just 990 miles so far...

 

Didn't read any of the preious post, but i got 21k right now. got my 8 on 10/04. drive it really hard, been out on track 2 times. change my oil every 3k on the dot. no problems what so ever.

 

34,500 pwned since 7/03

Problems:
Shift Forks in tranny - New tranny at 4700 mi
Air Bag light - restraint module
CEL - new plugs
Rear gear whine excessively loud at 45 MPH on or off throttle - new rear gearset
Intermittent power steering failure - New rack - still have problem
Rattle in RR door never has been fixed
LF window regulator fell apart - new regulator
Intermittently every one of the warning lights comes on - ??????
Flooded 2 times - ?????

 

SHOWOFF.......Have you been haveing some fun with your 8? Wow tranny probs...??

 

he apparently likes having a lemon and doesn't want to do anything about it....

why don't you join the big club with all the folks who don't have any mechanical problems whatsoever.... ???

 

25,800kms since 1st November '04. Apart from my display malfunctioning a few times, it's been great!

 

22,000 since april 05..on a 9/03 build (that's 7 months or about 3100 miles a month ) Aside from oil changes, roasting off the stock POS potenzas, no problems. I'm wary of even taking it to the dealer for the recalls, cause I know they'll fsk it up if I let them touch it.

 

47K miles since 7/03.

 

we had an 04 come in with a blown out HID and he had 76k
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Nevada Medical Marijuana

 

11K since March 19th, 2005, no problems (knock on wood).

 

Nope. I have only been to the track once. I don't abuse the car with hard starts, I let it warm up everytime I drive it.

 

Hah U Guyz are crazy im comin up on 50,000 miles now

 

44000 ks ( Canada).
My first exitement (Go-Cart for 4, Porsche for 33,000.00) turned into disappointment:
Huge gaz guzzler ( we knew that), Mazda Service not comparable to Porsche or Mercedes, brakes first squeaky - now rotors are not running round anymore with 50% brakepads remaining!!!. Mazda refuses to put new rotors in on their expense, suggests to machine the old ones, which will make the problem just worse, because the thinner rotors will warp even easier.
Things take extrem long to get addressed, rearlights have water in it and become foggy, noise in sunroof...
Car is 80% driven by a gentle lady, so no explanation for the rotor problems.
If anyone has similar issues, PLEASE POST

RNOTSOXITEDANYMORE

 

Any updates. Guessing we have some at 60,000 or so. Let's hear it.

 

50,583

 

Not true that thinner rotors will warp easier. Rotors rarely ever WARP. What happens is that you get "slick"/"rough" patches on the rotors. So as you apply the brakes, the pad makes less friction against the slicker surfaces and thus ends up wearing away at more of the rotor at the rougher parts. As time progresses, these differences get worse and that's where the warped feeling comes in: now the rotor surface is uneven. This gives you the pulsating brake pedal that people call "warped rotors." The rotor itself is still perfectly straight: it's just that its surface now has irregularities in it.

If you machine the rotors, you will probably have another 20-30K of wobble-free driving (given that you keep your wheels balanced and your car aligned).

 

he he he 1,000,000 miles j/k
I guess this would be one of those never ending threads unless it were closed

well, I got almost 25k with greddy turbo kit.
just my fifty cents

 

I just broke 21k...but I'm bout to throw another 3000 on between now and new year's, with my drive to tx and back. She's running awesome still!!!

 

car was bought in 10/03- but its an 04 model ??

i bought it with 14K miles on it at 10/31/05

as of tonight it has 16,367 miles. so approx i put on 2k miles in 2 months ? that sounds ok ?

 

48k in the first year. 5k in the last six months.....

 

^^^^^are you serious
thats crazy

 

i bought it under 5 km on Feb 8 05

now it has 40 km

 

yup, then girlfriend/fiance lived in Ventura County and I lived in Sonoma County



and I used to drive the 8 for fun

scaled it back a lot lately...

 

21,350 Purchased 5/24/2004. Flooded once at 17,000 miles.

 

women can do that to a car