dmp

Happy Anniversary!! :D

BunnyGirl

Yay!!!!

Wilson

Grats on the new ride. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy mine.

ZoomZoomH

iTrader: (1)

2 years and 45k miles is still considered 'new'???

lesper4

iTrader: (3)

confuseing but cool thread...keep on zoom zooming!

Razz1

Welcome!

kimberly lynn

Yeay congrats!

stupidCivicstrixAre4kids

you should have bought an evo

ZoomZoomH

iTrader: (1)

bump again

today the car rolled over 67900 miles while I was out 'shopping' (bought some towels lol). car still runs like a champ, and this year I have winter tires/wheels for the car!

at this rate, maybe I'll break 100k miles this time next year? hehe

rglbegl

happy birthday

mtrevino

Congrats! The new year will be the start of my third year.... waiting patiently.

bruce_van

Whoa. Major thread bumpage. I like your still.


Have you paid off the car yet?

ZoomZoomH

iTrader: (1)

bumpity bump again

car now has 84800 miles, just put on the winter tires today, should be over 100k by this time next year.

car still drives fine, and the love for the car is still there, but it is getting to that point where maintenance cost is starting to catch up with car payments

speaking of car payments, one more year and the car will be paid off!!!! can't wait!!

Rotr8

iTrader: (2)

cool ,,, you are earily posting exactly one year from your last update...and the previous year before that...
wow all the way back all 4 yrs dude thats weird...

13bturbofc

wow i think this is a pretty cool thread... it would be even better if you mentioned the things you had to repair each year..

JeRKy 8 Owner

What do you mean by maintenance costs staring to catch up with payments? What have you had to replace? Clutch and brakes?

Also have you been babying it and taking it easy now that it's starting to get closer to 100k, or have you been driving it the same/as hard as usual throughout the time?

RotoRocket

iTrader: (1)

Yes, please post your maintenance costs.

Thanks.

ZoomZoomH

iTrader: (1)

Yup, and it was (and still is) my intention to keep what essentially is a public yearly blog of my ownership of my RX-8. Also, just by backtracking in this thread you can see RX-8 owners that have come and go on this forum, which is pretty cool by itself as well. I will continue to post a yearly bump until I no longer own the car... or until this forum cease to exist... lol


One thing I've learned about this car in 4 years of owning it, it runs WAY better when it's driven hard, and that's what I plan to do all the way til the end 2008 is actually the first year that I DIDN'T take the car to the track for hot lapping sessions, and that was due to financial constraints, and not because I want to begin 'babying' the car as the miles start to add up.

Well I may have overstated in terms of ACTUAL money spent already on maintaining the 8, since as of today the single most expensive part I had to replace on the 8 in 4 years, is a corroded positive battery terminal. Of course I also do the standard brakes/oil changes myself, so I saved A LOT of money right there. The only maintenance job I pay someone to do is coolant flush.

What I was talking about is the upcoming maintenance/repair costs as the car approaches the magical 100,000 miles mark, mainly the accessory belts that will need to be replaced around 100k miles. I have no idea how much the labor for a belt job will cost. Most likely I will need to replace one (or more) of the TPMS sensors on my stock wheels in the near future as well, and you know those aren't cheap either. Oh and another set of tires will be needed soon as the FK452's now have less than 1/2 of its original tread, with mounting/balancing cost on top of the price of the tires, that's probably the most expensive thing I'll have to replace next year. Lastly, yesterday when I was putting on the winter tires, I noticed the rear right strut have begun leaking fluid, so that's probably on its last legs as well. I'm thinking Mazdaspeed springs/struts when the time comes to replacement. And then there's always the unknown "what's gonna break next" risk of a 4 year old, high mileage car, which applies to any car really, RX-8 or otherwise.

ZoomZoomH

iTrader: (1)

an early bump because, well, I no longer own the car. Just traded it in for a '10 Mustang, so the finally tally of my time with the 8:

driven: 96277 miles
track events attended: 6
engine replacement: 0
stranded on the road: 0
battery replaced: 1
fun times together: LOTS

I will miss the car, but it was time to move on. i'll probably still be around here, but now more as a lurker than anything else, so take care for now, i'll see you guys around

9krpmrx8

iTrader: (46)

Great Thread!!! Good luck my friend.

rodjonathan

iTrader: (6)

awesome ... good luck with the stang bro post some pics

DarkLord7854

Totally should have hit 100k before trading it.

sxe1215

2010 stangs look sick, make sure its a gt atleast!

Hidef1080

Premix??

What weight oil did you use??

ZoomZoomH

iTrader: (1)

never premixed

and strictly Motorcraft 5w20

and here's a pic of the Mustang