OBO: Turbocharged 2004 RX-8 Touring
 

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Bye 9k

Hope you find a good home for this. If I had the money and the time I'd love to fly down and drive it up here and make it my summer only 8, while I keep the other for the winter.

Though I think I'd scrape the shit out of the bumper and skirts on my driveway, so it's probably for the best.

I have not gotten any serious interest. I'm moving and don't really want to take it but if I don't get a fair price I will keep it and swap it.

Damn man, sad to see you go but this is one of the cleanest cars for sure.

It's time man, 600WHP awaits :)

Oh and I got the sending unit to fix the temp sensor today.

Damn, hope this car finds a good home. Reasonable price too...

any potential buyers will have to undergo an extensive background check and car history to weed out ricers fucking up one of the nicest builds

Yeah man, I have received some pretty dumb inquires so far.

if ya want some really good offers post it on cl :yelrotflm

Clean 8.

Have always loved your car.

GLWS bro.

Never really talked to you but always admired your car. Sad to see you go, but totally understand. Good luck with the sale.

If you don't mind my asking, since everyone else seems to already know, why are you selling and what do you plan to do next once sold?

hes in san antonio

hes got a free douchebag membership when he got his bimmer which hes shooting for 600hp :yelrotflm

hey 9k i get a commission right?

St. Anto wey.

Thanks man, I may not go anywhere, lol

I am building a new house and just don't have the room for it to sit as I am planning on building an E92 M3, 335is, or an Z435is. I'm just done with rotaries honestly and watching where this platform has been for the last few years and where it is going is frustrating.

Yes, your commission will be a free trip to visit Berkeley, CA.

This is disheartening. Hearing that forces one to face the fact that interest in the 8, having always being a niche market, is waning. Mazda is teasing rotaries, but their performance platform is the MX5. Vendors are going away. Nothing new seems to be being developed. Builds are becoming rarer, and builds that last even more so. The people who were and are currently doing work on pushing the platform are starting to move on.

I think the only hope is that we can see a resurgence of interest as prices drop into the "cheap platform that you're willing to break" ranges. Unfortunately, cheap and RX8s don't seem to have ever gone together. Where they did, it wasn't ever really a good pairing. That'll also mean a massive influx of people who are going to do bad builds, possibly driving the long time crowd away from the social side of things.

I'm also building a house right now, should be done in September so bring the car on up here and I'll "store" it for you for free! :lol2:


Hell it'll look great in there, sort of a ketchup & mustard kind of thing!

I'm also building a house right now, should be done in September so bring the car on up here and I'll "store" it for you for free!


Heck if he brings up here to store I would consider buying it from him. The cost of bringing it up here is pretty high. It is a sweet ride but it could be too low for the Alberta potholes.

Hmmm. Rebuild my engine or go down and buy this car. Difficult decisions.... at the same time if your actually selling your car for 9k Im worried about putting any money into mine :/

Swap it to what?

Given how your current build turned out, seeing that swap would be very interesting...

Unless you go to the dark side and put an Isuzu V6 in it. :yelrotflm

Seems like a pretty easy decision to me..... lets all be honest, $9k for this car and all the parts you are getting with it is a steal, if I lived in the US this car would already be mine. You would spend double or triple that trying to replicate this on your own car..... I'm probably 9K deep into mine and that's without the price of the car, a rebuilt engine from one of the most reputable builders there are and a non-upgraded turbo.

I see, that is disheartening indeed, to see one of the most dedicated sell his car. Just saying, a storage unit just big enough for the car, is pretty cheap.

A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into that car (and money), whomever gets it is one lucky sob.

Yeah man it is disheartening for sure and if I do sell, I can't ever look back because I don't want to see my car posted up plastidipped, a GT wing on the back, and an LED light bar mounted in front of the intercooler, :lol:.

It was a lot of blood sweat and tears, but I made some lifelong friends that have moved on to other like platforms so the fun continues.

Oh and I replaced the oil temp gauge sending unit with a new one so it's working fine now.


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The same thing that frustrates me with every thought of my RX-8, especially now that I have the post-grad finances to do what I want with it (when time allows).

With a child coming in the very near future, I plan on jumping over to the boosted German side with an S5 or RS5 Sportback. Given the massive performance jump and practicality, I'm not sure if there's a reason to keep the RX-8 around other than for sentimental values.

Good luck with the sale. I hope your end of the stick isn't shorter than it already is with your posted price.

Thanks man, the sentimental value is the only reason I have been hanging on to it, and the car deserves to loved again.