ckape

After a long wait I finally got myself an RX-8 a week and a half ago. It's a stormy blue sport model with the 6-speed manual and the performance package. When I went to the dealer, they claimed that it was impossible to get a manual stormy blue for at least 3 months out and I should get a red one instead. Then I said "I'll think about it" and stood up and what do you know, they got me one within a week. Exactly the package I wanted, too.

swoope

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performance package? is that the new sport pac?

beers

coastie08

Nice car, glad you got exactly what you wanted. Now look into getting some tint .

TimzSI

nice. I wrestled back and forth between stormy blue and phantom blue. Then once I decided on phantom, none of the dealers in DC had any on the lot, not even in auto. I told two different dealers who ever found me the car I wanted had my money. They got it in fresh from the docks in baltimore that nite.

congrats, and enjoy!

DarkBrew

Congrats on the SB8!
Are you suggesting that the dealerships may not always be entirely honest with the customers?

DrewMan

very sexy!


Are you going to keep it stock or are you a bit of a mod monster?

bottoms up

great color choice. coasties right your gonna wanna get the tint done. im looking into getting that done asap just trying to find a decent place to take it to

longfury

Nah, the performance package adds HID, fogs and DSC/TC.

I got one last night too.

CarAndDriver

Performance Pkg=Sport Pkg

I think the noobs are just calling it the wrong name.

Welcome and thanks for the pics. Love Stormy Blue with Sand leather interior. Break it in properly.

longfury

They actually have an option in the option list for the RX8 sport MT. Its called the performance package for MT. It adds HIDs, fog lights, and DSC/TC.

Nemesis8

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ooo - I like that color!

Detrich

congratz & welcome to the club

stormyblu8

Stormy Blue Rulz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

myriadshalaks

iTrader: (1)

yep, nice. so u didn't get the leather though? you should get the accents. they look good on the sb. on mine they do anyway. welcome.

Aipex8

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Nice color!

I believe they are now calling the base MT RX-8 "sport," and the performance package adds what the sport package used to.

Astral

beautiful color! great choice of package too! just add the appearance package and you're golden

swoope

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so old sport pack = new pref pack...

i have a 04 sport. the upgrades from base were hid lights and dsc..

beers

Aipex8

iTrader: (1)

^^Don't forget fogs (I've got a 04 sport also).

swoope

iTrader: (5)

yep.

beers

ckape

Yup, the performance package is pretty much what they used to call the sport package. I guess they changed it when they started refering to the base trim as the sport trim.

I did know when I went to the dealer that there weren't any stormy blues within 150 miles from the Mazda webpage, and they claimed they found it by searching a wider area than they were before, but it seems like that's something they could have easily done before I started walking away.

ndtechie09

theyll say anything for you to buy a car right then and there, i love the color but dislike the name. get some clear corners for it