wait, wouldnt t be the january 2008 issue?

Perhaps Mazdamaniac is stuck in the past? LOL Yes, it's the January 2008 issue you should be looking for on the newsstands.

awesome car and awesome write up. well done to the both of you.

got to go get it then

That's quite an achievement, MM.
Something to chronicle and appreciate all the hard work you've done.

instant framing and hung in the garage on the "i love me" wall.. awesome ride man.

You might as well just written the article yourself...it was 72.34% your own words basically...how do I get THAT job...

i can haz questionz on uR itaKe? prolly PM you later on it...

That's awesome! MM you are a role model for the Rx-8 community. I only hope that my own 8 (when I get it) will match to the clean looks of yours. I especially love the use of the nav system for your own means. Very impressive.

PhotoMunkey, I'll be buying that magazine next trip to the store. I'm just sorry I missed it last time I scanned the titles. I've noticed that there seems to be a lack of anything rotary, let alone Rx-8's in the mags lately and its been a real disappointment. With a promise of more goodies to come I very well may be purchasing a subscription soon. Keep up the good work!

yo. high 5! i'd frame it and sleep with it under my pillow:)

you give me a reason to go to work and make money jeff

Congrats Jeff! \m/

Man that makes me wish I had had time to look you up when I was in Phoenix during Thanksgiving. Great looking car and grats on the article!

Spend about $3-4k on camera gear and prove you can take killer photos, that's how! I thought Jeff's words said it best when it came to certain aspects. Sure I could have spent time hammering out cuter or more clever phrases (though not by much since MM is pretty darn witty), but I felt that he nailed it, so I swiped it. Besides, magazine editors love quotes because it draws the readers into the story. If it was just me telling you about someone's car, would you really care?

Now if I were Angelina Jolie, and I were telling you about someone's car... lol

awesome accomplishment guys! its awesome to see a fellow rx in the mags.

but im curious, what is this thing?? i like the way it looks but is it only for cosmetic reasons???
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...hoto/09989.jpg

USB driven mini keyboard

ohhh lol i thought it was some kinda cool looking cheese grater thing...that makes sense tho! thx!

Thanks everyone!

Despite any "quoting" in the article, it was totally Eric's writing. Even the quotes are properly formatted "paraphrase" for magazine prose. Its what I said, but in a much more reader-friendly format.
Besides, what kind of article would it be if it had quotes like: "I dunno, I just threw in a fuckin' turbo, man!".

As far as pics go, Eric is so far and beyond anything I could possibly approximate, its ridiculous to suggest otherwise.
My car only looks good because Eric looked at it the right way.
There is no re-touching in those pics - that is just plain skill.

I realized I put 2007 in the title and I went back and edited it.
However, the edit didn't "take" and I've tried it a few times.
It was weird to write "current" in a sentence that contained a future date.

That USB mini-keyboard controls my CarPC. Read the article!
Also - everyone write a letter to the editor (I think you can do it on-line) raving about Eric's skill and the presence of an RX-8 in the mag.
You want them to feel that there is a vast, untapped audience out here.

give me a link and im there

Content Editor: content@modified.com
Editorial Director: Dave Drimmie, ddrimmie@modified.com
Editor In Chief: Peter Tarach, ptarach@modified.com
Senior Editor: David Pratte, dpratte@modified.com
West Cost Editor: Mike Maez, mmaez@modified.com

you want me to email all of them? i will do it at work tomorrow. it will add the power of Harley Davidson behind it :)

Lol. No, I just copied a whole bunch of addys. I don't know which is the best one.
Probably the senior editor.

ok. will do. i would love to see more 8's in mags. we dont get enough love. now i have to find the mag. no luck yet

just got it from the newsstand... Awesome!

congrats bro

Emailed the SR. ED. Gotta pick up the issue tomorrow. I hope we see more Rx-8 stuff...I don't remember who said it, but I agree that you can only see so many Nissans and Subbies before you get sick of it.