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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 02:44 PM
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She comes home tomorrow.....

Picking up my 8 tomorrow. Went and looked at it last friday and agreed to purchase pending compression test results. Had the test performed this morning and the results are in:

200' above sea level; rotor 1: 8.1, 7.8, 7.7 @249RPM. Rotor 2: 8.0, 7.6, 7.9 @ 245RPM.

Car is a 2007 M6 GT, blk/blk, everything but nav, 18k miles, original owner, garaged, summers only, all documentation (oil changed every 2250mi +/-), dealer serviced. Purchased new 8/20/07, so I have about 7mos remaining of the original 5/60 warranty.

Looking forward to it!
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 02:50 PM
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Sounds like a solid car. Congrats.
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 03:16 PM
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Sounds good. I remember the day I picked up mine, it was a lot of fun.
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 03:47 PM
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Thanks guys. I'll try and get some pictures up tonight.

Now I just need to wait for spring!
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 05:28 PM
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 05:35 PM
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Nice ride, it looks well maintained.
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 11:10 PM
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Engine bay looks clean. Congrats and enjoy the ride.
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 11:53 PM
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That's a great looking car, man. Appears to have been nicely kept.

The sunroof deflector and the strakes? Skadoosh.
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 08:25 AM
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Thanks guys, it really is practically showroom condition. Owner was a fanatic. I was either going to find one this clean and well documented, or I wasn't buying one at all.

Yes, the wind deflector will be off within moments of pulling into my garage.
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 08:31 AM
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She looks like a keeper. Only thing I would do is get some oil-cooler screens. Racingbeat.com makes them. Well that's where i got mine from and they aren't to bad to install if you want to do it your self.
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 09:00 AM
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Very clean. I would be removing the strakes but that's just me.
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 09:12 AM
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Strakes will likely go. She'll be garaged till probably mid-April, so i'll have plenty of time to stare at her and figure out if I like them or not. Unless she's under the Noah car cover i'll be ordering today.
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 09:35 AM
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Looks like a fantastic buy. Super-clean. If it was mine I'd debadge it and paint the front and rear rotor accents black Enjoy!
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 09:42 AM
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Looks like a fantastic buy. Super-clean. If it was mine I'd debadge it and paint the front and rear rotor accents black Enjoy!
the rotary accents come off so why not just remove them
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 07:00 PM
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Here in NYC rocks are not the issue but stupid people bumping your car when you park on the street, lol
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 08:14 PM
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Well, it's official. She is registered and in my garage. I can't believe how good the previous owner was about hanging onto everything related to the car. Things like the unused 'zoom-zoom' sticker, to the tags that dealers put on the keys, to the air bag lable that hung from the glove box, the window sticker, the DVD, a 2007 sales brochure, the letter from Mazda regarding the 96/100 core warranty, every single service invoice from the dealer.......everything! I love that.
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Old Feb 8, 2012 | 09:20 AM
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Well, it's official. She is registered and in my garage. I can't believe how good the previous owner was about hanging onto everything related to the car. Things like the unused 'zoom-zoom' sticker, to the tags that dealers put on the keys, to the air bag lable that hung from the glove box, the window sticker, the DVD, a 2007 sales brochure, the letter from Mazda regarding the 96/100 core warranty, every single service invoice from the dealer.......everything! I love that.
Sounds like you found a good one. It's great when people actually care about their car and take good care of it!
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Old Feb 8, 2012 | 09:44 AM
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looking good sir. Whereabouts in CT are you?
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Old Feb 8, 2012 | 07:51 PM
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looking good sir. Whereabouts in CT are you?
Danbury area. You?
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Old Feb 8, 2012 | 08:10 PM
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Damn, so many of you 8 owners are way down there, I am up north, Vernon
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