Was cruising around ebay and noticed this blue '09 R3 with only 8k miles has everything an R3 should have except the front and rear seats. The door panels, steering wheel, center rest all have the red stitching. And they are the sport seats at that, not even leather or power. Wonder what the story is there, its so new. The description mentions nothing of it.

Here are pics for posterity..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2009-...ht_21714wt_881





Some unsuspecting buyer is going to get screwed.

 

I reported it, that would suck if someone bought it without catching that the seats have been swapped.

 

Easy... they sold off the seats to make some healthy extra profit and the seller hopes the buyer doesn't know that the R3 should come with Recaros.

 

I bet whoever traded it in made the swap and the Ford dealer didn't notice it.

 

By the way... got some pics for that DeLorean?

 

You're right... that's very likely.

 

thats no R3 without the Recaros.

 

yea, about a gigs worth. The Mazda can do anything it can do, better....except gas mileage & attention, D gets mid 20s on regular and can't get gas without hear a lame Back To The Future joke from somebody at the pump.



+1. You trade the leather power GT seats for them. This car doesn't even have those.

Hopefully whoever seeks out an R3 is probably an enthusiast, and does research before buying a car like that. I know I had most of the specs memorized before I even saw one at a dealer, and saw more photos and videos on youtube then I could count before buying one.

 

You can't own one of those and expect to not hear back to the future jokes

 

well you own one of those to expect lame back to the future jokes right?

its like owning a rotary engine car expect people to ask you how many cylinders it has.

 

Might the original owner perhaps swapped out the Recaro as too uncomfortable.
Being of larger stature myself, I didn't fit when I tried an R3

 

Some dealerships doesn't even check the whole car nor opening the hood of the engine bay. They just wanted for you to sign the dotted line and buy their vehicles. One of my friends car that he traded has 4 mismatched tires and they didn't even notice that. Would you buy a vehicle with 4 mismatched tires? Probably, some will, but that's what i meant about some dealerships.

 

I can imagine... still, I'd LOVE to have one myself. One day, I will.
I just love that thing.

 

Go over to the DeLorean forum. DMCtalk.org ...its a must if you will be, or currently do own a DeLorean. Its a small close knit bunch. I've met a lot of them in person.

I like the DeLo for some of the same reasons I like the RX8. They are unique.

 

Might the original owner perhaps swapped out the Recaro as too uncomfortable.

 

Possible but very unlikely.

As others have said, it looks like the previous owner really did a "smart" move and sold/traded the seats with another RX-8 that really wanted the Recaros. Now we need to find if somebody here on the forum recently bought a used set of Recaros, LOL!!

In reality, seems like whoever bought the car (ebay seller) didn't do her/his research. Even a quick Google search would have shown what an RX-8 R3 is, and what it should have.

Now, this could mean a potential $$$$$ of savings for a smart buyer. Although I would not buy an R3 without the Recaros on an impulse, I would certainly negotiate the price down to what it would cost to put them in. And as we all know, those Recaros aren't cheap by any means.

 

there they are $2800
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2009-RX8-R3-...item2c61135c58

 

The dealership should buy the seats from Mazda and install them. There's no way they're going to get good money for an R3 without recaros... unless the guy completely knows nothing about the R3 package.

 

Awesome find!!

I thought the price would be around that for new...I guess they are really expensive then.

Shall we assume these came from that same car!!!

 

same year and almost near millage.

 

Some poor sap will buy it on looks alone and not realize he got screwed.

 

well. not really.
I would love to have some height adjustable Recaro's. I am just too short. being 5'7
I feel lost in the car.

 

No one got sucker this time around

Ended:Dec 12, 201109:56:38 PST
Bid history:7 bids


Current bid:US $12,900.09
Reserve price not met
Price:US $22,988.00

 

He says straight in the ad they came out of his R3 that he put sport seats in. Auction is in the same area. Theres no doubt.

--He shoulda threw on the 18s and sold the 19s while he was at it!! Whatya think those would bring?

 

I was looking at buying those seats as backups for my car. But someone got them today before I could.

Turns out just the leather covers for one front seat in the R3 are over $4,700.00 from Mazda.