I am still uploading the walk around vids they are kinda big, here are the pics, the full album can be seen by Clicking Here!





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that's it for the post, they removed the engine cover for me, you can't see jack from with the hood open.



There are 13 pics in all, I am not posting them all here, hit the album to take a look at the rest.



The videos are here when they are uploads: Black RX-8 Walkaround



Yellow RX-8 Walkaround 1



Yellow #2



Yellow #3



I have to go back tomorrow to drive it, it had just arrived and not had the plastic off or anything as you can see from the pics. I did hear it run sounds nice, the engine is quite a ways back, the alternator is behind the front torque brace if that gives you any idea, it clearly says Mazda 13B right on the block, they did change the oil filter mount a bit to bring it out into the engine compartment.



My initial thoughts, nice classy car, won't seat 4 adults comfortably, but you could easily put 2 kids or 2 midgets in the back. Seats are great, rotor symbols all over. Would I buy one? Prolly not, not really my style, but I dunno maybe if I had the cash, the car has some Bling for sure and can't wait to see what else becomes available. 247 HP, comfortable front seat, interesting gauge layout, pretty much like all the other pics you've seen I just got to play around with it some. They took off the engine cover, let me tear some plastic off, crawl around, etc,etc...



I'll post some more thoughts in a few, i still haven't eaten LOL

Yea one other thing I should note, the paint was not impressive. I noticed a lot of orange peel in the sunlight and the showroom light. Definetely would consider having a good paint job done on it if I dropped the 30K

no offense to the FD guys, but im not sold on the flying horns or whatever the mazda sign is called...other than that i like.

I'm down wit it.

cool

very nice!

I'd hit it! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif

Sweet!!!

Notice there are about O', ZERO of these Infinity Mazda emblems on my FD... https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/boink.gif

Drive it, spin it into a wall with the rear; so that they will total it!. Get the drivetrain and sell it to me!!!!!!!!

My friend who is 6'1" sat in the backseat at the ny auto show and he said he had tons of room back there............. then again he also drives a VR4 whose back seats are completely non functional.

He said the back seats were great either way.

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I'm ready to see one in person now. I would turn in my C230K for one. I wouldn't even have gotten the C230K if the RX8 was out when I needed to buy a new daily.



K

Where the **** is the Money Tree that grows in Columbus?

somehow by the day i get more jealous of you.....bastard !

I've never liked the new Mazda symbol very much. I like the old one that resembled the Renault emblem or whatever it was. I think they got rid of it in like 94 or something?

The RX-8 looks cool, I can't waite to see one in person.

i want to drive one...ill swing by the ass backwords mazda dealer today if i have time to see when they get theirs

You prefer the stylin' toilet seat to the flying M? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/wacko.png

My friend who is 6'1" sat in the backseat at the ny auto show and he said he had tons of room back there............. then again he also drives a VR4 whose back seats are completely non functional.

He said the back seats were great either way. [/quote]

I set in the back seat took pics as well, even the salesman said "You could put a couple adults back there if you were in a a pinch" LOL it isn't big, I personally wouldn't want to take a long trip in the back seat.

Hell, I put a couple of [drunken] adults in the back of my TII in a pinch. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif

You prefer the stylin' toilet seat to the flying M? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/wacko.png [/quote]

no there was one that was more of a diamond shape with a circle drawn around it. basically the renault symbol inside a circle which was pre-toilet bowl emblem. but due to it';s resemblance to the renault symbol they then went from sharp-edged diamond shape in a circle to rounded edge flame-design-that-looks-like-toilet emblem.



kevin.

you can see the mazda emblem history here:



http://www.mx-3.com/emblem/



and here's what he's talking about:



http://www.mx-3.com/emblem/emb-92a.jpg



compared to toilet bowl:



http://www.mx-3.com/emblem/emb-92-96a.jpg



kevin.

that was meant for me huh? wish i had some money to buy/finance one or a father in law that would help a family in need out. in my case id get the rx8 rather than the 7 cause i got those 21 little midgets to drive around too. maybe ill be able to afford the 2nd gen rx8 if it ever comes out. great pics phins

Hey Kev,



how would you like to beat Rikki Tikki Tavi to the punch and have the first boosted RX-8 in the States?



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lol, I like the way Goodfella's thinking.. that would surely piss Rikki off..

my friend works at a mazda dealer and he got a ride last night from the rx8 rep that is going around to all the dealers.



he said it was an amazing car overall.

fast to him cause he drives a 330ci, but he said it was smooth and really comfortable ect.

I wanted one. Then I heard they are working on a Mazdaspeed RX-8. So now I will wait. I am disapointed how long it is taking to filter these cars out to the dealers. I was told by my local dealership (actually a salesman that got my phone # and name from the Mazda-Rev-it-up school) that the RX-8 would be there by the end of June. There still are not any there.



I went ahead and bought a CooperS to tool around in for the next 2 years. I figure it will take that long for Mazdaspeed to get their crap together with the RX-8.



If they do forced induction on the Mazdaspeed RX-8 I am all over it.



I like the RX-8 a lot it is definatly a head turner it looks like nothing else on the road and I like that a lot.



I keep mixing up the new 350Z and the Infinity and the Lexus up with each other. Its another batch of cars that look like each other. Thats why I like the body on the 8 it is bold and will stand apart from the others.

The 350Z and the lexus are the same thing as far as the Mazdaspeed RX-8 who know, could be anytime, could never, but my guess would be before the 2 year mark.

What Lexus?



The G35 Coupe and the 350z are the for all intensive purposes the same car, although I would pick the G35 over the Z any day!

no offense, great administrator, but nissan and infiniti are one company, toyota and lexus are a separate company

mazda seems to have a problem with that yellow paint, it looks

like **** on the Mazda6 as well.



I didnt get to sit in the one at the Auto Show for that long, there was

a line of people waiting to get in it, but I do plan on kicking the tires

on one locally

Looks like the ultimate daily driver to me, comfort, good handling, great power, room for some friends. What else do ya need?

I think those engine covers are BS. Is there any real pupose in putting those on or is at mainly an aesthetic thing?

They yellow sux and yea sorry I meant Infinity.

Isnt a G35 a JDM skyline chassis? Isnt the Z an original design, with the exception of the drivetrain? Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks.

Isnt a G35 a JDM skyline chassis? Isnt the Z an original design, with the exception of the drivetrain? Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks. [/quote]

You're wrong BITCH. LOL, kidding bro, but you are wrong. The Skyline chassis hasn't been registerd yet.

I think the engine covers are mostly to keep people who don't know what they are doing from ******* **** up? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/dunno.gif

Isnt a G35 a JDM skyline chassis? Isnt the Z an original design, with the exception of the drivetrain? Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks. [/quote]

You're wrong BITCH. LOL, kidding bro, but you are wrong. The Skyline chassis hasn't been registerd yet. [/quote]

thanks for the info punkass....but your not 100% correct R32,and R33 are CA legal thanks to a Co. about a mile from Nissan Motors in Gardena, (I cant remember the name). I live between the 2, so I get sneak peeks at new Nissans Infinitis. I've seen PLENTY of R34's over the years... Saw the Z before ANYONE had pics in any mag.... I looked... Followed it back to Nissan(I had a Z at the time)and drove my girl crazy talking about it for a month.....

i just like the seats the most https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

Isnt a G35 a JDM skyline chassis? Isnt the Z an original design, with the exception of the drivetrain? Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks. [/quote]

You're wrong BITCH. LOL, kidding bro, but you are wrong. The Skyline chassis hasn't been registerd yet. [/quote]

thanks for the info punkass....but your not 100% correct R32,and R33 are CA legal thanks to a Co. about a mile from Nissan Motors in Gardena, (I cant remember the name). I live between the 2, so I get sneak peeks at new Nissans Infinitis. I've seen PLENTY of R34's over the years... Saw the Z before ANYONE had pics in any mag.... I looked... Followed it back to Nissan(I had a Z at the time)and drove my girl crazy talking about it for a month..... [/quote]

Oh boy, let me try this again.



First of all, you don't call me a punkass. For that you will get your ass bitchslapped.



Second, the next Skyline DOES NOT have a registered chassis code. Since BASE said that the G35 was a JDM Skyline chassis, we were clearly talking about the NEXT Skyline (R35?) not the current and past Skylines which obviously have registered chassis (Duh, they are in production or were). So, the NEXT Skyline DOES NOT have a registered chassis, the chassis that would look like the one the G35 Coupe and Z33 were built on.





GET IT, or do I need to spell it out for you? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...>/rolleyes.gif

Isnt a G35 a JDM skyline chassis? Isnt the Z an original design, with the exception of the drivetrain? Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks. [/quote]

You're wrong BITCH. LOL, kidding bro, but you are wrong. The Skyline chassis hasn't been registerd yet. [/quote]

thanks for the info punkass....but your not 100% correct R32,and R33 are CA legal thanks to a Co. about a mile from Nissan Motors in Gardena, (I cant remember the name). I live between the 2, so I get sneak peeks at new Nissans Infinitis. I've seen PLENTY of R34's over the years... Saw the Z before ANYONE had pics in any mag.... I looked... Followed it back to Nissan(I had a Z at the time)and drove my girl crazy talking about it for a month..... [/quote]

Oh boy, let me try this again.



First of all, you don't call me a punkass. For that you will get your ass bitchslapped.



Second, the next Skyline DOES NOT have a registered chassis code. Since BASE said that the G35 was a JDM Skyline chassis, we were clearly talking about the NEXT Skyline (R35?) not the current and past Skylines which obviously have registered chassis (Duh, they are in production or were). So, the NEXT Skyline DOES NOT have a registered chassis, the chassis that would look like the one the G35 Coupe and Z33 were built on.





GET IT, or do I need to spell it out for you? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...>/rolleyes.gif [/quote]

Punkass.