26yr old rx8'er here. Got my B.S. in computer engineering, M.S. in electrical engineering. Working for Pratt & Whitney as a CAD System Design engineer. Basically code all day writing applications to help the other engineers perform their tasks. Work for both military and commercial programs.

 

Amazing how many other scientists and engineers there are here.

Meteorologist, 37 y.o., with 5 children. I bought my RX-8 almost 3 years ago to have something fun to drive (the minivan doesn't cut it), but would also fit some kids in the back with relative ease (I tell my wife it's a practical car). Fits my lifestyle perfectly. I like that it requires a little extra attention, and there aren't many others on the road.

 

I went to State too! GO WOLFPACK!

 

44 year old interior designer and mother of 2 teenage boys!... grew up with sports cars, LOVE to drive. Had to give up the motorcycle and my need for speed was fulfilled on 4 wheels with the 8. I get a kick out of all the 20 something yr olds who pull up next to me at lights or on the expressway and want me to race them in their "ricers" - not my thing. I love the back roads at over 100mph and curves at "mach Jesus" alone, just me and the road. Have to admit - the car gets a lot of attention and my "cool mom" status went through the roof when I drop the boys off at their school. I get a lot of "tell your mom I want her car...."

 

^lol - I get that too from the teenagers. One of my daughter's guy friends always runs up when he sees me and starts asking "did you bring it did you bring it did you bring it?"
YAY so glad to see another hot mama here.

 

Seems like the 8 is more popular with lady drivers than I thought. ;p

27 year old retail manager here. I wanted an 8 from the time they were released.

Not that it matters, but I am the tattoo nerd. Almost a full sleeve on my left arm, also have a chest piece ... I'm a little more edgy and unique - the car fits me!

 

you can call yourself a lady driver when you get MT (:

 

Hey now! My MR2 is an MT. :P I miss it, but I wanted the 8.

 

But ... Auto ftl for any sports car really.
us girls gotta show whos boss :p



Anyways the 8 gets way more attention then my s13s ever did
S13 just the guys are jealous & hit on me..... but the 8 I have both coming at me.

 

I'm a 30 yr old truck driver that's always loved cars from day 1. My first car was a 1987 golf with a whopping 55 HP :P then a Nissan 100 NX (with the targa roof) a Honda CRX, RX-7 then after moving to the states I bought a Toyota celica for the wife and the RX-8 for me. I've always loved the lines of a good sports car and Ferrari, Aston Martin and Lamborghini aren't in my budget yet, I find the RX-8 has the same supercar looks.

 

My wife is from Canton Ohio lol. Girls and their family crap lol! I agree with you on the celica. It's a great car. We have an '01 GT and only things that I've had to do is replace 2 batteries and tires in 7 years. Fantastic car. I've had my 8 for about 16/17 months now. No problems so far. (Other than my car beeping at me all the time :P)

 

I'm basically a field tech for Carter Cat ^Thus why I said my truck's a bit different, haha. It's a KW with a huge box on it. What I don't understand is why I don't have to have the hazardous materials endorsement, when I'm carrying hundreds of gallons of oil. I mean, it may not be hazardous, but I'd figure something, if it's practically a tanker. If every tank is full, it's around 1,000g. We try to avoid that for overweight fines, though.

As far as the girls with 8's thing.. There's a girl around here who drives a VR Rx8 just like mine, but I never see her when I'm driving my Rx8, always when I'm on the clock driving my behemoth of a truck.

Girls who drive Rx8's, or any rotary, are instantly keepers.

 

Nice thread.

I fall squarely within a couple groups in this thread (military; nerd), so I guess was destined to own an RX-8.

• 37yo
• Former USAF
• Former AZ State Corrections Officer
• Currently a Web Developer/Programmer with an AS degree, but working on my BSIT degree with a focus on Software Engineering.

And just like someone else in here, I was open to get anything, with the wife's stipulation that it had to have backseats, for when I have to pick up/drop off kids.

 

40 year aviation sales manager selling high end precision avionics, love everything about my 2011 RX8 R3

 

I'm 19 year old studying mechanical engineering, got my rx8 after an unfortunate accident in my Lincoln LS v8 and i'm absolutely in love with it. 9000 rpm just feels so right

 

Yeah, I got an Rx8 because I knew on down the road, if I had an FD, the future wife whenever I get one would want me to get rid of it for something with back seats. And I've always loved the Rx8 since it came out, so I had no problem avoiding that future disagreement.

Kind of neat though, seeing everyone's actual professions, how vastly different some are.

 

This has been a neat thread to get an idea of what other 8 owners are like. We obviously all agreed on this car, but what would be interesting is a thread on what car we would get if we ever decided to get something other than an rx8. I bet some of the responses would be surprising.

 

hot mama's rule- my girlfriend is a 20yr old hot mama she cant drive the 8 yet though. perfect car for my lil family. have a 10 month old son. work as a quayside supervisor in the oil industry and study full time too, at uni getting my honours degree in business management. the rx8 never crossed my mind to be honest until i saw one advertised. i bought it within 2 hours - had to get a plane to get it too lol talk about impulse. i guess im quite a nerd when it comes to gaming- used to play wow, sc, diablo2, etc etc.

 

59 1/2 year old retired fuel distributor with a life lesson from the EPA, and DPS.

Was delivering fuel in Austin Tx in 1973, and taking flying lessons. I saw the rotary engine model at the UT campus, so I bought a RX3, and kicked the lessons. Driving the RX3 at 120 mph seemed safer than the Cessna at 120 mph.

In 1980 I put all my dreams on the back burner, sold the RX3, and tried to please the wife.

So after exchanging her for a newer model ( the wife), I ran the business until I got weaker ( mild CMT MD ) , and I was drinking too much.

Then, my wife kept saying: We need a new car so my friends don't look down to me...... WTF? Ok, I found "her car" at the Mazda dealer across the street, and I discovered that the RX8 was what I'd missed all those years. I found out a year later I could even track it!

My aptitude test at age 15 showed I pegged the 99 percentile of others in US on mechanical ability, so I should have gotten a mechanical engineering degree. I like the trail I made, and could solve mechanical and oiling issues all day long.

I can easily read through all the stuff on this site, and aligned my car just the way I like. It even excites me enough that I don't need to drink anymore; a new kind of 12 step!

 

19 years old. Full time student majoring in mechanical engineering at a small school in Georgia, and transferring in a year or two to Georgia tech. Also, I work part time as an intern with a group of engineers at Volkswagen in Chattanooga! Love it!

 

Had no idea all these brilliant individuals drive 8's lol.

I'm 26 and I make adult films hence the name dirkyd3rk (as in dirk diggler). Lol

OK I'm kidding but I received my bachelor of sci in poly sci from university of Houston. Currently working in the woodlands as a management analyst. I love Linux and i play around with java (android) such as compiling from source and building kernels.

 

^This is all i saw when i first glanced at your post...

 

^^ lol

 

This is all I see "hate hate hate" lol

Good one though, I kinda saw something like that coming.

 

definitely not hating on anybody but myself on that one.