Ajax

I had just finished working out and I'm sitting there putting away my headphones and my MP3 player when a man and a woman (probably a married couple) walk by my car on their way into the gym. I would estimate they were probably in their late 30's, early 40's.

The engine is off and I can hear them talking. The woman asks the man what kind of car it is (they're walking past the front), and he tells her it's a mazda Miata. A miata?! I wanted to drive over the idiot at that point. I just shook my head at him sitting in the car as he looked at me, I think he realized he was wrong.

Lol. A miata... maybe mazda does need to advertise this car, either that or I need one of those RX-8 badges for the front of the grill.

Blah..

Ajax

Hou-TX-RX-8

He couldn't say I don't know... All guys are supposed to know what every car is... Especialy if you are walking with a girl. We are supposed to be born with this information programed into our heads... That would be like calling a civic an S2000. Some people are just plain dumb.

blksf8

when I first got my car, a co-worker of mine asked me if my car was a Miata. He even asked if it was a convertable and had a hard top...so he asked me how much HP and I said "238". so he says "so lemme guess ...0-60 in 7.8 or so..." I said "no, it's actually only 3000lb curb weight so 0-60 is more like 5.9 or so". so then he adds insult to injury and says "yeah, I have been reading up on this car in magazines. supposedly it's being hailed as one of the best cars under $25k".

Needless to say, I just walked away from the JA. I had nothing more to say or hear from this ignorant fool.

Velocity-8

Once I was getting out of my 2002 Mini Cooper and someone asked me if my car was the new PT Cruiser. BLEH!!!

mamccubbin

Yes, running him over sounds like a logical reaction.

JimW

Don't be offended, pound for pound, the Miata is one of the most fun to drive cars in the ENTIRE world. Fortunately I need the extra seats so I'll stick with my better looking, high reving, titanium RX8!

HiTMaNN

hahhaha my friend said the same thing he said he was expecting the 8 to be much smaller cuz when he thinks of mazda he thinks miata

s13lover

I have yet to see a RX-8 commercial.

BARK

Let's not be too hard on Miata's, eh?

Cheers

Ajax

I have no problem with the miata, but the miata looks nothing like the 8....

portero23

I've seen very few RX-8 commercials on TV, but there are plenty of print ads in magazines...

Navybeardbb

that's so funny, cause it really does look like a miata... :-/ No, but girls i don't like ask me sometimes what it is, and i say a miata just for fun. Hopefully one day they will make themselves look stupid infront of another guy...or if not maybe i will look stupid.

KrustyKlown

Agreed, but I understand where Ajax is comming from.

6speed8

A Miata is a great car, If after driving one you don't have a smile on your face, you're either dead, or comotose.

Nubo

They may have not known the model but obviously the car made an impression, most likely favorable. I've only had the car for a month but several times I've come out of a shop or restaurant to find someone circling the vehicle, usually smiling.

cgrx

I was coming out of Quiznos and I was parked between to very nice looking Acura RSX's. There were 3 women standing in front of the cars talking about something. I was like, O' ****, someone hit me. They all turned to me and said I have a very beautiful car.
SWEET

vudoodoodoo

Meh not everyone knows/cares about cars as much as we do.

ricks8

At the philly auto show I over heard a guy tell his wife that the ford GT "used to be called a lotus".

Apathy Curve

There's such a thing as a "nice-looking Acura RSX"? Sorry but they look like Cavaliers to me. Admittedly they're reliable and good cars-- they're made by Honda, after all. But the exterior styling is "meh" and the interior has absolutely nothing to make you excited about driving it. My girlfriend is looking for a new car (I'm pushing her hard toward the Mazda3 hatchback) and she wanted to drive an RSX. Her post-test drive comment: "Well, it's a Honda, so it'll last forever with no real problems... but I couldn't own it. I mean, it's got less personality than Al Gore."

Some people like the A-Spec RSX, but to me it just looks rice. And it's a ~$8K add for a bunch of plastic. If anything, the A-Spec package actually makes the car slower. /boggle

Well, there's no accouting for lack of taste, I suppose. (No offense, crgx; at least you bought an 8). :D

z00m-z00m

LoL when I first got my car a guy asked what kind it was he asked if it was a Honda.

jafosrx8

So I’m at my wife’s family reunion the other week when my mother in-law (twelve times removed or something like that), mentions that her daughter had just bought an RX-8.

Didn’t you used to own of those R…RY…RX…RX-7’s…yes, still do.

It’s got one of those non-piston engines too doesn’t it…yes, they’re both rotary powered.

I couldn’t believe how much she paid for such a small car…yes, she could’ve gotten a nice big Crown Vic. like yours for less.

Don’t those engines blow up…unfortunately yes, but all you need to do is replace the apex seals, I’ve gotten in the habit of keeping an extra set in the glove box.

Is that something she could do herself…sure, she just needs to keep a cherry-picker, compressor & pneumatic wrench in the trunk.

I don’t like to ride in it because it’s too harsh…I know, I understand the Crown Vic. just glides over bumps.

What a waste of money…kids.


I’m very appreciative of Mazda’s commitment to give us rotary powered cars & feel obligated to eliminate misnomers & provide positive testimonials as payback when there’s a benefit. In the majority of cases though, it’s a wasted effort.

Look around, Acura has no trouble selling cars for the same price as BMW. It blows my mind that anybody would turn down a beautifully balanced, smooth running, rear wheel drive masterpiece for what basically is an Accord with some, bling-bling blue-tooth / satellite busy center dribble but it happens all the time. So it is with the masses of buyers that choose horribly crude, 1970’s technology Mustangs over the RX-8 just because they have more raw Horse Power.

Bottom line, most people don’t get it [Stewart Smally] “& that’s ok” [/Stewart Smally]

KrustyKlown

Haha, nice.

HiTMaNN

hahha crown vics hahhaha those things are always parked at ihop on sundays goodold early bird specials

stangmatt66

I always get, "Isn't that the new RX-7?" I just smile and say ya... You can't educate the ignorant...

stangmatt66

How can you miss the commercial?! The guy loves his car and hugs the roof as the front door and rear door wrap around him and hug him back... IT'S GREAT!!