I was out at a club this weekend and valet parked my 8. (I know some of you would'nt let a valet touch your car w/ a 39 and 1/2 foot pole -but I digress) Anyway I come out & there is my car parked in that sweet valet spot, you know the ones out front where they show it off. And right behind it in a parked in a regular valet spot in between an old beater Mercury Sable and a Camero is a silver Ferrari. Don't ask me what model- never was into Ferraris that much; but it couldn't have been more then 2 years old & was a convertable. Seems the 8 looked better to them. I was so proud I felt ashamed!
:D

Good story. I hope that happens to me when I buy my 8 in April.

Also, you have my vote for the best avatar. Somehow your username matches the avatar too :)

Just got an email from a co-worker this morning that read:

What happens when you have
1) nothing to do
2) a sharp knife
3) a large lime
4) a patient cat
5) too much tequila
6) and it's football season?

Knerk's avatar, "tequilacat", is the jpeg that was attached to the message. :D

I thought is was an attempt to copy Brak from the Space Ghost show.

I don't where I got it - was a while ago- but it is one of my favorites :)

is that the full picture?

yes siree!

This is the good part of having a good looking car.

The bad part is it attracts the attention of the constabulary. ;)

i went to a restaurant for dinner with my rents few nights ago. When i pulled up to valet, the valet just let me park my car myself in the front. It was right next to a C55 AMG..

Nice ......... I bet the guy or girl w/ the C55 checked out your 8 when they picked it up

Originally posted by stormchase13
Just got an email from a co-worker this morning that read:

What happens when you have
1) nothing to do
2) a sharp knife
3) a large lime
4) a patient cat
5) too much tequila
6) and it's football season?

Knerk's avatar, "tequilacat", is the jpeg that was attached to the message. :D

Lol, you forgot to add "Too much tequila!"

Originally posted by RX-8 friend
This is the good part of having a good looking car.

The bad part is it attracts the attention of the constabulary. ;)

Gotta love the Queen's English. I thought it was funny when the host of Top Gear said the RX-8 was "like a four-door saloon" and one of the other threads broke out into chaos over whether it was appropriate to refer to the newest Nissan as the 350 "Zed." Now I find out that one of the drawbacks of the RX-8 is that it draws the attention of the constabulary? LOL. Very educational, this site.

I got my 8 the day before my wedding anniversary, so the next day we took it to dinner in La Jolla. Your only real option for parking at this place is valet so I let the guy park it. It turns out he parked it right in one of the four "special" spots in front of the restaurant (so he drove it a total of about 50 feet, including the return trip). Anyhow, when we came out it shared the four spots with a new SL500, a Jag XK8, and a S55 AMG. I thought it was kinda funny them parking my little $31K 8 next to those other cars, but they parked 'em, not me...

Originally posted by 8_wannabe
Lol, you forgot to add "Too much tequila!"

too much tequila results in a shaved cat.

and waking up the next day going "What happened to the cat?" and "Why am I all scratched up?"

greese

Originally posted by MEGAREDS
Gotta love the Queen's English. I thought it was funny when the host of Top Gear said the RX-8 was "like a four-door saloon" and one of the other threads broke out into chaos over whether it was appropriate to refer to the newest Nissan as the 350 "Zed." Now I find out that one of the drawbacks of the RX-8 is that it draws the attention of the constabulary? LOL. Very educational, this site.
This makes me wonder, in the US do you guys call the 350Z the "Zee"? That would sound funny, you crazy Americans and your backwards english. :D

We don't use the words coupe and saloon in Canada like they do in the UK, but we definately pronounce it 350Zed, like it should be.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jag
you crazy Americans and your backwards english. :D

I dont know what your talking ABOOT! :D

http://web2.chicagonet.net/~reds/doug.png
Eh?

The Letter "Z" is pronounced "Zee". A saloon is an Old West bar with swinging doors. A salon is where ladies get their hairs/nails done. And coupe is pronounced "coop", not "coo-pay". :D

The letter "Z" is properly pronounced "Zed". Saying "Zee" is like pronouncing the letter "K" as "Ka" instead of "Kay". Not that I'm an english teacher or anything, it just sounds so weird when someone says Zee. My mom and sister are both english teachers and this was always a pet peave of theirs. I wonder where the "Zee" thing came from, anyone know?

I won't argue the Saloon and Coupe thing, we don't use those here either, I'd feel pretty stupid calling the RX-8 a coo-pay

Oh, and only the newfies say "aboot", the majority of Canadians don't.

Color me red, or is that colour me red ??

A rose by another name is still a rose? or something like that.

I wonder if it has something to do with the rhyming song...

A, B, C, D,

E, F, G

H, I, J, K, L-M-N-O-P

Q, R, S, T, U,V

W, X, Y and Z

How do the Brits sing it if the "Z" doesn't rhyme with the "V"? Or is it Ded, Ged, Ped, Ved and Zed?

Also, I want to know why do the Brits get Jeremy Clarkson, and all we get is Click and Clack (http://www.cartalk.com)

Originally posted by MEGAREDS
I wonder if it has something to do with the rhyming song...

A, B, C, D,

E, F, G

H, I, J, K, L-M-N-O-P

Q, R, S, T, U,V

W, X, Y and Z

How do the Brits sing it if the "Z" doesn't rhyme with the "V"? Or is it Ded, Ged, Ped, Ved and Zed?

ROFLMAO! Good point!

I had a 73 MG once. While changing the brakes, my trusty Haynes manual said "Make sure you use the correct brake spanner when installing the springs"

Me and the parts guy in Charleston SC spent about two hours trying to find a brake spanner for a 73 MG. We thought it was some special part unique to british cars.

only later did we learn that a spanner is a wrench. Turns out I had a whole box of them in the boot for working under the bonnet.

And it is "Zee" not "Zed". Don't beleive me? Just sing the ABC song. It ends with "double-you, ex, why, and zee. Now i know my eh bee seas...."

You hoseheads need to loosen your tooks and lay off the back bacon and Molsens.

greese

sorry. Missed that someone had already brought up the song. I'll go hide in shame now.

greese

Originally posted by greese
sorry. Missed that someone had already brought up the song. I'll go hide in shame now.

greese

That's ok... enjoyed it. Your spanner story is like the story "aboot" the guy who called tech support looking for the "any" key.

Originally posted by MEGAREDS
That's ok... enjoyed it. Your spanner story is like the story "aboot" the guy who called tech support looking for the "any" key.

I'll have to dig it up but there is an knowledgebase article at Compaq (now HP) about the definition of the "any" key and what you should do if you are looking for it.

greese

Originally posted by greese
the correct brake spanner

greese

The spanner is used to adjust the lower right knurdling iron giggle pin, according to "The Heavily Censored History of Hesketh Racing".

Originally posted by MEGAREDS
I wonder if it has something to do with the rhyming song...

A, B, C, D,

E, F, G

H, I, J, K, L-M-N-O-P

Q, R, S, T, U,V

W, X, Y and Z

How do the Brits sing it if the "Z" doesn't rhyme with the "V"? Or is it Ded, Ged, Ped, Ved and Zed?

lol. dang it. that song's ruined for me now. just like the nursery rhymes andrew dice clay did.... hickory dickory dock.

well one of my friends was trying to by and rsx so he called one of the local acura dealerships in diamondbar and told the operator that he wanted a by an rsx but because of his accent it sounded like I want to buy oral sex. The operator called him a pig and if he called again she was going to call the cops. :D

Originally posted by Knerk
Don't ask me what model- never was into Ferraris that much; but it couldn't have been more then 2 years old & was a convertable. Seems the 8 looked better to them. I was so proud I felt ashamed!
:D
If it is only 2 years old it can't be nothing
else than a gray 360 Modena spider.
Uhm...excuse me Nerk....you sure that your (beautiful) rx-8 looked better than
that car?.....very strange:p

Originally posted by MEGAREDS
I wonder if it has something to do with the rhyming song...


:p I hate to tell you all, but that's not a rhyming song, it's the alphabet. If it happens to coincidentally rhyme in a few spots, that's all it is - a coincidence!

We also can't help it if you changed the ending of the nursery school learning aide to rhyme with zee... :D

Sheesh, next you're going to tell me that you didn't know that the nursery rhyme "Ring around the Rosey" was about the Plague?

Regards,
Gordon

Originally posted by Matteo
If it is only 2 years old it can't be nothing
else than a gray 360 Modena spider.
Uhm...excuse me Nerk....you sure that your (beautiful) rx-8 looked better than
that car?.....very strange:p



Must have been it - not sure sure of someone from Itay would think it was better looking but the valet sure did - maybe he was from Greece


oh BTW its Knerk w/ a K

Bon coupleono grosa porka mazzeria da fatcha brute`!

Originally posted by Gord96BRG
:p I hate to tell you all, but that's not a rhyming song, it's the alphabet. If it happens to coincidentally rhyme in a few spots, that's all it is - a coincidence!

We also can't help it if you changed the ending of the nursery school learning aide to rhyme with zee... :D

Sheesh, next you're going to tell me that you didn't know that the nursery rhyme "Ring around the Rosey" was about the Plague?

Regards,
Gordon


THE PLAGUE!?
We in the jingoistic American public school system were told that Neil Armstrong wrote it while landing on the moon! Or did they say it was written by Nixon to celebrate victory in Vietnam day?

Damn our school system sucks :( :D

BTW is Italy with a l, I'm sure the vallet it was not a sportscar expert...maybe is from Dallas, TX

Originally posted by Jag
We don't use the words coupe and saloon in Canada like they do in the UK, but we definately pronounce it 350Zed, like it should be.

I'd rather call it the Fairlady :p

Originally posted by Gord96BRG
:p I hate to tell you all, but that's not a rhyming song, it's the alphabet. If it happens to coincidentally rhyme in a few spots, that's all it is - a coincidence!

We also can't help it if you changed the ending of the nursery school learning aide to rhyme with zee... :D

Sheesh, next you're going to tell me that you didn't know that the nursery rhyme "Ring around the Rosey" was about the Plague?

Regards,
Gordon

How bloody hell are you laddies over there getting zED from Z? The alphabet goes...

x, y, z

Not

x, y, zED

Sheesh.

What's b then?

bED?

Z, z /zed/ n. twenty-sixth letter.
Oxford English DictionaryWe don't change the pronunciation of letters to fit some nasty little ditty. We adapt the form to the function and not the other way around. The alphabet, when recited here, is as follows:

Ay Bee Cee Dee,
Ee Ef Gee
Aich I Jay Kay El Em

En Oh Pee Que,
Aaargh Es Tee Ew
Vee Double-Ew Ex Why Zed

We have rhymes on D&G and Q&U but M and Z (pronounced Zed) are big enough and ugly enough to stand on their own.

A coop is a place to keep chickens, whereas a coupé is a "closed two-door car with a sloping back" like the back has been cut off; couper is French for "to cut". However, my dictionary recognises that septics miss off the accent and pronounce the word incorrectly (US coupe /'k:up/)

Originally posted by Matteo
BTW is Italy with a l, I'm sure the vallet it was not a sportscar expert...maybe is from Dallas, TX



Ok checking my globe.......yup Italy with the "L" right there. Sorry Matteo my bad on missing that...... & look its shaped like a boot!

awwwwwwwwwww! how cute it that! :p

Originally posted by Knerk
Ok checking my globe.......yup Italy with the "L" right there. Sorry Matteo my bad on missing that...... & look its shaped like a boot!

:p

Ok, we have filled togheter another gap of your school system:
Italy is in Europe
It have a boot shape
People speak Italian
Ferrari are builded there

All clear?

Originally posted by Matteo
Ok, we have filled togheter another gap of your school system:
Italy is in Europe
It have a boot shape
People speak Italian
Ferrari are builded there

All clear?


You are blowing my mind Matteo!

I don't know what is real anymore :(


:D

C'mon guy you just started open your eyes:
Vallet of a club usually are NOT sportscar expert.
Ferrari are special, artcraft, not-so-usual,
very fast, good-looking,rare car
Ferrari are more special than a(beautilful) Mazda.
There is life outside Texas

I know Matteo- that was the whole point of the thread - it was very unusual that the Mazda was put in better spot. It is always the other way around (not my decision where the Valet parked it BTW) But I'm sure in a few months the newness of the RX-8 will wear off & the Ferrari will reclaim the sweet spot for valet parking. Don't worry Ferrari will always be seen as a status symbol for old guys who try to bang young women

Yes there is life outside Texas - but it is much smaller :D

Knerkkk, this exactly what i've trying to explain....
Is not a problem if the mazda take the better place in front a club....pretty good, is a car very "up-on-the-wave" today (britney..ludacriss and other sh.t)...but it will never be a better (looking, driving) car than a Modena...this is the point
those two cars are complety different products for different people who maybe have in common only one thing: THEY LOVE DRIVE FAST
A person like you who have bought a 8 simply can't resist in front a car like the Modena (after a second you can think "i like more Porsche turbo" or "nothing in front a viper") but if you like live the car in a certain way you simply don't appreciate a Ferrari (more than a mazda, it's sad but true)

I agree completely Matteo - Ferrari are more like precise instruments than cars. If I were that valet I wouldnt have parked it where he did - that car was wasy too nice- it was odd were he parked it & dont think I would happen again. I never have been into Ferrari's because they are so expensive. They are the most famous Italian export in the world, next to Roberto Benigni

BTW whats with knerk with the KKK - do you think im in the klan or do you just have cerebral palsy? :D JK

KnErK KKK is obiously for the German turbocharger manufacturer :-)
BTW the father of my wife have a Ferrari,
a '69 dino 208 gt.
When you drive it you have the REAL sensation of "sporty feelings",and don't matter the power of engine or the goodness of chassis

That is very cool - I have always had a preference for the Ferraris from the 1960's - those were the best looking IMO. So do you think your father-in-law will ever hand over the '69 dino to you & get a new one? That would be cool. I am rampant w. jelousy just thinking about it

I figure the KKK was something like that - I was just "pulling your chain" as we say here :)

I joke because I love

excuse me but kkk-for-turbo was a joke too....
I think my father in law have no money to spend for sportscar it is retired...
But had a '89 jaguar xj too.. (but its too smooth) and a volvo 480 turbo (do you know thatone?)

I know the volvo's very well :) those are nice - when ever my brother rents a car for business he got one of those or something close to it. They are fast & very comfortable. The 850 turbo wagon can go up to 150mph w/ 5 people in it & full load of cargo.
The 2 autos I own are the RX-8 (of course) and a ford ranger pickup truck. What do you drive?

A mazda 6 wagon, Honda CRV (wife), and a Mazda MPV (both mazda for job)...and( i hope) a RX-8

Very nice - if you get the RX-8 what color? Are Mazdas really popular in Italy? I hope you have a safe place to keep all these these cars - garages are not always the safest place - observe


http://www.nikapo.com/hosted/minnesota.jpg

Ah,Ah,Ah.....how can is possible!!!!
Damn in USA disaster are SO BIG!!
WTF HAPPENED?

Mazda not so popular in Italy but are popular for me.

Color? The only allowde color in "the family" (the other one) is BLACK (just a joke, good guys drive antoher kind of car)

They live in minnesota that = really f**king cold. The water in their pipes froze & broke. so water went everywhere & froze again all over the cars - that poor Porsche- it didnt even have a chance.



Break the mold Matteo! -get blue you will love it!

f++king cold really..the tubes are inside a house....

Yes - a responsible person would turn off the water to the garage & drain the pipes to prevent that. Mother Nature will always have say in human affairs. Disasters are not only big in the USA - Italy has had some major floods - and Mt Vesuvius is overdue for another big eruption - you guys are such show-offs :) - joke

if Vesuvio erupt makes to me a big favour those motherf**kers that have builded the houses near the volcano whitout any permit, for the flooding i'm littlebit scared because i'm living 2 o 3 kilometers from Po river (the major in italy) but there are big (dont know the word in english) artificial hills to prevent flooding, that have worked well in the pasts years (no flooding here in my city since 1957).
here it is (i hope) photo of my 6

Nice - don’t have any picks of my 8 yet - I know I'm lazy

the word in English for (artificial hills to prevent flooding) is "levy" or “dike”- add those to your vernacular (vocabulary). Your English very impressive - In the USA or schools don’t push learning foreign languages very much- oh well :(

no i don't speak very well english, when i strat to talkign w som English i have a sesatoin:
i 'm feeling (and i have a metric) like de niro in The Untochables or Donnie Brasco.
I'm calling this "Hollywood English Course"
it's silly but true....for improve my spelling i whatch often BBC (top gear too) or Dave Letterman (wich is one of my preferred)

Dont sell your self short - your english very good-
You get David Letterman in Italy? That is so cool! I went & saw his show live when I was in NYC in 2000- went to the top of the WTC center after that :(

Yes...on pay tv w/subtitles. i think few hours after the live in USA.
Sometimes is very funny, sometimes not..
I like so much that James Brown joke of the orchestra with famous people on it.
Simply no-sense!.
My wife dont' understand because have never seen the Godfather of Soul doing it

James Brown kicks ass! :)

I like how he pretends he hurts him self dancing - starts to walk off stage & comes back again even better

I like wathcing the BBC too BTW

It's hard living in the USA to see what the world thinks of us - BBC shows little bit of how the world veiws this place

No, the rest of the world dont hate you yankees, most of the people dont like the "america-centric" theory.
For me is the "Land of Freedom" really, but i think Americans must understand other country and different lifesytles MORE than they do.

I agree - w/ you -I would like to travel to Europe. I'm sure i will get embarrassed by other american tourists being rude. Cant stand that
- Hey I heard when Italy went over to Euros you had to buy new wallets because the Euro was much smaller than Lira- it that true?

Problem are coins.
today we have 1 and 2 euro in coins, you have a lot of iron in your pocket
at the time of lira 0.5 euro equivalent was in paper
hey Knerk (note is typed right) how old are you?
What you do for living?

26, I am a master tech for a burglar alarm company- theres always good business in stopping theifs

You?

I'm 35 married w/ two kids.
I' m selling tecnical stuff for Parmesan cheesemaking
Do you now Parmesan (better Parmigiano-Reggiano), good over the pasta, isn'it?

Dont know Parmigiano-Reggiano, dont know if they have it in Texas. I get the real stuff though - have to grate it myself. They have Kraft Parmeasan - its horrible - like sawdust

Parmesan is needed for pasta- it's addictive stuff

Yes, its rare overthere in USA, maybe on the East Coast is easier to find (a lot of Italians there)...
Yes, on foreign country there is a lot of fake horrible Parmesan
ALWAYS GRATE YOURSELF PARMIGIANO ( it means=buy it in solid form) (ecxept you're in a restaurant)

What to you have for BBQ in Italy?

BBQ is not so usual in Italy..we use more an less the same things, more pork meat.
We like to go on informal restaurants named "Trattoria" and eat what we call
"Territory and seasonal kitchen"

There is an Italian place near me called Nero's , the guy running it has lived here for like 3 years & has 4 resturants & a black Corvette. The food there is the best Italian I have ever had. Makes me want to move to there & open up a BBQ place

In Dallas?
That guy is European Italian?
Quite good in only three yrs

Never met him personally - yup in Dallas - Heard him speaking though- if he wasnt Italian he sure did his homework cause his accent was dead on. Im pretty sure he is Itailian

sorry knerk i go sleeping...
tomorrow is monday

you need your sleep Matteo that Pamesan won't make itself

Hi ,knerk how are you?

Doing fine - check your PM - were making this thread kinda long :)