shift_zoom8

Road & Track has the G35 0-60 in 6.1 seconds compared to 5.9 for the RX8 (with the famous drop clutch) and 1/4 mile in 14.6 compared to the RX8's 14.5. Other magazines have them side by side.

Not only does IkeWRX like to have opinions, his opinions are consistently premature (reading more rather than sipping more wine would help here) and narrow (he has a penchant for straight-line speed at the neglect of other conditions and factors).

Dumb is dumb but dumb doesn't know it.

JeRKy 8 Owner

They are verywrong. Those guys must havebeen talking about the automatic Rx8. Tiburon V6 stick vs Rx8 automatic would be close buttheres a good chance the Tiburon would win. But the stick Rx8 weighs less than the V6 Tiburon and has much more horsepower. The Rx8 in stick wouldsmoke that V6 Tiburon.

Ike

Save for that is a pre production RX-8 and probably not a G35 coupe and maybe even an auto (pure speculation). C&D (a real car magazine) managed a 14.1 with the G35, compared to the 14.5 PRE PRODUCTION RX-8. You have a penchant for talking about speed and racing when you have probably never been on a track of any type in your life. This thread was about straight line acceleration, so I was simply staying on topic. I've been racing on road courses since I was 12.

rabinabo

Yeah, Ike, like are you going to start telling me that Santa Clause doesn't exist now?

Are we really serious here though? R&T gives the Tiburon 0-60 mph in 7.6, 1/4 mile in 15.9 sec, .78g lateral compared to 5.9, 14.5, and .88 in the rx-8. Is there much of a debate possible?

Ike

Look, I was never claiming the RX-8 wasn't faster. Just saying the difference between the Tib and the RX-8 isn't a whole lot different from the difference between the RX-8 and the Z. It was mainly a reaction to all the bashing for the Tib which is a decent bang for the buck car. You guys also need to stop reading R&T, it's pretty common for stock Tibs to run mid 15s.

rabinabo

Hey, I can definitely appreciate the bang for the buck factor. I wouldn't knock any car just because of the price. You have to understand people reacting like that when someone compares their $30k sports car to a <$20k car. Anyways, Hyundai's stock is quickly rising, especially with a 10year warranty. My parents just bought a Santa Fe, and it's a pretty good vehicle (although I hate suv's).

I like them R&T because they give a whole wealth of test data, like a whole range of accel data, braking, fuel economy, interior noise, handling.... Plus, they have all the data in pdf files online. I don't even read R&T, I just look up stats on their webpage to argue with certain non-rx8 owners that seem to hang around on this board (not naming names or anything )

Ike

Well start using C&D to argue with me because R&Ts test times are wacky and inconsitent :p

rabinabo

Is there some page that's more reliable? Or at least posts the results from every magazine?

Ike

I'm not sure if C&D has a section with test results or not, I subscribe so I don't visit their site much. There is a site that posts results from all cars that have been tested for the last 50 years or so from Motortrend but they seem to have some of the same problems R&T does.

shift_zoom8

The person who started this thread said racing. He said nothing about ONLY straight-line speed.

Pure speculation is what you are all about.

Your mind works at the 12-year-old level, that's for sure.

shift_zoom8

Here you make one assertion. Then, in your response to Rabinabo, you back-track.

You are pathetic and full of bravado, fish guy.

Ike

What happened to eunuch, 12 year old, troll, and gay? Or even some random insult because I work in the wine industry, now it's fish guy? I just can't keep up with your petty insults...


Edit: Just for you O great spellchecker!

shift_zoom8

For your information, Rabinabo has a Ph.D. in mathematics. He is into numbers, tables, graphs.

IkeWRX, you are into fish and wine. I rest my case.

shift_zoom8

Petty, not pety.

shift_zoom8

You are all of those, a "man" of many trades and disguises.

If you can not keep up with all the insults, then how were you able to list them all down? hmm.

IkeWRX just can't win.

zoomzooomp5

The tibrun is in a totally different class. The one with the SE-R, Toyota Celica, Focus SVT and The Mazda Speed protege. When they did a comparison test between those car in CAR and DRIVER, it came in last place. It can't even win in its own class let alone tried to compet with the RX8. Come on now people. The tribun does 0-60 in 7.5 second and the 1/4 mile in the high 15s.

shift_zoom8

Rabinabo, if only you knew how much IkeWRX can relate to that statement.

Ike

Actually second to last place and it ran 7.1 and 15.6. The original poster is talking about a kills section on a board so there's no twisties involved, just straightline acceleration for the most part.

Ike

Ahhh more insults, keep em coming! God forbid you have to engage in a fallacy free agrgument.

shift_zoom8

Rabinabo, if only you knew how much IkeWRX can relate to that statement.

Ike

Very original, posting the same thing twice. Maybe you should revert back to fish boy or eunuch.

shift_zoom8

You still have not responded to my post pointing out to YOU that the originator of this thread does not focus only on straight-line acceleration.

I wonder why you're ignoring that post.

Ike

Because if you had any clue the originator of this post was talking about a kills forum (I.E. street racing) which very very rarely involves turns and basicly involves only talk of drag racing on the streets.

LightEmUp

Ike you drive a WRX so you get +2 cool points. But you're gay so you lose 4 cool points. You also troll this board way too much and lose an additional 4 cool points. You play with fish and drink bitch brew for a living, another -4 cool points. That puts you at -10.

-10= Not cool, go away. :D

Ike

Don't you have a militia meeting to get up for in the morning? Oh, and say hello to your cousin/sister for me.