Hey Guys,

Been a member here for a while but never ended up purchasing an RX8 until now.
Read up a lot before making the decision to purchase one (ups and downs lol)

Just bought one today at a local Mazda Dealership, pending certification, etc.

It's an 06 Cooper Red with the Beige/White Alcantara/Leather interior. Wanted a white one but this ended up being a good deal. It's also a certified pre-owned. They only had 1 key though so will probably need to buy another smart key.

I plan to drive this in both summer and winter, I have michelin xice2 225/40 R18's that I am planning on putting onto the stock rims or buy new rims.

Only thing I'm on the fence about is the Extended Comprehensive Warranty $50 ded for an additional 2 years (w/ Rust Proof, Undercoating, Leather Protection) - $1600+tax. Wanted to see what your guys' opinion would be for that. Worth it?

My first mods would probably be to track down the aero flares and the aero spoiler, keep the colour for now I guess and maybe vinyl wrap it gloss white down the road. I'll want to get an ipod adaptor also but I need to search up some more on that. Also going to look into the SOHN OMP adaptor to start.

Hopefully I get to pick it up Saturday, if not then Monday or Tuesday.

The only issue I heard during the test drive was a weird whining noise, they said they would fix it as one of the conditions. It was weird though they said it was rotors but I thought it was more something with the transmission, didn't hear it in 3rd gear but heard it in all others. Really hope they find the root cause. Did read up on one post though somebody fixed it by simply replacing the rubber boot. Hopefully it doesn't need a new transmission.

Cheers,
DiL

 

Sounds Like you found a Shinka edition nice car congratulations welcome to the rotary world!

 

Did you buy that copper red rx8 at the Dixie-401 location? The one with the replaced front bumper and dent over the front left wheel arch? The whine from the gear box was in gears 2-4-6. 1-3-5 no whine from the gearbox?

 

Yea, saw there is a tear in the boot. Got them to order a new one just waiting to find some time to go pick it up.

 

Congrats on the RX8 anyways! I hope it proves to be less problematic since you've picked it up...
Did they fix the whine from the gearbox? and the dent on that wheel arch?
PS Should have beat me to the White RX8 at Westowne Mazda =)

 

Yea, no problems, and no dent. The whine was just from the hole in the lower boot. I was looking at the westowne one before this, but got a better price-point with this one.

Congrats to you too