I'm baaaccckkk....
04-10-2009, 07:15 PM
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I'm baaaccckkk....
After a year an a half of being RX8-less (after selling my old 2004 RX8 Touring), I bought a 2007 Grand Touring today. 6 speed, red w/red&black interior, only 2000 miles on it. Drove it 300 miles back home, and the addiction is back.
Sometimes, you can go back home again. It's good to be back, and to be non-reciprocating again.
Sometimes, you can go back home again. It's good to be back, and to be non-reciprocating again.
04-11-2009, 07:27 PM
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I did the same; had a 2004 GT, and am now back with a 2009 Sport. I had a Corvette in the meantime, and this car is way more fun to drive in the kind of suburban driving that I'm doing 90+% of the time.
04-12-2009, 06:59 PM
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In the hear and a half since I had my 2004, I had a 2008 Infiniti G37. "Objectively", the Infiniti is a "better" car than the RX8 - more luxurious, solidly built, faster, considered by most people to be a "higher end" car.
But, the whole time I had the G37, I missed the RX8. There was nothing at all "wrong" with the Infiniti - it's a great car, especially for highway cruising. But for me it just wasn't as engaging as the RX8. The RX8 is one of those special cars to which the driver feels directly connected. It always felt like it was directly hard-wired into my central nervous system. Flingable, agile, responsive - just plain fun to drive in a way that no other car I have ever owned felt (and this is the 99th car I've owned in my life).
Mazda uses the idea of "Jinba Ittai", 'horse and rider as one', to describe the Miata. I've owned 2 Miatas (Miatae?), and I think that the "jinba ittai" idea fits more closely with the RX8. It just feels like an extension of the driver, directly connecting you to the road. To me, that feeling of connectedness transcends raw horsepower or "G's" pulled in turns. It's fun in the real world.
But, the whole time I had the G37, I missed the RX8. There was nothing at all "wrong" with the Infiniti - it's a great car, especially for highway cruising. But for me it just wasn't as engaging as the RX8. The RX8 is one of those special cars to which the driver feels directly connected. It always felt like it was directly hard-wired into my central nervous system. Flingable, agile, responsive - just plain fun to drive in a way that no other car I have ever owned felt (and this is the 99th car I've owned in my life).
Mazda uses the idea of "Jinba Ittai", 'horse and rider as one', to describe the Miata. I've owned 2 Miatas (Miatae?), and I think that the "jinba ittai" idea fits more closely with the RX8. It just feels like an extension of the driver, directly connecting you to the road. To me, that feeling of connectedness transcends raw horsepower or "G's" pulled in turns. It's fun in the real world.