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Model: Base, non-sunroof, 6spd manual w/ the optional Sport Package - this includes stability control, HID lights and fog lights. The car also has the optional rear wing and 6 disc cd changer.
Price: $10,000.00
Reason for Sale: Between going back to school, a busy work schedule and picking up the game of tennis again in 2011, I'm just not driving this car as much as I used to. It was retired as a daily driver about 1 year ago (currently I put maybe 5-6K miles on the car a year).
Description: I'm the second owner of this RX-8 and bought it in November of 2007 from Carmax with 13K miles on the odometer. Mechanically the car is sound and the engine has never been flooded. Redline fluids in the transmission and rear diff. Per Mazda's recommendation, I've only use regular (non-synthetic oil) in this engine in the recommended 5W-20 viscosity (Castrol) and the oil is changed religiously every 4K miles. New Continental Extreme Contact DWS tires were put on the car 10K miles ago (70+% tread left). Car has a current VA inspection valid through 3/12. I've only used Premium gas in this car and when it was my daily driver, I averaged between 20-21mpg in mixed driving.
Vehicle History: Clean title. No major accidents. Only blemish was in 2010 when a pick-up truck scraped the passenger-side rear bumper when backing into a parking space at my office (my car was parked at the time). His insurance company (State Farm) covered the repairs at the body shop of my choice (Masters Auto Body). Repairs were done professionally and per the Body Shop's report the damage was only superficial.
Upgrades: This car is currently built to compete in the SCCA's STX class
- Bilstein PSS9 coilovers (with custom 7K front Swift Springs)
- Hotchkis 27mm MX-5 front swaybar (3 way adjustable)
- Eibach 16mm MX-5 rear swaybar (2 way adjustable)
- Racing Beat Intake
- Black Halo Racing ignition system
- Hypertech Max Energy Sport Tuner
- Racing Beat mid-pipe w/ Davesport 100cpi high flow cat
- Corksport catback
- CG Lock
The car was my daily driver for ~3yrs and has the usual door dings and light scratches. The only major imperfection on the exterior is a dent in the lower rocker panel by the passenger-side door when it slipped off a jack. So I'd give the exterior a 7 out of 10. The interior is near perfect with no blemishes (9 out of 10).
Kelly Blue Book pricing for private party sale is $11,500 (good) and $10,200 (fair). Due to the dent in the lower passenger-side rocker panel and the rear bumper scraping incident, I moved my price point towards the fair condition. However, at this price you get all upgrades listed in my ad.
NOTE: This price includes the 17x9 enkei RPF1 wheels and Hankook RS-3 tires.
If interested, you can e-mail me directly at: chiketkd 'at' yahoo.com
Thanks for looking.
--Chike
He was buying mine until he became convinced mine ate tires and the tire bill would be more than he could afford . No idea where he got that info since we are now getting nearly 90 runs out of the fronts and 250-300 runs out of the rears .