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Old 04-18-2007, 09:30 PM
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Test drove RX-8
My car is more funner, your car is more sucky. I also don't like that the rotary will only last 60k miles, burns oil, and that you can't drive them in winter.
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Old 04-18-2007, 09:33 PM
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Old 04-18-2007, 09:36 PM
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Old 04-18-2007, 09:43 PM
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I forgot to mention that the car flooded after I got it back to the dealer.
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Old 04-18-2007, 09:45 PM
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LOL

BTW I love the color of your Evo!
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Originally Posted by Ike
I forgot to mention that the car flooded after I got it back to the dealer.
After? How did you manage that? I mean, the car floods at the drop of the hat. I cant imagine how you got it to the end of your driveway, let alone the dealer.

RX8's suck.
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After? How did you manage that? I mean, the car floods at the drop of the hat. I cant imagine how you got it to the end of your driveway, let alone the dealer.

RX8's suck.
I made sure I stayed above 5k RPMs and never stopped the car. It's a good thing there were no cops around when I blew all those red lights.
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Old 04-18-2007, 09:51 PM
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So you are a sociopath as well as having poor taste in cars to pick for test driving?
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So you are a sociopath as well as having poor taste in cars to pick for test driving?
No, I kept it below 80 mph when there were children playing near the street.
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Old 04-18-2007, 09:55 PM
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RX-8s suck...

...but you troll RX-8 boards for 7,566 posts...averaging 5.45 posts a day...doesn't even include the amount of time spent creeping around other posts...

why not spend your time in your 'better' car...?

btw, an Evo sucks in winter too...summer tires...
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Childern are overrated. Getting back to the topic at hand. Now that you have driven the RX8, could Mazda have made a crappier car?
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how many times did you have to stop at the gas station to get gas during the test drive?
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Originally Posted by LiTTleRX-8
RX-8s suck...

...but you troll RX-8 boards for 7,566 posts...averaging 5.45 posts a day...doesn't even include the amount of time spent creeping around other posts...

why not spend your time in your 'better' car...?

btw, an Evo sucks in winter too...summer tires...
Sounds like you haven't gotten any action in some time. Little pent up agression? Hum?
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Old 04-18-2007, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by carbonRX8
Childern are overrated. Getting back to the topic at hand. Now that you have driven the RX8, could Mazda have made a crappier car?
Maybe if the MPV had square tires and only one working cylinder.
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Old 04-18-2007, 09:59 PM
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Maybe if the MPV had square tires and only one working cylinder.
A whole working cylinder? I have seen MPVs on blocks that were faster than an RX8.
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Old 04-18-2007, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by LiTTleRX-8
RX-8s suck...

...but you troll RX-8 boards for 7,566 posts...averaging 5.45 posts a day...doesn't even include the amount of time spent creeping around other posts...

why not spend your time in your 'better' car...?

btw, an Evo sucks in winter too...summer tires...
I wish your car wasn't so sucky.
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Old 04-18-2007, 10:23 PM
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i read the title and thought, "maybe, just maybe he's thinking about getting one".....



















should have known
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Old 04-18-2007, 11:00 PM
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Maybe we should make this thread a sticky so n00bs can get quick info about the 8.
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Old 04-19-2007, 12:53 AM
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Over 1/2 way to Friday!
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What's with having only 1 reverse gear? nobody wants to zoom zoom backwards? pretty big oversight IMO.
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Zoom zoom zoom
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Old 04-19-2007, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by BlueEyes
What's with having only 1 reverse gear? nobody wants to zoom zoom backwards? pretty big oversight IMO.
But mooz mooz makes for an awful marketing campaign. Also, don't forget that when driven in reverse the 8 is FWD. I personally hate FWD so much I never back up. Just some things for Ike to think of before making a decision.

Come to think of it, zoom zoom is a bad marketing campaign too.
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Old 04-19-2007, 11:32 AM
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if the car you test drove is teh slowest it was probably running only 3 cylinders
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Old 04-19-2007, 01:00 PM
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I'm not feeling good today, and I'm pretty sure the RX-8 will give you sars. If I'm still alive in a week I got lucky and my RX-8 was only a flu bug carrier.
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