Mazdax3

James, I hoping soon. I was thinking Saturday to head down to Fuel but the wife informed me we're headed north to Dayton. I guess I need to listen to her closer since I thought it was Sunday heading north.

The thing about Spring Grove is that it doesn't show cars well unless it's dark and gray out. I did a few of the 8 there and I'm not too thrilled by them. I guess I'm looking more at the industrial look. Now in your case, the Porsche would be better off in front of Kenwood Country Club.

I'm still on the lookout for an old gas station with the pumps still in place. There used to be one out on Rt 125 but it burned to the ground a few years ago. There's a couple gravel processing plants I've seen, but getting in there on a weekend with permission might be impossible. That liability thing comes into play a lot.

Mazdax3

Change in plans. Will head to Fuel early Saturday. Got the summer rubber back on. Car turns again.

Triperformance

New Aura Blue R3 owner! Definitely looking for a event of some sort this summer to meet some club members!

luckygrrl

Hey guys, I know I haven't really been on here for a while, but I just wanted to drop by and let you all know that I said goodbye to my 8 yesterday. I traded it for a 2012 EVO X. Yes I know I'm totally a traitor, but damn this car is awesome. Anyway, if anyone ever wanted the "WANKEL" custom plates they are up for grabs now.

Atredeus

I actually might take you up on those plates.

spideyrx8

Been seein a lot of 8s the past couple days around lebanon and fields ertel. Rotary Kitten even passed me in lebanon while i was walking my dog and didnt wave back! Rude!!lol. since the weather is finally nice think about heading up to the Hocking Hills area, heard the roads up there are pretty good. Whens the next g2g?

Rotary-Kytten

Was your dog wearing a rotor and I missed it? Sorry man, didn't see you or just figured you were waving to someone else, lol - you aren't the guy in the Statue of Liberty outfit on Main are you - he always waves at me The roads up there by Hocking indeed are amazing and many good camping spots too :-D I would be down for a run up there some time after DGRR. There is a kid who goes to King's HS that has an 8 I've been seeing around a bunch - no tint and the passenger door is crinkled some.

spideyrx8

lol no i live there on the corner of Warren and columbus. my blue 8 sits there on the street. yeah im thinking about heading up there sometime in may or june. i wish i could go to DGRR. you better take lots of pics!

Rotary-Kytten

Don't worry I will man

Triperformance

Is there events in Lebanon? Bring me in the loop guys/gals! I got a beautiful R3 to get eye raped! by fellow members :-p

Rotary-Kytten

Damn I just saw this - sorry to lose you girl!!!


Well I would be happy to rape that R3 any time, lol - I think there is a group from Ohio Rotaries and the Miata club meeting and driving up to the Spring Import Face-Off at National Trail Raceway near Columbus April 21st if that is your scene or in a little over a week there is the yearly famous Deals Gap Rotary Rally in Bryson City, NC to go to. More local you could head over to Cars n Coffee in Cincy on Saturday morning at Fuel Coffee- there are some sweet rides to check out and the people are really friendly. Friday Night Lightz up at Kil-Kare Speedway in Xenia starts up again on May 3rd I believe. I don't see much going on in Lebanon though except my friend Bryan lives there and he is putting an engine back in his FB and likes spectators

spideyrx8

yeah NOTHING happens in Lebanon. Here soo I;m going to make a trip up to Hocking Hills to do some driving if any one wants to go.

Rotary-Kytten

This is my life .... I mean really how did I manage to **** off Mother Nature so badly? Every body panel was hit too...only thing that didn't take damage was that silly carbon fiber wing, lol

Mazdax3

I'm glad mine was safely tucked in at CVG in the short term garage there.

Post some pics Wendy.

fuztupnz

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maybe mother nature doesn't like terribly unmatched wheels and spoilers.

sucks regardless, and i hate to see cars get hail damage.

Rotary-Kytten

Well funny story - that wing took ZERO damage at all - says something about carbon fiber I guess

Triperformance

Thanks Rotary-Kytten for the response! I have been trying to get into any scene lol! I may not be able to do the Deals Gap but damn would that be fun also . I'll get on to check whats happening around the area. I could easily do any cincy or the Kil-Kare Speedway events. I just don't want to be the only person there and not have someone to chat with lol.

Rotary-Kytten

I know that feeling, being a lone rotor head can stink, lol

Atredeus

The Columbus folks are boring. We need a cincy meetup.

Triperformance

Cincy would be closer for me lol. When I bought my car I didn't notice I had a RB catback on it already and I think the final drive might have been changed also. I do 75mph just shy of 4krpm in 6th. It could be a factory thing but just something I notice since I do a good bit of highway and city driving to and from work. I work in the Fairfield area so if you see a blue R3 around Jungle Jims that is pretty much me lol.

Atredeus

Nope, that sounds about right. I'm at 3900 @ 75mph. Top out around 35 redlining in 1st, 65 redlining in 2nd.

Triperformance

Yeah, Hows your mileage? lol. I know this is a big forum skandle lol. So far I'm averaging around 15 to 16 so I have dubbed my fuel gauge as a "Fun Gauge" lol.

Atredeus

I'm sure there are more educated opinions around here, but it really depends on how much highway I do. I usually do around a 50/50 split, and I get 18-19. When I do all highway, I can get 21-22. It also depends on how much you nurse it and how early you shift. I got better mileage when I shifted between 3k-3.5k than I do around 4k.

I don't even track my mileage anymore... makes it much more fun to drive

Triperformance

Yeah, I can't stop grinning when I'm driving the car.... regardless of the power it just makes me happy. Great platform and has so many features to enjoy. Granted I came from a s14 with a SR20DET swap to the 8 and having a/c, radio and other little features for daily driving is very nice lol. This is also my first REALLY nice car and I just enjoy it regardless of gas mileage. Yeah I also did better my last tank by shifting around that range and keeping rpms around 3k cursing. I will keep up with this because I'm totally down for some events. I don't get out much but driving the car and going places definitely has me motivated lol.

a2wallen

I recorded my gas mileage on our trip to Florida and we were consistently around 22-23mpg. I ran 80-85mph most of the way. Around town, I'm probably at 15-16 like you are.