A couple of funny stories here.

1) I had only had my 8 for a few weeks and was driving down the street. I was just taking it slow through a residential area. A little boy on a bike stops in the middle of the road as I was coming toward him. As I get closer to him I see that he is just staring with his mouth wide open as I drive past him. i watched him in my rear view mirror and he just stood there until I turned the corner.

2) On the first day that I drove my car to work I had to open the store that morning, so my car was the only car in the lot. One of my co-workers comes in a little while later and says "hey i didn't know you were here already, i didn't see your car." (she was referring to my honda). I said that is my car and pointed to the 8 outside the window. Her jaw dropped and she stared at me for a while. Then she says "no it's not." So I tell her yes it is. Then she says "what is it like a Porsche or something?" I say "no it's a Mazda RX-8". She was like "a what?" so I repeated myself again then she was like "Oh a Mazda!" as though she had come to some sort of a revelation.

I crack up every time someone tells me how much they love my car and then they proceed to ask me what it is. I also like it when people see me and my boyfriend getting in/out of it and assume it is his car and ask him questions about it. The look on their faces is priceless when he tells them that the car is mine.

 

The first day I drove my car to work, ( My boss has a Z06 Corvette, Twin turbo rx7, twin turbo porche 911, and a twin turbo supra) Everyone swore that she had bought a new car or it was some sort of body kit for the 911..... I just was silent and went on with my work haha.

 

I was right next door at a local BMW dealership stopped at a Sunoco to step inside and get some coffee on my way to school...the employees at the BMW dealership often walk next door to get a snack or whatever...I step outside of my car and a suit approaches me (about 50 years old or so)

He points at my car and says "I love your car...and your front bumper (referring to my Mazdaspeed nose)"

I replied with a thank you and a very big smile...I chatted with him about the car and how I purchased it from the same owner as the BMW dealership (Open Road) as well as how I worked for the company

Then he goes on to say that "I owned one for three years...a yellow one...and I loved every minute of it...it was the only non-BMW car I have owned in 30 years"

I think that shows how highly the RX-8 is viewed even though it is pretty affordable (compared to its competition)

 

I went through a license check at an intersection where 2 state troopers were backing traffic up for about a mile, and when I pulled up, the trooper ducked down and asked if I minded if he stuck his head in to look. I said sure. He looked at the dash and all then looked up smiling and asked, "Is it fast"? I said pretty fast, I mean no sir, it isn't. He just grinned shaking his head. His counterpart came over and said get these guys moving, what are you doing? I just pulled off smiling. Some cops are cool after all.

 

What I love is when I'm out and people stare out of curiosity, or they walk the long way around behind the car to catch a glimpse of the badge so they don't feel embarrassed because they don't know WTF it is. I can't WAIT to get it debadged!

 

was watching tv in the living room when i saw a couple walking on the street outside. i noticed they stopped in front of our house and the girl whips out her camera. she takes a picture of my car while the guy starts to casually walk again so as not to attract attention. made me feel good about my 8 Ü

 

can i meet your boss? is she looking for 21 year old energetic males?

 

Ha Ha, i guess this fits here...

The second time I selected an RX8 as a demo, before purchasing one for myself, I had a roughly 40 minute highway commute... well on the second day coming home, i got pulled over for going low 80's in a 65... the cop came up with my license already out the window, and asked for my registration. I stated that it was behind the tag, so I could grab a screwdriver and he can see it in a minute, at which point he walked behind the car to confirm the dealer tag and came back saying that was unnecessary. As he came back I tried to explain that it was an unfamiliar car, and that this rotary engine jsut loves to rev and I didn't know where the speedomet was because o fht ehuge tach... That flipped his switch and he got to tlaking about his fox chassis 'stang he has at home with a protech blower and how he couldn't have that car if he weren't a cop himself because he simply "Can't stay under the speedlimit"... at that point he asked about my driving record, and I mentioned one small ticket a few years prior. He responded with, as long as that's the truth, you are gettign a warning. he came back looked inside a bit more, smiled and walked back to his car with a "slow this rocketship down"

 

i got one. When i'm not in school i work at a gas station, here in IA. A strange guy came over to have a conversation with me because he was fascinated when he saw the eight parked outside.

strange: hey, thats a nice car, does it have a V8?

me: thanks, no it has a 1.3 ltr rotary engine.

strange: How does it work?

me: um well ....... etc.

strange: so its kinda like a v6 right?

me: not really.

strange: how do u afford this car working here? What do you do on the side?

 

This is weird:

The last 3 weeks I"m getting challenged to race at lights. Kids in Mustangs? No. Old guy in Vette or Porsche? No.

-black woman in her late 40s (?) in a Chevy Citation
-pimply kid in station wagon (not sure of make/model)
-MILF in SUV on cell phone
-really old white woman in some kind of sedan

WHAT. THE. F**K?!

I'm starting to feel really insulted. My 8 is Velocity Red, dammit; show me some respect.

 

Guy in my parents' neighborhood tells me what a nice car I have, that they don't get many cars around there like that. I thought about telling him that I could walk him up and down the street and find quite a few vehicles that cost more than mine, but instead, I just said thanks

 

Tell them to visualize two Doritos on a stick and form the rotor triangle with your hands ,smile and say "no pistons"... It actually explains the situation but leaves them baffled yet again at the same time.

 

i love it... i like to say its powered by fat triangles...

my favorite story is when i first bought my 8.. i work overnights at target... first of all target pays you **** if youre not higher up... gave my bosses rides in the car... all of them are like how can you afford a car likes this and im driving that... so i basicly have the nicest car in the lot.. wich probably isnt a good thing at night but nothing has happened to it...

 

Yah, I've gotten that from a few people in the past couple of weeks too. Here's my list of WTF would-be racers:

1) teenage girl in a Ford escort
2) Soccer mom in giant SUV
3) random guy in I think it was a 70's Impala or maybe a Caprice I dunno it was a POS anyway
4) blonde chick in a V6 Eclipse

 

Maybe a different kind of "WTF" story:

A little while ago I was at the gas station across from my house: in front of me was an Acura TXL and next to us was a VW Phaeton. The Acura guy and I were filling up at the same time when Phaeton guy said, "That's a great car, isn't it?" Acura guy and I both took a beat while figuring out which car Phaeton guy was talking about, and dammit it's the Acura! They proceeded to chitchat about cars for several minutes, until they both drove off, as though I were sitting there with a Geo Metro or something.

WTF, guys? Where's the love for my rotary??


I really wonder if one of them might have said something about my '8 if I weren't a chick...

 

1) The guy is driving a Phaeton, which is a car that weighs full on 800+ pounds more than its corporate cousin the A8L. It sold in miniscule numbers because while handling like a pig, drinking fuel like a drunken sailor, it also cost considerably more than the afore mentioned A8L. In short, the guy is an automotive moron.

2) It's a luxury car. The Acura is a luxury car. The Phaeton guy only cares about luxury cars. Besides with his distorted vision of autoes exemplified by the purchase of the Phaeton, he probably either couldn't see your 8 because it was too small or he saw it and could only recognize it as a child's toy. He may also have been distracted by the other fine motorvehicle nearby, the red brick apartment building.

3) He is obviously gay. I do not mean this as a negative, but if you give me the option of chatting up the chick or the dude, I'm chick all the way. Since he was dude all the way. Obviously, he is batting for the other team.

I'm betting he was distracted by the apartment building.

 

^^ Some of my thoughts exactly, LOL!

Phaeton guy was middle aged and going on about his car being like a Bentley, and he even pulled up a little to make Acura guy look at his interior. I have a feeling that Acura guy might have commented on my car if Phaeton guy hadn't started yammering right away.

 

Don't agree. That car has an insane amount of luxury and comfort, and because it didn't sell much you could get them for ridicilous prices in the US. Certainly a nice car, and you don't have to get pre-judged as much as with many other brands.

On the whole RX-8 thing, they obviously had no taste, so who cares what they think

Anyway, I love this thread, makes me really look forward to getting the 8

 

best story i have with my 8 so far... on my way to work.. going north on 77 just getting over the bridge and a cop gets behind me.. im thinking **** **** **** **** i was doing 100 in the 65... i stop, get all the crap ready for him... he asks "do you no how fast you where going?" no clue officer.. hes like "do you know what the speed limit is?" its 65(pointing to the sign right in front of me). Hes like "alright ill be right back" im sitting there for a bit an turn my car off.(i was low on gas). He comes back up "so do you know how fast you where going?" Im like maybe what did you clock me at. "I cant tell you that" "I clocked you and then i clocked the bike behind you. And you where going faster than the bike." Thats why i was infront of him. Both laughed. "Really how fast where you going" About 95 i said. What did you get me at? "I cant tell you cuz im letting you off with a warning just slow down." I just about shat my pants. A warning i said. Thank you so much officer and shook his hand. I thought for sure i was getting a ticket. "Have a nice day and watch your speed"

so.. what do you think...

 

I think that the officer owns a rotary too.
LOL!

 

K I got one. WFT?! nothing is wrong with my 8

 

When I took my 8 to Merchant's Tire for an oil change...

Me : I'm here for an oil change

MT : Year, Make and Model?

Me : 04 Mazda Rx-8

MT : Oh,,,,we can't do an oil change on that car

ME : huh? why not?

MT : It's considered exotic.

ME : ok..

I swear this is a true story.

 

Not much... but here is one...

Was driving through town, stopped at a light and a black infiniti G35 pulls up next to me. A guy driving and a super hot MILF as a passanger. the chick looks over and says "nice car, thats really sharp!" I say thanks, the light turns green, the guys looks over at me like he is REALLY pissed! then he takes off chirping tires. He must be trying to compensate for something....LOL...

 

OK, I'm not afraid of looking like an idiot ... or old ... or an old idiot.

What's a MILF?

 

I think he didn't actually clock you.