engineer's buy rx-8's?????
03-14-2006, 10:05 AM
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IT Director - Degreed in Mathematics/Computer Science, minor in Mechanical Engineering. I'm drawn to the uniqueness and elegant simplicity of the rotary like a moth to a flame.
03-14-2006, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Gomez
Avionics...... 
You have a really cool job!!!!
According to those career aptitude tests they give in high school I was best suited to go into that field.
03-14-2006, 11:00 AM
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03-14-2006, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by BunnyGirl
You have a really cool job!!!!
According to those career aptitude tests they give in high school I was best suited to go into that field.
According to those career aptitude tests they give in high school I was best suited to go into that field.
03-14-2006, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by dillsrotary
i've been wondering this for awhile. after reading post after post on this site, alot of us owners seem very up to date with the engineering field. do you think that because our cars have rotary's that it kinda attracted us to it more?? i was wondering how many of us are actual engineers and what field???
03-14-2006, 11:08 AM
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Hmmm. 
I actually took six different ones (different type) besides the one you mentioned and also the one you mentioned twice. They all put me in aviation-related work. Air traffic controller, propulsion engineer, pilot, aerospace engineer, avionics, et cetera. They basically all put me on the engineering side of it and I couldn't figure out why I was also deemed suited for that work, particularly since I don't care for math much. I can do it and do it well, it just isn't super easy for me, which means I don't care for it as much. It requires more time than other things do.
I was actually considering it, but the money wasn't there for college to go into that or my preferred career of medicine to become a surgeon.
I actually took six different ones (different type) besides the one you mentioned and also the one you mentioned twice. They all put me in aviation-related work. Air traffic controller, propulsion engineer, pilot, aerospace engineer, avionics, et cetera. They basically all put me on the engineering side of it and I couldn't figure out why I was also deemed suited for that work, particularly since I don't care for math much. I can do it and do it well, it just isn't super easy for me, which means I don't care for it as much. It requires more time than other things do.
I was actually considering it, but the money wasn't there for college to go into that or my preferred career of medicine to become a surgeon.
03-14-2006, 11:25 AM
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i'm definitely not an engineer, so maybe my nerdiness drew me to the rx-8. im a toy designer! I have neglected my left brain for so long! but art (...design...?) has always been my passion. the aesthetics of the rx-8 are what made me love it, but the uniqueness of the rotary and rarity on the roads are awesome too.
03-14-2006, 11:45 AM
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I'm horrible at math. If I had any inclination towards it, I would have been a mechanical engineer.
Majored in English in college...this would is my third rotary.
Majored in English in college...this would is my third rotary.
03-14-2006, 12:37 PM
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I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. I have about 30 years of experience and I am presently working in the aerospace area. This is my second RX. I previously owned a 1980 RX7 that I traded in 1984.
03-14-2006, 12:47 PM
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Soooo....
Most of us have O.C.D.
This explains why we have accepted the RX-8 challenge.
Does an Ophthalmologist with a Minor in micro-management count?
Perhaps I'm a micro-Engineer...
Most of us have O.C.D.
This explains why we have accepted the RX-8 challenge.
Does an Ophthalmologist with a Minor in micro-management count?
Perhaps I'm a micro-Engineer...
03-14-2006, 12:57 PM
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I'm unemployed??? Then followed by laughter...that's pretty strange. I wasn't aware I had to give my qualifications or information about me not pertaining to the subject. Or that I had to write perfect posts every time.
You would assume wrong. Throughout college, I was a speech and pr writer for a few fortune 500's. I now work in Accounting and Finanace for a railroad and have never been unemployed...thanks for playing.
You would assume wrong. Throughout college, I was a speech and pr writer for a few fortune 500's. I now work in Accounting and Finanace for a railroad and have never been unemployed...thanks for playing.
03-14-2006, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Red Devil
I'm unemployed??? Then followed by laughter...that's pretty strange. I wasn't aware I had to give my qualifications or information about me not pertaining to the subject. Or that I had to write perfect posts every time.
You would assume wrong. Throughout college, I was a speech and pr writer for a few fortune 500's. I now work in Accounting and Finanace for a railroad and have never been unemployed...thanks for playing.
You would assume wrong. Throughout college, I was a speech and pr writer for a few fortune 500's. I now work in Accounting and Finanace for a railroad and have never been unemployed...thanks for playing.
Look again, it's laughter at your post, followed by the statement about being unemployed, not the other way around (big difference). I actually thought you were trying to be funny, but I guess not. I thought it hilarious that you said you were an English major and then followed that with a sentence that is grammatically incorrect.
03-14-2006, 01:02 PM
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^^
I think he's giving you crap because of the above... re-read the last line carefully, mr. English Major.
That one's worthy of a Prarie Home Companion skit, methinks.
Originally Posted by Red Devil
I'm horrible at math. If I had any inclination towards it, I would have been a mechanical engineer.
Majored in English in college...this would is my third rotary.
Majored in English in college...this would is my third rotary.
That one's worthy of a Prarie Home Companion skit, methinks.
03-14-2006, 01:03 PM
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Actually, I did look again. Was pissed off about something here at work and didn't stop to think.
No big deal...and yeah, it is pretty funny how I wrote it.
No big deal...and yeah, it is pretty funny how I wrote it.