04RX8man

^yes pics or it didnt happen

ZoomZoomH

iTrader: (1)

wow with that much mileage that's a pretty decent trade-in value!

congrats and have fun with the Miata!

ZoomZoomH

iTrader: (1)

oh in case you're wondering loco4rx8, i still have my 8, almost 95k miles!

loco4rx8

Thanks everyone! Good luck with your car, ZoomZoomH! I'll keep checking in to find out who ends up with the highest mileage 8. :D

Here's a couple pics of the Miata... (and yes, I've already gotten rid of the Flow bracket!)

ZoomZoomH

iTrader: (1)

so I went and test drove both a '10 Mazda3s hatch and a '09 Mazda6i SV this morning. eager to move cars, the dealer offered $8500 trade-in on my '04 RX-8 with 95,600 miles on the clock, but I walked on the deal because, frankly, neither brand new car can even GET CLOSE to the driving feel of a 5 year old car with 95k miles.

so yeah, I think I'm keeping my car for a while, i'm actually gonna spend some $$ to tune up the old girl now <3

but do have to say Mazda did a really good job with the gearbox for the 2.5L MZR fwd drivetrain, that impressed me more than anything else on those 2 cars.