zoom44

yeah, sputnik needs to get a picture of boowanna and do an interview with him, so we can finally know who he is and how he gets his info!:D

ilovepotatos

Rotory Dog?

Buger

Hi Brian and Jonathan,

How about a nice closeup of the rotor faces so we can see the weird bevel that it has now.

Thanks, Brian

ilovepotatos

Dear god...we need to find the bevel!
Buger isn't so ungodly afterall...even he can spell wrong!

bwayout

I'd like to know if the RX-8 has more room in the rear trunk than the G35 coupe (which also will hold 2 golf bags and has a donut spare tire)?

boowana

Just heard from a good source that cars will arrive in the US between May15th and the 31st. That's what they are shooting for right now based on production start dates.:p
I would give this about an 80-90% accuracy rating right now.

Toadman

Didn't you answer your own trunk-space question on this thread, Bwayout? :D

Buger

[Potatohead hears a voice in his head]
Booming voice: Potatohead...
Potatohead: OK, who is this?
Booming voice: This is Jesus, and you've been a very naughty boy... How do you spell bevel...
Potatohead: What is a bevel? And where can I find one?
Booming voice: Nevermind that now. You must praise the Brians on the forum... and from now on, stop playing with yourself!
Potatohead: It is God!!!

:p :D :D

Buger

http://www.roadandtrack.com/reviews/...1_g35_data.pdf has info that the g35 trunk has only 7.8 cu ft of space. The rx-8 trunk will be almost 40% larger at 10.8 cu ft. The rx-8 should also be about a 1/4 ton lighter.

Brian

bwayout

I sitll don't know if there will be a spare tire?

I believe that I remember boowana posting that the japan RX-8 won't have one, but wasn't sure if the ones coming to North America would ...

... Before the server crash there was a post that got lost about the the pros and cons of run-flats vs. donuts vs. having as spare or not on the RX-8 - so I'm yes, I'm still interested in knowing the actual size of the RX-8's rear trunk space and still wondering if it came with a spare tire?

The G35 coupe has 7.8 cu ft for cargo capacity with a spare. Where does the RX-8 fall?

bwayout

Thanks, but isn't that 10.8 cu ft without a spare tire?

BryanH

LOL. This is the best post I've read on this forum. Should be saved for the archives.

Buger

Hi Bwayout,

I'm not sure if you saw the "spy picture" of the actual rx-8 spare tire that Boowana posted earlier so here it is again:

http://www.rx8forum.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=9248

Brian

bwayout

Boy is that one heavy looking spare.

Thanks again! :D Yeah, I saw it (when it was first posted) and started thinking that I needed to get someting to eat ... and looking at it again is giving me the same urge!

ilovepotatos

Nein...it wont

wakeech

danke.

hey Boogs, this weird bevel, i cannot see any difference in the rotors anywhere... do you mean to say that the faces are a bit flatter or something???

and btw, i don't think Jesus would ever tell anyone to stop playing with themselves... love one another, etc etc etc... :D

Buger

Hi Wakeech,

I remember reading somebody commenting about this weird bevel thing on the trailing side of the rotor faces after looking at the Mazda display motor at one of the previous auto shows. There was some speculation as to the purpose of it but I never really saw a good picture of it.

Another Brian on the rx7forum posted the following picture where you can see a little bit of it:



Aww, you mean nobody here remembers the movie Real Genius? That was a classic line! :D It's all in good fun. I like potato guy even if he is only made out of plastic.

Brian

red_base 95

Wasn't the movie titled "Real Genius". Had Val Kilmer way before Top Gun.

Toadman

Quoting the Car article:

"The engine sits 40mm lower and 60mm further rearward than before, the gearbox ends at the front seat occupants' thighs, the fuel tank has leap-frogged ahead of the rear axle and an inflation kit and Bridgestone Potenza RE040 run-flat tires have kicked out the full-size spare(although it is available as an option)."

Buger

Hi red_base 95,

But that's what I said! :D :D

Brian

ilovepotatos

Ho Boy. My lawyers are going to have to track down some phsyco running around Royal Oak at the Esso with Scissors demanding gas for his non-existant FC.....or is it an FD???
:D

Sputnik

Just remember, I am not connected like Boowanna. I'm merely a moderator who is facilitating by uploading info from him. When I speculated about the coincidence of the "7"s (RX7, on the 7th, around 7ish), it was merely a speculation.

---jps

Evolv

iTrader: (1)

Hi lucky autoshow goers.

A picture taken from a mounted digital camera, positioned about where a drivers head would go. Take pics in several directions, or two 180/degrees apart if your toten a lens that takes 180 degree wide angle shots.

thanks and double thanks for posting to this site.

Hercules

Actually if we are requesting photos to be taken...

Take MULTIPLE of you getting into the back seat including putting one leg in, the angle you need to be to get in, and then when you're sitting while a 6 footer sits up front.

I need a good idea because the seats in my car are *generally* all the way back in the driver's seat and I do like to have a tad bit of room in the back seat.

Thanks very much!

wakeech

no, but you've got HIM as a connection!! <<dun dun duuuun>>
i think you're just trying not to let on as much as you have, just covering your tracks, eh?? bringing the subject up again: returning to the scene of the crime!!! guilty, guilty i say!!
<<dun dundun dun, dun dundun dun duuuuuuuuun>>

well, now that we've established that you really do know more than you say you do, we'll just find out about the car on Tuesday anyways, so i won't waste time by grilling you... you got off easy, THIS time, you moderator... <<dun dun duuuuun>>

hee hee hee!! sorry!! i CAN"T SLEEP!! oh my god i'm going crazy... and this indegestion isn't helping either...