Traded in my Mazdaspeed Protege...UPDATED WITH PICS (ORIGINAL POST)
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Traded in my Mazdaspeed Protege...UPDATED WITH PICS (ORIGINAL POST)
I know you guys will think I'm nuts, but I traded it in. I just bought it last november, but I went to the dealer to pick up an oil filter, and the owner of the dealership approached me and said he would do anything for me to trade in my "limited edition vehicle." I said gimme an RX-8. Check this out:500 down
20,000 for my trade (I only owed 16000)
I have excellent credit, and am Mazda loyal, so they gave me 0.002% financing for 6 years...yeah yeah I know that's a long time, but hey...
Sticker for the RX-8 was 32,000 and I got it for 27,000.
Payments are about 430/mo. about 50 more.
My insurance actually stayed the same.
I can barely believe it myself. I was at the dealer for 12 hours. A friend of mine that works at the dealer showed me some paperwork that showed how much they made, and it said -3500. He said that they were dying to sell another RX-8 by today, so that they can get some kind of bonus from Mazda, whether they lost money on it or not. Whatever, all I know is I feel like I made out like a bandit.
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Originally Posted by ImPulse
Why do you guys need pictures? Go to the mazda website or to a dealership and see them for yourself?
He didnt say he bought an RX-8 with turbo and a bodykit
He didnt say he bought an RX-8 with turbo and a bodykit
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Congrads on the upgrade... one of my friends bought one same time as i bought my Z... I t is slower however it will run circles around me... Excellent steering and brakes and 9K rev on the rotary..
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Thanks guys, I'll put up the pics just as soon as I get the chance. I ended up getting the same color as my MSP was...titanium gray. I enjoyed that color, it hardly shows dirt haha. Gotta love RWD...
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Oh! can I borrow the Engine some time so I can run the Star mazda series???
http://www.starmazda.com/
I love that series... Every one runs the same chassis, the same tires, the same engine.... the only thing that seperates the winners from loosers is Driver and chassis setup.
BTW, our next autocross is on Oct 10th.... :P
http://www.starmazda.com/
I love that series... Every one runs the same chassis, the same tires, the same engine.... the only thing that seperates the winners from loosers is Driver and chassis setup.
BTW, our next autocross is on Oct 10th.... :P
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