eccles

No, they're removable towing eyes, like those provided with many upmarket European cars. They can also be attached at the rear, where they screw into threaded receptacles behind small removable panels in the bumper cover. They stow in the trunk, along with a length of tow line. See this pic.

Cihuuy

hmmm... no word yet from him...?!?

I bet his enjoying the 8 as we speak... :D cruising around, showing off to his frens... and etc... hihihi i know i would...

The sooner he pass that break in period, the sooner he can enjoy the 8... damn 9000rpm red line on a rotary... how does it feel huh?!? :D

EAST MOON

The hook was removed by my dealer:D

RX8 in my house with�@KOI-NOBORI(meaning is Jumping up-carp. Tradition ceremony of "Children's Day" on May 5 in Japan)
I drove my RX8 (and rotary engine) around Tokyo for the first time today.
Rotary engine is feel like a motorbike!.:D

thanks all see soon!

Cihuuy

hmmm... i think everyone will agree with me on this... the licence plate holder is ruining the look of the 8...

other than that, it looks great!! how is the exhaust note EAST MOON??

btw i notice that you talk like YODA... did you know that? :D
hehehe

Lensman

Darth Vader's disco ball you own, yes! Know of these things you do.. uhmm. yes...

eccles

Congratulations, East Moon-san. The yellow is absolutely gorgeous.

BlueAdept

Hmmm, it's gonna be really hard to do 600 miles at such low RPM's but I guess it'll be worth it...

Can anyone say if it then needs to have a service/oil change etc... at the dealer?....

Hmmm... 600 miles, I think I'm gonna end up collecting it on a friday and booking that 1000Km service for monday morning...

eccles

Yep, I can see a trip to Big Bend National Park on the weekend after I take delivery.

Actually, I wouldn't even need to go that far - 600 miles would only get me half-way to El Paso and back. They ain't kidding when they say everything's bigger in Texas.

P00Man

Congrats on your car East Moon! Very good color Choice! and take that stupid license plate holder off, if its legal of course

I KNOW i aint gunna have no front plate on my baby!
________
Vapir no2

Aeterna

Unfortunately, there's nothing within a 600 mile radius of El Paso worth visiting. Albuquerque's OKAY, but the elevation is greater so the air is ever so slightly thinner (gasp, choke)

Los Angeles is about 830 miles away. San Antonians may not be able to appreciate the '8 and I'm not about to advise anyone to explore the outback roads that are the Chihuahuan Desert of Mexico (even though the food is superb...!) south of El Paso.

Congrats, EAST MOON - sahn. Just answer for us this... is it everything YOU expected? Forget everyone else's advice about do this or add that, or this is better or those are cooler, etc. Just answer for us this... Is it?


For everyone else out there reading this... the Mazda slogan should be amended with the arrival of the '8:

"ZOOM-ZOOM" should become:

"Are you ready... for VROOM-VROOM...?"

vipeRX7

ummm ... i think they'd have to change the song too. Somehow "vroom, vroom, vroom ... ya ya ya ya ya" doesn't quite work :p

JSG

Congratulations East Moon-san! Looks great - you must be turning a lot of heads in Tokyo! Your dealer must be a great one. Yuhki and I will keep waiting patiently!

EAST MOON

Many Japanese guy doesn't like a Japanese license plate design.
I think, the Left side pic is sounds very good for RX-8 too,
but I don't want to be a "WANTED".:D
Usually, A few Japanese guy will take to the way of the right side pic.

(The upper half of a front grill is closed!)

Cihuuy

i remember the '99 spec and up bumper from the FD3s, that has those licence plate holder intergrated with the bumper!! that looked ugly.

At least with the Rx8 like the one you posted on the right, is better. Am not sure how it will affect the air flow to the oil cooler (??) but definetely better than putting in the middle.

EAST MOON this is your first mod!!! what's next?? :D hehehe

EAST MOON

left picture is the foot-light (Mazda called, Ground-Illuminations-Lamp) on the side-mirror bottom.
This foot-light is light on 10 seconds ahter shut a door.
I didn't know it.:D


RX-8's console view in the night time is "Electrical parade"?
I feel a blue illuminations of the black-out-meter(Mazda called) is very cool.

sorry, camera was vibrates by RE rev.

thanks all

thanks JSG and Yuhki Let's meet in our "off-meeting".:D

ZoomZoom

East Moon thanks for the pictures!!!

The picture on the right looks like the climate control is automatic, is this true?

Wing

Let's see the blue!

The controls do look auto. They look like the EXACT same controls that are on the Mazda6. Round ***** with push buttons and the little LED screen up above that changes based on your settings.

I was assuming this was going to happen, it only makes sense to use the same ***** and controls!

zoom44

Remember (especially in a new car) it is the journey not the destination.

and Blue Adept i'm with you! pickup up on friday first maintenance/oil change on monday.


CONGRATULATIONS EAST MOON!!

medcina

I think this is what East Moon meant to post:

Edited: Guess the site is having problems. It worked a second ago. Here's the URL to the image:
http://www.egroups.co.jp/files/eastm...0428_room2.jpg

Though I have been lurking for quite some time, guess since I just registered, I should say hello. I have been a rotary fan all my life and am a former FC owner. To this day I regret selling my RX-7 (with 200,000 miles on it). I'm seriously considering purchasing a RX-8, though I know someone that is selling their '93 RX-7 that only has 50K on it. Don't know what he's asking or any specifics on the car yet (all info from a friend of mine), but I do know it has a spoiler, cruise, and sunroof. Can anyone figure out the packages from those 3 items? :D He's an older gentleman and has really taken care of the car. Assuming the car is in great shape, I will probably buy the RX-7. It not, RX-8 all the way!

Anyway, didn't mean to take the thread off-topic.

medcina

OK, here it is:

EAST MOON

sorry...The climate control is same as (around) the Air-conditioner?
The temperature control of a car room is automatic.
It feel very good,It was hot in Tokyo today.

thanks

Vancouver

It is all very impressive that we can see a brand new RX-8, on the road, via the internet from Japan. Just a few years ago, one would have to wait months to get a car magazine's pictures. The world is shrinking. Thanks to East Moon. Well done.

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ZoomZoom

O.K.

Lensman

Really! And you say you can't get it into deep space again without that specific fuel source and only then can you return to your home planet? Amazing!