Just picked her up on Wednesday....less than 12k miles. I am very happy.

 

^Loves it.... Congrats and Welcome to the addiction...!:p

 

Grats! you picked the best color, but i'm a little biased.... :-)

 

So am I - enjoy!!

 

I love the color, it was between this or white... im still loving the white tho...




some autoX time pics

 

Hi everyone,

Well, I looked on the market for about 2 months for an RX-8 and I finally found one that I really liked. The price seemed right, so I took it home today. '05 Shinka with 33k miles on it. Hopefully It won't give me any of the bad RX-8 funk that I've read so much in the forums (flooding, starter, battery,coils, etc. issues).

By the way, this site is an EXCELLENT source of information. Thanks for all your contributions. I look forward to do the same in the coming future.

Pics to come soon!

 

^ Think you're gonna really like it. I've had my '05 Shinka for nearly 3 years, and have had no problems whatsoever. It's as reliable as my toaster.

 

Same here; got mine new in March of '06 and nary a problem. Only flaws have been one moisture permeated taillight and a broken plastic clip on the center console cover. Both covered under warranty.

Now at 20k miles and that's it. No loss of power, no flooding, no nuthin' but fun.

I have kept up with all applicable TSB's and never shut down cold without doing the 'hold for ten seconds at 3k rpm.' Oil changes every 3k miles, modest pre-mix (4 oz per tank), and rotate the tires at 6k. I also wash/wax often and detail spray after almost every run. Spirited driving to include of course hitting the redline often.

Enjoy!!!

 

^^ sweet! I'm definitely looking forward to a long, fun, ownership experience.
The first thing that freaked me out was the gas mileage. I knew well ahead that it wasn't going to be great. But when I noticed that after about 38 miles my gas gauge showed a quarter tank already gone, I was like "HOLY S*%@T!!". Fortunately, the gauge seems to slow down as it depletes. As long as I get 250 miles or more per fill, I'll be fine. I'm at 205 now and have over a 1/4 tank left (I've been doing mixed city/Hwy driving).

 

I got 81,000 on mine and only had to replace the cat, because the person didn't change plugs when I bought it, other then that it runs pretty strong. I get around 23-25 mpg in mine.

 

new fem with shinka


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Can you tell that I'm inlove?

 

And has almost as much torque! :D lol

 

I envy you guys, shinkas have the best interior

 

The interior was one of the reasons I went with the Shinka model.

 

I hope one to to own a Shinka-black cherry or copper red but Shinka

 

I love this color.... Here are some shots of mine..

 

Alright, I guess its time for me to post some pics of my Shinka... I've been steadily working towards getting the car exactly how I want it. I'm mostly done with external mods, although I'm not sure if I'm going to leave the front grill silver or eventually get it removed and powder coated black. Here are some pictures of how it looked last weekend before the grill and splash guards were installed.

 

Very nice Blackendwings

 

where do u get the stock looking spoiler in the black cherry?

 

Hey everybody,
I'm new here and I've just bought my friend's Shinka that she called The Ocho. I couldn't resist going straight to this thread. Great photos so far.
Better ones of mine than the avatar pic to come, I promise!!

 

Congrats on the new car, and getting the best color. :D

 

Mine '8 came with it factory installed.

It's an item I didn't really care about when I was doing my pre-buy research, but I was ultimately glad I had it as it does lend a sportier look imho.

 

The car is smiling in GA-Shinka-05's sixth photo from the top!!!! amazing shot

 

LOL.. you're so right. Didn't notice that until now.