RX8 or Viper???
11-30-2003, 01:25 PM
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RX8 or Viper???
Ok is it just me or does anyone else get told by people that their RX8 reminds them of a Viper....?? a friend of mine calls my car a mini-Viper...And just today i was letting a family cross the road, and as they were walkin by they were complimenting my car, the man asked me if it was a new viper....(duh hence the mazda symbol on the front) but neways i see that as a HUGGGE compliment:D
11-30-2003, 01:30 PM
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Re: RX8 or Viper???
Originally posted by JmurphRx8
Ok is it just me or does anyone else get told by people that their RX8 reminds them of a Viper....?? a friend of mine calls my car a mini-Viper...And just today i was letting a family cross the road, and as they were walkin by they were complimenting my car, the man asked me if it was a new viper....(duh hence the mazda symbol on the front) but neways i see that as a HUGGGE compliment:D
Ok is it just me or does anyone else get told by people that their RX8 reminds them of a Viper....?? a friend of mine calls my car a mini-Viper...And just today i was letting a family cross the road, and as they were walkin by they were complimenting my car, the man asked me if it was a new viper....(duh hence the mazda symbol on the front) but neways i see that as a HUGGGE compliment:D
If the comparison was based on the interior, then I'd say insult. The Viper's interior is not as good as the RX-8's.
11-30-2003, 01:43 PM
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When I first got my car in late July, I used to get "oh, that's the James Bond car". People mixed it up with the "Vanquish" until they saw the Mazda emblem. Some people seriously thought my car cost a couple hundred thousand....
11-30-2003, 02:03 PM
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Funny...I was staring at front of my car today in the sunlight and was thinking..."It reminds me of some 90's super car...which one could that be?" Now that you guys mention it though, "DUH!"
Ya, I can definately see how the FD would get the "baby" Viper compliments, especially with it's sleek hood and low roof-line. Damn...I remember a year and a half ago, there was a Silver FD for sale at the same dealership my Girlfriend and I got our RX-8. The dealership listed it in the Trade Express for sale at 12,000 dollars, but they sold it off the lot before the Trade Express even came out for that week. Crazy.
Ya, I can definately see how the FD would get the "baby" Viper compliments, especially with it's sleek hood and low roof-line. Damn...I remember a year and a half ago, there was a Silver FD for sale at the same dealership my Girlfriend and I got our RX-8. The dealership listed it in the Trade Express for sale at 12,000 dollars, but they sold it off the lot before the Trade Express even came out for that week. Crazy.
11-30-2003, 02:49 PM
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My FD is much more Viper like, especially striped in a Viper paint scheme (black with silver stripes). Haven't heard it in the 8 yet. But if you are asking me what I would rather have, its a Viper. I would trade both of my rotaries from the right Viper GTS.
11-30-2003, 04:16 PM
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Mini-Viper!!
I got the same thing....I have had 2 people tell me they thought my car was a Viper.
I prefer to call it "THE BEAST"!!
I refer to it as that so much that my 2 year old says "Papa, Lets go in THE BEAST"
I LOVE THIS CAR!!! Sucky gas mileage and all!!
I prefer to call it "THE BEAST"!!
I refer to it as that so much that my 2 year old says "Papa, Lets go in THE BEAST"
I LOVE THIS CAR!!! Sucky gas mileage and all!!
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11-30-2003, 05:32 PM
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hm... for some reason i'd rather have the rx-8 than the viper. i don't know call me crazy, but this car suits me perfectly. i've never before felt so in tune with a car before.
11-30-2003, 05:34 PM
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a kid i know initially thought my car was a viper lol
i suppose if you just catch a glimpse of the nose as its driving by it could seem like one
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i suppose if you just catch a glimpse of the nose as its driving by it could seem like one
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11-30-2003, 10:34 PM
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I have gotten 2 comments if my red 8 was the new viper. I was supprised by the comment cause i don't think it looks like it. But i did observe that the folks that made the comment were NOT hard core auto enthusiest---but a casual car observer IMHO.
11-30-2003, 10:37 PM
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I've heard everything ...
I've been asked:
- Is that a Viper?
- BMW Roadster?
- the new Miata's?
The biggest insult ever:
- Is that a Hyundai Tiburon?
Then I went to look at the Tiburon on the web, and I'm almost ashamed to see some resemblance ...
Then again, I also see some resemblance between Janet Jackson and Micheal Jackson ... and we all know which one we'd rather have ...
Here's a picture of a Tiburon ...
I've been asked:
- Is that a Viper?
- BMW Roadster?
- the new Miata's?
The biggest insult ever:
- Is that a Hyundai Tiburon?
Then I went to look at the Tiburon on the web, and I'm almost ashamed to see some resemblance ...
Then again, I also see some resemblance between Janet Jackson and Micheal Jackson ... and we all know which one we'd rather have ...
Here's a picture of a Tiburon ...
12-01-2003, 07:26 AM
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HAHA i used to have an 03 tiburon....i traded it for my rx8 WOW BIG DIFFERENCE...but yea absolutely no reseemblance, the interiors very poor and the exterior/interior are verrrrrrrry cheap.
o and i've gotten, "is that a new lexus" or "isnt that a mercedes"
HAHA no people it's a mazda RX8 but thanx for the compliments...i really LOVE THIS CAR!!:D
o and i've gotten, "is that a new lexus" or "isnt that a mercedes"
HAHA no people it's a mazda RX8 but thanx for the compliments...i really LOVE THIS CAR!!:D
12-01-2003, 01:58 PM
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much of the viper's styling was originally taken from the FD so the viper should really be called " a baby fd". much of the current vette's styling was taken from the fd also. and if you have seen some of those pics running around awhile ago of what the next vette might look like then you can see that gm is again looking at mazda(the rx-8 this time) for it's styling cues. and the viper hardtop has the double bubble roof that everyone fondly remembers from the fd which the rx-8 has to a smaller degree.
