Oh by the way i got smoked by a Lexus IS 350 yesterday haha... wow i need a turbo!

 

Get used to it. If you want kills, the 8 isn't the car for you. Even a turbo won't do it against a lot of other cars. The Renesis compression ratio is too high for a lot of boost without blowing out seals. You can only go so-far, and that's not far enough for some of the fast cars out there.

Here's what you want in a turbo RX-8:

http://www.autotechmotorsports.com/project-rx8.htm

 

Thats good info Jethro thanks, i knew it was gonna beat it but it was my cousins car and we were just messin around. Hell my GTO was twice as fast as that 350 and i still got rid of it for the 8. Call me crazy but its just so much more fun to drive!

 

Gotta love it!

 

And there you go, you hit the nail on the head!

For almost a year, I was convinced that I was going to buy a Mustang. Test drove several and ohmyghod that V8 was a fast car.

But as soon as I test drove the 8, even though it was markedly slower than the Ford, I knew it was the car for me. As soon as a silver one showed-up at a dealership last year, I was there with my cash in hand.

The 8 is the most fun to drive car I've ever experienced. Not the fastest, but the funnest.

 

Hay guys, I spoke to the wife and let her know I wanted to get another RX8 and to my suprise she took it quite well. The only thing now is laying the ground work to get it... I got some work cut out for my self but I am sure going to try.. SWEET!

 

sweet! hope if works out for you!

 

Yes, you must rejoin the ranks!

 

You should definitely try and keep the WRX, trying to drive the RX8 in snow was a pain around here, and I was not about to put snow tires on it, so it just sat for a few weeks at a time. I do miss the interior of the RX8, as well as the smoothness. Anyway, enjoy the WRX if you get rid of it you will miss it.

 

Weather is supposed to be fantastic this weekend. Everybody we need to have a meet, like this weekend. Where to meet is the real question where is a spot that is centrally located cause I know we have people in west valley to provo to ogden and shiz, so let get this organized.

 

i'm living in provo right now, but ill be home in sandy this weekend

 

I'm glad it's not "either-or" for me. I garage my 8 in winter and drive my Explorer. We also have a Forester. My 8 never sees snow.
I think WreakLoosE's wife has an Explorer, too.

 

E-Center again, maybe? It's pretty centrally located...but only if there's no event scheduled that day. We could get a bite at the Chili's or Applebee's next door.

 

Whatever is clever! What day works best for people.

 

Green Day is playing there on Saturday so the place will be a mess. Nothing scheduled for Sunday so maybe that would work...afternoon, so everyone can get out of church first?

 

No church for me, I worship the rotary gods so they get mad if I don't drive.

 

I dont get mine back till monday! oh and the repairs after i hit the wall....$7k....

 

Yikes! No fun bro.

 

Oh, man, Darius, I feel your pain. How much of that is out-of-pocket?

What do you guys think about a run to Evanston on the 20th, to meet pfloydss? Weather/road conditions permitting? DD, you'll be back on the road by then.

 

I think that would be fun. Plus I have been to Vision Video in a long time so why not.

 

pfloydss? Vision Video? Zuh? Actually none of it will be out of pocket, Im actually going to be making money off this haha. I wouldnt mind a run to Evanston but what are these places/people we're talking about?

 

CDUBYAZ- Wow almost thought I read IS 300, those we can beat. IS 350 are alot quicker. Oh well, I love my car anyways.

 

I might be doing a trunk swap with a guy from SLC and I'm in Green River Wyoming so Evanston is half way. We are probably doing it on the 20th if all goes right. We can meet up and have some lunch after we swap them.

 

I have a premonition that most of you guys will be coming back from Evanston with a trunkload of ****, fireworks, and beer!

floyd, we can all stand around and supervise the trunk swap. Just what you need to make the job go smoothly.

 

More chiefs is what everybody needs. Hell yea! Hope it all works out.