Am I a loser?
From listening to all the chat it seems I must be the only person on the forum to have ordered the 5spd.
I was lucky enough (didn't realise at the time) to be able to test drive the hi and low power examples last Saturday and decided the characteristics of the 5 spd would suit me better. 4 miles to work each day sat in queues and the occasional motorway trip. What I hadn't thought though is maybe when I get the car I will be going for pleasure drives again (haven't done that since I sold my motorbike) rather than just commuting. mmmmmmmmmm...... Did any of you test drive the 5 speeder? |
Have not driven any car but automatically chose the hi powered as I also want to have some fun with it.
I understand that the lo powered car has better torque but less speed. rael |
Also, cannot be a loser with any RX8 at that price, spec, looks and unique engine characteristics.
rael. |
I think blueadept has driven a 5 speed, he thought it was great and believed he would be well happy with it. Even though he has a six speed on order.
Blue was it you? Give this chap a lift, tell him about your drive. |
Yeah, the salesman said the 5 speeder was the better choice but everyone was ordering the high power cos it was a 'mans thing' Obviously after that I decided I needed the HP too, but with only a £22K budget I opted for LP with leather and metallic paint.
Don't get me wrong I was still over the moon driving the 5 speeder, it's just that nagging little thought. It is such a fantastic bargain though. To think I was looking at year 2000 Audi TT's with 30,000 miles on them for £20K this time last week. The RX8 makes a TT look soooooooo boring. |
Absolutely NOT.
I believe you got the impression that not a lot of people ordered the 5 spd because 5sp is not available in North America and a lot of us over here are North Americans. Don't worry, you JUST CANNOT be a loser if you are driving an 8. :D |
It could be a very smart move.
There was a magazine test in Japan where they compared the Japan 5 speed (210 ps) versus the Japan 6 speed (250 ps) and found the performance was almost identical. The extra high rev power of the 6 speed just wasn't there (similar to reported US horsepower problems). If the high end power on our 6 speed cars is similarly AWOL then you have got a good deal. |
Yes, I must admit on the test drives I didn't really notice much difference between the two, however there was half an hour between drives, and I wasn't changing at 9000rpm for every gearchange on the HP:D
The only other thing is the website says there will initially very limited numbers of LP vs HP coming into the country and recommends you to order a HP (cheeky). I'm assuming they are talking about the first shipment (which i have missed) and not the second. You lucky blighters getting your RX8 in 6? weeks time. I'll be waiting 6?months, although I suppose you have already done that. |
I don't think you'll be disappointed with the "lower" power, you can't really call it low power anyway.
I had my hi power test drive a couple of weeks ago and my lower power test drive last week so there was at least 7 days between driving the 2 cars. I nearly cancelled the lower power test drive as I thought it pointless but then thought...well it would be nice to see how slow the lower power was in comparison to the hi, but I must say my preconceptions went out the window as its certainly not slow and didn't feel any slower than the other. The only difference I noticed was that the buzzer sounded earlier in the rev range. I was actually very impressed with it and to think that its only £20k its a ruddy bargain. I ordered Hi power in January for a few reasons.[list=1][*]Obviously the extra performance.......now I've driven both there's not a lot in it.[*]6 speed box....autocar said it doesn't need the 6th gear.[*]Zenons....lo power wasn't going to have them.[*]Bose system...lo power wasn't going to have it.[*]18" alloys....lo power supposed to have 16's.[/list=1] This was before all the specs were confirmed but now there really isn't as much going for the Hi power over the lo. |
Originally posted by Titanium Grey I think blueadept has driven a 5 speed, he thought it was great and believed he would be well happy with it. Even though he has a six speed on order. Blue was it you? Give this chap a lift, tell him about your drive. |
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