Opie

Purchasing a used RX8

Well, as you can see I'm new here, so I've got a few questions about buying a used RX8. Right now I'm planing on trying to find a manual(stick shift) 2005.

What prices should I expect to see?

Would a 2004 be a bad idea?

Mileage.. do you experience any problems at regular intervals (I.E. is 40k too much)?

Where should I look for this car? (I've currently only really looked at carmax, I'm not too sure i want to buy from them but time will tell.. or maybe you can help)

Thanks a bunch.

Opie.

NoTears316

I have an 04 that I purchased in Aug 03 about 52000 miles ago, and I have had no major issues at all. Just steer clear of the early ATs and you wont have anything to lose sleep over.

Also, list your location on your profile. It would be easier to give you expected prices that way.

Opie

I added my location, i'm pretty much in the north side of houston. (Out of the city limits of course)

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There is a for sale forum here. You have to figure if they post on this site they probably took pretty good care of their car.

Personally I'd stay away from an 04, but opinions vary. They may be fine but why chance it if you can afford an 05 or 06 anyway?

Opie

I'de imagine the users of this forum though ask a lot more than a standard RX8 owner.

shaunv74

The 04's are almost out of warranty. That would be the only reason to not go with an '04 in my mind. Getting the remainder of the warranty will allow you to cover any problems you find in case the previous owner didn't take care of any little annoying thing that might be wrong.

I have an '04 and it's been a great car but I've also gotten all the TSB's and recall work done on it before my warranty ran out. I have 54K miles and it runs as strong and as smooth as the day I bought it.

Don't get an Auto before '06. After '06 you get the high power motor (like the manual) and a 6 speed trans.

Shini

I saw that you posted that today, you said the warranty is almost out? My Dealership just told me today that mine is and now that I'm having all these CEL problems I'm going to have to pay for them =(

Is there a huge difference in power from 04 to 06 for AT's? I didn't even know they did a different motor, just the new 6 speed AT.

dillsrotary

the 6speed AT also got the motor with the 6speed manual car, the old 4 speed manuals had a 4 port engine (the manual has a 6 port.) Also Shini whats your mileage and year??

Opie

So what are some prices I should be offering?

dillsrotary

I'm just out our for sale section and base your price offers on that, I cannot give you an exact number to offer as every model is different (options, year, mileage, etc.)

memojordan

i live in spring too.go to muday mazda on 1960 just passing 45.i seen they had an 04 gt 6 speed with i belive 40,000 mile they were asking 19,000 but i am sure u can get it for about 18,000 thats about how much they go for.

dshiznit1489

yea, if wanna drive an 8...you gotta hustle the stealership..i mean dealership***.

dillsrotary

for another comparison I got my 04 6 speed with 17,000 miles for $20,000, and that was in dec of 2005. 40,000 miles and $19,000 is alot, i'd offer 15k or 14k for it.

kersh4w

iTrader: (3)

05 6 speed manual. 19.5k miles. $20,000. i live in maryland.

i have a friend down in georgia who has an 8. he said a friend of his picked up an rx8 for 12k. i dont know the mileage though.

Direwolf

I just purchased an '05 RX-8 Shinka edition in Washington for $25,5, talked down from $26,5. This was a fair price for the car consider the great condition that it's in. The previous owner took extremely good care of it and only put 13,000 miles on the engine... I've put 500 miles on it in just the last 3 days. Filled up the tank twice.

The dealer kept it in the showroom since they day they got it, so it didn't get test driven much. Plus its Mazda certified with warranty, road-side assistance, etc. The same dealer had an AS-IS '06 for exactly the same price, but it wasn't even half as nice as the Shinka.

I definitely could have found a cheaper RX-8 in the area, but I couldn't find another Shinka that matched this quality. This car is show-room quality.

Anyway, hopefully that gives you a good upper-bound to shoot for.

Opie

My problem is really that a year ago I had an opportunity to pick a blue 2005' RX-8 New from the dealer for 21k if I would have financed through them.. and then I look now at used ones for 18-20k for the same year and package with 20-40k miles on it.. meh

shaunv74

Your warranty is good for 4 years 50K miles. If you have less than 50K miles on your car then it should still be in warranty.