Donuts In a AT?
 

I drive an automatic RX8 and it seems no matter what I do and even when i turn the DSC And TCS off i cannot get the car do do a burnout or even a donut. What type of sports car is that?

Here WE Go...........................At least i studied this site before i purchaesd AND before i ask my first question.
Welcome and enjoy . I will stop here.

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what is your problem eat my banana

It's a sportscar with not a whole lot of power little torque and a 4 speed AT, what do you expect? If you wanted a sportscars type experience you never should have bought an AT.

my wife wanted the AT so i got a divorce....and im not joking

/ yourself.

you're not going to be able to get a burnout in this car...that's just a simple fact

now, if you wanted to drift in this car, that'd be a different story.

There was this lad that tried to show off to some girl in the parking lot where I was practicing my slalom. Unfortunately he is an absolute idiot with a S2000. After about stalling his car 20 times and most likely destroying his clutch, I decided to put him out of his misery and showed him how it's done. Donuts, burn outs whatever, it would be very apparent if your car is capable of it. I felt sorry for the S2000 though, what a waste of an awesome car.

i did wheelspin on my AT once. It was wet after the rain :)

You know I would never try to do Donuts in a AT 8. That may not be good for your transmission.

Wait until the first snow comes and you'll be able to do donuts all day long.

Problem 1) The Rotary doesn't generate a lot of low-end torque at low RPM's, so in order to get close to popping the rear tires, you are going to have to rev the engine up into the upper parts of its power band, which leads to....

Problem 2) The AT in the RX-8 won't allow you to generate the RPM's nessecary to launch and 'donut'.

Solution: Get a MT 8


I've gotten my MT 8 to donut briefly by whirling the engine up to about 7000 RPM on launch at a local Autocross event, but didn't do it for long for fear of having to buy new tires earlier than I expected.

I don't think some people like their cars very much.

I have an A/T as well--but I must say this is one of the most foolish threads. Why would you buy an A/T RX8 (or any RX8 for that matter) and then become upset when you see it can't do donuts or burnouts? Its not like you didn't know that the A/T is low on power when you bought the car. Hopefully this is a troll thread and not someone seriously perplexed as to why he can't do donuts. Solution: Get another car.

well look at the bright side...eating donuts with an auto is a lot easier then with a manual.

The auto RX8 is a great looking, great handling, touring car. That's it.

My auto has shredded several "sports cars" on a very twisty road (2222 for you Austin locals) call it a "touring car" all you want, but it sure felt sporty to me, donuts schmonuts, heck, if I wanted donuts there's a Krispy Kreme right down the street..uh oh, is that advertising? will that get me banned?....doh! :)

arrrgh here's what i meant to quote, I win today's award for "stupid forum user"...woohoo!

i've done burnouts in my 8. never doing that again. i've done donuts in my 8. it did it just fine.
but i have a manual.

Never tried a full on donut in my AT 8, but it is possible to swing out the rear and spin the tires a little when doing a quick u-turn. I assume this same technique could be used to start a donut...? Maybe find a wet parking lot...?

It's call E-Brake

Wow, buy a Mustang or something and stop wasting our time with nonsensical threads. I am usually not very critical of posters here, but I got to give you a little shot.

I can do burnouts, no problem... then again, I don't have an RX-8. :)

2222 is a awesome road. I wish I was there to drive my mt 8 around its twisties.

As far as donuts go you should be able to. For burnouts, not possible with the AT, but donuts, it should be possible. Turn your DSC off, turn your steering to the lock position (I favor lh lock), and keep accellorating (sp).