Picked up a Winning Blue 6-speed with the sport package from John Hine Mazda tonight, looks like there are a lot of us here in San Diego. In love with the car, can't wait 'til the motor is broken in. Btw, car has a spare tire in it (I didn't order one, yet there it was), anybody interested in it?

 

yo winter, congrats! welcome to the club and great work on a free spare. Check out the West forum; we're getting together in La Mesa Saturday nite. Come on by and let us drool over your shiny new car.

 

Obligatory congradulations response ...

No seriously, welcome to the ownership side of the RX-8 club! i like your choice in color!

 

welcome to the camp I'm sure you all know why we're here!

 

Always good to have another Winning Blue 8 owner on the forum, welcome!

 

Have fun w/ it
Keep the spare- you might need it one day- the fancy fix-a-flat they give you wont cut it

 

Knerk's avatar is silly:D

 

Congratulations from the wintery Northwest.

 

Congratulations! And I also applaud your color selection.

 

A winning blue winked(flashed lights) at me today and I waved back. Welcome to another winning blue from a silver RX 8. You sure will enjoy the car!!

 

Congrats! That's the exact car (w/o the spare) I'm picking up tomorrow.

 

Thanks for the warm welcome! Gotta say, loved driving it to work today, and I can't wait 'til the motor is broken in. I'll spare your bandwidth, but if anybody wants to see more pics they're available here.

 

Congrats, I used to live in La Jolla, oh I miss Cali right now

 

Much better pic of the car.

 

wow awesome pic. good luck with her.

 

Awesome car, Winter. <wipe, wipe> Sorry, drool ya know. Can't wait for mine.

 

The new RX-8 replaces a 94 Accord that we drove for nearly 10 years. I looked at cars for 3 months before selecting the RX-8. Actually, the the RX-8 was selected 3 months ago, and it took until last week to rule out cars from every dealer in the area. I was very tired of the 94 Accord look, and seemed to see it "everywhere" I looked. The RX-8 issues (mpg, flooding, 1st model year, etc) were the primary concerns, and the rx8club was a major factor in resolving each issue -- THANKS -- this is a great forum.

I picked up the car on Friday, about 4 hours into the latest cold snap, including inches of fresh snow. It has four 17" Pirelli Snowsport 210s from Tirerack with Mazda tire pressure sensors. It drives very well in the snow. Saturday, after driving the RX-8 for ~30 minutes, my son and I exited the RX-8 and immediately entered our 98 Honda Odyssey. We were shocked by the difference; it was akin to the experiences described in the amusing "Ruined by the 8" thread.

Well, time for more RX-8 cold weather testing!

 

Trx8 ---- Did you get the Kazera wheels from Tirerack also??? If so, are you happy with them? Got any pictures?

Craig - s(till deciding on Winter wheels / tires)

 

These are the major items from TireRack ($1400)

4 17x7.5 Bright Satin Sil Paint ASA KA3
4 REQUIRED CENTERING RING
20 REQUIRED LUGNUT FOR VEHICLE
1 LUG ADAPTER
4 ASA TUNER CAP / SILVER ANODIZE

Here is a picture of the car with the above setup:

 

Green looks sweet...and rims look sweet as well... look like ones on a s2000... anyway... nordic green sure does look sweet... have a rare color... good choice...

 

Thanks for the response. I have found some Konig Holes, 17 X 7 5 X 114.3 which I think are what others have put on. Now I just need to find the tires. I may have to get the Pirellis 210s from Tirerack and the wheels locally as I don't like the look of the Kazeras that Tirerack has left. Luckily, I don't need the car everyday.

I have put 180 miles on it this weekend since picking it up. But snow is here tonight so it is garaged until the dry roads appear.

 

From the various threads, it looks like it can be tricky to find and assemble the winter parts, then get the summers off, and finally get the winters on. Mine had some complications along the way, but the car was ready as scheduled.

I bought my tire sensors at the last minute from a local tire dealer that had purchased them for another RX-8. Reportedly the other RX-8 was totalled in the snow before the new winters were ready.

The RX-8 is my regular car; I have 230 miles on it since I picked it up late Friday.

 

Hey my baby is only 1 week old

RogueRX8

 

Mine is only 5 days old. Pictures when the snow and crap stops. For now, it is in the garage maybe for the next week or so based on the weather forecasts.