Bummer, I'll post some pics soon.
Almost forgot about Wilmington Brits to Battleships next weekend. Should be pretty cool:
http://www.bmccf.org/
Lat year hads lots of awesome cars and hopefully this year will have the same weather as last year.

 

I smell burnt meat between bread with lots of stuff thrown on it... Who all is coming out tonight?

 

Me

 

Got 'em.

 

Good seeing everyone tonight. Very nice surprise Gary. Looking forward to next weekend. ATM, forcast is mostly sunny, highs near 59... not exactly super warm but not bad.

 

So, how does Phantom Blue look under the lights??? Sorry I missed this one guys, I will see everyone next weekend though.

 

Looks phantom green.

 

I second that. Really nice color!

 

Here's a nice checklist for some future scenic sunday drives or even maybe a few weekend drives.
http://www.byways.org/browse/states/NC/

 

nice find Gary

 

Hello people names Rusty, just stopping in to say y'all might have a new face show up to the meets in november if things go my way. I wont have the 7, but hey i havent been around for the normal up keep on it. Little background: 1990 GTU, white, auto, blown motor, army, living in korea, etc. Guess i'll find out on nov. 11 if i make it or not.

 

we interrupt this thread to bring you a special announcemnt... MY CAR IS CLEAN... now back to you're regulary scheduled thread already in progress...

 

Did you make sure to wash behind the ears?

 

Here's a link to the first pictures of my new eight. Not the best pictures, but I will get some in better lighting next weekend.
http://rides.webshots.com/album/555201943OxGIifhttp://rides.webshots.com/album/555201943OxGIif

 

Mines covered with bugs! Just got back from VIR. What a beautiful day for a drive....

Ran into a friend of mine up there named Kenny Hawkings, we grew up together. He's had an autoshop in town for years. He was running a Dodge Viper in one of todays races, gonna go by and see him and a couple of other guys I grew up with that work for him one day.

 

Hey everyone wanted to say hey. I am Chris and live here in Raleigh and am picking up an FC this week and will be out to check everyone else's cars out at one of these meets!

 

Next meet is two weeks away.... I can't wait, post pics! hah! Welcome to the thread and looking forward to meeting you.

 

Yeah Gary's car looks very nice, very very nice. Smelled nice too hah!

BTW, we had.. i dunno, an FD, 7 or 8 FCs, a Porsche, a 3000GT... what else was there last night? Not a bad turnout, we ate, watched Gary's BOTD movie, drooled...

BUT what we're all wondering is... Was the cop we saw flying down the road with it's lights on after some people we know who just left the meet or was it just a coincidence... hrmmm.

 

Keep us posted and let us know! When ya get in town come by and see us.

 

Gary; Looks good

Greg; Sorry I missed VIR My brother is in the middle of building a house so my weekends have been tied up lately

 

I saw this guy in an FD today on the highway. Man didn't even look my direction when my head was hanging out the window, gawking at his car. Dude was sportin' a bitchin' mustache and was so damn focused on driving. That bastard. Anyway, I FINALLY ordered some PowerSlot rotors and should have them on by the next meet. (Not that you'd be able to see them with my bologna slicers.)

Chris, can't wait to see you at the next meet.

Gary, saw your pictures. I spotted the microwave on top of the dryer. That would be more appropriate for people that are always (ahem, 7 owners) working on their car. "Can't waste a few extra seconds going to the kitchen...must...keep...fixing!"

In other news, I nearly killed myself today with spray paint fumes and this was OUTSIDE.

 

Rusty, look forward to seeing you in November.

 

Gary...nice 8. Why did you trade up? Must be nice to be able to afford new cars all the time, haha.

Phil...like I said, if you want help putting those rotors on, swing on down here and we'll get to it. Barring any major problems, we should have them on within a couple hours.

Greg...why do all the other cool cars show up when I'm not there? You need to tell them to go away and come back when I'm gonna be there, haha.

I'll be meeting up with you guys for the carshow next weekend, would it be possible to catch up with you guys on the highway as you pass through? I might have another guy in tow, a red FD that was at our meager meet last night.

Rusty, Chris, hope to see you guys and the beautiful 7s at a meet soon. Chris, you think you might make it to the car show in Wilmington with us next weekend?

 

Main reason is the 6 speed AT and 6 port renisis. Secondary reasons include Phantom blue color, urge to be different than every other RX8 driver (literally every other driver seems to have a titanium grey ), the recall left a bad feeling about future issues (specially after the way my car started acting before the recall work and they just flashed the ECU). Then what really threw me over the fence was the financing ..after trade-in, rebates, etc etc..the payments were the same as what I was paying on my old one.

 

In case anyone is curious:
Here are the gas stats of my 2004 RX-8 (for 2 years and 7 months), I have been tracking it via a spreadsheet since the first bought the car at 380 Miles (a few questimated fill ups due to lost receipts).
Number of Fill Ups - 180
Total Cost of Gas - $4,890.13
Total number of Gallons - 2000.3
Average Cost per Gallon - $2.436
Average Cost per Fill Up - $27.17
Total Miles - 34,833
Average Miles Per Gallon - 17.4
Average Fill Up - 11.1