Potent

HeHe that was probably me.. did it have RacingBeat exhaust and lowered a bit?? My mother in law is staying there and ive gone to visit with the wifey a couple times.

CypherSose

I've had mine for about two weeks now. I drive the Suncoast and veterans then over the Howard Frankenstein about twice a week (dont want to put on too many miles) I been seeing a titanium grey on the veterans frm time to time.

greese

good. Another red. It's about time. There are titaniums everywhere. Seems to be the most popular color. Have yet to see a green one in the wild though.

guy321

I saw a green getting maintenence at Russell Mazda when I dropped off my car the other day.

greese

yours was back in again? Something break?

I need to get in for an oil change and try to convince them to do something about these noisy brakes.

guy321

I had bad shift forks.. Potent has heard them..

when I was shifting into 4th above 6000 rpm's i'd grind every time.. Turns out to be a known problem with earlier 8's

Mazda had them rebuild my tranny. I should be picking it up today.. I dropped it off on Wed. Took a week to get parts tho.

greese

hmmmmmm.....I have had trouble going from 3rd to 4th at high RPM too. It's like i mis-shift. I just figured I wasn't shifting right.

guy321

Yeah, if you're at 6000 something revs then it just barely grinds before going in gear.. but if you take it up to redline then shift it grinds like crazy until it gets to 6 k..

You may have the same problem. I'll post the results of my repair later or in the morning..

guy321

While leaving Ybor lastnight around 11 or so, I saw a titanium or silver rx-8 going towards i-4 on 22nd street.

Potent

Spotted a hottie driving a winning blue this morning on starkey road. She grinned at me when I pulled up next to her

Maybe she likes the vibrations

tgray_n_tbay

Potent,

Yep that was you......thought you were just crashing the pool or beach, but couldn't find you.

Hope you m.i.l. enjoyed here stay.

epitrochoid

saw a velocity red today on bay pines blvd at thunder marine.

btw - what are some M flash friendly dealers around here? I took the latest tsb (which states that all vehicles are to be update to the latest calibration) to Russell, and they said no, only if I was expierencing problems....im getting sick of this

Potent

Not sure actually, Im due for my first oil change in 1k miles and imma try and hit Lindell for the flash. Everyone there seemed pretty cool. I figure when I take it in I'll just tell them it seems to have trouble starting at times and my gas milage has been outrageous (which it has)

mysql101

epitrochoid, Ferman Mazda (close to 275 in Tampa) did my flash without blinking an eye. Might want to give them a try if all else fails.

epitrochoid

ill try ferman next week...if that fails im gonna pound MNAO till something gets done about it. did you go in for other service? what exactly did you tell them?

mysql101

I told them I wanted the M flash on my car, they said no problem. I did an oil change while I was there. 1300 miles.

I go there because it's the closest dealer to me, and I bought my car from them.

tgray_n_tbay

What is a "flash"? And my 8 gets pretty horrible gas mileage also.

mysql101

heh.

The computer in your car can have it's software upgraded. The newer software leans out the fuel giving you better mileage, smoother power, and also fixes the flooding issue.

tgray_n_tbay

Thanks for the update. What's the approx. cost on the software upgrade?

mysql101

there is no cost associated with the flash upgrade. It should take around 30 mins.

greese

crazy. I usaully see maybe one 8 on the road during the week. I saw three today. I drive from Trinity to Clearwater every day. I saw two turning into East Lake high. A red and a silver. How did you kids sucker your parents into such an expensive car? The other one was on 19 turning onto Curlew headed for Mcmullen-Booth. Another silver.

That was only the second red i have seen besides mine.

greese

Potent

Yeah I see a red 8 parked out thunder marine all the time on my way to work. Not many I see have any mods though usually older folks driving them around here. Although I did see a mid 30's woman driving a sunlight silver with some pimp chrome 19's on it. Looked pretty sweet. I wouldve honked or waved but I was driving my new 4runner and she probably would have thought I was just making a pass at her.

epitrochoid

mid 30's?

thats milf material there!

mysql101

I saw a blue in north tampa parked at a publix two days ago.

And saw a ti today at land o lakes driving north.

greese

I saw another red one headed north on US 19 just south of Gulf to Day. During the morning rush hour.

still haven't seen a green....