BlueEyes

Not street racing! Cat and mouse, Ike. It's only weaving through traffic faster than the flow. Perfectly safe and responsible.

ranger4277

Nope... the other guy was pretty confused as well.

Ike

Oh, ok, that's much safer than street racing!

Ike

You will NOT keep up with an SRT-4 or newer Mustang GT unless they're driven by retarded limbless monkeys, even then it would be close.

DARKMAZ8

You know where the 8 really shines????

I'm not sure if anyone knows or thought of this but the 8 is the fastest car I've ever driven in the twisties. And, street racing is fun if its done in the twisties where the roads are blocked off and there is chalk used to make the finish line(not spray paint which is flamable = unsafe).

Also, I once was involved in a cat and mouse race with a f430. I was at his bumper the whole entire time. After the race I pulled up next to him and waved but he was on the phone and some chick was giving him a hummer.....

RoXanneBlack8

"unless they're driven by retarded limbless monkeys, even then it would be close."

rofl


so tru, so tru

saturn

Yeah, I didn't even realize the RX-8's steering wheel could go straight. I thought you'd void the warranty if you drove in a straight line (non-twisties) for more than 10 ft.

Also, I saw this episode of Tom and Jerry where Tom was in an RX-8 and Jerry was in a S2K. They were playing cat and mouse with each other. I'm pretty sure Tom woulda been able to pass Jerry, but the douche Jerry drove through a hole in the wall and Tom got stuck. Then an iron fell on his head or some crap like that. It sucked.

ranger4277

I never made any claim about their drivers... just stated what I experienced.

Nor did I claim my car to be stock. Funny thing was the SRT-4 was trying to egg on a C6 vette a few miles down the road. Now do you believe it was an SRT-4? lol

Ike

Do you have a turbo, because that's what it would take for you to beat a decently driven SRT-4.

DARKMAZ8

depends, on the highway the 8 doesn't stand a chance stock vs. stock. But if it's a short race to 50mph you might be able to hold your own. The 8 would jump out the hole first. It's a drivers race from that standpoint but anything past 50mph the srt would win easily imo.

JRichter

I hope this is a joke...

I don't want to have to dig through my Automobile, Road & Track, Car and Driver, Motortrend, Sports Car Ilustrated, and EVO, etc. magazines from the past few years to pull up the test data facts from professional drivers on the these two cars ('05 and up GT is quite fast so it's not included but the right driver in an RX-8 has a chance) as I feel like I'm in junior high talking about this.

JRichter

or perhaps any curves in the road where any type of driving skill or handling dynamics are required...

I always like the concept of the SRT-4, probably was the best bang for the buck, but in real world every day driving it really isn't that much faster for the POS car you have to put up with that it's developed from.

I drove one and it was fun to drive, but then I got out of it and looked at, and saw a Neon.

JRichter

due to excessive power being put to the front wheels of the SRT-4 which loose grip when the weight shifts to the unused rear tires

weight shifts to the back of the 8 when launching, giving the drive wheels the most grip perhaps

Ike

Yes, you can take him in teh twisties!!!1!!!!!one!!1!1onzorz!!

nycgps

iTrader: (1)

nyc here. all these kids with srt-4s are pretty much everywhere.

but I dont know, for some reasons, they all suck at driving. Im not the best driver on earth. Far far away from that . but ahh, they cant even take any serious speed. they probably thought that "my srt-4 has the torque to pull me back, its da ****, I can beat anybody", Yeah, their overall balance is horrible, cheapo material.

Afterall, just a NEON

Need I say more ?

VikingDJ

With equal drivers, the RX8 will get reeled in, and taken out fast against an SRT after 60mph. I had one give me a royal fit in my STI. That car is almost as fast, and maybe just as fast as me once rolling. If you were to race from a start, and shut down very early, yes, you can beat an SRT. It's definitely not fair for the SRT if you shut down and claim a victory right before he's about to blow your doors off, but hey, do what you gotta do.

JRichter

lol

that's when you throw on your blinker and act like you are about to turn at the next side street

lazi

rx8 are so slow. =P

Ike

No, you turn on your hazards and claim victory!

AQA101

I've been driving RX-8s on the Autobahn for roughly 70.000 km now.

You'll encounter many fast cars (especially BMW, Audi, Mercedes of all types and the occasional Porsche) here as well as drivers who are used to drive fast everyday. Fast means above 200 km/h in Germany.

The RX-8 sometimes feels slow to me, because I can't pull away from other cars as I would love to, but at second look, the RX-8 is in no way slow. The only cars that really overtook me were Porsche Turbos and a Testarossa, anyone else backed off sooner or later, probably because their roadhold started to fade.

What makes the car feel slow is the absence of a massive amount of torque, no hit like a hammer. What makes this car fast in reality is its not-so-bad-at-all acceleration and its incredible roadhold and steering precision.

tiggerlee

Well it's fast enough for me. I suppose I'd feel different about it if I were 18 years younger.

BlueEyes

So it's the third fastest car in Germany?

SiLVeRE8

iTrader: (8)

this car is not slow at all. i was going at it with a VW golf R32 the other day. the guy in it was teasing me by gunning and braking infront of me, so i cut him off before the stop light. i just floored it without launching when the light turned green. i was with my friend in the car so i can see him really really slowly inching me from behind. im not sure was it because of the extra weight in my car or not but right before i enter the corners i dropped a gear, but the R32 was tapping on the brake. i didnt even need to brake at all. my car just kept going faster while loosing him. by the time i got out of the corners, i was about 4.5 cars ahead of him. by the way i live in san francisco and the corners were in Lake Merced Blvd. im sure the people that live in SF will know about these corners too.

Ike

Congrats, you're a bigger moron than the guy in the R32!

Raptor2k

...from this thread alone. Digress, insult, troll...what else is on your to do list?