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Old 10-04-2005 | 12:51 AM
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My friend just WON an RX8

my friend back in NJ / NY won an RX8 from MTV. They had a competition sweepstake drawing for an 8 tricked out like it is in the game JUICED for the Xbox. She entered last june and they just called her tonight to tell her she won! How crazy is that ... she is not to thrilled with the bright green paint job so she will probably end up selling it .. GRR wish I could be that lucky!
Old 10-04-2005 | 07:39 AM
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Why not just repaint it?
Old 10-04-2005 | 07:43 AM
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They probably continued the green theme on the inside too...

Congrats to your friend.
Old 10-04-2005 | 08:31 AM
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For free I might keep it, but I'll bet it's rice to the max!
Old 10-04-2005 | 09:02 AM
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Get some pics up....I'm interested to see what it looks like


I wish I was one of these lucky bastards who wins things
Old 10-04-2005 | 10:56 AM
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yea I'll see if she cvan get photos up .. they say it has 10K dollars worth of "mods" on it ... haha I bet its cheese oroma -- she could repaint it I guess, but that, ontop of income tax and all could make it oput to be pretty damn pricey!
Old 10-04-2005 | 11:00 AM
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definitely sell it and get some $$$ :D
Old 10-04-2005 | 11:03 AM
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If she desides to sell PM me. And send some pictures. I am ready to buy
Old 10-04-2005 | 01:58 PM
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The paint job is horrible, but sure does attract attention, which is what they wanted for the video game I suppose. However, the upgrades to the cars are actually nice and mild. You can read about the cars here: http://cars.ign.com/articles/599/599758p2.html


Old 10-04-2005 | 02:05 PM
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I'd just paint it, the interior is not shown in any of the pics so I would guess it is stock. If they sell it can I have the MS speed rims?

Old 10-04-2005 | 02:06 PM
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OMG a free track car!
Old 10-04-2005 | 02:13 PM
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ouch!!! my eyes hurt. but hey it's free...well except for taxes. I entered a charity auction for a new Solstice, $50 for a 1 in 2000 shot. If I don't win, oh well, but it would be nice
Old 10-04-2005 | 02:15 PM
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I just had a thought, have her donate the car to say Rotarygod and lets see what kind of power he can get from it. If it blows up who cares it was free (less the taxes)!!!! Then give me the MS rims
Old 10-04-2005 | 02:17 PM
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thats cool. Id trade people the parts for stock parts and repaint it and sell it
make some cash

although you still have to pay the taxes on it right?
Old 10-04-2005 | 02:21 PM
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always sell a car you win- pay the taxes and buy something you really want
Old 10-04-2005 | 02:23 PM
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congrats
I wonder what it would sell for
Old 10-04-2005 | 03:31 PM
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do the stickers come off? I would pay a shop to take off all the stickers, maybe leave one or two in place, and enjoy the car for a while. Of course, that probably would significantly drop resale... but you don't care, it was free, right?
Old 10-04-2005 | 03:39 PM
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always sell a car you win- pay the taxes and buy something you really want
Exactly...that's the best forumula...
Old 10-04-2005 | 04:22 PM
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yuk she will NOT be happy if thats what the car looks like! hahaha
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i'd take the wheels
Old 10-04-2005 | 04:49 PM
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Slice it up and stick a couple pieces into a bottle of Corona! :p
Old 10-04-2005 | 04:58 PM
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theres probably some deal that she has to at least drive a certain number of miles a year... and keep all the badges and stickers.. and rant about how great xbox and juiced are....

btw.. i've played juiced... it's an okay game.. but for that style of street racing game.. go with need for speed 2 or midnight challenge... even tokyo extreme racer...

only thing cool about juiced is that you can hold your own events.. and win turf to race on... but its not that cool....
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Originally Posted by RX-Hachi
The paint job is horrible, but sure does attract attention, which is what they wanted for the video game I suppose. However, the upgrades to the cars are actually nice and mild. You can read about the cars here: http://cars.ign.com/articles/599/599758p2.html


Interesting article. I wonder what 8 she will get, the show or the track. It sounds like both were beat on though. My guess is the inside is stock. Sounds like the show car is all stock and the track car has the Mazdaspeed suspension.


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Old 10-04-2005 | 06:56 PM
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that is probably the most horrendous green I have ever seen on a car.
Old 10-04-2005 | 07:04 PM
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My guess is that these cars have been beat on pretty hard and she's going to be taxed on a value more than a car like that is worth. Ebay here it comes...


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