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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 03:37 PM
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from paint and body experience someone backed into you and took off.it may be more like an insurance claim then a dealer install problem but try it out you never know.
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 06:14 PM
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nice car...pretty cleannn
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 07:30 PM
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Dam how the hell do you change the oil and not put oil back in? LOL stupid people.
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 11:05 PM
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Holy ****!! That is terrible. BTW that is one of the cleanest VR 8 I have ever seen.
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Old Aug 23, 2008 | 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by luis@championsmotorsports
from paint and body experience someone backed into you and took off.it may be more like an insurance claim then a dealer install problem but try it out you never know.
Thanks for the advice... The dealer has already repaired it for free! Nice to have connections!! There also weren't any scuff marks or paint scratches before the repair. I thought that also because there were 2 small dents where the cracks were also....



Originally Posted by Jedi54
wow Leesha, that sucks!! Try adding 2 quarts of oil and go from there.
Not sure how much I added because I bought the 5liter large oil container. I didn't overfill & the oil is at the proper level now.



Originally Posted by flipRx8
nice car...pretty cleannn
Thx Flip...I do love my baby & you should see the interior! Better than the first day I bought it!!!



Originally Posted by DOMINION
Dam how the hell do you change the oil and not put oil back in? LOL stupid people.
Tell me about it!! My car was in for 3 major things... the 2hr 24k service, 4hr recall oil cap, & the bumper repair so maybe somehow it slipped his mind. Who knows...


Originally Posted by AJ's Shinka
Holy ****!! That is terrible. BTW that is one of the cleanest VR 8 I have ever seen.
Gotta see my insides...


I have a good story this time. While away at the American Falls Casino...the valet parked my car. When we got up to the suite my daughter was looking out the window & saw my car...she was starring at it & said she thought someone was still in it. So I told her to stay & check to see... Sure enough someone came out like 10mins later!! Then he stood infront my baby checking her out. Walked to the back & checked her out some more!

They just love my car there! I really do think my RX8 is the only one that valets there so they kinda know me now... I always get things like... "yeah the neon car..." Because of my red footwells & blue leds under my seats...

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Old Aug 23, 2008 | 12:59 PM
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glad you got everything repaired. uggh the not filling the oil is kinda scary.

a rodent ate a hole in your filter? i wanna see that thing. lol
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Old Aug 23, 2008 | 01:14 PM
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OMG...another story to tell... So everyone know's I did the oil cap recall, 24k service which includes an oil change...

Soooo, I'm on my way home from a 2 night stay in Niagara falls where I drove all over going shopping.

On my way home the engine light for oil come on. I think nothing of it & think maybe it's just overfilled or something. It goes on & off a couple of times.

So I get home then go shopping again to only notice the light come back on...all highway driving. So I call the dealership they say it could be the sensor. w/e

A few hours later someone calls & tell me to check the oil...I'm like ok but I just got an oil change... SURE ENOUGH... the oil was below the very bottom line!!!

I told the guy if my car blew up with 3 kids in there Mazda would't be too happy & they'd replace my entire car!!!

Lets just hope that when I take it out next that no damage was done... I have to take it in for the CAI filter when it comes in so they will check it then & of course they told me to add a liter of oil...try like 3!!! I need more than a liter & I didn't overfill it either... I'm so pissed these idots could have fucked my car & put us in danger!!!

BumbleBee: Sorry to hear that...I have all these small dents all around from rocks and such & just hate it!!
Not to rain on your parade but the design of the rotary engine allows it to run much differently than a piston engine in the event of low or no oil conditions. In a piston engine if you run out of oil your engine will seize completely. A rotary on the other hand can be ran without oil (THIS IS NOT RECOMMENDED) for a much longer period of time without seizing. What will happen is, as it runs out of lubrication the internal seals and chambers will get hotter and hotter (this could take miles of driving) until the point where the rotor cannot spin anymore.

If I were you I would be pissed for sure that they did that to you but the whole blowing up of the car is a little far fetched.
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Old Aug 23, 2008 | 01:49 PM
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Both ***** will repel them thar varmits.
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Old Aug 23, 2008 | 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Razz1
Both ***** will repel them thar varmits.

I keep finding pieces of black rubber all around...thin pieces so yeah now I know where it's from!! Nothing is leaking thank god...

BTW I'd need like 1million moth ***** or so for the garage! I'm going today to get poision for the corners of my garage & whatever traps I can find & keep them under my car!
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