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11-16-2004, 03:00 PM
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How about...
You take a long weekend trip to Vegas and while the "better half" is gambling, taking in shows, etc... you spend a whole day at the Four Queens Casino going to every cashier looking for the $5.00 RX-8 Chip.
Actually, I was able to find one within the first hour, but spent the rest of that day locating as many as I could. :D
You take a long weekend trip to Vegas and while the "better half" is gambling, taking in shows, etc... you spend a whole day at the Four Queens Casino going to every cashier looking for the $5.00 RX-8 Chip.
Actually, I was able to find one within the first hour, but spent the rest of that day locating as many as I could. :D
11-16-2004, 03:03 PM
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We all belong to the same support group, I have experienced most of what has been said. I have experienced "car show syndrome" many times. Wife went first time to each event, now goes to mothers. She still thinks my love for all things rotary is so highschool. But aside from my 200+ rotary mags, options videos, rotor clock, keychain, pictures in office on wall, autographed and framed sevenstock tickets, I really do not think I am obsessed.
11-16-2004, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by mtnpass
We all belong to the same support group, I have experienced most of what has been said. I have experienced "car show syndrome" many times. Wife went first time to each event, now goes to mothers. She still thinks my love for all things rotary is so highschool. But aside from my 200+ rotary mags, options videos, rotor clock, keychain, pictures in office on wall, autographed and framed sevenstock tickets, I really do not think I am obsessed.
You're only obsessed if the pages of those rotary mags are stuck to each other.
11-16-2004, 03:10 PM
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OK, OK... here's one . . . Your wife wants you to drive your 8 down the freeway while she drives another car so she can look at the cute guy wearing sunglasses driving his RX8. Wait a minute, that's kind of scary, This joke may be on me! Glad there aren’t too many 8's
By the way abbid, If you have an RX8 now, what do you have to look forward to when you get to be an old fart like me? :D Man, I can't imagine being that lucky at 19.
By the way abbid, If you have an RX8 now, what do you have to look forward to when you get to be an old fart like me? :D Man, I can't imagine being that lucky at 19.
11-16-2004, 10:04 PM
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Hahahaha, great thread. I'm guilty of nearly all of the above....but this one is just takin' it too far..... :D Your a bleedin' nut, Raz
Gomez.
Originally Posted by Razpewton
5) Keep the radio in the garage playing at night...for her.
11-16-2004, 10:13 PM
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When you actually start to enjoy your work at the office after you drive the RX8.
And if you get pissed at anything, you just floor the gas to 100 MPH and that puts a grin on your face ... and **** off the rest of the world. (Warning: you do have to have a V1 radar detector to feel good that cops are not going to mess up your fun)
And if you get pissed at anything, you just floor the gas to 100 MPH and that puts a grin on your face ... and **** off the rest of the world. (Warning: you do have to have a V1 radar detector to feel good that cops are not going to mess up your fun)
11-16-2004, 10:17 PM
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You get offended when someone doesnt know what a rotary is.
You know every scratch/chip you have on your car.
You can teach the service guys more about the car than they already know.
You feel special when someone asks "what is it?"
Your knees get weak when you see "soot" on your exhaust tips.
Zaino is your best friend.
You find yourself making a list of parts you want to buy for the car,but know damn well you have no money for any of them.
You know every scratch/chip you have on your car.
You can teach the service guys more about the car than they already know.
You feel special when someone asks "what is it?"
Your knees get weak when you see "soot" on your exhaust tips.
Zaino is your best friend.
You find yourself making a list of parts you want to buy for the car,but know damn well you have no money for any of them.
11-16-2004, 10:20 PM
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You've got two vehicles and never want to drive the OTHER one.
You think about selling the SUV and taking the 8 diving.
You wish the speed limits were all 148 mph.
Your consolation for working a job you hate is walking out to the 8 at the end of the day.
You think about selling the SUV and taking the 8 diving.
You wish the speed limits were all 148 mph.
Your consolation for working a job you hate is walking out to the 8 at the end of the day.
11-16-2004, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by ayap888
When you actually start to enjoy your work at the office after you drive the RX8.
11-17-2004, 05:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Redlinin 8
You know every scratch/chip you have on your car.
Originally Posted by Redlinin 8
You can teach the service guys more about the car than they already know.
Originally Posted by Redlinin 8
Your knees get weak when you see "soot" on your exhaust tips.
When work is secondary to this forum... I gotta go now, I'm running late!
11-17-2004, 06:13 AM
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FREE ADVICE!
When I go in to work, it's dark....when I get off work, it's dark. Last weekend was insane....wasn't at home long enough to wash the 8.
How many of you have washed your car in the dark with a flashlight, then pulled it into the garage to wax and detail it?
My wife said she thought she saw me fondling the 8. I told her if she had another port open up at 7,000 rpms, she might get fondled more often too. :D :D
(had cereal for dinner that night)
How many of you have washed your car in the dark with a flashlight, then pulled it into the garage to wax and detail it?
My wife said she thought she saw me fondling the 8. I told her if she had another port open up at 7,000 rpms, she might get fondled more often too. :D :D
(had cereal for dinner that night)
11-17-2004, 07:13 AM
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From another thread.....excuse to miss work.......(thanks logekcen)
"Tell them you have the Wankel Fever. They won't know what that is. You can tell them that it originated from the Black Forest in Germany. It can give you an elevated heart rate, raised blood pressure, can give you sweats, and it is highly contageous.
The great thing is, you won't be telling them a lie."
"Tell them you have the Wankel Fever. They won't know what that is. You can tell them that it originated from the Black Forest in Germany. It can give you an elevated heart rate, raised blood pressure, can give you sweats, and it is highly contageous.
The great thing is, you won't be telling them a lie."
11-17-2004, 07:29 AM
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one more symptom....
your ability to drive any other manual transmission vehicle is diminished since you always try to shift between 6-8k rpm. And you cruise at 4-5k
your ability to drive any other manual transmission vehicle is diminished since you always try to shift between 6-8k rpm. And you cruise at 4-5k
11-17-2004, 09:29 AM
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your ability to drive any other manual transmission vehicle is diminished since you always try to shift between 6-8k rpm.
11-17-2004, 12:37 PM
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The answer to a polite "good weekend" from a colleague always involves a 20 minute description of something you did in, with, or to the car.
On your desk you have a picture of the car and you do not have a picture of your partner.
On your desk you have a picture of the car and you do not have a picture of your partner.
11-17-2004, 02:31 PM
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- You pass on going to dinner cause Lexus Grand American at Fontana is running at 5:00 on SpeedVision and the #70 Yellow RX8 is in the running for the points champioship... (and won)... who needs to eat, $&*!, this is VERY important? Sure you can record it on TiVo. You do that anyway and watch it again after it's over just to make sure you didn't miss anything.
- You can't wait for the commercials to see if Mazda has a RX8 in one. Big deal you've seen it 30 times but you still want to see it again. "Come here honey, look, here's my car!"
- You can't wait for the commercials to see if Mazda has a RX8 in one. Big deal you've seen it 30 times but you still want to see it again. "Come here honey, look, here's my car!"
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11-17-2004, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by SilverEIGHT
- The background of your computer is pic of your 8 and the screensaver cycles thru 320 different pics of all flavors of 8's.
Thats a good one. To add to that, you also rotate the background of your 8 regularly.
11-17-2004, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by SilverEIGHT
- The background of your computer is pic of your 8 and the screensaver cycles thru 320 different pics of all flavors of 8's.
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