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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 01:14 AM
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...from this thread alone. Digress, insult, troll...what else is on your to do list?
This thread should have never been left open in the first place. I'm having my fun while it stays open, which won't be past tomorrow. It really bothers the hell out of you that a Neon is faster then your car huh? If you think cutting off another car and then racing him around a turn on city streets isn't moronic then you're dumber than I thought.
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 01:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Ike
This thread should have never been left open in the first place. I'm having my fun while it stays open, which won't be past tomorrow. It really bothers the hell out of you that a Neon is faster then your car huh? If you think cutting off another car and then racing him around a turn on city streets isn't moronic then you're dumber than I thought.
I'm having my fun while it stays open, which won't be past tomorrow.
At least you answered the question. But you're having fun pointlessly posting? Get outside man, sheesh

It really bothers the hell out of you that a Neon is faster then your car huh?
The SRT4 is faster, the SXT is slower. Nice digression, by the way. That Aston Martin I saw the other day was really fast, now that really bothers me, I think I'm going to explode! Oh noez!11eleveone

If you think cutting off another car and then racing him around a turn on city streets isn't moronic then you're dumber than I thought.
Again, that wasn't the point. If you don't think being a troll on the forums day in and day out is asinine, then you are the true moron, like it or not.

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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 01:23 AM
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haha don't let him get under your skin. He just hates fanbois, can't blame him I do too rx8 or whatever car.
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 01:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Ike
This thread should have never been left open in the first place. I'm having my fun while it stays open, which won't be past tomorrow. It really bothers the hell out of you that a Neon is faster then your car huh? If you think cutting off another car and then racing him around a turn on city streets isn't moronic then you're dumber than I thought.
well your a bigger moron for wasting your time posting threads that insults people with what they have experienced!! well im telling the truth of what i had experienced and atleast my mouth aint full of ****
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 01:26 AM
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There's a difference between fanbois and people who enjoy their car they have purchased, understand its weaknesses, and post their experiences and thoughts on the forums just to be slapped in the face by the guy.
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by SiLVeRE8
well your a bigger moron for wasting your time posting threads that insults people with what they have experienced!! well im telling the truth of what i had experienced and atleast my mouth aint full of ****
Can someone translate this for me?
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 01:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Raptor2k
There's a difference between fanbois and people who enjoy their car they have purchased, understand its weaknesses, and post their experiences and thoughts on the forums just to be slapped in the face by the guy.
Look, you need to lighten up and stop following me around like a little puppy dog getting butthurt every time I say something that relates to the RX-8. A lot of what I say is humor, my first comment was humor, you take it as something serious and have done so many times in the past. So I mess with you after that. Lighten the hell up, and stop acting like I've offended your mother every time I say something that doesn't present the RX-8 in the best light.
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 02:15 AM
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we werent sayin that the rx8 is the best car out there. of course there are always faster and better cars out there. we were just posting what we have experienced with our 8 since we own it and enjoy driving it everyday, so you can just back off on the capping.
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 03:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Ike
Can someone translate this for me?
He means his mouth isn't full of ****, maybe half full, quarter full....

Just kidding, chill out guys... Ike ain't full of ****
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 07:36 AM
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This is great. You got the defensive guys (fanbois) defending the rx8 from racing humiliation (as usual), the realistic ones who tell it like it is, the neutrals, and then there's IKE, who always clashes with the defensive (or fanboi) RX8 owners. I don't blame him. He's having fun, and he knows how to push all of your buttons, so more power to him. Don't you guys see he's simply feeding off your insecurity? The more you try and defend the RX8 in terms of how fast it is against other cars like SRT, the more ammo you give him. Try admitting that you as a driver beat the other driver, not that your car is faster, and he might back off. You can't win an argument, when the guy you are up against has truth on his side. I admit, he's a rude m'fer, but someone's gotta knock the BS fanbois off their defensive pedistals, so why not Ike. I'm enjoying this.

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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Ike
Look, you need to lighten up and stop following me around like a little puppy dog getting butthurt every time I say something that relates to the RX-8. A lot of what I say is humor, my first comment was humor, you take it as something serious and have done so many times in the past. So I mess with you after that. Lighten the hell up, and stop acting like I've offended your mother every time I say something that doesn't present the RX-8 in the best light.

HaHaHa,
Practice what your preach, You cry like a baby when I trolled the troll. That's how we keep you honest. It was fun when I messed with you for 3 threads. You told me to stop stirring up trouble. You said I was bashing. The same goes for you. Your trying to shut down this fine thread.

RX8 IS GREAT. SRT SUCKS.
The 8 is not the most powerful car but it will hold it's own. It can keep anything in it's sights on the track. Who cares on the street. Street racing is fast and furious dangerous.

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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 08:22 AM
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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.....


Wish I had a Ferrari

Some day I'll have to do a timed run through the twisty section of back road near my house.
once in the 914 and once in the RX-8. I think the 8 would be close but not ahead.
the 914 gets 2nd place everywhere else. just can't compete with the 8 on an open road.
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe_914
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.....


Wish I had a Ferrari

Some day I'll have to do a timed run through the twisty section of back road near my house.
once in the 914 and once in the RX-8. I think the 8 would be close but not ahead.
the 914 gets 2nd place everywhere else. just can't compete with the 8 on an open road.

How do you like your 914.....almost bought one many years ago, but was to gun shy, because at the age of 20 still in college, i was afraid if anything went wrong with the car, i wouldn't be able to afford to fix it. Cool looking cars....they can handle really well , two guys owned 914's in our small german car club, called German Muscle.....ahhh the good ol days.
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by BlueEyes
So it's the third fastest car in Germany?
No.

Almost any car in Germany, except for Porsches and some imported sports cars, is limited to 250 km/h top speed. The top speed (at least as shown in the speedometer) of an RX-8 is somewhere between 242 und 253 km/h, depending on environmental conditions.

You're not very likely to be taken over though.
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 11:27 AM
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You guys need to cut Ike some slack.

He lives in Milwaukee.

One thing you learn growing up in Wisconsin is that Milwaukeeans have such a well-developed and deep-seated inferior complex that their only response is to lash out and try to make everyone as miserable as they are. Ask anyone who has lived in Madison or Chicago about dealing with these yahoos and their pin-dick syndrome.

Ike: I feel yer pain buddy. It's o.k. You ARE good enough.
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 11:51 AM
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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.
Torque is the "drug". I had a Spec V before I got my 8 and that thing had MASSIVE torque steer. Not smooth at all.

As far as all this turbo this and NOS that, most of these people can't drive, and think that the power will make up for that. So they go out judging what the best car is "one 1/4 mile at a time" and by looking at hp numbers. My friend just got a S2K but said he likes drag racing. He said he's going to smoke my 8. I asked him why he thought that and he says because I have more hp and a quicker quarter mile time. Now what WRONG with this picture? He also says I should get a turbo so I can have 400-500hp. Another, person says this about my 8, and somebody else says that .... blah, blah, blah.

The 8 is for fast DRIVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 12:18 PM
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Guys, I've said this before, stop being sucked in by the Ike's and Blue Eyes of this world. They spent many of their 4000+ threads acting like the 1st class ******* that they are. Who gives a F what they think, especially considered that each post is as predictable as the last one.

Maybe if we ignore them than they can go back to putting stickers and wings and stuff on their 4 cylinder Jap econoboxes, and stop wasting space on our site.
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by torbee
You guys need to cut Ike some slack.

He lives in Milwaukee.

One thing you learn growing up in Wisconsin is that Milwaukeeans have such a well-developed and deep-seated inferior complex that their only response is to lash out and try to make everyone as miserable as they are. Ask anyone who has lived in Madison or Chicago about dealing with these yahoos and their pin-dick syndrome.

Ike: I feel yer pain buddy. It's o.k. You ARE good enough.
Uhhh, I'm from Chicago. So I actually grew up feeling sorry for you and you kinfolk in the Quad-Cities. I've got a joke for everyone, how do they celebrate Halloween in the Quad-Cities?
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Roaddemon
HaHaHa,
Practice what your preach, You cry like a baby when I trolled the troll. That's how we keep you honest. It was fun when I messed with you for 3 threads. You told me to stop stirring up trouble. You said I was bashing. The same goes for you. Your trying to shut down this fine thread.

RX8 IS GREAT. SRT SUCKS.
The 8 is not the most powerful car but it will hold it's own. It can keep anything in it's sights on the track. Who cares on the street. Street racing is fast and furious dangerous.
Just keep telling youself you were the one messing with me... Whens the last time you had your RX-8 at the track? Oh that's right, never.
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 12:25 PM
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Torque is the "drug". I had a Spec V before I got my 8 and that thing had MASSIVE torque steer. Not smooth at all.

As far as all this turbo this and NOS that, most of these people can't drive, and think that the power will make up for that. So they go out judging what the best car is "one 1/4 mile at a time" and by looking at hp numbers. My friend just got a S2K but said he likes drag racing. He said he's going to smoke my 8. I asked him why he thought that and he says because I have more hp and a quicker quarter mile time. Now what WRONG with this picture? He also says I should get a turbo so I can have 400-500hp. Another, person says this about my 8, and somebody else says that .... blah, blah, blah.

The 8 is for fast DRIVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Need another translation, stat!
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 12:33 PM
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This is funny.
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 12:49 PM
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ive heard that both milwaukee and chicago are a bit backwards.
what are the quad cities?
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 12:50 PM
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sorry but ive never visited milwaukee or chicago.
how are the highways out there? a lot of open space for driving?
if so, im jealous.
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 12:51 PM
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Need another translation, stat!
He means pin-dicks need lots of torque because they can't drive a high reving,great handling, real, sportscar.
Old Feb 21, 2006 | 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Roaddemon
He means pin-dicks need lots of torque because they can't drive a high reving,great handling, real, sportscar.
Thanks, I knew you would be able to understand him.


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