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Where's Clay? Hasn't he been dreaming about the rx8 for the past couple of weeks? Maybe he could live vicariously through you.......

Pretty good reliable engine, only gripe I have heard of is the high pressure fuel pump failure. Check out e90post.com for more info. There is a pretty comprehensive section on the current pricing for new and preowned. Price will vary depending on the options/packages on the car. Good Luck, there is a reason they are called "the ultimate driving machine!" http://www.e90post.com/forums/index.php

A friend of mine runs a turbo'd 600 hp e36 track car. I will shoot him a note and see if he has an opinion.

Maybe they don't mix the minors with the majors?.?.?

Wonder what that thing weighs, maybe 1800 lbs or so? Seems to go airborne pretty easy. Thought about the tubing as it seems to be some type of webbed type shape and I wondered what the crush strength was. Nice engineering on the cage by the engine, looks like you just unbolt it for access.

Nice looking Audi, good luck.

Incredible machine, looks like fun. Love the sound of the motor being fired up, what makes the whirling sound before it fires?

Nice find, decent review and saves about $100.

So much nature and scenery.

Seems to me as E85 is engine tuning is advancing quite quickly. Since it is readily available and can be driven on the street and strip, the sanctioning bodies are starting to draw a line in the sand for legal reasons. Most of the stuff running alcohol is purpose built and probably safer. Putting "other" restrictions on e85 lets the tracks/sanctioning bodies draw a line (trap speed - velocity - mass) based on the quality of hardware being put on the track. In simplistic terms, e85 is making it cheaper to go faster, so these new rules maintain the $$ barrier to entry. Just my .02

Great review, every time I see one it is one of two scenarios. Wow, looks like a POS, or if it has the bigger tires and a decent stance it turns into more of a "nice ride" opinion. Overall I have come to the conclusion that it needs big tires and aggressive stance to be attractive to me, however that is not conducive to a daily commuter.

Did you ask if they stopped selling them off the lot as well? Just want to make sure that the future owner who purchases them out of bankruptcy gets all of their assets.... Seriously, I bet they are still selling them for sticker....

it is an issue with the search algorithm, stang and stank are too close...... LOL.....

Nice garage....

at what point do they buy and back and start over? so far they are a grand or so in w/ labor and parts?

agreed but it sets the standard for power to weight @ 200 hp level.

I was down in TN and got hooked on FAT TIRE amber ale. wish I could find it up here...

sounded like a solid platform especially with keeping the weight down. power to weight ratio looks to be similar if not slightly better than the miata, gti, mini cooper. although the 1000 lb lighter elise would run circles around it..... sorry if a repost, I did a quick search for toyota 86 and came up blank.

Found this interesting, RWD four cylinder offering from Toyota (maybe under Scion) 2,600 lbs and ~200hp, paddle shifters, low center of gravity. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-57332107-48/toyotas-ft-86-gets-production-specs-new-gt-86-moniker/?tag=mncol;txt

http://www.nagtroc.org is your best friend with all things GTR.

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Thanks for the support Derek, I look fwd to bringing this to a close. Your store's reputation on CR is what made me not even think twice about having the repair done there.

Looking for some perspectives on what to do. Facts: --Approximately 30 days ago I was pulling out of the garage when the tire pressure monitoring system gave me a warning. I was thinking maybe the cool temperatures had dropped the air pressures and just needed to maybe add a few lbs of pressure, so I stopped at the nearest air stop and began to check pressures. While checking pressures I found a screw in the right rear tire, didn't seem to be leaking a alot of air so I put a few lbs in the tire and continued on my way to work downtown. --Since it was a Thurs and I was heading out of town the next day, I did a quick search of tire dealers in the DT area and found a national chain which was within walking distance. So I called up, told them the situation and they said drop it on by and we can fix it by early afternoon. --Dropped off the car at the tire shop and walked back to work. The shop called back early afternoon to let me know my tire was done, so I walked back over, paid the $48 bux for the repair and went on my merry way. However, when I got it back to the parking garage I noticed there was a big quarter sized chunk out of the rim which had been worked on. I quickly called up the shop and told them what happened. The manager quickly apologized and said they would repair the wheel, just drop it back off the next week. --Early next week, I drop off the car in the morning and the mgr tells me they will take the wheel off and have it repaired by 5pm that day. So I go off to work and come back at 5pm where the mgr promptly tells me that he is not happy with the work the company did on the wheel. They wheel repair shop created a flat spot that made the repair even more obvious and no where near the quality of a wheel that has less than 8000 miles on it. The mgr of the shop says drop it back off and I will take it back to the wheel repair shop. --So my schedule permitting I drop off the car a week later to repeat the process. Going back at 5pm that day the repair was not up to standard as now there was a flat spot in the lip of the wheel. The mgr was again apologetic and said he would talk to his regional mgr to figure out the next steps, which eluded to the fact it would more than likely be a new wheel. --The shop mgr calls me back the next day and says he spoke with his regional manager and the next course of action was that the wheel company would need the wheel for TWO days to completely refinish the entire wheel to make it right. The shop mgr told me they would get a rental for the two days so they could get the wheel to the repair shop. At this point I am EXTREMELY frustrated and told the mgr that I would need to figure out my options because I was not a fan of leaving my car in someone else's hands for any period of time. --So a week goes by and I call the tire shop mgr. back and tell him I will bring my winter tires by to have them put on for the two day repair. So I drop the car of on Tues and they put the winter tires on and quickly call me back to let me know. When picking up my car the mgr says it should be no later than Wed. or Thurs at the latest. --Not receiving a call by Thurs afternoon (5pm) I call the mgr to get a check on the status. His reply was that the wheel would be ready on Friday. --So on Friday, I call and get the asst. mgr (mgr was off that day), the asst. mgr calls the wheel repair facility and tells me they are baking the paint and they are not open on Saturday to pick it up so the wheel will be ready on Monday. By this point I am pissed, because I am using my winter set up for a supposed two day repair and now I won't have my car in shape for the weekend. --So today I called first thing in the morning clearly venting my frustration with what had taken place with the mgr. At this point he told me the wheel would be ready by the end of the day and he would give me a call around 4pm. Mgr called and I stopped by to get my wheel. However upon inspection the wheel had significant overspray, tiny air bubbles in the paint, and still had a flat spot. I was LIVID by this point and wanted a resolution! The mgr quickly called his regional mgr who said he would be down there tomorrow to inspect the wheel. So I leave empty handed again. At this point what should I expect? I have taken the car to the shop three times now, four times if you include the original repair. This last time, I passed on the rental car for what I thought was a two day repair which has now been a week. At this point I see 3 options, 1) I'm screwed 2) new wheel $550 3) wheel goes back for more repairs. Sorry for the long post, just looking for some advice.

Here is the website, little pricey @ $25 per pair. I ordered a pair to match the BMW paint, which they did. If a perfect match is not needed, I would recommend painting your own. http://www.bumperplugs.com/BPindex.html

Looks like common sense approach has been proposed. No active OnStar, no tracking unless consumer gives permission. http://jalopnik.com/5844322/ OnStar kills plan to track ex-subscribers In the face of a full-on revolt from users and pressure from Congress, Drudge Report and other media outlets, General Motors' OnStar service just announced it was reversing plans to keep tracking vehicles of its 6 million subscribers if they cancel the service. Now once it's off, it's off. The changes unveiled two weeks ago would have kept a data connection with any OnStar-equipped GM vehicle active unless an ex-subscriber specifically asked for it to be shut off. OnStar said it wanted to keep the connection alive to offer new services and alert vehicle owners in case of emergency or recalls — but also said it reserved the right to share or sell anonymous data about the vehicles it tracked to outsiders, including government agencies and marketers. Since then, OnStar's seen a burgeoning customer revolt, been forced to explain its changes repeatedly and faced criticism from at least three U.S. senators accusing the service of invading privacy. Even the U.S. Federal Trade Commission was asked to probe whether OnStar was violating federal privacy rules. OnStar President Linda Marshall now says customers who cancel will have their data connection shut off; if OnStar wants to turn it back on, it will have to get the owner's permission. And OnStar will "honor customers' preferences about how data from that connection is treated" — which leaves room for the company to still share data, but only after getting permission from users. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------