I've just bought my first RX-8
 

40th year ann. edition metropol gray ,I've just purchased it, I'll have it on saturday.....:jump:

welcome to the addiction

congrats on the purchase. welcome to the club my friend. now that you've bought the car we'll need to see some pics. everyone that opens this thread will demand pics :) the 40AE is a beautiful car. are you planning on keeping the car stock? (crosses fingers)

Welcome and congrats.

cool, congrats

I'm planning to keep it stock dont want any problem with warranty, car is now on the way to my city, after I got it I'll post some pics..

Hello and Welcome . You should not have problem with warranty unless you mess with the engine . If you do exterior mods you'll be fine .

i like the way you think!

no mods = no fun ;)

for some, lol. i personally prefer unmodified cars. our 8's are extremely fun in stock form. i'm not going to win many "stoplight drags" but i can sure give my buddy and his modded 05 STi a run for his money in the corners!

on closed courses of course ;)

Congrats on getting your first RX-8...did you plan on buying more? :uhh: :eyetwitch :lol:

+1

Sweet man! welcome to the club! there is a lot of priceless information on this website, please take a look around, and use the search function. There is very little this website has missed (I haven't seen anything myself).

You're going to love your sweet ride for a long time.

May I suggest?
The BIGGEST gains to the "Enjoyment" of the RX8 came in the form of:
Large Diameter Sway Bars
275 wide tires (I got the best grippy ones I could get) put them on 9.5 rims.

Your RX8 flies around corners, I never get tired of that either. If you give it a little TLC and wide tires, you'll soar around corners!!:jump:

Welcome!

Congrats, post pics asap!

congrats! did you get it used or new? the 40th anniv ones are pretty. enjoy!

It's a good car, great times ahead!

nice welcome to the addiction....haha we all know about modding he will have it for awhile then want to buy one thing then it goes downhillfrom ther and before u know it the turbo will b on order!!!! lol

04RX8man is right on the money, I started with clear corners and discover the joy, ummmmm addiction, of mods. My bank account has been yelling at me ever since!!!!

Also be warned, I have lost all track of time reading through the forum. Time flies when you're having fun as the saying goes....

congrats, but I want to make the point that people should only start these threads once they actually have the car in their possession. It's kinda pointless without proof. ;)

haha sonoma is right about the time on this forum sometime u just sit down and think ill check out the boards for a few minutes then the next thing u know it's like 3 hourslater and u have put down over 100 posts and been reading tons of post and decide that u want to get this or that 4 ur car!!! haha

sorry for the thread derailment but since i couldn't find it in any other threads and it's kind of a newbie question but

i know there are two types of illumination lighting for the gauges. one has the white lights filling in the available areas and the radio hud and such are well lighted.

i also know there is the option to illuminate the dash with blue. is the only way to switch between the two turning the knob near the DSC button? i roll it down until it clicks off of the white lights, and then roll it up as far as possible without clicking over to the white lights. it seems when i switch it to the blue illumination, the lights on the radio and buttons are dimmer than when the lights are set to white. is this intended or is there a way to make the button/radio lights brighter when the dash is set to blue.

No, you are right, the only way to achieve blue is to turn everything too dim.

S