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Old Nov 24, 2004 | 11:02 AM
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shinka looks nasty
Old Nov 24, 2004 | 12:52 PM
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it is gay
Old Nov 24, 2004 | 01:14 PM
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Yeah, beige interior looks nice when it's new, but in a year it gets so dirty and ugly nobody wants to look at it.
Old Nov 24, 2004 | 05:39 PM
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Oh my god, someone call Barney. They found his RX-8!
Old Nov 24, 2004 | 06:04 PM
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Mmmm, "ninety day" beige, all that bling.....and it comes with water repellant front glass, won't need the wipers then.

Sign me up.
Old Nov 24, 2004 | 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Gomez
Mmmm, "ninety day" beige, all that bling.....and it comes with water repellant front glass, won't need the wipers then.

Sign me up.
Gomez..you really have issues with this car..

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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 11:58 PM
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I love the exterior color. It's no more gay than yellow, red, or blue. Those are colors in the "rainbow" you know! My old 2nd gen RX-7 was Burgundy and to this day I still think it is the most beautiful color for that car. I'm not terribly fond of the interior color but it's not that bad.

Everyone has an opinion on any color. Personally I think white is the single worst mistake in car color history next to brown or tan but that's just me. You guys that think it looks gay need to grow up and get a life. If you don't like it, so what? It won't change anything. It won't influence others. You should be happy that it is probably a chick magnet. That is a good thing.
Old Nov 27, 2004 | 12:20 AM
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Don't you still have that brown RX-7?
Old Nov 30, 2004 | 07:06 PM
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The Burgundy 2nd gen is in rotary heaven. My first gen is tan with a brown interior. Yeah it's ugly, but to buy a garage kept GSL-SE from the original owner for only $300, I couldn't really complain.
Old Nov 30, 2004 | 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by rotarygod
Yeah it's ugly, but to buy a garage kept GSL-SE from the original owner for only $300, I couldn't really complain.
Wow... what a steal. My buddy bought a '79 for $250, but it was in such bad shape he just ended up parting it out... I tried to get the 12A for tear-down project, but he found a buyer instead
Old Nov 30, 2004 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by snap-on
Gomez..you really have issues with this car..
Yeah, I do. I'm not one of the guys bagging it 'cos they think it's gay, either, BTW. I have real issues with the "tarting up" that Mazda has carried out on it. It's almost as if they consider that the 8's on the market at the moment are too bland and that a bit of chrome will help move a slow seller. It's for this reason I think they have devalued the brand. I don't see it as a "Special Edition".... I see it as a slap in the face.

And it's a tasteless POS, too.

Gomez.
Old Nov 30, 2004 | 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by rotarygod
My first gen is tan with a brown interior.
That was the color combo of my '84. Many was it ugly...lol. I did fix the tan, but not the brown.
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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 09:50 PM
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Oh Sh#t....Google Alert just sent me this tasty bit of news in the mail....

For bad news in Australia, click here. Thankfully, there are only 110 of them. Hopefully, visually impaired residents of Sydney will buy them all....
Old Nov 30, 2004 | 10:10 PM
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Gomez
glad you got the bad news on your own , i didnt want to be the bearer of bad news hence i didnt post the article . :p

cheers
michael

The only aspect that is remotely interesting is the darker -silver gloss alluminium wheels .

The poofs in Sydney will have a ball probably purchase the lot in Auto .

cheers
michael
Old Nov 30, 2004 | 10:11 PM
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I need a stiff drink....
Old Dec 1, 2004 | 11:00 AM
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Is that available in the US only or do we get it in Canada too?

And in that Australian article they say the special ed comes in Tit Gray too?

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Old Dec 1, 2004 | 12:41 PM
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here is the US pricing for the Shinka edition and also the rest of the 2005 pricing
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