may turn into a money pit.

Good luck.

Lease with warranty. Don't ask me about the problems I had with my Mazda6.

i dont have a torque envy.. as i have owned a 94 ta and a 2002 C5 z06.. and i still much prefer my rx8 over either of those two cars... they had torque and power.. that was it..you cant use the speed on the streets and infront of cops

Twas' just a joke my friend ;)

See ya! :wavey:

Hope your wife appreciates that 2500 you pissed away to get out of your 8. Mine would have heard that and said if we are spending 2500 it is going to be at the jewelery store on new diamond earrings.

Mitch, sorry to see you go. Did you save any bits from the 8? Like maybe you want to sell the shifter?

Good luck with the VW.

Yes, the titanium knob is for sale. $60.00 plus shipping.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...d/DSCN0151.jpg

Turbo option = Greedy
Torque envy, uhhh no...
;)

Is that the A-Spec knob?

Uh...no the GLI is not faster than the RX8--maybe if the 8 driver sucks. :Freak_ani

You need to drive both the GLI and the RX-8 over a period of time before you can say which is quicker, like I have. The DSG is quicker than the RX-8 AND manual GLI. The RX-8 is quicker than the manual GLI. There are relatively cheap mods for the GLI ($500-600 chip) that offer large boosts in performance. The RX-8 needs a turbo, which is much more money.

I'm not dissing the RX-8. The GLI is a SPORTS SEDAN. The RX-8 is a SPORTS CAR. Different types, different purposes. Of all the cars I've owned in 35 years of driving, the RX-8 is #2 on my list of best cars, surpassed only by my Subaru SVX, which was way ahead of its time. The only flaw in the SVX was the lack of a manual tranny option. The only flaw in the RX-8 is its lack of low end grunt (low gas mileage is not a flaw, just the cost of having fun).

I seriously doubt that all of the board members will be keeping their 8's for the rest of their lives, so don't be so sensitive and defensive when an owner sells. I came to praise the RX-8, not to bury it.

Wait, the DSG IS quicker than the manual dubs, an accomplishment fer sure, but not by THAT much. And no, I have yet to see an already heavy GTI show better acceleration stats than a RX8, nevermind the GLI.

Regardless, have fun with your GLI, the 2.0T sounds good, the optional 18inch rims are tre cool. Hopefully you'll fare better than my old 1.8T Passat, my least reliable car ever!

The 8 is definitely faster than the GTI, I did a roll with one once... the 8 was catching up but slowly.

Different cars, tis their a reason you wanted a 'bigger' car? Do I hear baby making music? That was the reason I dropped the stang for a more economical four-door. Something, four-cylinder, that the wife wouldn't be mad about.

:) I have never seen a woman's face turn so many colors, as the day I drove the Evo home. Not was she expected. She couldn't complain though, it was a four-door.

As for dropping the 8, we all have to make choices. I agree, I would have saved the 2500, and held it till the end, because I don't like to throw money away. As I tell my wife, they will always be making 'crazy' deals to sell cars.

Good luck with the VW, I can't hold back,

"Your wife UN-PIMPED your ride....VW for life...."

When did the GTI became faster than 8 ?

anywayz, good luck

Not quite following ya. You mean top speed? Yeah, the 8 has one of the best production top speeds in it's class around. However, it's the "off the line" speed that everyone bitches about

No baby making music for this 52 year old with 51 year old wife. We get it on, but just to get it on.

From a third gear roll, speed was about 60-80 km/h when the roll starts. The 8 catches up slowly

fixed!! good luck with your new ride :)

Traitor!

So you think I'm a "pussy whipped" "traitor" who sold my 8 to "make babies" in my "Sporty Sedan" that is "slower" than the 8? I'm glad I said nothing bad about the 8, otherwise you people might have gotten upset. :nono:

OK, you asked for it! I'm going to spend $500.00 to get the GLI chipped and challenge any of you "low torque" "pistonless" "penis shaped" "chick car" RX-8's to a quarter mile race for pinks :mad: You can spend the same amount on mods for your car - I hear the air intakes are great for audio improvement :hahano:

Please don't bring up the "pussy whipped" thing again. I was seriously just joking. I only even made the comment because I had just been discussing how Jetta's were chick cars. I was just giving you a hard time. :)

He is talking about this chip. http://www.goapr.com/VW/products/ecu...de_mkvgti.html
My buddy has it. It turns a VW into a burnout beast.

If your to lazy to look, it takes you from 197hp/207tq to 252hp/303lb-ft for 599$
It takes the HP/LBs ratio from 15.2 to 11.9 and the TQ/LBs ratio from 14.5 to 9.9.

A 2005 Mustang GT has 300hp 320Tq and it has a 11.7/11.0 ratio. Just so you get an idea.

I've grown past the racing thing cause it really does nothing more then destroy a good car in 1/4 the time for lots of $$$$.

My 8 looks sexy. It doesnt look like a civic front clip mated to a VW rear.
The fact the VW more or less forces you to pay an extra 2k-2.5k on a package to get around having the ugly seats is crazy.

Congrats on the new ride mitch! It's a nice looking car. Supposedly pretty zippy at the track according to Necessity!

I'll give it to him- the MkV VW Chassis is pretty spiffy- drove a GTi with and without the DSG (shifts pretty sweetly, but in the end there's no rowing of your own gears) and I seriously considered a GTi, but in the end, I opted for the low torque, pistonless, penis mobile.
Hope ya enjoyed the RX-8!
Happy Wife-ing!





By the way- it sounds about time for a mid-life crisis- you need a sports car ( Cayman S? )

i traded in my 8 for a GTI. i like the GTI, but not nearly as much as the 8. the 8 was so nice looking and fun to drive. the vw is just as quick, and a lot faster if you get the apr chip.

Penis-shaped? :yelrotflm

what about the problems you had with your mazda6?

Problems with my Maz6: Clutch replaced at 12k miles, water pump replaced, starter replaced, fan control module replaced, electronic throttle programmed by baboon on crack, plus all recalls, TSB's, etc. and others I probably forgot. My other eleven Mazda's, including the 8, had a total of one problem (air conditioner in the Millenia)

Winning blue headed warrior.

Already had a couple of those (mid-life crisis, not Porsche). I'm in the Silver Back Gorilla stage - hunched over, hairy back, big nipples.

Why not a WRX? Faster chipped, AWD, much better reliability and equally fugly. :)

wanna race a 10.8 second 1/4 mile FD?

No, but I'd like to own one.

why didnt you go for the mazdaspeed 6?

Because the GLI is a better car. It seems sometimes that Mazda engineers couldn't tune a FI piston engine if their lives depended on it.

I traded a Maz6s for the RX-8. Didn't want to go there again, even with the turbo on the Speed.

If you didn't like the mazda 6 because of repairs, why did you buy a VW. That thing will be in the shop all the time.

Says you. I like the MkV Golf/Jetta. All of the owners of them like them too.
GTI/GLI > WRX (although the bugeye wasn't so bad)

The GTI/GLI has an interior with better ergonomics, better materials and just plain old better looking. Hell the freaking WRX doesn't even have steering wheel controls for the radio, navigation option, etc. Yeah... it's fluffy... if you didn't want fluff, you'd just get an Evo or STi (and would have never bought an 8), so fluff matters.

Better reliability is probably going to be true. But were VW's known for bad reliability 10-15 years ago? Blame their plants in Mexico and Brazil... Golf/Jetta production was moved there. The MkV GTI's are all made in Germany and so far (been out for 2 year in Europe already too) proven to be much more solid.

All VWs rate very poorly for reliability. Bottom of the heap.

Red light!

197hp... whp maybe. It's 200hp at the crank as rated by VW. It consistently dynos high, so the general concensus is that VW underrated the engine. Likely 220hp or so at the crank.

The APR, GIAC, and Revo ECU flash tunes... I am not sure if the numbers given are wheel or crank... Revo shows 262hp (http://www.revotechnik.com/aboutRevo/news/fsi20.aspx)... but I have seen similar to what you've posted. Add intake and turbo back exhaust to the package and you've got a pocket monster.

The 2005/6 Mustang GT is 300hp at the crank. I believe that they usually dyno 275-280whp.

The GTI isn't sexy, but it is attractive and sporty. You may not care for the looks... so don't buy one. There are plenty of others who do like it... and plenty who like the fabric seats (not me!). You get screwed on packages with the 8 too... have to get bose and sunroof just to get leather... and for many a sunroof "delete" is needed for the extra headroom. Too bad Mazda is too stupid to figure that one out.

W

as in... whatever. :rolleyes:

We can obviously see your impartiality and great analytical ability.

Nope, I just have the ability to read Consumer Reports.

You might of heard of it. :Freak_ani

i agree with you 100% .. you guys should see the problems that people on the jetta and passat forums have... its never ending... no.. not the simple problems.. im talking about constant replacment of motor mounts and trannies... and MAP sensors.

ECU reflashes for vw's are nothing more than preprogrammed boost spikes. Ask anyone who actually tunes cars (cobb specifically said they are going to get into vw tuning becuase no one has any idea what they're doing, they said that all the flashes out there are for one time dyno queen runs). I thought about getting a gti but honestly. FWD? Something that insanely ugly?

My opinion: If your car includes an action figure, you bought the wrong car.

edit: while I'm not sure if the gli comes with "fast" you can't really say its any different from a gti.