rx78840

Hello I'm thinking of buying a 2004 Rx8 with 53,000 miles for $11,500. Price decent, or should i go lower? Also I'm not really to much familiar with the Rx8's so if someone could do a carfax for this vehicle and let me know what they think, I would greatly appriciate it. VIN JM1FE173940115705 And if i were to get a carfax myself, what am i looking for on the recalls? Should all of the 04's have the recalls done? Any information on this vehicle would help. Thank you.

mscamp02

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yeah it should already have all of the recalls fixed by the dealership....and you could probably get a little bit lower of a price because 53k is good for an 04 but its not great. Also is it a A/T or M/T

mscamp02

iTrader: (3)

with the extended warranty somewhere around 11k would be a good legit price for one with that milage as long as there isnt anything wrong with the vehicle.

rx78840

Hey mscamp thanks for reply its a 6 speed. You said it SHOULD have the recalls done? Or did you look up the carfax for it? This car is not really being sold by a dealership, its more like a private seller. Thanks

rodjonathan

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look for dealer records with mazda in the area or look under the hood for the update stickers

ferg

just by my 8 for 5k more and you will be very very happy, its worth spending a few bucks extra. last week chance. or im storing it away for a few years before the car get repossessed j/k?, i think after a few years they stop looking lol
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8s-sale-wanted-43/2006-rx8-mods-sale-182671/

mscamp02

iTrader: (3)

No I dont have a carfax I was just assuming a dealership which means that they would have already been done

ferg

yeah if your going to buy a car, spend the extra 25bucks to look at a carfax lol

mscamp02

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+1 on the carfax....its a must to spend if your not buying from a dealer who could provide you one

Wheeldog

lol, I still have carfax account from my wintercar buying, I'll run it now.

Wheeldog

Anyone know a good way to pass along this info? I can save the page locally but that can be a pita to get working right. I've been wanting to post a carfax running post but didnt' know how to pass along the info right(there can be a ton of info).

ferg

can you do mine lol JM1FE173360200476

Wheeldog

Oh wait, they send me a link I can share.

Here is the link: Carfax

I hope you don't mind me posting it here, but since you are still looking at it I figured it would be good for other 8 owners to see if any red flags pop up.

Wheeldog

Yeah, I'll run your VIN Ferg, and PM you think link, please no one else post asking to run some, I'll make a post tonight for those, if anyone else posts another vin here, I'll ignore it I don't want to post jack this one

ferg

we should make a thread for vin lookup for our cars, that link you send me is the free one, its ok i looked it up a long time ago, thanks man

Wheeldog

You mean to track former owners? lol If you just mean to run carfaxes for people I am going to make that thread tonight seeing as I was let gofrom my job on friday I'll have some time to run VINs

Wheeldog

Oh, and PM sent Ferg

rx78840

Well i got the car fax.....If it had some recalls done is it suppose to come out in the report? Only thing i see here out of ordinary maintenance is on 04/19/2004 Engine/powertrain computer/module reprogrammed. This comes out in the detailed history. I also have a question theres the NHTSA Safety recalls, what exactly am i looking for in this part? Thanks guys i really appropriate this help.

rx78840

I just noticed it says in additional history " Manufacturer recall" No recalls were reported on all 3 owners....What does this mean? The recalls still need to be done on this vehicle? Thanks

CarAndDriver

Too high a price for miles and 04.