Well I dd it today, after over two year without my RX-8 I bought a used 2009 R3 for my daily driver, and sometime tracker. My FD will still be in the stable, but I missed my 8 so much I just had to buy another one and I can't wait to pick it up on Wednesday. Two rotories I must be getting senile or dementia is setting in, or maybe it the cheap gas prices.

 

WTF. So let me take the FD to BCM lol.

 

Yup.....sounds like "Dementia"

 

$1.20 is now cheap gas hehehe


Rx8's are pretty inexpensive now. I've thought about getting one for my DD too but I just can't do it. My job still requires way too much travel, and while they pay my mileage I can pocket much more of it with my Echo. Ugly little bugger but I've squeezed out 955km for only 42L of gas

PS the car looks great!!!!

 

Ya you've fallen off the rocker Rick. Soon you'll be as bad as me! So what are you going to drive to BCM?

 

No, I'll be taking the FD. Ian, like I said to you the other day your welcome to be my passenger/co-driver. You just can't show up to BCM in a Corrolla, it's just plain wrong!

 

How is the s2 compared to your old one?

thewird

 

OMG, 2 red rotories; 1 turbo and 1 NA.
PetroCanada called to thank you...
Congrats

 

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein

Hmmmm....?

 

Sounds about right.

senile dementia
noun
severe mental deterioration in old age, characterized by loss of memory and control of bodily functions.
senile |ˈsēˌnīl; ˈsen-|
adjective
(of a person) having or showing the weaknesses or diseases of old age, esp. a loss of mental faculties : she couldn't cope with her senile husband.
• (of a condition) characteristic of or caused by old age : senile decay.
• Geology approaching the end of a cycle of erosion.

Thesaurus
senile
adjective
she's in her nineties, but she's not a bit senile doddering, doddery, decrepit, senescent, declining, infirm, feeble; aged, long in the tooth, in one's dotage; mentally confused, having Alzheimer's (disease), having senile dementia; informal past it, gaga.

 

You need to find a used 2000 - 2006 5 speed Insight. Should be able to spend under $8K and then you'll be able to say that you've squeezed 1800 KM out of 35L of gas. Plus it's not butt ugly like the Echo.

 

I would welcome double the mileage but I think the insight is even worse looking. Plus my echo is an 05 and I paid 3k. It would be a very long time before I made up the $5,000 purchase price

 

Congrats!

 

I'm surprised. Congrats on the new car

 

Congrats! I've considered the RX-8 many times because of its magic combination of build quality, reduced emissions, carrying capacity, and great handling – also, I'm glad they're being sold for such reasonable prices now.

 

^Missed this.
Only had a half hour in the car with a couple of back roads but definitely tighter in the corners and the recaro's are a real tight fit with my aging mid section. I guess I'll have to cut out the beers and the chocolate bars or I'll just not fit!

 

That is a nice looking 8. Love them in red - I'm a bit partial...

 

Why didn't you just swap Scottish for his RX8 and give him your RX7?

 

Awesome car but just can't justify spending that money on a car that gets the same fuel mileage as a 2nd gen and the same if not worse reliability. But damn are they comfy, great options and sound awesome...plus 6 speed is a bonus. (Derp guess I answered by own question those are the reasons why you buy one)

 

I'm a greedy bastard and I just want them both! The 8 going to be my DD with no modding in the near future, the R3 has everything I need and more.

 

I totally agree with this one....there are times when I prefer driving the R3 than the FD just to feel pampered.

 

Pampered?? In a sports car?? You know you're getting old when....

The thing that annoys me most when I jump from Miata to the FD, is not having the same tech that I'm use to in the Miata.
I don't have bluetooth connection from my iPhone to the car and I don't have an auto dim/homelink mirror.
I desperately need to update the tech in the FD to bring it up to par.

Apart from that, I enjoy driving the FD whenever I can.

 

Easy fixes! No excuses :P

On the truck I did Bluetooth, auto-dim rearview, heated front and rear seats, and I'm currently working on heated mirrors...none were existing options for that truck.

 

Don't get me wrong, I know they're easy fixes. Just trying to find the funds is the problem.

Regardless, no more thread jacking!

Congrats again Rick on the R3. Hope to see it soon