labyrinth

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hey wanted to check in from westminster. just got an 07 phantom blue with black powder coated rims. ive had this car for two days and absolutely love it.

Rotr8

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^^^ pics?

04MT_JAC

you brought the one from Koons i was looking at it but was afraid b/c of the blacked out rims & emblems

did you pay the 15.9 for it or did you get to bring it down????

labyrinth

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they wouldnt budge on it. well they knocked like $100 off. i did get them to double the trade in on my pos neon (to a wopping $200) and i got a killer rate for a first time buyer (8.2% down from 18%). all in all i think i did pretty good

adamwzl

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Great car congrats on purchase! I love the phantom blue...


you should make it out to the monthly sushi meet with us august 15th. If you live in MD you can caravan with the rest of us up.


visit this thread here for more details

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...66788&page=186

04MT_JAC

yeah my friend brought his speed3 for koons you basically pay sticker price there and sometimes they give you a little more for your trade.....

but congrats i am in owings mills so you are not that far from me we should meet up for sure once i get my new 8

labyrinth

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thanks id love to make it out but i cant promise anything, i work weird shifts. i was actually lookin at a speed 3. my best friend works at champion mazda in hanover, pa and they got one in but it was sold barely after i knew about it. yea 04mt_jac we should. not onlt do i not know anybody with an 8 i cant even recall the last time i saw one on the road haa haa

04MT_JAC

yeah it looks like i will be venturing out to by my next one i can't find any in MD that are worth buying, just watch out for people tryna make uturns out of now where and you should be ok lol

yeah i just started to notice them around the 795 corridor but i can pinpoint them a white one, two winning blues, and it a black one with i think is the veilside bodykit i just started seeing that one first all the way out white marsh and then i saw it on liberty rd which was weird and now i will lookout for you lol

Roxie8

that black veilside one sound obnoxius and did he drive like an ***?

wankelbolt

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Mine sounds obnoxious and I drive like an ***. But my car is red.

Nice looking 8, Labyrinth. The blackout looks really good on the PB.

Rotr8

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ahahahahha

04MT_JAC

yeah he did and the wing is sky high

04MT_JAC

it looks more blue in these pics

Emzloh

Hey guys. Hopeful new 8 owner. I live in north east B-more but commute to owings mills, Bel Air and Hunt Valley very regularly, among others.

I have a bunch of prospects lined up for test drives this weekend. Wish me luck!

Also, I just found this one for sale. It's fully stocked and the previous owner says he's done professional install on everything. He notes in craigslist that the power steering is broken, and that it would take around 850 to fix it. This car has everything I am looking for, and is winning blue! Let me know what you guys think!

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/d...877998393.html

Here's a pic of the interior

04MT_JAC

i was wondering why that price was so low, then i read about that the power steering is out, i would question what else may be wrong with the car but under 50k miles and the price is under 10k its a steal

glad to see more and more 8 owners coming out of the woodworks

wankelbolt

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Hey Emzloh, that looks like a nice 8 at a nice price.

You may be able to pick up a power steering module for way less than that on here; there are a number of part-out threads in the for-sale section. I'd ask to see the paperwork from the dealer to confirm it's just the module.

Also, find out if the engine has been replaced (paperwork proof!). If it hasn't, take it to a dealer and have a compression check done to make sure it's OK, that all recalls have been done, and that the ECU has the latest flash program. Some 2004's had problems with the engine because of the EPA.

Beyond that, read through the list of TSBs at Finish Line Performance, and look through any "buyer's guide" threads that might be here on the forum.

Hopefully all is well and you get an 8!

Rotr8

iTrader: (2)

Wut ? aftermarket sunroof?

anyway good luck with this hopefully in the next two to three weeks I will have my baby back,,, I frequent all the location you posted so we have to role around sometime,,,

MidnightRaven

thats a sexy 8 for under 10000 i hope you get it

Emzloh

Why is this not a sticky?

So in case you guys haven't bothered to figure it out. That is VmanX's 8 that I posted. He's not back in town till the 20th so I won't see it until then.

In the mean time I am checking out other cars.

I already looked at this one. Was very clean. It was very tight when driving, and I drove it like a pro through a thunderstorm with 4 people in the car.
Wednesday Night


On Friday (tonight)


On Saturday

wankelbolt

iTrader: (21)

"overhead airbags"? Damn, why didn't I check that option box off???

All three look like pretty good choices. I'd still get a compression check on any 04 and thoroughly scrutinize records of any other year. Good luck!

Emzloh

I have pulled carfax reports on all. They are pretty clean for the most part. Friday has been in a fender bender where airbags did not deploy. Gonna check the frame and see if there are any door gaps etc.

adamwzl

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wankelbolt, I'm looking to do one track day or autocross day sometime in sept.

Any chance you can give me some lessons?

MidnightRaven

i was going to look at that saturday one a couple of weeks ago when i was shopping around for an 8 let me know if i missed out on anything by not checking it out

04MT_JAC

yeah i am going looking today, plan to have something brought by tonight

adamwzl

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sweet deal dude, hopefully we will see you at the meet