I finally picked up my 8 saturday. Its a Velocity Red 04. The only options it has are spare tire kit and apperance package. Its a manual of course. Its was a perfect weekend to pick it up to, its been high 50s and beautiful out since SAT. All i can say is i absolutley love this car. Ive gotten so many compliments on it already. Im so damn happy. :D

 

wlcome to the cult.....nice choice of color!

 

Nice...red is the fastest btw

 

Congrats on the purchase of your red. I think it's the color the car was meant to be. Enjoy.

 

Welcome! You'll have to excuse some of the mess here; should be settled in a few days. Get used to the big grin whenever you clean/drive/see/think about your car.

 

Congrats on the new 8! Yeah, the weather's been GREAT the last few days. I did a major car wash Saturday to get the salt off and install fender strakes. If we get more snow, PARK IT! Now you just need to join MSCW, if you haven't already.

 

Congrats!!! Welcome to the support group....club, I mean club...sorry...

 

Whats MSCW

 

Question, what is the side sills and the front air dam included in the appearance package anyway?

 

Mazda Sportscar Club of Washington. www.mscw.com - you can read up on some discussions in the NE RX-8 Forum

 

ekid:

The appearance package includes the front airdam, side sills that run from just behind the driver's seat to the rear wheels, and "spats" behind the rear wheels (sort of little aero fairings that take the position of where mudflaps would be).

The spoiler on the trunk is a separate option.

Here's a picture of my car with the appearance pack and trunk spoiler.

Stew

 

I was able to get my dealer to add just the airdam without the aero flares ("spats") on the sides. Sometimes you just need to ask.

 

I'm not a fan of anything but the front dam, actually. The car I was looking for was a GT in Yellow without Navi, and every one of them that I could find had the appearance pack and the wing. I've toyed with removing the rocker flares and rear wheel spats. I hate the damn spoiler, but the trunk lid is drilled to mount it, so, there it stays.

 

And where in NOVA do you live, i live in winchester and they dont use salt they use freakin gravel. All you hear is huge chunks of gravel hitting off your car. I wish they used salt here.

 

holy cow you live in winchester, finally someone living further west than me lol

^--- live in Gainesville :D

 

Laugh it up, i hate it here. I wish i lived closer to DC/dulles. Its so dead out here.

 

Cool--my dad lives/works in Dulles.

Congrats and Welcome! Gambit is 100% correct--red is the fastest!!!

 

I love the half-rockers and rear spats! The RB spoiler is supposed to use the same mounts as the OEM.....how 'bout that one?