Hi everyone,

Not sure if there was in introduction thread but here goes..

I recently bought my 04 Rx8 about a month ago and have had a few unfortunate troubles with it like the coils failed and melted the cat. So scary to see blue flames coming out of the exhaust! now my 8 is running without half the cat (as half has been deliberately knocked out) - is there any harm in this?

And then in the mall car park a lady opened her door into my passanger side!!! So lucky that I saw it happen!

Now all sorted and loving it! what a HUGE upgrade from my integra.

Is there many people here from around AKL?

 

Hi there - Welcome to the rotary world

Great bunch of people here who seem to know pretty much every thing about these awesome cars

Cheers

 

hey sweetfa what area in akl are you?

WOuld anyone know if pink xenon lights are legal in nz?

Thanks!

 

Hi Miss8 .
I'm from 'the tron' .
Ok to have 1/2 your cat knocked out but way better to do the job properly and knock all the guts out of it .
Otherwise you will end up with what's left in your muffler .

Great to see another Kiwi owner on here . Welcome .

 

I love blue flames!

 

Hey Brettus,

Thanks this site has proven to be a good read!

Maybe that is the case with my cat as that was the reason why my dad (a mechanic) smashed bits out of it in the first place so they wouldnt end up jiggling around in the muffler

Good stuff

 

Yes - he did you a big favour there .

 

Another Auckland Noob signing in. I've had my 04 Type-S for 2 weeks. No problems so far, loving it.

 

welcome to the club
lots of info on the 8

im in south/east auckland

 

Good to hear! I cant get enough of my rx8 I hate leaving it in car parks etc! I wish i could wrap it in cotton wool when Im not around haha!

I find that it gets so much attention esp from guys at gas stations :P

what part of akl are you from?

 

I'm in East Auckland (Howick).

The only attention I seem to get is from 10 year old boys! LOL
Actually most of the women I know accuse me of having a mid life crisis, and their husbands\partners look on in silent jealousy when I tell them that my wife encouraged me to buy it. Most of them seem to wildly over estimate how much it cost too, which is fun.

 

same here,very protective of my 8
never take it to the shopping centre's, if i do... i park away from the trollies and other cars

i'm from Howick/Pakuranga - red rx8 with "xcon" n/plate

 

I'll have to keep an eye out I like the fact that there isn't too many 8s on the road (that I've Noticed)

 

Hello Miss8 - welcome to the forums


p.s. - Be careful with that Brettus character...

 

Welcome, and welcome to the addiction.
I'd be more careful with that Atilla guy... He'll probably be asking for pics soon..
Or I'll beat him to it! You're not an official member until you post pics of you and your 8!

 

+1




Welcome to the club miss8

 

what the hell? lol - gg york

 

Damnit Atilla . I was trying to play the nice guy and you f'd it up for me


Anyway Miss8 ......... About those pics .................

 

Haha guys if you looked there is a couple on my profile but here you go...

 

very nice (except for the green man) .

I think you will get along fine around here

 

hawt

*welcomes new kiwi*

 

Me or the car? hahaha I sometimes wonder what guys are looking at.....

Yay offical member right here

 

Do you honestly have to wonder which they're talking about? If so, you've probably been running into the wrong guys

 

Honestly, yes I do wonder!

 

Ha, I must admit that I scrolled right past the car picture. But yeah, the car is nice too!

this!