Just picked up my 8 today!
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Just picked up my 8 today!
Hey guys, you've probably seen me postin around a bit and gettin a feel for the site for the past few months. And after all the delay i got my 8!B/c i live in vegas we had a driver drive it down to us. When we met the driver, i learned that he was a mazda employee that was also fellow member, Mystery. Thankfully he made it here safe and only with 1 chip (which the dealer will fix :D)
Recently there was a thread about younger drivers, I would like to claim the award for the youngest 8 owner on this site. Currently im 15 1/2 years old (I say that because thats when you can get your permit) I just got my permit a bit over 2 weeks ago and, yes im very blessed that my family can afford this car for a teen. Because my parents have the car under their name, and I'm an "occasional driver" my insurance is only about 265 /mo.
-2007 Velocity Red Mica
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-Stick![Biggthumpup](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/biggthumpup.gif)
here she is! And yes im the very white kid standing next to the 8
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Recently there was a thread about younger drivers, I would like to claim the award for the youngest 8 owner on this site. Currently im 15 1/2 years old (I say that because thats when you can get your permit) I just got my permit a bit over 2 weeks ago and, yes im very blessed that my family can afford this car for a teen. Because my parents have the car under their name, and I'm an "occasional driver" my insurance is only about 265 /mo.
-2007 Velocity Red Mica
-Appearance and performance packages
-Stick
![Biggthumpup](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/biggthumpup.gif)
here she is! And yes im the very white kid standing next to the 8
![](http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m94/ivoryphoto/2.jpg)
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haha yeah, thats actually mystery, the car salseman who drove my 8 all the way from modesto. I don't think ill be puttin many mods on it for a good 6 months or so. when i went driving to show my friends. (1 which has a brand new G35, and another with a BMW 7 series) they said they could smell a whole bunch of clutch when i pulled up...i still have alot to learn about driving a stick, i practiced with my dad for a few months but every car is diffrent. my only problem is shifting from 2-3-4-5-6 smoothly, i dont grind the gears or anything, its just jerky.
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haha yeah, thats actually mystery, the car salseman who drove my 8 all the way from modesto. I don't think ill be puttin many mods on it for a good 6 months or so. when i went driving to show my friends. (1 which has a brand new G35, and another with a BMW 7 series) they said they could smell a whole bunch of clutch when i pulled up...i still have alot to learn about driving a stick, i practiced with my dad for a few months but every car is diffrent. my only problem is shifting from 2-3-4-5-6 smoothly, i dont grind the gears or anything, its just jerky.
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Lucky guy.....I had to "impress" my friends with a 92 Honda Accord when I turned 16. Ironically I still drive a 92 Honda Accord as my beater. Congrats and enjoy the car!
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Daaaaaaamn...you are lucky man, here in Bosnia you can have licence only when you have 18 yrs....I can't dream about it to have an RX-8 with 18 yrs...maybe later when i start to work...now I can only dream about it :D
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I got my driver's license when I was 20... I was studying in England and people didn't need to drive that much back then... I could only afford to drive my GF's car... (she bought the car and I could only afford to pay gas) and it's an 88 Civic. I don't remember it was very fast but the 16 valves sticker already impressed a lot of my friends. Hence, I can totally imagine what kind of attention and envious faces you will get... lucky you, and feel good about it.
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oh yeah! i do know how fortunate I am, really...coming to this site was just dreaming, i was hoping to get a used civic...my mom asked me what my dream car would be and i told her, and we started investigating the costs of the car and such, i never thought id get a car this nice.
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congrats on your new ride! your parents are kind with you...at 15 i got a mountain bike! hahaha, but that was 15 yrs ago, time's change, now kids get nice cars as gifts. just be careful driving in vegas.
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Nice work man.... i just picked up my 04 nordic green.. basically the same as urs with the app. package, 6spd, and the only difference is that i have black leather and heated seats. im turning 17 in 13 days. just make us young drivers look good by avoiding the peer pressure with doing stupid **** like driving fast down a neighborhood street and almost getting into an accident. just be careful and good luck. i hope you mod it!!!
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Umm the guy with the G35 got his when he got his license and now hes only 17 and the guy with the bmw 7 series, yeah same with him he got his at 15.5, although that was 2 years ago.
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nicee, makes me feel small haha. i was also very fortunate to get a nice car as my first, it was a used 02 WRX, actually also right when i was about 15.5
im 20 almost 21 (w00t!) btw ![Smilie](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
anyways, congrats again on the car! doing mods wont help you learn stick any slower or faster so you might as well start now
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anyways, congrats again on the car! doing mods wont help you learn stick any slower or faster so you might as well start now
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