Hi all,

Just got home after picking up my new sled...Looks and drives BETTER than I dreamed and i DREAM big...

Just wanted to share. Thank you to all who replied to my prior questions (I went with the manual, sport model cuz I am too tall for the grand touring) in liquid silver...GREAT so far...

Cheers,
Yogi

 

great car =] welcome

really hate the color choice but whateva

 

enjoy. keep the revs below 4000 for the next thousand kilos. otherwise you will pay dearly for fuel and oil.

 

pics

 

remember to properly break in the engine.
congrats!

 

nice ride dude

 

congrats and welcome

 

^ Like he said, proper break-in = VERY IMPORTANT!

Congratulations on the new ride, and since noone said it yet: post pics or it doesn't exist!!

 

3000 miles drive it slow & ez. Get rid of the 5-20 lol. Drain it in into a container and put 5-30 in. 5-20 in rotary should be illegal Mazda just can't admit it's fail. Too much pride....

 

I think the OP is gone

 

Nice work...I picked up the same exact same car last week after abusing these boards with research as well. The car is fantastic and still on it's first tank of gas at 200 miles. This break it period is difficult. I primarily stay under 4500 RPM, but have reached 8 once or twice. It's killing me to not take it higher just once after feel just that...but have to respect the break in period.

Yeah, only 3 color choices this year...so if you don't want black or red...that leaves you with silver or the R3. That's how liquid silver found me. I look forward to hearing from ya on the boards. Hopefully we are able to report nothing but good things.

A note on the oil...I've read everything on the oil thing and I wish I could deviate (although after much research, the 2009-2010 is better at using 5-20 due to having higher oil pressure ECU maps), but I feel using anything but 5-20 will void the lifetime warranty I have, so 5-20 for now unfortunately despite 90 deg FL heat.

CONGRATS!

 

^ Aside from a handful of gearheads who frequent this and other forums, I bet virtually every RX-8 in the country is running 5W-20.

Others here may disagree, but if you remember to let the engine warm up before driving off, to check oil level every other fill-up, to change it every 3 months or 3K miles, to not use synthetic, to not modify the engine – and to routinely rev the sucker – you'll be fine. (I suspect many, if not most, owners fail to follow one or more of these guidelines - they're the ones who end up having problems.)

Congrats!

 

Welcome and congrats!

 

LOVE this car so far... over 400 miles in three days- can not wait to go over 4000 rpm's.

This picture shows that a 6'6" man can fit in an RX8... and be very happy doing so. Lots of leg room and tons of "elbow room inside too ;-)
Yogi

 

nice ride

wish I could afford a brand new one lmao. but im restricted to £10,000 gbp due to value of current car.

Cant wait to join you all !

 

Could someone please explain the break-in period?

Thanks

 

Good explaination
http://www.racingbeat.com/RX8%20Break%20in.htm

 

ENOUGH! To paraphrase what I said to you in your other thread: Man up dude. Take your ritalin, sit down, open the owner's manual and read it. Mommy isn't here.

 

 

Muwhahaha...little history there, huh?

Congrats on the new ride. It looks great. The lack of color choices kinda sucks, but the silver does look nice. Welcome to the exclusivity club. You managed to grab an RX8 before they're gone. Mazda announced that they're stopping production of the RX8, in case you didn't hear. Very nice ride and welcome to the pistonless fam!

 

Thanks DarkBrew, as for HiFlite999....I dont own an RX8 Yet! so therefore cant read the manual!, this is a forum where people should be able to go to ask questions and get help and equip themselves with better knoledge of the RX8. Not to be abused.

 

It's also a forum where many questions have been answered and archived. Where members have written FAQs. Where the moderators have made the most important of those into stickies, so they are very easy to find.

All for free. Easily accessible in a few minutes of browsing. Without abusing members by nagging them for answers to basic questions.

FWIW, the owner's manual for the 8 is available on line, with just a little searching.

Ken

 

And everyone's opinion differs (especially on oil)...I personally feel that if everyone was using 5-30 Royal Purple SYNTHETIC there would be A LOT LESS FAILURE. There is nothing wrong with running synthetic. GOOD synthetic oils, not the cheap **** obviously. Mazda uses synthetic oil every weekend, in every rotary-powered car they have on a track. Let new people research for themselves and decide what to use instead of telling them lies. Nothing wrong with synthetic, and this IS NOT A THREAD JACK!

 

Requirements for track are not necessarily the same as for the street.

But I agree with you 100% that people need to research this for themselves. Even if it means plowing through the major oil threads here. They should also read up on premix.

Shifting back to the original topic. Congrats on your new car, Yogi. You're going to love it...but you knew that already.

Ken

 

Could someone please explain what stickies are? maybe then I might be able to find info alittle more easy.