hey guys,
not sure if anyone has posted this yet (forgive me if i'm reposting, but i didn't see a thread about this when i skimmed down).

There is a recall for some 04 rx8s:

a friend linked me to this because he knew i was thinking about getting one. Cut & pasted.. the part of the article that mentioned rx8s:

Separately, NHTSA said Mazda Motor Corp. is recalling 27,800 2004 model-year RX8 cars as cracks may occur in the ball joint socket due to improper forging of the lower control arm.

In severe driving conditions, the ball may separate from the socket and a loss of steering may occur, which could result in a crash, NHTSA said.

article here

 

sigh....yet another ball joint socket recall thread. There are like a million of these threads already. Please do a search first.

 

sorry dude. the article was dated today and i didn't see a thread in the 1st page.

 

The recall threads are down in the Tech Garage forum, where they belong.

 

btw, i love your avatar hehe

 

gosh. SORRY~!!! i'm new and i thought this was important enough to post on general discussion since the article was dated july 21 (today). sheesh!

makes me regret for even caring to post.

 

Thanks! :o

 

Don't worry about it. Not everyone goes straight to the Tech forum. Thanks for posting it. If you do a search on a topic, and resurrect a year+ old thread, you'd get hounded for that too . And welcome to the forum, don't let the bad first impression scare you off.

 

Pancake bunny! ^.^

 

Thanks for posting, today was the first I knew about it too!

 

Ridiculous, what he wasted less then a minute of your precious time reading his post? He even apologized if it was a repost. Forgive them, some good people on here and a few a-holes. Just hope thats their internet personality.

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength- Eric Hoffer

 

Posting on this forum can be like walking in a minefield. You never know when you are going to push someone's button. Too many people here take themselves a little too seriously, I'm afraid, and have forgotten that they were once new to this forum as well, I guess.

 

Are you serious? Give the guy a break.

 

Now thats funny! :D

 

What is even more funny is that her avatar says Julie and everyone keeps calling her dude. I'm thinking dudette myself.

 

Just keep on posting-this was a good post. Thanks

 

Click here and make sure you have the volume set to a reasonable level. Thanks zoom44 for the link.

Cheers,
Gomez :D .