New owner intro
#1
New owner intro
Hey guys. New to the forum. Just bought the car. blah blah blah. Here are the pics everyone wants to see:
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2006 manual Grand Touring model. Not my first experience with a rotary. I used to have an 84 RX7 as well. Plans for the car? OMP adaptor, ipod kit, and some other random boring mods.
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2006 manual Grand Touring model. Not my first experience with a rotary. I used to have an 84 RX7 as well. Plans for the car? OMP adaptor, ipod kit, and some other random boring mods.
#4
Nice...& welcome. I'm new here also.
I'm coming from the Mazdaspeed6 side of the house & thinking of an RX-8 once I return stateside in Aug.
How are you liking it so far?
I'm coming from the Mazdaspeed6 side of the house & thinking of an RX-8 once I return stateside in Aug.
How are you liking it so far?
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#5
I'm liking it. I moved up to this from a Nissan Versa, so its a big change for me. The Versa was a good car to get me through college, but now that I'm done and making a little more money, I figured it was time. I'm a mazda tech so it should work out pretty well for me
#6
Nice! I guess as a Mazda tech you knew what you were getting into.
oh and just noticed you had an older rx7 - guess this will be reliable and easy in comparison
oh and just noticed you had an older rx7 - guess this will be reliable and easy in comparison
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#7
haha. yes. I had an 84 GSL 12a!! Had the 5 speed transmission. I had big plans for that car but the money wasn't there (poor college student days).
First upgrade for the car: I need a keyfob. My car only came with 1 key, a valet key. I want to be able to open my trunk and remotely lock/unlock my doors.. Even with my discount at the dealership though they want $200 for an uncut key.. Then they want me to pay to cut it.. Then I have to program it (I can do that bit myself). Ebay here I come. haha
First upgrade for the car: I need a keyfob. My car only came with 1 key, a valet key. I want to be able to open my trunk and remotely lock/unlock my doors.. Even with my discount at the dealership though they want $200 for an uncut key.. Then they want me to pay to cut it.. Then I have to program it (I can do that bit myself). Ebay here I come. haha
#8
2 upgrades for the car, first off, I installed an ipod adaptor via the spare port on the back of the factory headunit, very pleased with the result. Second, I bought a set of lowered springs with a set of oem shocks/struts on ebay for just over $100! The springs are NF210's. According to the seller, the car they came off has around 70k on the clock, but he has no idea how long the springs/shocks were on the car. So I guess I'll keep the shocks around for just in case and the springs will go on as soon as I have a free weekend.
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