Chris Stavropoulos

Hey all. I just put a down payment on the car today. I love it - the seats fit me like a glove. I will be tracking it. I know it's not the fastest thing I can get for the money, and I wanted something with great handling, and won't get myself killed, or tickets

I'm near Toronto, and will definitely be at Mosport and TMP. I hope to meet the members at car shows.

Cheers
Chris

G_ man

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Congrats you're going to love the R3, just make sure you get compression test done as part of your purchase if still possible. Post some pics of your car and come out to the spring meet on Saturday June 4.

mazdaverx7

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Would love to see pics of the car as well.

Chris Stavropoulos

I love the seats...much more than series 1 GT seats. I also prefer the series 2 front end. I wish I could come to the meet. I'm a judge at Formula (SAE) North which takes place June 3-5 at the Barrie Molson Centre.

I test drove a 2005 RX8 two weeks ago with a rebuilt engine from RX tuning. It gave me butterflies! The 2005 owner went on vacation for a couple of weeks, and then this R3 came up for sale. It had only been on autotrader a day or so when I called the dealer. I'm buying it as-is, and need tires and brakes to certify. It passes emissions. I'm getting it super cheap, and dealers in Ontario have a buy back period.

This car is not as strong as the 2005. It has 140,000 km. Are you suggesting I should stop the sale if the compression is too low? I'm hoping it just needs a tune up. I will request a compression test asap.

I'm still satisfied with the power. I figure I still have 2.5 years on the engine warranty (whatever that's worth). Honestly, I was so dazzled that I skipped over many of the common check list points.

9krpmrx8

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I'm jelly, I want a CWP R3.

G_ man

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I believe it's 8 years luckor 160,000km or which ever comes first from the point of original sale. so yes you should still have some warranty, just better to be on the safe side and get the rotary specific compression check done.

Nice ride by way, good luck

wannawankel

It does have a 8 year/100K mile engine core warranty. I didn't realize the S2 R3 had headlight washers.

G_ man

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Yes we got the headlight washers here in Canada but no TPMS.

ZoomEricZoom

And the U.S. got the opposite! ^

Gravey

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Us Canadians also got climate control in our R3's, as well as BEST colour crystal white pearl! ;p

Seriously though why it wasn't offered in red, white, and blue in the states is beyond me...

acroy

Nice!!!

Chris Stavropoulos

Thanks everyone. This forum helped me to decide to buy this car. I'm sure it will guide me to mod it too.

I'm picking it up Saturday. I'll keep it stock the first year...except for tint, some nice tires, and rust proofing (yay Ontario).

Chris Stavropoulos

My car looked good from two metres away. Up close it was covered in spots. Spent 3 hours clay barring it this morning. Much nicer.

iverzc

Wana help do the same on my white R3? :p
Welcome to the club! See you around if you ever come into Markham/Richmond Hill area

Chris Stavropoulos

Thanks iverzc! Tbh About half way through the one side I was thinking of the places that would do it for me. Lol

I'm just in Newmarket. I can't make the 400 &7 meet. Do you meet at Woodbine and 16?

Nisaja

Damn that's a clean car. I wish mine was white too

And holy cow is that rust??? :O How is that even possible?

ouimetnick

That looks like rust flakes (rail dust if I'm thinking correctly) Not a big deal, just clean it off.

Chris Stavropoulos

That's right ouimetnick. Another clay bar session, and it should be smooth as a baby's bum.

I took it to Cayuga yesterday. There was a Porsche GT3, Gallardo race car, M4 race car, Corvette race car, and a 2006 Black RX8 there too. After an alignment, and replacing the worn brakes, it should be plenty of fun. I couldn't get it to slide with the Pole position S04...they just went away after a couple of laps :/ I'm much more confident driving this car at the [high] limit now. Everything feels super slow now. I hate my Malibu even more

fwiw, I averaged 10 L/100km on the 170 km trip home...23.4 mpg! I set cruise control to 111 kph (69 mph) with a little traffic and a couple of blasts to 130 (on ramps).

EviLRotor

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Looks pretty good for 140 000 km!!!
And, it's the best color there is!