Hey guys, just wanted to introduce myself! I've been lurking here for some time now in anticipation of picking up my '06 Shinka, and tonight was the night! I'm in Omaha, NE (well actually Carter Lake, IA - but if you're from around here you'll understand) and just recently graduated from Nebraska-Omaha with a BS in Computer Science.

I'm having the spoiler as well as the rotary accents added as soon as the parts come in. I will update the album when the new parts are installed.

Click HERE for the album with all of the pictures (including my Copper Red sitting next to my friend's '04 Velocity Red!)

Here's a sneak peek:

 

Welcome to the club.

See you on the road.

 

Oh Yeah!!! Very Nice.

 

Congrats and welcome.

 

All I can say is Go Big Red!!

 

Love that interior! Congrats & enjoy!

 

Minor in Math or Physics? Any plan on Grad school?

 

Looks nice, all right. I'm thinkin' they should have changed the rims for '06. Not that there's anything wrong with the old ones. Just because.

 

Very nice indeed. Enjoy!!!

 

Very nice and very jealous, nice ride!

 

It looks like there's something to the left of the glove box in one of your interior pictures (between the glove box and the radio). Am I crazy or is there something there? A switch or something? My 8 has only an insert there and the pictures on Mazda's website also show only an insert.

 

Nice, I seriously looked into one of those but decided to save some cash and got my Blue 05. I love the color, and under the showroom lights it looked DAMN good.

 

Very nice color!!!

 

talk about a DOUBLE TAKE going down your street! congradulations

 

God, I love that color. Somebody please steal my car, so that I can get a Shinka RX8

 

YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooo!!!

 

The "switch" that you are seeing is actually a small light that lights up when the passenger side air-bag is disabled.

 

Could you take any pics under the sun?

 

Congrats on the purchase/ i'm another local 8 owner in good old omaha. Us local guys should get together so we don't have to drive forever to attend the bigger rx-8 gatherings. Let me know if anyone in the omaha area wants to have a gathering.

 

Congrats! From one Copper Red Owner to another!!!

Time

 

I'll be happy to take some more pics when it actually gets somewhat sunny outside

I should be getting the spoiler and rotary accents added soon so I'll post some pics of that as well.

 

Gorgeous! Congratulations. I haven't seen the side-by-side yet and hadn't realized how rich the new copper red is. Whew that's HOT!

 

I know my '05 doesn't have a passenger airbag sensor. Is this a new feature in '06? I don't see any mention of it on the Mazda web site.

 

Congratulations! Certainly the second best red around..

 

I had never heard of it either until the day I picked up my car.