DIVX ready to anyone who can host - 25Mb

 

ftp.fsck.co.uk

U/P = rx8:mazda

You need to upload into the "incoming" directory, then P/M me so I can put it in the general area... I should have another higher res version later too..

 

10, 25 and 50 meg DIVX files will be available in the next 20 minutes... hold your breath.

 

Fairly mediocre, but 5 minutes 19.7 seconds of someone being thrilled with the car!

ftp://rx8:mazda@ftp.fsck.co.uk/pulli...er_320_240.avi

If you really must have these, then there are higher res versions, but I'd ask that you think about mirroring before downloading these as I imagine there will be a few people after them and my bandwidth is limited.

Thanks to bugbear for the first 2 files...

ftp://rx8:mazda@ftp.fsck.co.uk/pulli...er_640_480.avi
ftp://rx8:mazda@ftp.fsck.co.uk/pulling_power_high.avi

 

IMHO I thought the reveiw was encouraging and it was good to hear the engine noise at the top end of the rev range (despite Michelle Newman's constant chatter)

I think Mazda dealers will be expecting some more interest / pre-orders today (well in ITV regions that receive the programme)

Roll on Driven and Top Gear.

Chris

 

It was a very positve review of the car, but poor from a journalistic point of view. Pulling Power makes driven look good!

For those of who who havent seen it and unable to download, it was a Vel Red Euro spec car, so must have been shot in Europe at the launch.

The first 30 seconds was just Michelle Newman taking the car to 9000rpm with shots of the rev counter. We all want to see this once or twice, but four times?

There was nothing bad said apart from saying fuel consumption will only be around 25mpg. If I get anywhere near that I will be well pleased.

On a good note the did show the rotary, and mention that it is RWD as apposed to the TT AWD, and also say it was more fun than the TT.

I thought the car from most angles looked great, the ride height did look a bit high however, and there did seem quite a bit of body roll. Im not keen on the direct nose-on profile as I think the car looks a bit tall and thin. I think the front lip spoiler and rotary accent will help with this though.

Roll on the next review.

 

On the shots of the rev counter, was the speed reading in mph or kmph?

As it was a German plated car i would assume it was in kmph.

I am sure it touched 70 and she did say she was in 2nd gear, that would only be approx 44mph. I am sure I read a review by Rotary News here that said the max speed in 2nd was around 68mph.

I didn't here the buzzer sound at 8500rpm, but then again she was talking a lot.

Chris

 

Bloody tivo, crappy silver piece of....

The RX8 was at hte end of the program. The program overshot its officaial listing by 5 minutes. Guess what tivo did.

Luckily I don't trust ITV's post 10 o'clock scheduling and so I watched it as well:D

Managed to catch the stupid thing trying to stop recording. Oh well, technology huh.

 

Hehe... don't worry... I have 3 different DIVX rips... the high res one is 100% digital and in widescreen at the full res of the transmission.... Don't you get a lot!

Anyway, the FTP server died at 5am with a memory fault... I've brought it back up now, I can't guarantee it'll be stable all day, needs a SIMM replaced! Mirrors please!!!

On the up-side it supports "resume" so you can restart a download after it comes back up!

 

Good point. I assumed as she was red lining it in second and showing high 60's that it was MPH, but you would expect a Euro car to be KPH.

Was the car LHD as I cant even remember this morning?! If it was LHD it is more likely to be in KPH

 

It was LHD.
Also , I think it was MPH - it will only be a button after all - It is a digital speedo !

 

It was fantastic to hear the engine at last - not at all whiney like some people have said.

The body roll was more than I expected but she looked like she was trying to drive a dodgem.

What a shame that had to get a Vanessa Feltz (sp?) alike with stupid sunglasses on to review it.

Overall though it made me want the car even more.

The gf watched it this morning while I was travelling to work and phoned me to say she thought it looked really good.

 

I watched the programme with my wife and our unborn child.

The baby was wiggling about all over the place during the RX-8 segment, more than ever before. I am now even more convinced it is a boy and will be a future rotorist.

Chris

Oh! and the wife thought the car was even sexier than in the photos and other video footage she has seen.

 

You forgot to mention the top she was wearing which from the back looked like she'd be clawed by a Lion

 

I cannot play the 640x480 avi file, does anyone have the appropriate codec?

Chris

 

Download the rivx codec (only, with the v2 player) from here : http://www.divx.com/divx/

The version 5 player comes with adware, so best avoided.

 

fsck.co.uk appears to be down.


maybe its fsck'ing its disks...

or at least ftp aint working

 

hmm backup and working again

 

Server is down again

 

It's not: I'm 67% into the 50Mb version after 2.5 hours. Power failures will be met with ultimate hostility!

 

I'm right clicking on it and it says the sever returned an extended message

Help!

 

The server DOES support resume, so you're OK...

Let me know what you think BTW, the 50meg version is REALLY nice....

 

I guess you need a client that tells you what the extended message was.

That said, it was probably "Too many users, please try later"

 

Yup says

Sorry the maximum number of users are already connected(4)

Come on guys let me on :D

Have you all got poxy dial up?

 

No: cable modem but it's dribbling down the pipe. 83% now.