Awsome advantage of the RX8
 

So, I was getting onto a major freeway, and I had to "get to speed" from 35mph into traffic (over accelerate onto the freeway entrance ramp because it is fun to do)

It was me with the wife in the passenger seat. Here is what followed:

Me : Gassss Gasss....whrrrrrr....speeeeed
Wife : (grabbing oh-poop handle and center console) Slow down!!!!
Me : Chill Honey, I'm only doing 65ish! (in my world ish = 80)
Wife : Oh, sorry, I thought you were going faster than that.

Mazda engineers are geniuses. They designed the MPH readout so that the wife in the passenger seat can't read it!!!!

Mazda thinks of everything. :)

Hehe yeah, a few of the Mazda clusters have that feature! :)

My girlfriend has commented on how safe my driving makes her feel. I contribute much of that to her inability to see the speedometer.

I think they have also put similar thought into the suspension because she loves the way it handles the bumpy nor cal highways. I mean she really loves it... :aroused:

^Works well with my mom, heck, she couldn't even see it when she drove the car.

haha yeah i like that feature too haha

ive gone over a 100 with a girl in the passenger seat and they dont even notice.

Yes. It seemed that only the driver can see the speedometer. I had comments that it was showing great changes because passengers only see the left digit. But were confused because it didn't seem to correlate with each gear shift.

Yeah, but if my wife rides in the passenger side back seat, the display is large enough that she can read it from back there. This elicits a comment occasionally. :)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my girlfriend is the same way!!! shes always snoopin over to see how fast im goin

So funny how we are all the stereotypical man-children husbands and our wives are the stereotypical mommies.... What ever could be do without them.

I only get to do high speed hijinx when my wife's asleep. I leave a small pillow in the car so my wife can get cozy, oh and an exhaust muffling blanket thrown on top of her will net me another 15mph....

Remember speed kills................

No, sudden stops kill.

Yeah I know... I too feel sorry for all those bugs I hit at high speed :)

Hit the button to change the display to kmh. She'll see the big number, gasp, and pass out. Then you can enjoy the rest of the drive in peace and quiet. :)

Ken

how can she see with her head in your lap? :lol:

I have been married for 10 years...I never have my wife's head in MY lap.

sigh

well u still have time...good luck:smoker:

lol, yeah thats awesome... when my friends ask how fast im going i just respond with the number of revs....
Friend: how fast are we going adam?
ME: uhh, right now were doing about 4 thousand 6 hundred. :)

lol so who's lap is she on since you put emphasis on the "MY"

We do a group drive every month. This was our first casualty - hit by the group leader kristopher_d.... Whaddya think it is?

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...rdcasualty.jpg

Damn I'm gonna report you for animal cruelty.

Not my car......Poor unfortunate low-flying bird.... couldn't out-fly us in the twisties :(

hahahahhaa hilarious! freakin' classic!

[george costanza] we had a deal!!!

Ya I've only had my rx-8 for a week and i'm still getting use to how fast it goes. I was doing 85 earlier and thought I was doing 60 something. You can't even tell how fast ur going unless u check.