engineer's buy rx-8's?????
Rotary Avi8r
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From: Minnesota
Aerospace Engineer here and also a pilot. I'd love to get that Renessis into a small homebuilt aircraft.
My roomate in college had an '83 RX7, and that's when I caught the bug. It was a lot more fun to drive than my VW Scirocco. I've owned 3 VW's and 3 Mazda's over the last 15 years.
My wife is an Electrical Engineer, and she won't drive an automatic. RX8 6SP-GT fits us well.
My roomate in college had an '83 RX7, and that's when I caught the bug. It was a lot more fun to drive than my VW Scirocco. I've owned 3 VW's and 3 Mazda's over the last 15 years.
My wife is an Electrical Engineer, and she won't drive an automatic. RX8 6SP-GT fits us well.
Originally Posted by deamicls
...Do you guys know of the quasiturbine engine? I'm fascinated by it just like I’m fascinated by the rotary. Gotta love the engineering of these engines!
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/quasiturbine.htm
How did I end up here??
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From: PA/NJ
I'm in a building full of engineers, but I'm the only one with an RX8.....maybe it just hasn't caught on here yet. That ok! I like having the only sexy car in the parking lot. 
A couple of 350Z's, corvettes, charger, mustang....yep, I have the only RX8.
A couple of 350Z's, corvettes, charger, mustang....yep, I have the only RX8.
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From: Vashon Island
One more engineer here. Electrical, working in power, especially DC. Think 750Vdc and 2000A. I test drove a new 1980 RX-7 while still in college, and have since owned '81, '83, '85, and '88 RX-7s. I was initially attracted to the 350Z when I went shopping for a new sports coupe, but one drive in the 8 convinced me it is a better all-around sports car.
Now if I just made more time to drive it.....
Now if I just made more time to drive it.....
Originally Posted by valpac
Yep, read about this strangeness a few months ago. Looks weird even by Rotary standards.
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/quasiturbine.htm
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/quasiturbine.htm
Defensive Driving: FAILED
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From: North Central Oklahoma
Tally up another engineer.
believe it or not my degree is in Plastics Engineering, work for Chevron Phillips Chemical. First time to come across this thread, I work with ALOT of engineers and everyone loves my car...i am also the youngest person in the company, don't see many of these older guys owning an 8 for some reason. :P
believe it or not my degree is in Plastics Engineering, work for Chevron Phillips Chemical. First time to come across this thread, I work with ALOT of engineers and everyone loves my car...i am also the youngest person in the company, don't see many of these older guys owning an 8 for some reason. :P
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Originally Posted by BunnyGirl
Wow. That sure is a big difference between field of study and actual career.
A girl I went to school with had a dad with a degree in art history who was a truck driver and had a family farm. I can't say that those go together either.
A girl I went to school with had a dad with a degree in art history who was a truck driver and had a family farm. I can't say that those go together either.
Art is my passion, but it doesn't pay the bills.
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Originally Posted by Aerohead
Aerospace Engineer here and also a pilot. I'd love to get that Renessis into a small homebuilt aircraft.
Nuclear Engineer here...Northrop-Grumman...I also really enjoyed the article that described the Renesis as the Mac OS X of engines...could be I like that because I have 3 iMacs myself
A nice step up!!!
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From: Maine
Electrical Engineer, BSEE & P.E. by day - House renovator/flipper by night. - I don't sleep much.
I bought the car with money I made flipping houses, not the engineering salery so does that count?
I bought the car with money I made flipping houses, not the engineering salery so does that count?
Consiglieri
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From: yourI'mgirl
BS Mechanical Engineering
MS Electrical Engineering
I do structural dynamics for Sandia National Labs - which is managed by Lockheed! yet another connection to that conglomerate....
Gotta say, this is a pretty interesting topic.
MS Electrical Engineering
I do structural dynamics for Sandia National Labs - which is managed by Lockheed! yet another connection to that conglomerate....
Gotta say, this is a pretty interesting topic.
Engineers,
I'm an Electrical Engineer that designs glass cockpit avionics for homebuilt aircraft. When we designed an engine monitor I made sure that the RPM input could monitor a rotary at 10K+ RPM 
My wife's an EE as well.
My wife's an EE as well.
Ya'll feel gooder now.
Klingon Grammarian
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From: Bellevue, WA
Originally Posted by MX6_2_RX8
Electrical Engineer, BSEE & P.E. by day - House renovator/flipper by night. - I don't sleep much.
I bought the car with money I made flipping houses, not the engineering salery so does that count?
I bought the car with money I made flipping houses, not the engineering salery so does that count?
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From: North Carolina
Flipping houses is buying a house as an investment (often a reposessed home) and then doing some work on it and selling it at a profit. If the market is really hot you can just hold it for awhile and still make money on it without doing anything to it. It is going on a lot in the past couple of years but to make it work over the long term you really do have to know what you are doing.
