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Hi all, I come here because this site is a gold mine concerning the Millenia/Xedos 9.

I'm buying this one in a week...

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But my other everyday ride is the (still) young RX-8 by MAZDA too.

Here is a picture I took of it in its early days:

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I'm retiring it for some months to give it some well deserved mechanical attention.

It has almost 102.000km already, with some track days in the engine and the gearbox...

 

Cheers,

 

T.

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See if they'll let you take the xedos around spa

Betcha ! ;)

 

Is that a solid dark green? Or metallic?

Yes, I think it's metallic.

But definitely not mica as on the RX-8.

 

I'll know for sure on saturday, when I'll fetch it.

I've got the bank's green light today. :clap:

 

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Heya !!!

 

I've got it yesterday afternoon ! :w00t2::thumbup1:

And the paint is indeed a dark metallic green, so british.

 

I'll try to make better pictures someday, but this weekend was too much cloudy and rainy.

And the few moments it was not raining, I put my RX's winter wheels on it.

17" 225mm wide, so nice. :punk:

 

Anyway, for an automatic, it's fun to drive. I like it already...

 

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Thanks MazdaCaddi, Jdubs99 & all :)

 

Which engine is in it? Or did I miss something? Welcome to the :rollin: of the Millenia.... :shifty:

Which car are we talking about, in the end ? :huh2::D

The RX-8 has the 192hp Renesis engine, with 5-speed manual gearbox.

The Xedos 9 has the 211hp 2.3l V6 Miller cycle engine, with the 4-speed automatic gearbox.

 

didn't the eunos have a "forest green" or something, but was so dark it looked black?

It's not so dark as the RX-8's Nordic Green, which really looks black if there is no bright sunlight.

From the model guide here, I suspect it might be the color 18J - Grace Green Mica Clearcoat. If it's not, maybe it has been repainted...

It's like the Emerald here: MX-5 Emerald Green

 

And, though it was first licensed in 2001, it's most probably a 2000 model, if not 1999.

(btw, does anybody have a scan of the 2000 User Manual and/or Workshop manual ? The car was delivered with a Xedos 6/Eunos 500 User's manual :noidea: , and I see already many differences from the 1996 Workshop manual.)

 

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  • 2 weeks later...
  • 2 weeks later...

Heya, at last, I got my computer back...

 

I "forgot" it 3 weeks ago, and the last pictures I've taken were on it. :whistling:

 

 

 

So, here they are:

 

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As you see it's a beautiful green, and the 17" winter wheels fit so nicely on it. :wub:

 

Now, the hardest part will be to keep it clean, especially this season. ;)

 

 

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