Well here's a link to a picture of the letter if you are interested- https://www.rx8club.com.au/forum/vie...p=37520#p37520

 

I'm not surprised they made that letter of the month Matt. They love a cheer squad at Motor...good for you. What did they give you? (I remember waiting forever when Wheels had to send me a prize)...

 

To be fair to Motor they printed my last letter too and that was all about how I thought they misrepresented the RX8 in an article. So I was just giving credit where I think it is due and I like seeing stories about rotaries as they are few and far between in Australian mags.
I have won a prize but I am not sure exactly what it is and haven't heard from them. It is either 4 pairs of these funny looking Julius Marlow shoes that they advertised as the prize last month or what I would prefer to win, which is the new Navman which is what they advertise as this months prize?? I hope it isn't the shoes. If it is (strange boat shoe things) I think I will have to hand them off to my friend to wear in his Dodge Nitro..A navman woould be handy though..

 

I'm working on making a sat nav available as a prize at this year's Nats, so don't be too disappointed if your Nitro mate gets some new wheels courtesy of your good taste.

 

Most writers just don't seem to GET the RX-8....

There is still NOTHING to touch it, there are very few cars made in the last 60 years that tick just about ALL the boxes..like the RX-8 does, sure it is not perfect...no car is, but this car commands respect and gives it's owners back rewards time and time again.

Again I say this car is an engineering masterpiece, even at the high price we pay for imported cars here in Australia.

Then you get Motor Writers like Paul Pottinger from CarsGuide, who "Cant see the Point" now of the Series II RX-8...but he could with the Series I???...

http://carsguide.news.com.au/site/ne...nigmatic_rx_8/

 

I have a mate who has just suddenly lost his partner, who happen to be quite wealthy, daddy was one of Adelaide oldest and most successful Stock brokers.

She had owned many new BMW's, her final was a new 3 Series that is about to turn 4, as he said it is one of the worst made model BMW's they have every owned it has literally fallen to pieces, gearbox has had it, engine consumes lots of oil, dashboard falling apart, shock absorbers leaking, air cond won't work, brakes replaced 3 times, noisy diff, rear muffler replaced, plus countless other things, and it has done only 42,000KMS!..

But they continue to buy BMW's...

 

There's a letter I wrote to Motor mag in the November issue of Motor Mag(Australia) that came out this week if anyone has it and is interested..

 

wow... almost missed that if you didn't mention

 

I don't buy Motor anymore...can you get it scanned in and posted?

 

I haven't got a scanner unfortunately. Maybe there is someone on here that has a scanner and the mag that could do it for me???

 

I read your letter in the newsagents today Matt. Good job.

 

Matt,
I would like to read what you said, can you copy and paste the email of the letter you sent to Motor, or re-type it for us...PLEASE

 

No worries..

Well done Motor, You've nailed it again with the Extreme tuners shootout. You are recognizing a significant industry and one that was shunned by a majority of the car scene until recently. Modifying used to be seen as childish and a waste of time and now with articles like yours people can start to see that tuning a car can both invidualise your pride and joy and make it punch way above it's weight. Tuning a car is not just for those of us that can't afford expensive cars, but can help make you smile when you leave cars that cost twice as much as your car for dead. That is satisfying, knowing that your dollars have been spent more wisely. Well done Motor, keep it up. GO THE ROTARY!

 

they failed to mention that the 1 second that the clubsport beat the rx8, it also has 4 times the engine size and double the cost for rego..... is that worth 1 second ?