apinwp09GBTSX

omg BEn thank god you alright scary looking accident...

In happier news they moved my cubicle so so one can sneak behind me.....Acurazine surfing allday!!!

Mercedes>BMW

I liked the red one better too and have you ever wanted a MazdaSpeed3?

HondoGermany

Ben, what you have done, poor car.
I liked the red, but I´m sure you will mod the new one as tastefull as you did with the red one.

justnspace

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i think he likes the handling aspect of the rx.
although, it didnt help him much

opboarding

That is one heck of a peanut mm story! I hope to one day stumble upon a holy grail like you did.

opboarding

We're like the exact same person!

benben01

Thanks y'all! I had a Speed3 before trading it in for the TSX. The funny thing is that the girl who bought my Speed3 lives near by and we occasionally see each other on the road. I like the RX8 because it's a rotary. For anyone with an engineering background, you have to own a rotary at least once in your lifetime to appreciate the simplicity, the revs, and smoothness of this tiny engine. Besides, there's no other car on the road that looks like it. And yes, red was a great color and got way too much attention, some good some not so good

P.S. Post #1001 now Mr.Stak

MC MiYoung3269

O_O holy shit.... randomly checking AZ in class and I come to see this.. Glad you're ok Ben~ Poor car

benben01

Not quite.. I get hot chicks


Thanks Simon. I am ok. Just a battered ego that's all. No worries though, a new build is in the process and you guys will definitely approve of the final product 2-3 months from now

ed_423

first thing on the new car, make sure it can handle fast turns! time for suspension, sway bars, and some wide sticky tires!

benben01

New coils are on order. Tires are just fine. Don't forget, this is winter time here in the MD so cold tires and poor road surface will always be the case. If anything the car was setup too well like a go-kart. If the suspension was softer, I would have not been so confident in pushing it so hard into the corner. Regardless, driver error on my part. Live and learn to be more aware next time. That's the best upgrade I can make

PyroDave

god i've been avoiding talking about that in here for what feels like a month benben... that was a horrible call to get. i wanted to post a pic of the silver one and say it was mine and that now we were twins =P

Slade037

Glad you're ok bro! I'm with everyone else, I do love the Red.

You gonna come out to the Great Falls Meet on Sunday?

benben01

Thanks Slade. Pyro was the only one who knew about this and props to him for keeping it under wraps. I should make it out to Great Falls on Sunday with the TSX

Mercedes>BMW

My dad texted me about 30 mins ago saying his battery died, LOL he's in Ohio right now and he's gonna come home around 3 I guess, 30mins from now. I was dying laughing because last week we were gonna go the week and the week before to go get a new one.

iSeeYouTwo

Damn I'm gonna miss the red one. Red is so flashy. But I believe you will make the silver look good as well.

You're alive, that's all that matters.

Mercedes>BMW

Yeah I wish I bought more but anyways I'm craving some now... Maybe I'll call the place up and see if they're still selling them.

ssjoeboe9

Benben... No! I loved the old one. Glad no one was hurt! I'm also glad u stuck with a rotary!

MC MiYoung3269

Got an email from Acura about the RLX.... after I saw the pics I had an idea....

odus

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damn ben sucks about the R3 i was actually thinking about looking at an R3 at a dealer when i was thinking about trading the tsx and was like nah at the time was an amazing deal didn't know they were that rare. post up some pics when you swap your stuff to this one should look good. PS your avatar looks mighty nice (in borat voice)

Mercedes>BMW

RLX? TLX? wtf

benben01

Thanks to everyone for their concern and well wishes. I too missed the R3. Even the cops who came to the scene were like "Damn, that's one nice car..." Butt, the silver GT is getting a R3 make over at the moment. The fact that silver R3s were never introduced to the states would make it a very cool build. So far, I swapped out the seats today and the silver GT has a full matching Recaro interior now. Below is my list of to dos:

- Refinish Volks in matching silver with polished lip
- Powder coat BBK calipers to silver
- Swap over Racing Beat exhaust
- Install new PowerTrix Coilovers
- Order factory painted R3 bumpers and side skirts from Japan (JDMPartsOnline)
- Rewrap steering wheel, shift knob e-brake handle in black alcantera
- Build custom center mount sub like the GT-R to put a lil bump in the system
- S/C kit when Petit Racing can figure out how to tune it on the series II RX8.

@ Odus.. "yes, she's really nice.." (Borat voice)

odus

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there is an r3 for sale 40 miles from me but I dont want a higher car payment right now sigh.

benben01

I can tell you this Odus.. The R3 is definitely not something you want as a daily driver. It's great as a 2nd or weekend fun car.

Grigio09

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Ben damn man loved the red r3.. Sorry that happened

bjwsan

Good luck with the makeover. Add one more 'to do' to your list: Update avatar with new ride, and don't forget the model!

justnspace

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nice parts list

ed_423

WOW. dropped off my car at dealer for trim recall. 3 hours later they call me and say they have to order the parts so i should go pick up the car and come back next week. WTF if you didn't have the parts why didn't you tell me that when i got there

MC MiYoung3269

I'd be pretty pissed too lol

ssjoeboe9

hahaha this is fucking hilarious!!

This happened to me TWICE! The second time I dropped it off I was like are you sure you have the parts?? "Yes Joe, they are here. Look, I'll pull it up right here. See it's in our inventory."

5 hours later I get a call that they can't find the parts. What a joke!

I literally got my trim replaced yesterday, after they ordered the parts again for the 3rd time.

They do look much better though. No more CF vinyl on them either lol

ssjoeboe9

Oh and check out this sweet M6 with custom headlights

benben01

Nice! I am working on getting my RX8 headlights blacked out with some custom LEDs too

ssjoeboe9

I loved the M series colors inside the headlights. Subtle but very cool.

musty hustla

Why not? Gas mileage? Hot starts?

I always loved the RX7 and the RX8 is starting to grow on me.

MC MiYoung3269

Crabby is lame for leaving us

Mercedes>BMW

Where he go, why am I always the clueless one

MC MiYoung3269

lol, we had a meat today that he totally forgot about. Showed up for a bit then left when we were going to our next location

And my camera smells like Pho now

Quick edit from the meat

opboarding

Nice! I'll have to visit that spot next time I'm in Houston. It's not too far from my parents house.

KillerG

new vette... finally a nice looking car is revealed this week.

the new IS looks like shit and the q50 is an evolution of the same bland bulbous styling i dont care for in infinitis

odus

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i just puked and laughed so hard from the pics of the new IS. hahaha vette not impressed with it either.