A Yellow RX8?
#1
A Yellow RX8?
I'm in the market for an 8....Is it me or do the yellows look as good on the net as in person? I was kinda sold on a grey one till I saw one at my local hospital the other night..I sat in a white 06 last summer with my 17 year old son and he loved it.Said I need to get one. And his best friend drives him around in his dads g35 coupe six speed said he liked it just as well!...Yellow with dark tinted windows what do you think?
#4
well duh, yellow is the best color ever, no surprise there
Seriously though, they were only made the frist year in a limited quantity so good luck finding one, you might stumble upon someone who is tired of their car etc, but I have a feeling as time goes on that they be harder to come by (like the CYM Rx7)
Seriously though, they were only made the frist year in a limited quantity so good luck finding one, you might stumble upon someone who is tired of their car etc, but I have a feeling as time goes on that they be harder to come by (like the CYM Rx7)
#10
Yellow is one of those love it or leave it sports car colors. I happen to love it. I bought my car new in '04. I was actually going to wait for the '05s to come in, but once I heard that yellow was a first year model only color, I pulled the trigger!
Here's an old thread that you might enjoy reading. The joys and pains of owning a yellow 8.
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discussion-3/lightning-yellow-fun-bizarreness-39485/
Here's an old thread that you might enjoy reading. The joys and pains of owning a yellow 8.
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discussion-3/lightning-yellow-fun-bizarreness-39485/
Last edited by RX-Hachi; 04-28-2007 at 07:15 PM.
#12
yellow
The yellow on the 8 is awsome with dark tinted windows and mazdaspeed ! I get so many compliments on my car, and never get tired of looking at it. The yellow mazda picked is great. I have my 8 for sale, if you want to see a nice 8 for a great price look there. https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8s-sale-wanted-43/fs-2004-l-yellow-rx-8-gt-6sp-114673/ when I had my nineteens on it it was dead sexy.
#14
Originally Posted by funspork
Ask what color girls would like, for a man's car. ( red ) I think is the color girls like the best.
And isn't what counts?
And isn't what counts?
i had 4 girls ask "you're not getting a (crappy) red one are you?" when i was thinking about getting a new car.
#15
Yellow cars are awful IMO. The only time I don't mind it is with exotics such as a Lambo or Ferrari. Keep in mind that many people don't like yellow cars and that may make it more difficult when it comes time to sell your car.
#17
Originally Posted by CohdeyTakahashi
yellow gets a LOT more attention.
-Cody
-Cody
#19
Originally Posted by foxman
Perhaps there's a reason for that
edit: as far as resale goes, maybe the average joe may be a harder sell, but most people will know the significance of the color and may actually pay more for it. The CYM on the Fd is one of the most sought after colors out there and fetches a premium to this day. I'll agree some yellows are nasty, but Mazda did this one right, and I rank it right up there with the Corvette/exotics w/o hesitation. I can't even begin to count how many times I've gotten a thumbs up, a random "nice car" from some stranger driving down the road, just the other day putting gas into it I had a guy start circling my car, it kinda' freaked me out at first and then he was like "I'm just admiring it, that's the best looking car I've seen, what is it?" etc etc. He talked to me for like 10 minutes about what cars he's owned, and all that, it was awesome. Try telling me I'llget that with another color, yeah right. (even if I love all the other colors anyway)
Last edited by canaryrx8; 04-30-2007 at 11:13 PM.
#20
Originally Posted by canaryrx8
there is, it's called limited availability
edit: as far as resale goes, maybe the average joe may be a harder sell, but most people will know the significance of the color and may actually pay more for it.
edit: as far as resale goes, maybe the average joe may be a harder sell, but most people will know the significance of the color and may actually pay more for it.
you do know that "most" people are the "average joe.....right?
its a small percentage of people that would be "in the know" enough to realize a significance to yellow other than....its loud. it would take someone that knows Mazda and knows the rx8 to realize that it signifies that it was first year production run and limited availability only. same thing with the yellow FDs. 99.999% of anyone isn't going to know jack squat about the significance of a yellow FD.
#23
OTOH, yellow has always been a special color for Mazda. It was discontinued on the 8 by design.
1st gen RX-7 only had yellow during its first year, same with the 3rd gen RX-7 (in the US at least), and then only the first year too for the RX-8. The '92 Sunburst yellow Miata was the only year for that series as well. For the second gen Miata, only in '02 did Mazda offer Blazing Yellow as a special edition. The current MX-5 hasn't gotten the yellow treatment yet.
1st gen RX-7 only had yellow during its first year, same with the 3rd gen RX-7 (in the US at least), and then only the first year too for the RX-8. The '92 Sunburst yellow Miata was the only year for that series as well. For the second gen Miata, only in '02 did Mazda offer Blazing Yellow as a special edition. The current MX-5 hasn't gotten the yellow treatment yet.
#24
Originally Posted by RX-Hachi
OTOH, yellow has always been a special color for Mazda. It was discontinued on the 8 by design.
1st gen RX-7 only had yellow during its first year, same with the 3rd gen RX-7 (in the US at least), and then only the first year too for the RX-8. The '92 Sunburst yellow Miata was the only year for that series as well. For the second gen Miata, only in '02 did Mazda offer Blazing Yellow as a special edition. The current MX-5 hasn't gotten the yellow treatment yet.
1st gen RX-7 only had yellow during its first year, same with the 3rd gen RX-7 (in the US at least), and then only the first year too for the RX-8. The '92 Sunburst yellow Miata was the only year for that series as well. For the second gen Miata, only in '02 did Mazda offer Blazing Yellow as a special edition. The current MX-5 hasn't gotten the yellow treatment yet.