I could be one of the other RX-8s you see on your way to work... got mine just on the 25th of May 04... silver... and I usually drive around Parmer / MOPAC in Austin, TX ;-)

I was amazed too at the attention the car gets...

 

Sadly, I haven't noticed much reaction when driving the new 8 this week. But I'm beginning to think I'm just having too much fun to notice - and maybe the wrong gender...

Last night, the wifey took the helm for the first time. Naturally, she first slowly cruised it past the local car hangout, and every one of them (10+) turned and just stared... It was almost embarassing, lol. I don't know if they were thinking "What a nice car!" or "What the heck is THAT?"

A little later, as we stopped at a red light, a guy in a Jetta a few cars ahead of us in the next lane first gave us a thumbs up, then climbed out his window to yell "You have a nice car!"

Ah, the power of a pretty girl driving a pretty car, lol...

 

Hey Guy - Maybe her girlfriend would do you in your car? Worth a shot!

 

Yeah, but I was passing through thier town.. about an hour away.


Have ya'll ever seen people try to explain the rotary engine to someone next to them, in the rear view mirror??

It's kinda funny.

 

hehe, i keep getting thumbs up from ppl, especially if i have a chick in my car. but the attention still haven't died down yet, not many ppl in my city has the 8 hehe. got quite a few ppl askin 'is that the new rx8?' which usually starts a long convo (for a stranger that is)

 

Ha, yeah, that would be pretty funny. I've had to explain that more than a few times to random, inquiring people. Most of them weren't even aware of how a piston engine works, so I'm sure my explanation went right over their heads.

 

Same here! People of all ages love this car. One guy at a gas station thought it was the new viper (then he saw the mazda symbol).

Unique? Bet your life it is.

 

Here's a bad reaction because I'm young and have an 8

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...5&pagenumber=1

(Jailbreak '74's post.)

 

Just today I was returning from lunch and was heading back to the airfield (at Ft. Eustis, VA.) and just as I was passing the Pines Golf course a man and his daughter abruptly stopped riding thier bikes and turned around to watch me drive by. They were trying to see what kind of car it was. I gave them a wave as I was driving away! That was way cool!

 

Everytime I see the 8, I think its a viper. Its just so sweet looking. I guess this will be my motivation to get threw college.