I had a 95 celica and a guy came up to me and asked if it was the new Supra


Was with a friend and he blew off in his Talon TSi and a guy pulled up in a GEO Storm with a wing and asked what the rush of air under the hood was because it was "Messed up Wack"

I've had a handful of guys at gas stations asking me if it has a V6 or a V8.

"How much 'horsepowers' does it have?"

"What does it do on the quarter mile?"

"Can it 'beat' a (whateverothercar)?"

"Are you going to fix it up?"

"Let me see you do a burn out"

"hey let me check out the motor, I hear it's got one of those airplane turbine engines"

and my favorite:
...a friend's father told me "it looks old fashioned"...
He must have been referring to the bulbous front fenders and gaping nose. Under moonlight, perhaps, the frontal view of the car looks like a Caterham 7 or something.


...

At the Rev-it-up here in San Diego a guy in front of me was talking to his buddy about the rx8 and how it wasn't very good. I asked him why not, he said the balance was way out, to which I responded that it is 50/50 weight distribution. Then he hummed a little and started talking about the engine and how if you beefed up the bottom end of the motor and the head it could take a turbo, to which I explained how there's no "bottom end" or "head". I pretty much stopped talking to him after that :)

Talking to a Ferrari owner in Burgandy knew a ton about WRXs he say" Your car would beat my car in a race(355 Berlinetta). He was more interested in my car than I was in his it seemed, and wanted to know all the mods I have how I liked them etc etc. Turns out he drives a RS200 as a daily driver and is a huge WRC fan. Really cool guy, and never thougt I would have a Ferrari driver take such interest in a Subaru.

Riding along and some riced out previous gen. celica pulls up beside me, starts going on about how much he liked my ride, asking me typical ricer stuff, like what's your drop... The he say too bad they're ugly and does a u turn.

Was talking drunk to some local barfly that was talking about his pickup truck and I said we should go 4 wheelin! He was all for it til I found out I didn't have a truck. I told him I have AWD though, and he tells me his is RWD and then the guy looked at me all pissed off and fell off his stool out cold.

Is that the one with the turbo, I get that a lot

Then there are a few "Nice race man, what do you have done to your car!" This is after I had no idea I was racing someone or if someone was racing me, I was just driving...

Also, every girl that drives in the car seems to think it's a V8, and just goes on about that, almost as if their car vocabulary is restricted to the term V8.

I still get questioned about the car pretty much everytime I gas up. Was up in the mountains last weekend, and a guy came up while I was at the pump... it went something like this:

"Hey man, that thing got a rotary?"

"Yes," I answer, thinking finally someone who knows rotaries.

"Cool," he responds... "so is it a V-6 or V-8?"

I shook my head and climbed back in. :p

Girl: "Your car is sooo hot, My friend and I saw one in a parking lot and she wanted to have sex with it."

"Does that door open in the back????"

I was told that my car looked like a crossfire. If I wouldn't have been at work I probably would've killed the person.

A woman I worked with called it CUTE. Echhhhh!

Was asked if it was "the new Ferrari", and one guy said it looks like the Mercedes Smart Roadster car. But lately more and more Germans are pointing and going ooooohhhhhh the RX-8!

Here's the little Smart Roadster.

In my Z3...

After responsibly playing a bit with a Saab Viggen a few years ago, the driver and I exchanged a few nice remarks all of which were prefaced by the question, "Wow, is that an M?" Should have told him it was...but his Viggen was spanked by a 2.3.

"How much do they go for? 50-60?" :confused:

In my TT...

"Is that one of them New Beetles?"

"Looks like a squished Beetle"

"Wow, what is that? a Toyota er sumfin?" I should have said, "it's an er sumfin"

"Damn, what's it got in it? A v8?"

"TT stands for twin turbos"

Not said...but it should qualify: Two women in a Jeep blowing kisses at me.

-Eric

When I traded in my 86 buick Lesabre in 1996, they asked "Is that thing safe to drive around the block to our storage lot?" I said yes, but they disagreed and left it sitting there for 3 days in the rain with the windows down.

Originally posted by GiN
"How much 'horsepowers' does it have?"

"What does it do on the quarter mile?"

"Can it 'beat' a (whateverothercar)?"

"Are you going to fix it up?"

what exactly did you expect when buying a sports car?
"What's the gas mileage?"
"How big is the trunk?"
"How many cupholders does it have?"

of course people are gonna ask you how fast/powerful it is and ask you to compare it to other sports cars...it's a sports car!

Originally posted by BRx8
what exactly did you expect when buying a sports car?
"What's the gas mileage?"
"How big is the trunk?"
"How many cupholders does it have?"

I've gotten 2/3 of those too...mileage (usually at a gas station: "what kind of mileage do those things get?") and trunk (usually at a retail store: "not gonna get a lot of groceries in there". Should have seen the looks on people's faces when I walked back to my TT at Home Depot with two lawn rakes...especially once I dropped the top.)

-Eric

the best thing anyone has ever said about my 8 is:

"That thing looks like a giant penis."

and that was coming from a girl...

I have to admit I kinda did a stoopid last year:

I saw one of these Smart Roadsters on the streets of Amsterdam and I thought it was a Mazda. :o

I guess its good that I didn't actually say it out loud.

I'd buy one of these in a second if they sold them here. Not instead of the RX-8 , mind you, but as a knock-around car.
I'm sure I could figure out a way to turbo it...

At a quick glance the Smart logo kind of resembles a Mazda emblem. I actually think the Smart Roadster shares some characteristics with a TVR Tuscan...kind of like a boxy econo-version (not that you'd ever confuse the two):

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/motoring/roadtests/images/fttvr1.jpg

-Eric

My favorite so far, from a car load of high school boys, stopped beside me at a red light, "Dude, we love your car!" ( I am an OLD dude!!)

Did you ask her if she wanted a ride?

Originally posted by BRx8
the best thing anyone has ever said about my 8 is:

"That thing looks like a giant penis."

and that was coming from a girl...

Originally posted by MazdaManiac
I'd buy one of these in a second if they sold them here. Not instead of the RX-8 , mind you, but as a knock-around car.
I'm sure I could figure out a way to turbo it...
Smart already did, its called Smart roadster-coupe 74 kw Brabus.

Now I could make some realy stupid remarks about that car....... but I won't.

Originally posted by guy321
Did you ask her if she wanted a ride?

no because the boyfriend drives a BMW and is even a bigger dick than my car

LOL

Originally posted by BRx8
no because the boyfriend drives a BMW and is even a bigger dick than my car

"Is that the new Viper?"...i get that ALL the time...

My dad (after I asked him if he had mufflers on his truck...It was very loud :) ) looked under my hood (engine cover off) and said "Nevermind my mufflers, does this thing have an engine?!"

Just this morning: "Is that a Cadillac?"

I swear! OK, so I don't follow Caddy products- are they doing some new sports car, or should I have given my eye doctor's phone number out?

A Little old lady and her husband (in their 70's I would guess) rolled down the window and said "that is a very nice car"

Just seemed kinda strange to me

yeah first day i drove mne to work one of the girls asked me what my new car was. she said she thought it was a viper. i never thought they looked alike. from the front i guess they kind of do.

I opened both driver side doors at a gas station a guy said " Hey your doors are broken"

Originally posted by BRx8
what exactly did you expect when buying a sports car?
"What's the gas mileage?"
"How big is the trunk?"
"How many cupholders does it have?"

of course people are gonna ask you how fast/powerful it is and ask you to compare it to other sports cars...it's a sports car!

I know, and I completely agree.
I've never been to Chicago, but I'm willing to assume there are a lot more teenagers here in this part of LA who drive Hondas with more glowing type R stickers than you'd care to know about.
Imagine a whole crew looking like extras for 2Fast2Furious coming up to your car and asking "how fast is it.." - at that point the questions become a little funny.

Originally posted by Icanrel-8
Just this morning: "Is that a Cadillac?"

I swear! OK, so I don't follow Caddy products- are they doing some new sports car, or should I have given my eye doctor's phone number out?

Well, they've got the XLR but Cadillac's new science and technology design theme would seem (to me at least) to be at the opposite end of the design spectrum.

http://www.cadillac.com/images/models/xlr/gallery/photoExt1_med.jpg

-Eric

P.S. It looks better in pictures (IMHO).

Originally posted by Carolina8
I still get questioned about the car pretty much everytime I gas up. Was up in the mountains last weekend, and a guy came up while I was at the pump... it went something like this:

"Hey man, that thing got a rotary?"

"Yes," I answer, thinking finally someone who knows rotaries.

"Cool," he responds... "so is it a V-6 or V-8?"

I shook my head and climbed back in. :p

this has happened to me twice

also I got is that a LEXUS is that a PORSHE

I just want to say to those people dont you see the big ass M on the front and back of my car.

I tell everyone mine's a Honda

"the engine sounds like a hair dryer" ...... he got a kick in the butt after such comment