Forget to post this a while back and didn't see anyone else post... Like 5 or 6 episodes in a row and looks like it'll be a regular things on Thur., enjoy :)

:repost: :mdrmed: :mdrmed: :mdrmed:

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=82566

:repost: :mdrmed: :mdrmed: :mdrmed:

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=82566

Yeah, but my thread is still better.

It's also in the proper forum ;)

HAHA, it was also posted in teh Chicago Lounge ;)

Heh.. I was about to post this same thread... almost had a double repost!

Clarkson rocks !!!!

Heh.. I was about to post this same thread... almost had a double repost!
It is a double repost. It can be found under "General Automotive".
http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=82566

repost or not, thanks! otherwise i would've missed it :(

The 8 is on... the 8 is on!!!

Bah, it was the short version.

and in a word ..... SENSATIONAL!

tho i heard he ripped it apart on the original version ...

tho i heard he ripped it apart on the original version ...

Only one version, before the clip you saw he ripped apart the looks, then afterwards he kinda takes back it being the best car he has driven but praises it quite a bit and calls it better than the Z.

Yeah, he goes on to say that it kinda sucks on wet roads.

"Something about those tires"

So wet roads aren't a problem =D

The whole wet handling thing makes no sense. Why would he praise a car so much just to turn it around and slam it for something that's so easily remedied with a nicer set of tires? I wonder if he had the DSC and/or traction control turned off?

Even though I'm preaching to the choir being that this is an RX-8 forum, I think he got the whole visceral feel that the RX-8 conveys. Despite his gripes with the busy tail lights and wet weather handling, the statement "this is one of the easiest cars to drive fast that I've ever come across" just seems to hit the nail right on the head.

I'm just reminded of a post where the poster said a guy came up to him at a gas station and asked him why you bought the RX-8 in a particular obnoxious sort of way. To me, the only answer is, "if you don't get it, I can't explain it to you".

Then, of course, I would have kicked in squaw in the nuts.

My dad sent me an email to tell me all about it. Unfortunately, I just got home so I missed it.

It's still on for me, showing some old ladies and the s2k.

I'll have to go check then.

The rx8 video is on google video along with many others, incase you don't know Bunny

If it is, I will never know. My cable is out. It is windy here and the electricity keeps going on and off, which keeps killing my DSL connection. Fortunately my computers are on battery backup but I ran out of plugs to put my modem on it.

The rx8 video is on google video along with many others, incase you don't know Bunny

Thanks!!! I'll do a search then.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3557834343584632831&q=rx8+top+gear

YAY so many episodes... even though I've watched most of them through google/youtube. Anyone know if it's going to be this long every thursday?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3557834343584632831&q=rx8+top+gear

Thanks!!!! I actually went off to search before I saw your link. Could've saved myself about an extra minute. LOL

Story of my life...

YAY so many episodes... even though I've watched most of them through google/youtube. Anyone know if it's going to be this long every thursday?

I believe they're just getting us ready for this http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2006/01/stories/08/1.html

I can probably find out for sure tomorrow what's going to happen since my brother is a VP at Discovery channel, but he doesn't really have much to do with the programming.

all the episodes shown today are reruns.... bah

RX-8 is on!

Just saw what I think is being referred to as the short version of the RX8. He said nothing but good things. He said the back seat would be good for kids. I dunno about you guys, but I fit just fine back there.

he's also really tall so he's not going to like much of any back seats unless its a sedan

he's also really tall so he's not going to like much of any back seats unless its a sedan

Don't you mean unless its a saloon? Bollocks!

I was wondering what a saloon was ... and it took me a minute to figure out what a coo-pay was too.

Saloon and "coo-pay" sounds so posh. I like it. I'm going to say that from now on. I love english accents. It makes ugly things sound not so bad or harsh.

be sure to start typing "tyres" too! :D:

My RE040 Potenza "tyres" have loud road noise and "skittish" in wet weather. It "fancies" to drink the "petrol" too. :wiggle:














I feel like a different person already! :lol:

I'm the same way, moRotorMotor, as evidenced by a post I once made...

If you don't fancy paying a lot of money on petrol, you'll likely never be jolly with this auto. My mate and I went on a car journey and we were on the motorway almost the entire time and only got 7 kilometers per liter. Bollocks to that I say! You can pop open the bonnet and make some mods, but in the end it'll just cost you more pounds at the petrol station.

Haha, British people are awesome!

did you know our bonnet is made out of alu-minium??? lol

Are you making fun of the Queen's English? ...... If so .... great.

btw i wonder what our actual British forum members think of our lame attempt at sounding British, lol :o:

Watching that RX-8 video just made my day!

Awesome stuff. Just wish we would have beaten that 350Z, even if it had been by .00001 seconds. LOL

this thread is misleading, i don't think it's "now" anymore.

this thread is misleading, i don't think it's "now" anymore.

Thats what those cool "timestamps" at the top of everyone's posts are for. That way you know exactly when "now" is.