RX8 ready for winter
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RX8 ready for winter
That's right, after a few weeks of deep thought....
the 8 is going into the garage for vacation and the new
is coming out
It was only $700 and rims and tires would have been that much.
Insurance and gas savings should pay for it over the winter. Not to mention that now I can park close to mall entrances again. No more worrying about my baby until spring. I now have a 1.0 Litre (actually similar to the 8!) but the 55 HP is not similar. The torque is about the same.
Driving a Geo Metro is so horrible. It makes the 8 feel like an F430. I did get a standard so I have something to do. Hope it doesn't break down.
the 8 is going into the garage for vacation and the new
is coming out
It was only $700 and rims and tires would have been that much.
Insurance and gas savings should pay for it over the winter. Not to mention that now I can park close to mall entrances again. No more worrying about my baby until spring. I now have a 1.0 Litre (actually similar to the 8!) but the 55 HP is not similar. The torque is about the same.
Driving a Geo Metro is so horrible. It makes the 8 feel like an F430. I did get a standard so I have something to do. Hope it doesn't break down.
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LoL...hope that $700 is as reliable as the 8 woulda been...cause a $700 car or $700 tire/rim decision seems like it shoulda been pretty obvious.
Hope that maintence on that car doesn't slay you. Good luck though!
Hope that maintence on that car doesn't slay you. Good luck though!
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Originally Posted by Stavesacre21
LoL...hope that $700 is as reliable as the 8 woulda been...cause a $700 car or $700 tire/rim decision seems like it shoulda been pretty obvious.
Hope that maintence on that car doesn't slay you. Good luck though!
Hope that maintence on that car doesn't slay you. Good luck though!
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Originally Posted by vapourit
That's right, after a few weeks of deep thought....
Driving a Geo Metro is so horrible. It makes the 8 feel like an F430. I did get a standard so I have something to do. Hope it doesn't break down.
Driving a Geo Metro is so horrible. It makes the 8 feel like an F430. I did get a standard so I have something to do. Hope it doesn't break down.
I'm parking my 8 for the winter this weekend. I'll be driving my 94 Geo Prism with 180k miles on it. God it sucks! It's like losing Pamela Anderson for four months and spending the winter sleeping with a 75 yr. old crack ***** with a wooden leg, bad breath and a colostomy bag!
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I just wshed, waxed, covered, and garaged my 8 yesterday. I will be driving my '89 Toyota 4X4 that I have had for about 100 years. It does have all new mechanicals though, so I actually don't mind driving it. Just not worth the chance of wrecking it. We get ALOT of snow here.
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Originally Posted by davedb62
I'm parking my 8 for the winter this weekend. I'll be driving my 94 Geo Prism with 180k miles on it. God it sucks! It's like losing Pamela Anderson for four months and spending the winter sleeping with a 75 yr. old crack ***** with a wooden leg, bad breath and a colostomy bag!
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I am going to be parking the 8 for the winter just as soon as I get the recall done. I have a 96 Ranger that I daily drive. My 8 has only seen rain once and never snow in over 3 years. Good choice on the beater...
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this will be my first time driving the rx8 in the snow- I bought it this past spring. It came with blizzaks that I'll be swapping on next week. Can anyone tell me what to expect -as I will be commuting 1 hr each way to work in snowy massachusetts???
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Originally Posted by willis123
this will be my first time driving the rx8 in the snow- I bought it this past spring. It came with blizzaks that I'll be swapping on next week. Can anyone tell me what to expect -as I will be commuting 1 hr each way to work in snowy massachusetts???
I wish I could give you more input on how they behave in the snow, but naturally it didn't snow after I put my snows on last winter. Only drove 350mi or so on 'em before it was time to switch back to the summer rubber.
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Originally Posted by Tirminyl
Or a $700 tire/rim decision could equal much more with the 8 around a pole, or in a ditch. I mutch rather drive a beater than my 8 in the snow.
Heck, i drive a beater in the snow myself, but only because I had it before i bought the 8. Just my own opinion that buying a whole automobile for the price of some tires doesn't seem like all that sound of an investment...especially when yull find it wont start in the -10 December weather.
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MY 8 was stored last fri.... I miss my baby OH well back to my 95 corolla with 300 000 kms on it, i prefer to store as the amount of salt they throw on the roads will corrode the undercarriage
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I'll be parking the 8 soon (probably within the next 3 weeks or so). I'll probably take her out sometime in March.
I drive a Grand AM (my daily driver to work)
I drive a Grand AM (my daily driver to work)
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I am going to put my 8 up for the winter. Is there anything I should be doing before the snow starts flying? Take the neg off the battery? anything with the gas? I've never had to put a car up for the winter before.