Hey all,

I haven't been here for about 2 years. I had an '04 Nordic Green Touring that I gave up for an '06 MX-5 Sport. To make a long story short, I miss the RX-8 and so does my wife, so probably within a week, I'll be back in a RX-8 again. I have my eye on a slightly used '07 GT, and may have found a buyer for the Miata.

The Miata has been great, but I miss the performance of the RX-8. I'm looking forward to rejoining the ranks!

Dave

 

Welcome back....................what's the color?

 

Why did you sell your 8?

 

^^Just a case of temporary insanity im sure. Fortunately it looks as if he has been rehabilitated Welcome back!

 

Check the for sale forum. You get a well taken care of RX 8

 

Titanium Gray, black leather.

My '04 had a LOT of flooding problems. It never did it to me cold, always after having driven the car for 1/2 hour or more - wouldn't start the next morning. This happened about 8 times. Finally had enough. Seems like from all the reading I probably had an "unusual" car.

It also seems that there are many fewer people affected than there were at first. So I'm taking the plunge again. I love the way the car drives. The top down fun has been less fun than I expected, and my wife doesn't like the Miata much (actually not at all). She already wants to know when she can drive the new 8 :-)

Dave

 

Us Dave's have good taste!


Dave

 

Welcome back to the club.

 

Good decision to for the car choice. But not so sure about the depreciation hit on the miata. Personally after driving the rx-8, I find the mx-5's engine rather coarse and unrefined. I'm not much of a top down person though. I hate people running a box cutter on the top.

 

Welcome back.

 

Well, I made a deal on a 2007 Ti Gray GT with only 3,500 miles on it. It was a lease buy back and looks new except for one scratch on the door. That's ok, my Miata had 3 scratches :-)

I'm in CT and found it in Mass. They'll be delivering the car down here Mon or Tues. Can't wait. When I took it for a test drive I suddenly remembered how smooth it is to drive.

Dave

 

Welcome back my friend.

 

Welcome back. You can never stay away for too long

 

Just picked up my almost new RX-8 this morning and got it registered. As I said this is my second - an -04, a 2 year fling with a MX-5 and now a 2007 with only 3800 miles. It looks new inside and out.

An added bonus I didn't notice since it was hidden by the owners manual folder.... there's an iPod connector on a long wire, tucked in the glove box. Sweet! It's a dock connector on a wire. Fiddling with it for 5 minutes it seems to cycle through playlists on the stereo - not sure of the correct buttons to use yet.

Nice nice car and glad to be back in the fold.

Dave

 

Cool. Back in the rotary game. Ipod connector a nice surprise. Get some pics of your '07 when you get a chance...

 

+1

 

Welcome back.
I can certainly understand the temptation of the MX-5; I've owned three of 'em! I love my 8 but, on that first spring day or a balmy summer night, it's hard to resist a little top-down fun. Wish I could own both.

 

Both would be fun but we're paying for 2 daughters in college right now (2 years to go). The MX-5 was fun, but my wife really didn't like it at all. Too noisy - can't talk while we drive. Then I saw a review in the paper for the 40th Ann. edition and it started making me nostalgic for my previous RX-8. When I mentioned to my wife I was thinking of switching back she was all for it. I drove one again and realized all over what a great driving car it is.

Picked it up thursday. Friday I drove us to work - we work about 1/2 mile apart - and her first comment was "This is more like it".

I'm not sure what kind of iPod connection I have. It has a thick black wire with a dock connection on the end with a plastic protective cap. The logo (if it is one) on the connector is sort of a rectangle with rounded corners. In use, the ipod screen goes to "ok to disconnect". The disc up/down buttions seem to increment albums, and the seek up/down change songs. The display shows EX 3:10 3:15 where 3:15 would be the elapsed time. The 3:10 is 3rd album, 10th song. No text available and the album number recycles every 6. (So the 7th album would be 1 again). Does that give anyone any clue to what it is and any other hints on how to use it?)

Thanks.
Dave