Toolbox in the garage when you are 500 miles away with a flat, lol

 

why are you selling

 

Took the starter off and cleaned and greased it. I had a hot start problem and it fixed it temporarily. It starts like new and instantly even after a 1h 30m drive. I put new plugs in as well Cleaned her first then went to work on the starter.

 

fixed the starter and did a tune up lastly washed her.

 

That sucks my friend. I have a 127,000 on my 2006 Shinka and it’s still going. I do maintain it very meticulously and do all the steps and dances you get told to do before and after driving lol.

 

Dropped my RX8 at dealer for latest recall

Already done last year the fuel tank seal

This one is the following one 1017E

Will take one day Got a Mazda 6 courtesy loaner

 

Picked it up

Mazda replaced the seal

Cool

While at dealer talked to a salesman

The RX9 is coming

Not so fun part is that it will cost about 70K ��

 

That's a bomb to drop - the RX9 is coming [when]. Do tell the details and how this dealer has the ultimate in SCOOPS!

 

Unless, of course, the salesman was talking out of his bunghole. Unlikely, since they're not known for that, or anything.

 

South Bay Mazda in Torrance CA

The guy I talked to was not a young kid but an older management staff

I told him I was there for my RX8's recall repair and yold him my next new vehicle will be a RX7

His reply was "Not tbe RX7 The RX9 "

He told me it looks like a Maseratti and then he told me about the price , not cheap

Let's hope its going to happen !

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BTW

Got my front license relocator

 

Interesting.

Note that Mazda's naming scheme means that RX-9 will be a different type of car from RX-8 and RX-7 then. Sounds like they are going for a super car then.

 

Just got the CorsoMotion(who bought exLED) vanity mirror LEDs in the mailbox today.

Put them in, and they are great. The LED ones I have used before is way to bright. CorsoMotion claimed that theirs were set dimmer, and so I gave them a shot. Very pleased with the healthy amount of light and even spread that comes out of the bulbs.

So if you want good vanity LEDs that won't burn your retina out, I'd recommend CorsoMotion ones. exLED used to be pretty great from what I have heard, but suffered from a lot of issues with shipping and customer service. CorsoMotion has pretty great customer service, however. Very good experience.











CorsoMotion(left) vs. halogen(right)



CorsoMotion(left) vs. single chip LED bulb I have purchased from somewhere else before(right)

 

Finally got her running well again! Fuel pump swap and I can hit redline again!!!

 

Had one of those for couple of years. Worked well, although ultimately parts started to rust.

 

Yeah

I hear you

I wanted it not chromed but these guys only make the part in chrome

I would had powder coated it but chrome parts can not be powder coated without expensive de chroming

After looking at the design, I can see I can fab one out of L brackets and 2 bars

When time comes I will make o e and powder coat it

 

Just changed out the ignition for a BHR and intake for an AEM cold air and the car feels like new again. Gotta love the butt dyno.

 

That would be your ear dyno at work there . It sounds louder therefore must be faster

 

Got to drive my 8 a bit today after sending my grandparents off.

God, how I have missed driving it. Much better than the rental BMW X3 I had to deal with for a couple of days. The bloody thing is full of lag. You push the gas, say Mississippi a couple of times, and it smacks your skull into the seat. The guy at the car rental place was like, "Yeah, I just prefer naturally aspirated engines, man." I get him now.

I still prefer my smooth and "torqueless" RX-8, thank you. That's a small displacement engine done right.

 

210k?? How many motors have you gone through? Lol

 

That was my take on a rental BMW 420 (hardtop convertible). Awesome interior and suspension ruined by the 2.0L turblow. I'd rather have the 3L I6 and drive it in the rev range it was designed for than laggety-lag lag lag it around.

 

Yep, the X3 handled alright for a massive SUV, but the lag was actually dangerous in certain cases.

I6 would have been much better, I agree. Mazda said that the R2 has about the same amount of torque fluctuation as I6. I4 just has that coarseness associated with it.

In terms of fuel economy, turbos are good enough to fool EPA ratings, but the real life fuel economy gain is very low. Drive a turbo hard and watch the fuel economy go down the drain, as the engines have to run richer at that point to cool down the turbo.

 

1. Had dealer complete FUEL TANK LEAK recall
2. Asked dealer to complete PASSENGER AIR BAG INFLATOR recall. Dealer ordered part
3. Replaced battery with new Bosch 35-640B. I've always loved Bosch products

 

my car is in the shop, waiting for the results. Car has been puffing white smoke and struggling, High coolant pressure but I just had the radiator replaced. Hope it's not the coolant seal that's gone....