Purchased a Phantom Blue RX-8 3 weeks ago and I love the car!!! 6 speed AT w/the GT package. Love the way this car drives and handles. The extra HP in the 06 is nice too. To date, no problems encountered that I have seen on numerous posts. Check out the pics of my Phantom RX at the end of the thread!!!

 

congrats.... welcome to the club.

I dont think the 6speed has more power. they only uped the auto a little. at least this is what I understand.

any pics of the phantom blue? I have only seen a couple. saw one inperson they look great!

 

I read the HP went from 197 to 212 on the new A/T.

 

Congrats on your 8. I saw a phantom blue at my mazda dealer while i was waiting for my new spark plug. Really nice color. I can look like a darkish blue or look greenish in different shades of light and absolutely beautiful in the sunlight.
Nice Choice in color.

 

Yeah some pics would be cool.

 

But it's a revised 6 spd now. Closer ratios should help.

 

AKA teal.

 

^ and?

 

Welcome to the club.

Don't forget to search and read. You will learn alot.

We will help you with any questions.

 

It prolly didn't go up that much since the people behind HP ratings change the rating of HP this year I believe. Look at how the MT went down in HP even tho it's the same as the 04 and 05. Correct me if I am wrong.

 

Teal is a lovely color.

 

Oh ok... I thought you might have been insinuating something...

 

An Evo is a lovely car.

 

I plan to post some pics of the Phantom soon! On a side note, I didn't even have the car for 2 weeks and while driving on our Los Angeles freeways I got a flat in the right front tire. Called raodside assisstance (since there is no spare) and he was able to plug it to get me home. Went to my dealership the next day to have the tire repaired properly, but when they took it off the rim whatever I had run over had sliced the tire and it needed to be replaced. Of course the tire was note covered in the warranty so I dished out $350.00 for a new tire. In my frustration, I emailed Customer Relations at MazdaUSA and explained what happened. Received an email a couple days later expressing their apologies and asked me to send the invoice for the cost of the tire and they would reimburse me! Needless to say, I am very impressed with the way Mazda treats their car owners.

 

Your mom is a lovely woman.

 

Congratulations and welcome. You'll have to give us some feed back on how the 6spd auto does...

$350 for one tire! Does the new RX-8's still have Bridgestone Potenzas on them or what? At least you got reimbursed - very nice of Mazda.

Post some pics...

 

Still getting used to the 6-speed AT. Personally I feel that it accelerates better when I put it in tiptronic. The paddle shifters on the steering wheel can be fun, but awkward when turning. As for the tires, they have put the Dunlop SP Sport 8090 low profile tires on the 18 in rim. I did price check on the net for them and the cheapest I found them was around $290.00 ea

 

Button it tiger....she died twenty years ago.

 

Congrats and welcome, enjoy your RX8

 

YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooo!!!

 

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$350 for one tire! Does the new RX-8's still have Bridgestone Potenzas on them or what? At least you got reimbursed - very nice of Mazda.

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You can go to any Firestone/Bridgestone dealer and buy road hazard insurance for your Bridgestone tires. Dunlop may offer the same thing.

 

I wanted that color.
depression sets in.
Congratulations on your new RX-8

 

congrats on the new 8 . can't wait for the pix!

 

Yeah I had a flat tire just after 2 months that was not repairable. I went with 2 new Kumho Ecsta SPT's...... like $100 a tire!


now I am running all 4 Kumho Ecsta SPT's for the street. great price for a decent street tire. ($87 from Tire Rack .com pluss shipping)

 

Here are the pic of the Phantom RX