rx-8 vs. rx-7
02-25-2006, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueEyes
I take an autocross course to work in the mornings.
02-25-2006, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by RotoRocket
I think that saying "[t]here are plenty of family sedans, sport compacts, and small SUVs that will beat the RX-8..." is pretty much a meritless claim.
But please do name such "plenty" vehicles...especially the family sedans and small SUVs.
But please do name such "plenty" vehicles...especially the family sedans and small SUVs.
Legacy GT wagon and sedan
WRX wagon and sedan
STI
Evo
Eclipse
G35c
G35 Sedan
M45
FX45
350Z
Altima
Maxima
TL
RL
RSX Type S
Accord V6
Accord V6 hybrid
Civic SI
S2000
Rav4
IS350
GS430
GTI
Jetta GLI
R32
A3
A4
A6
A8
G6 GTP
Grand Prix GXP
GTO
Magnum RT
Charger RT
300C
Crossfire
All the SRT-8 vehicles
SRT-4
Need me to go on, because there are still car manufacturers I haven't covered yet, and I haven't even gotten to older cars yet... All of those cars can trap 94 mph or above and will either beat or be close with the RX-8.
02-25-2006, 01:43 PM
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Most those cars would be very close in power/weight as the rx8. A nick faster in the quarter mile means nothing. Most of us don't care to race and beat our cars at the drag strip anyway. The 8 can run in some good company and lays down it's power in such a sweet way. Only few will outright run away from the 8. My power cruiser VTX will mop up those few.
02-25-2006, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Ike
To some people it's slow... the RX-8 feels slow to me, I'm not about to call it slow, but it's not fast. There are plenty of family sedans, sport compacts, and small SUVs that will beat the RX-8 or give it a good run for its money. Also, just because a car is fast ina straight line doesn't mean it's a dragster, there are plenty of cars out there that handle well and are as fast or faster than the RX-8.
If you don't agree that zipping around in an RX8 is more a more pleasurable experience than muscling around a decent numbers-getter like, say, a V6 Honda Accord Coupe/Sedan or the aforementioned WRX, then I have to wonder why you're on this board... And if you bought an RX8, WHY you bought an RX8 when there were better numbers cars available when you went car-shopping.
Note I said CAR shopping. I reject outright your assertion that small SUV's are legitimate competition for the RX8.
02-25-2006, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Roaddemon
Most those cars would be very close in power/weight as the rx8. A nick faster in the quarter mile means nothing. Most of us don't care to race and beat our cars at the drag strip anyway. The 8 can run in some good company and lays down it's power in such a sweet way. Only few will outright run away from the 8. My power cruiser VTX will mop up those few.
02-25-2006, 01:52 PM
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Ike's job is to inform us of how small and weak our feeble rotary car is, and to awaken us to the wonders of 4wd, evo's and wrx's.
In the words of the great bwob from the miata forum: if you can't go fast with 90 hp, 900 won't help.
In the words of the great bwob from the miata forum: if you can't go fast with 90 hp, 900 won't help.
02-25-2006, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by DrDiaboloco
What kind of a "run for the money" are you talking about? Putting numbers on a board? If you want to compare numbers and that's your basis for the innate qualities of an automobile, then you're kinda-sorta right, noone in their right mind would drive or buy an RX8. People who DID buy an RX8 probably did so for different reasons, such as the overall quality of the driving experience, not whether they can beat a Maxima or a WRX across an intersection. As admittedly nice as a whole passel of sports sedans are, not a one of them anywhere near the RX8's price can match its' handling, brakes, or the "sports car experience" (even if the RX8 isn't truly a "sports car", but that's an argument for another thread). I say this as an inveterate buyer, owner and fan of sports sedans... Not pooh-poohing sedans at all, I like them very much and appreciate the magic act that auto engineers have performed in making the relatively mundane sedan platform play sports car when desired.
If you don't agree that zipping around in an RX8 is more a more pleasurable experience than muscling around a decent numbers-getter like, say, a V6 Honda Accord Coupe/Sedan or the aforementioned WRX, then I have to wonder why you're on this board... And if you bought an RX8, WHY you bought an RX8 when there were better numbers cars available when you went car-shopping.
Note I said CAR shopping. I reject outright your assertion that small SUV's are legitimate competition for the RX8.
If you don't agree that zipping around in an RX8 is more a more pleasurable experience than muscling around a decent numbers-getter like, say, a V6 Honda Accord Coupe/Sedan or the aforementioned WRX, then I have to wonder why you're on this board... And if you bought an RX8, WHY you bought an RX8 when there were better numbers cars available when you went car-shopping.
Note I said CAR shopping. I reject outright your assertion that small SUV's are legitimate competition for the RX8.
FYI, I drive a modded Evo, and traded in a WRX for it. I've shopped the RX-8 twice and while I like the car quite a bit I obviously don't think it's the best car for me.
02-25-2006, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Ike
FYI, I drive a modded Evo, and traded in a WRX for it. I've shopped the RX-8 twice and while I like the car quite a bit I obviously don't think it's the best car for me.
Not that I have any problem whatsoever with the EVO or the WRX (although the last two styling changes left me totally cold). I talked a friend into buying the latter (this took very little prompting LOL) and like the former quite a lot, if not the "all race car, all the time" demeanor of the car, which is probably magnified when you "mod" it. I just don't understand why you spend so much time on a board for a car that isn't the best car for YOU.
02-25-2006, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by DrDiaboloco
Okay, I'll ask... You have nearly 5000 posts on a message board devoted to a car you don't own, have never owned, and passed on twice while car shopping?
Not that I have any problem whatsoever with the EVO or the WRX (although the last two styling changes left me totally cold). I talked a friend into buying the latter (this took very little prompting LOL) and like the former quite a lot, if not the "all race car, all the time" demeanor of the car, which is probably magnified when you "mod" it. I just don't understand why you spend so much time on a board for a car that isn't the best car for YOU.
Not that I have any problem whatsoever with the EVO or the WRX (although the last two styling changes left me totally cold). I talked a friend into buying the latter (this took very little prompting LOL) and like the former quite a lot, if not the "all race car, all the time" demeanor of the car, which is probably magnified when you "mod" it. I just don't understand why you spend so much time on a board for a car that isn't the best car for YOU.
02-25-2006, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Roaddemon
I posted in reference to Blue eyes "In your mind anyway" I posted "The majority". Get it?
02-25-2006, 02:23 PM
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I like that people who don't have RX-8's hang around here. I mean, this forum is already a little biased when it comes to the 8. I've read "it's fine in the power department and nothing can touch it in the twisties" about 7000 times here. The fact is there are other cars in this price range that can outperform the 8 in every performance category. It's good for people to hear both sides of the story and not just the repetitive elated glee of new 8 owners.
02-25-2006, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by drivelikejehu
dont get me wrong i like 8's, but its just no contest when it comes to preformance.
02-25-2006, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Roaddemon
Only snobs. The majority know better.