Booya!!
12-06-2004 | 03:47 PM
#27
Originally Posted by Benedick
Don't you find the bright white gauges distracting? If you turn the dimmer down just past the click, you'll change the gauges to a nice red color, which just looks trick when you turn on the lights.
I'm curious: how many people here prefer the white gauges at night to red?
I'm curious: how many people here prefer the white gauges at night to red?
12-06-2004 | 03:54 PM
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CONGRATS dmp!!!!! Enjoy...one day I'll be like you guys I hope....I HOPE!!!
12-06-2004 | 03:55 PM
#29
Originally Posted by dmp
I haven't owned one prior. I'll turn it on when things get nasty - so far, the car handles just fine in the rain. No different than my miata with old tires.
12-06-2004 | 04:17 PM
#30
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RX8 and a Truk....
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Originally Posted by valpac
Yeah but... the RX-8 has more oversteer than the Miata. Its very easy for the back to snap around pretty unexpected whether intentional or not. Especially in the rain.
...not more oversteer than 'my' miata :D I've plenty of road/track experience in very quick-handling machines.
hehe
Thanks to RacingBeat. I'll play it cool, though, until I learn the car. I can't have me wadding my pretty new car.
Thanks!
12-05-2005 | 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by dmp
I drove with the white gauges for about 10 minutes before it was just too much... hehe
:D
hehe :D
12-05-2006 | 10:55 PM
#38
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RX8 and a Truk....
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Originally Posted by 7andan8
Darin without a pic of his car! That's a sadder note than your 8 getting a new engine. Surely you can pull up an old pic?
Everybody's seen all my old rx8 pics.
hehe 
12-06-2009 | 08:26 AM
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RX8 and a Truk....
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Five years later - Car has 58k miles and runs fine.
Replaced:
Engine
Transmission
Coils
Wires
Cat (twice)
Plugs (twice)
Battery
Starter
Clutch
Modified: TEIN Basics coil overs, Black RPF1s, MS Flywheel, RB Intake and Exhaust, leather interior swap
Car drives better today than day one - probably makes about the same amount of HP, but it just feels better. Every time I think about selling it I look at it for 5 seconds and think "there's nothing that looks this good or drives this well for less than $40-50k".
Replaced:
Engine
Transmission
Coils
Wires
Cat (twice)
Plugs (twice)
Battery
Starter
Clutch
Modified: TEIN Basics coil overs, Black RPF1s, MS Flywheel, RB Intake and Exhaust, leather interior swap
Car drives better today than day one - probably makes about the same amount of HP, but it just feels better. Every time I think about selling it I look at it for 5 seconds and think "there's nothing that looks this good or drives this well for less than $40-50k".
Last edited by dmp; 12-06-2009 at 08:59 AM.
12-05-2012 | 05:44 AM
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RX8 and a Truk....
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Can it be EIGHT YEARS since I got my car? Easily the car I've owned the longest. The car is driven nearly daily now - shows 88030 miles. Still absolutely LOVE it.
Last edited by dmp; 12-05-2012 at 05:46 AM.
12-06-2012 | 06:38 AM
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RX8 and a Truk....
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Me too!
Me too - I avoid winter driving to avoid salt; can't imagine seeing it rusting away.
FI? Naw...I value the car's reliability more than I'd want another 50whp or whatever. As-is I could flog the car for hours on end at the track and drive it home w/o a worry. Adding FI would remove that comfort. Would rather have the car w/ it's original 215hp at the crank, for 15 years, than have 285hp for 15 months.
Thanks - 18x9.5, 35 offset. Tires - in that pic - advan ad07 (if I recall), 265/30/18. Now use Conti DWS - which absolutely SUCK in snow (tried it in our frist 1" snowfall last week) after driving on them all spring and summer for the past year or so.
FI? Naw...I value the car's reliability more than I'd want another 50whp or whatever. As-is I could flog the car for hours on end at the track and drive it home w/o a worry. Adding FI would remove that comfort. Would rather have the car w/ it's original 215hp at the crank, for 15 years, than have 285hp for 15 months.
Thanks - 18x9.5, 35 offset. Tires - in that pic - advan ad07 (if I recall), 265/30/18. Now use Conti DWS - which absolutely SUCK in snow (tried it in our frist 1" snowfall last week) after driving on them all spring and summer for the past year or so.
12-06-2012 | 08:49 AM
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I've had the car 8 1/2 yrs now. It has been daily driven until recently. I now have a Jeep Cherokee which will do all the winter duty. The 8 is rusting out in the right rear fender and I need to change out some of the suspension pieces, due to corrosion, so I can do an alignment.
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