Well, after 3 years of looking and waiting, things finally fell into place and I was able to buy an RX-8.

I managed to find a 2004 with 9700 miles on it and bought it for a pretty decent price (under 16k)..
Cheap enough that I was able to buy an extended warranty (an extra $1000) so I will be covered for 6 years or 'till it hits 100k miles.

My 8 is velocity Red, which was the only downside to me.. I had wanted black or Grey..
It's not that I mind red so much, except that it is now the quintessential 'little red sports car' and I am being inundated with 'mid-life crisis' jokes (I am 35 this dec.)

A small price to pay for a sweet car, at a sweet price.

I still need to buy some snow tires and a ipod kit for this baby, and my automotive bliss will be complete.

I spent quite a bit of time lurking here, learning the in's and outs, ups and downs of the 8 before I went ahead and bought one. So, many thanks to you guys for the wealth of information.

 

Wish I would have got the seat covers from the start. The thick rubber mazda floor mats are a must have. Enjoy.

 

welcome!!

good deal on your car.

new floormats are a must.

 

Welcome ....... pics and location a must.

 

Thanks guys.

Im in St. Charles, IL.. About 50 min. west of Chicago.

I'll get some pics posted later on.


The floor mats and seat covers are an excellent idea. I hadn't really thought of them before.
I'll have to put them at the top of my list.

 

Welcome................. and don't forget to read the stickies in the tech forum.

 

Welcome to the club! Sounds like you got yourself a sweet deal, Congratulations! Go ahead and get a slight tint. It makes the car more attractive IMO.

 

Congratulations! I used to get out your way (St. Charles) when I lived in Chicago—that's where we had a lot of Windy City Miata Club outings.

Best of luck.

 

VR is the best color. good luck with her. you have another 10 years before you truely hit mid life crisis.

 

congrats!

 

Hell of deal and welcome to the club. 9700 miles is very low.

 

I'm 36 and love my VR!! Best color and the fastest too!!

 

I highly reccomend Pirelli 240 Snowsports or Continental Conti Extremes.

 

M/T or A/T? Congrats

 

Thanks. I was actually looking at getting Pirelli's.

And the 8 I bought is a MT.

 

welcome to the club!

 

doesn't it feel good?

been looking and waiting for the best deal here as well...happy with the price i settled with tho its nowhere as sweet of a deal as yours.

congrats.

 

Welcome and congrats

 

Good luck with the iPod kit, if you find a good one let me know, best I've been able to find is an iTrip, which is nice, but since the car has no external antenna it kind of sucks, really stacticy unless you sit it up on the bashboard or really close to the CD player, too far away from that and you get nothing buy white noise.

I've been planning to going to hobby lobby and buying velcro for the back side of so I can just stick it on my dash and drive without having to worry about it falling out the ashtray


Other than that though grats on the new car, good deal too

Red isn't so bad, I wanted a black trans am and ended up with a red on for my 2nd car. You'll love it as long as you take care of it and keep it clean

 

Congrats on your new 8, enjoy.

 

congrats!

 

9700 miles.....nice! Still a baby. Welcome.

 

Thanks much guys. Anyone know if there is a way to check and see if all the recalls have been done to it?
I registered on mazda's website with the cars VIN, and IT said there were no required recalls... But I dunno if that is really accurate.

Do ya think I just need to take it to a mazda dealer to have them check it out?


Thanks!

 

Great color.. Almost every color looks good on a 8..
VR is the best though..

 

RotaryP7 "VR is the best though.."


That guy's crazy, BB is obviously the best!


...and don't get me started on those yellows..