L-Co

Hey Ron! Good to hear from you. Give me an idea of what days you'll be around and we'll go with that. I'm starting to see more and more 8's around here too. I just saw a gray one with a Shelby county tag at the parking deck at Brookwood hospital.

Herblenny

Some of use 7 owners will be having dinner next thursday night. If you want to join us, drop me an email.

herblenny@gmail.com


PHIL

ronrutrx8

I'm off the weeks of Oct. 9 and Oct. 16, but don't know yet what days we'll be there to visit family. Hafta discuss with the big boss when I get home....

L-Co

Thanks Phil. I'll have to see what the work week brings me. Hopefully we can come!

Herblenny

Sounds good.

Dinner will be this thursday night @ Jim and Nicks in trussville.

Hope to see some of you 8 owners there.

sixgen3sgte

what time will you guys be there, i'ld love to come, i get off work at 5
but my gf has to work till 9, and i doubt she would want me to come w/o her

ONOFIVEO

What's up locals! I don't think I'll be able to make Thursday, I'm coaching soccer those nights. Its keeping me pretty busy. Maybe next time. Surprised I didn't see any of you guys at the Dragon. I won a couple of door prizes and had a really good time. The Dragon makes you step up you game. "Lose a curve, lose your ride". Congrats on the new Phantom Blue. I hope to see you all soon. Greneda treating you ok Ron? Any of you guys gotten a recall notice yet? I got my warranty extension, but no recall.

Herblenny

We are going to meet up around 7PM at Trussville Jim and Nicks (across the street from Trussville Mazda).

I'll PM you with my numbers. We should be there until just past 9 or so.

PHIL

ronrutrx8

Doin' as fine as can be expected. Only seen a couple of rotaries here, a blue and a black. And only one other MR2. We're gonna try to be in the area the week of Oct. 9, so maybe some of us can meet for a bite.

I got the recall and warranty notices the same day, about two weeks ago. Almost hate to have them mess with it, since everything is fine with it. The plugs were changed right after we got it, so i guess it'll just be the reflash if needed.

praxis1301

i'm gonna be down in b'ham saturday, gonna get trussville mazda to do it's first look over of my car since i got it... is any one up for grabbing a late lunch? appt is at 12, so prolly 1 or 130?

L-Co

Hey Praxis. Normally I would be all about trying to get folks together. But this Saturday I am heading to Atlanta to go to Six Flags. Run over across the street from Tville Mazda and eat bbq at Jim N Nicks for me.
Lisa

Herblenny

I'm heading to ATL also.. for Mazda Zoom Zoom live.

Lisa, you should come out to the zoom zoom live when you are there.

L-Co

I wish I could have, but had already made other plans for my trip to ATL. Did you have a great time?

UltimaLaw

Hey all, just moved back to birmingham so if you see my silver 8 around the hoover or pelham area give me a honk, let me know about any meet ups or lunchs, im there.

ScreaminRX8

How is everyone doing these days? I haven't been on here much lately just wanted to drop in and say hello!
I was in Pelham last thursday and seen about 3 other 8's getting off 65 at 119 exit.

I had my recall done thursday. All they had to do was reflash the computer and replace the plugs. At least no new engine like some are. It seems to run alot better and idle is MUCH better.

L-Co

UltimaLaw- hi! Welcome back to Birmingham! We'll certainly keep you posted on any get togethers.

Screamin'- Hey. Glad the recall worked out. My stupid visor just broke AGAIN! So, I am off to Med Center Saturday for oil change, recall check and to get another (insert curse word here) visor.

ronrutrx8

Hey Lisa! Must be that hard sunshine in Alabammy breaking those visors...

I'll be in town for a family visit and have a 9:00 am appt. at MedCenter for the recall, on Tuesday. Anybody wanna grab a bite sometime during the week? Thursday or Friday might work best.

mmats69

hey all. i'm back in montgomery now from my training in atlanta. may be able to make a few events but they will have to be on saturday.

just a side note. driving home one evening and about a mile from my apartment, i can no longer shift into 3rd gear. took it to the mazda place and i ended up having to get a new transmission. never run my car hard, race it, or anything like that. heck, i've only put 2000 miles on it in the past 6 months (riding motorcycle to work).

thought i was gonna have trouble since i have a few mods on the car but an open ticket from when i had a factory spoiler added showed how little i drive the car. plus metal flakes went everywhere when the tranny was drained so failure was coming, it was just a matter of when.

anyone else had or heard of this problem?

L-Co

Hey all! I took my car to Med Center last weekend for the recall check. No problems. They just did the re-flash. I can tell a difference (good) in the crank and idle. It cranks a lot stronger and idles smoother. And I won the raffle for a free oil change, tshirt and other Mazda stuff. Cool.

Ron: I'm sorry to miss you this visit. I wont be able to make it Thursday or Friday. Hope you've enjoyed being back in the 'Ham and seeing family. Maybe next time!

Mmats69: yes, it seems like I've come across people with the same issue. That sucks. At least you caught it and got it fixed.

ronrutrx8

Got the re-flash on Tuesday. Can't say I feel a difference, since until the trip here I haven't driven the car much. With the car fairly loaded got over 20 mpg. We'll see if any change on the trip back. Everything else checked out fine.

I expect to be back Thanksgiving week, let's try again then.

mmats69

I'm glad i'm not the only one with the problem. I hate it that others have had it but at least i'm not alone in this battle.

Glad to see that everyone is doing well. Congrats on the free prizes L-Co!

ScreaminRX8

Bump!!

mjones53

Hi all, anyone else have problems with the temp control. Mine is either COLD or HOT!
no matter where you set it, no middle ground...

thanks,

L-Co

Mjones: No, so far no issues with the temp. I do wish that it would do better when set to blow on face/feet. I have to run mine on the face setting just to stay cool. It wimps out when you change it to face/feet.

praxis1301

same here, no temp probs, just weaker air flow on the head/feet setting