Icons, Icons, Icons *yawn*
Wednesday, August 23, 2006 8:56:47 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
Tired of having to work out how many icon sets I’ve got I decided I would write a list here and update it, anyone that wants them let me know :) -ones that are 0 mail me for the zip…
Anaheim Alert (8 vigilantly informative icons)
5 deliveries remaining
Blinksale (25 invoicing-made-easy icons)
3 deliveries remaining
Farewell Snow (10 snowy creations)
4 deliveries remaining
Manhattan Metroplex (8 icons with a very short commute)
5 deliveries remaining
Manhattan Night Life (10 icons living it up.)
5 deliveries remaining
Manhattan Smilies 1 (8 dramatic mood swings)
5 deliveries remaining
Manhattan Veggie (7 farm-fresh icons)
5 deliveries remaining
Marseilles Breakfast (8 icons fortified with vitamins and iron)
5 deliveries remaining
Marseilles Cafe (7 freshly-ground icons)
4 deliveries remaining
Modena Alfanumerico Molten (39 letters and numbers, camerata!)
5 deliveries remaining
Modena Simbolo (45 metallic symbolic frolics)
0 deliveries remaining
Oslo Atmosphere (9 happy weather icons)
1 delivery remaining
Oslo Easter (12 icons for Pascha Resurrectionis)
5 deliveries remaining
Oslo Finance (Get your Euro on! 12 icons)
0 deliveries remaining
Shanghai Tech (Get it? 15 icons...)
2 deliveries remaining
Shanghai Tech Smilies (Whoa! 36 smilies?)
1 delivery remaining
Taipei Night Market (14 Asian-esque icons)
3 deliveries remaining
Taipei Plastic Primates (18 days in the life of a plastic monkey)
1 delivery remaining
Tower Grove Elementalist (8 icons conjured up to do your bidding)
5 deliveries remaining
Tower Grove Promenade (11 iconic park fixtures)
4 deliveries remaining
For those of you not familiar with Icon Buffet, they offer free sets of icons at www.iconbuffet.com
Ones I'm missing:
- Alexandria Architecture
- Alexandria Atmosphere
- Dresden Tournament
- Durango Research
- Helsinki Hi-Fi
- Mallow Buzz 1
- Mallow Buzz 2
- Manhattan Finance
- Manhattan Smilies 2
- Manhattan Symbol
- Modena Alfanumerico Cold
- Modena Alfanumerico Cool
- Shanghai Tech Vector
- Shanghai Toolbox
- Taipei Buddies 1
- Taipei Buddies 2
- Taipei Monkey
- Tower Grove Melee
- Tower Grove Wedding
3 years of wanting one, 3 months till we got it and totally worth it!!
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 10:29:06 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
So after nearly 3months of waiting (or it may have been over 3 months actually), we finally picked up the RX-8 (referred to as "the 8") yesterday. Having waited this long I had everything planned and ready to go.
After sorting out the final payments etc and having a quick look around the car, we were off! I can’t even begin to describe how pleased I am with the car, it’s so much fun to drive and not only that, I don’t think the fuel efficiency is too bad. I’ve done 440miles so far and on my first full tank I managed 277.5miles (mostly motorways but there were a couple of hours pottering around town) that works out at 22.2mpg which baring in mind this is the break-in period that uses more fuel than after around 4k miles...
I really can’t fault the car so far, because you’re meant to “break the car in” for the first 600 miles or so, I’m being very careful not to push it too much but boy what fun, without taking it over 5k ish revs I’ve been getting out every time with a massive smile! Don’t get me started on the looks Stacey and I have been getting from clearly very envious pedestrians…
If I had to pick a fault with it I’d be hard pushed to, the price was great, insurance less than I was paying for a 1.2l Corsa 3 years ago (though I do have 1years NCD now!!), fuel efficiency not bad for a 231bhp, the drive’s so much fun, the look is incredible and build feels quality and solid. Top marks for Mazda me thinks! 3 years of wanting one, 3 months till I got it and totally worth it!!
You’re all more than welcome to come and have a play in it sometime, I don’t think I’ll be needing an excuse to take her out! For now though, here are some photos.
The first time I had to park it and leave it ;) 
Proof the mpg aren't really THAT bad... 
These are more for the 8 guys, but it shows the new Air Conditioner grill fitted by Mazda, it’s only covering 1/3rd of the intake and not at all on the oil cooler so I think I’ll be adding the vents :)
