questions on the RX8 for speed
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Originally Posted by JeRKy 8 Owner
I disagree. In the 8, more people would be comfortable at 100 than say 110 cause once you get up to ~115 things don't feel as stable in the car anymore.
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If the discussion is RX8 vs Guts...
RX8 > Guts.
I've taken mine to 135. It was still pulling, felt great, and I wasnt worried one drop about the car. The car loved it.
It was my guts. The guts knowing that the slightest pebble in the road would cost me my life. The slightest imbalence in the tires due to some 18-year old mechanic's ignorance would mean I'm a dead man. Any fluid having any kind of issues (brake fluid, oil, gas) would mean the car would die - and I would follow. A smallest "mis-shift", a bird hitting my windshield, anything - and I'd be a gonner.
Your Rx8 is rock solid. Its all the other variables you just dont know about.
RX8 > Guts.
I've taken mine to 135. It was still pulling, felt great, and I wasnt worried one drop about the car. The car loved it.
It was my guts. The guts knowing that the slightest pebble in the road would cost me my life. The slightest imbalence in the tires due to some 18-year old mechanic's ignorance would mean I'm a dead man. Any fluid having any kind of issues (brake fluid, oil, gas) would mean the car would die - and I would follow. A smallest "mis-shift", a bird hitting my windshield, anything - and I'd be a gonner.
Your Rx8 is rock solid. Its all the other variables you just dont know about.
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+1 I've gottn mine to just over 140mph and things really start to happen quickly and you need a lot of room.
BTW.................Speeding is illegal at Bushwood sir.................and I never speed.............damn it, I did it again!
BTW.................Speeding is illegal at Bushwood sir.................and I never speed.............damn it, I did it again!
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wow, that thing musta been rattling like a...mustang
lol, seriously man, according to the offset deficit that the speedo reads, that had to be close to 140. Aside from being stupid fast, did it feel steady at all?
I know when i drove the GTO up to 120, I felt SOOO much less stable...like any movement at all was gonna have me flippin nascar-style.
lol, seriously man, according to the offset deficit that the speedo reads, that had to be close to 140. Aside from being stupid fast, did it feel steady at all?
I know when i drove the GTO up to 120, I felt SOOO much less stable...like any movement at all was gonna have me flippin nascar-style.
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Originally Posted by Stavesacre21
wow, that thing musta been rattling like a...mustang
lol, seriously man, according to the offset deficit that the speedo reads, that had to be close to 140. Aside from being stupid fast, did it feel steady at all?
I know when i drove the GTO up to 120, I felt SOOO much less stable...like any movement at all was gonna have me flippin nascar-style.
lol, seriously man, according to the offset deficit that the speedo reads, that had to be close to 140. Aside from being stupid fast, did it feel steady at all?
I know when i drove the GTO up to 120, I felt SOOO much less stable...like any movement at all was gonna have me flippin nascar-style.
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