Leardriver,

Welcome to the forum and the cult of the RX-8. A very tasteful color choice if you ask me. :)

Now that you've joined the cult, there are a few mandatory behaviour modifications you must make. You must drive the car at every opportunity. You must actively seek out the longest and twistiest way home. You must obsess over every detail of your car. From the tone of your post, your indoctrination is well under way.

Finally broke down and got mine the day before Valentines day. I said on here that I would get on my birthday on May 25th just got a good deal on mine and couldn't pass it up! I'll submit photos later!

So did we convince you to get a 6speed? Or did you go with the auto? Congrats...I know it's hard to wait so long for something so great!

I forgot to post to this one after buying my RX8 in Sept. Better late than never. Really like that car. Especially as a substitute for my motorcycle. That is another long story.

Later

It is all about the driving.

I was this <--> close to getting a 6 speed but test drove a Winning Blue AT with everything under the sun except for the NAV and a couple of extras...chrome wheels and tinted windows for a steal!!! it was the promo car for the manager of the lot. It only had 5075 miles on it. I will admit the AT sport tronic thingy is alot of fun to use but of course not as fun as the manual but hey I look at it this way...I still got one and you are right EMSDAD I couldn't wait =)

Add another to the head count. I live in Hillsboro, OR.

But i dont ride a street bike. I have a dirt bike, but I KNOW I would kill myself on a street.

BTW, what kind of track events do we have at PIR?

When I had my Suby, I went to an awsome track event. 3 30min track sessions. It was unreal. I really wanna get this 8 on the track =) After break-in of course.

PIR has lots of good track days. All the major clubs (Porsche, BMW, Audi, Alfa, Lots, Corvette) have track days, as do a few sports car clubs (Cascade, Team Continental).

I did a Cascade Sports Car Club track day last year and I highly reccomend them. Good instructors, good rules - faster drivers must be allowed to pass slower drivers, regardless of power, but only on the straights, etc. I had fun last year passing STIs in my Miata.

http://www.portlandraceway.com/

I picked mine up on 25Feb05. Almost reached the magic 600 mile mark.

Welcome....we need details...color, options, where you're at, etc.

Congrats on a great decision.

Ending sentances with prepositions. :( I thought you were better than that. ;)

Welcome, BB, if you want to continue using this board, you have to come on a drive with us. j/k Go out this weekend and get passed the 600mi mark. Find an excuse, and then rev the hell out of her. She'll thank you for it.

Just got 600 miles today. Though I will still be taking it a bit slow. I know I was spoiled with the AWD of the Suby I traded in.

That poor, unfortunate car. :D

E,

Thanks for the welcome! I bought one of the two Shinkas Milan Mazda had. I live in Pierce County. Looking forward to meeting up with folks to do some driving and learn more about the car.

Well slow is relative =) My wife and her 10 yr old brother think I drive entirely too fast =)

I waived down a Sunlight Silver today in Olympia - told her to come join us!

so, is there going to be another get-together soon?

I recall the second Monday of each month the rotaries meet at Izzy's Pizza in Olympia at 7PM. I'll look and see if it is on...

traded my m6 in for my 2004 8 winning blue has all the extras except for the navigation..love it. How often do 8 members get together?

Not enough... We need to set something up. The last time I went to Izzy's there was only one other 8 there. The 7's that showed were in all stages of rebuilding, so it was more of a meet for them to discuss what they needed to get their cars completed.

Black on the 405
 

Being a new owner I'm extra alert for others, saw a black one on the 405 Nbound (Kirkland to Mill Creek). Waved to them, but their tint was too dark to tell whether they acknowledged positively or negatively :D

Hello All
 

Just picked up my RX8 last week although I had been lurking around the forum for awhile. Sold my MBZ SLK230 to pick up more room for my 6 month old daughter. So far no regrets, this makes my fourth RX ('83 GSL, '83 Special Edition, '87 Turbo, and '93). Once I started the car I was hooked, I had not realized how much I missed these cars. I live in Portland and will be looking for you all around town.

-Cheers.

Hmm... that could've been me. I drive a black one w/ Tint (not that dark though ;) )and I have been going back and forth between Redmond and Mil Creek a lot. I am moving to Mil Creek next week BTW.

Welcome to the neighborhood, we'll have to see if there are any other of us in the locale.

Cool - watch out for a Sunlight Silver with plates that read "ZOOM44" crusing around Portland. He is very well known to many here. :D

hello!!:D that'd be me! welcome aboard. you'll find me around tigard mostly right now and between there and Lake Oswego. where did you buy it?

-charlie