Things my RX8 has been mistaken for
 

The purpose of this thread is to share interesting stories on what people have thought your RX8 was or maybe the weirdest questions anyone has asked you about your car. Please don't bash on people with your stories because this is just for entertainment purposes. I've got some example stories of things I've heard over the years to get things started, and I cant be the only one this has happened to lol

Ok, so over the years my car has been confused with a pontiac, a saturn, and a chrysler crossfire lol

At Car Craft summer nationals last year i had my car in the show with all the doors open so people could see. A couple of guys were walking past and I overheard one of them tell the other 'Dude! He removed his 'B' pillar!' I was sitting under a tent by my car trying not to laugh and embarrass him. His friend simply shook his head and said Just keep walking man.' Lol

How i learned to explain my RX8: about a week after I got my baby i was over at a friends apartment and we were looking it over in the parking lot. A lady was walking by and said 'Hey, that's a pretty nice car. How many cylinders does it have?' Without thinking first I quickly responded 'it doesn't have any.' And she gave me the blankest stare and just walked away, i felt like such an ass! Lol now i just say it's a rotary before anything else :P

I hope those are good examples of what I'm hoping to hear on this thread (I'm also hoping there isn't one like this already because i didn't search too long lol) but start sharing and have fun! Thanks! :)

heh, I love when people ask me if its got a V6 under the hood. I just say its a rotary.
people also think its FWD lol.

Lol i get the fwd a lot too, i even went on a test drive with a mazda mechanic when diagnosin an intake problem and i forget what i asked him but he said my tranny was way up front, even driving it he couldnt tell it was rwd :P

Not that this was a case of mistaken identity, but it's the first incident that comes to my mind: Some guy coming out of a Benz @ Best buy says my car reminded him of an old Opel GT. I figured he probably owned one at some time in the past and was simply reminiscing. I had no idea what they looked like at the time, but after looking it up I think it might have been the fender flares that he was concentrating on.

Others in awe have asked if it was a Porsche or a Corvette, to which I simply tell them otherwise.

On more than one occasion I have gotten the random question of "how high does the speedo go?" (typically while sitting at a stop light), to which I give a confused look, pause, and say "... it's digital!". Laughter on both sides ensues.

Usually I get the question on how the gas mileage must be great, then I tell them I get 18mpg on a good tank, their reaction "Ohhh, It's a six cylinder.", I say "Nope, it has no cylinders.", let it simmer a bit and conclude with it's a rotary. Confusion sets in slowly.

Lol!

well most people hear rotary engines the first reaction is they blow up after 20k miles lol.

I only got the typical ones in the Rx-8, but in my 1990 Convertible Rx-7 I was once asked "What year prelude is that?!" To which I replied, "96". :lol:

People are complimenting me that i have a nice ride. They usually never see a car like the rx8 on the roads over here that much.

Anyway, one person at my work thought that my car was a Porsche! lol

This happened about 15 minutes ago at the gas station while filling up....
Guy: i like your car
Me: thanks
Guy: V8, right? or is this V6?
Me: No, not V8...but it can drink gas like one.
Guy: Ah, so V6. Thats still good though for a car that size
Me: This car doesnt have pistons...
Guy: (note his rather troubled, confused looked on his face from this point on)
Guy: ...What do you mean?
Me: The engine isnt a V-anything, nor does it have pistons.
Guy: ...So how does it run?
(this is the part where opportunity and sarcasm got the best of me at the very same time)
Me: Its majic...

I then proceed to get in my car and drive away, leaving the guy standing there confused beyond reason in my rear view mirror. I must say, the look on his face was priceless.

^nice lol

one of my coworkers told me i have a James Bond looking kind of car, a few days later he told me it sounded like a jet, so my 8 was confused for an Aston Martin and a f-22 :lol2:

At the red light a Lexus guy once asked me "Hey, this thing runs pretty fast, how many V does it have?"
(I ran uphill on 2nd gear around 5k rpm, i think, in LA downtown)
I just told him, it's a 1.3 engine....and there comes the silence (as expected)
Then I just said thanks and took off. lol

i was rolling thru a parking lot a few years ago, windows down and the driver of a passing car shouted into my window "Hey! Nice Viper!!"

he was gone before i could laugh at his face

my dad thinks it looks like a corvette or a pontiac sunfire. i then showed him pictures of those 2 cars while looking at mine and he still thinks they look alike.

i also had an older man off the street saying it was a maserati

I love whenever someone asks:
him: What size engine is that?
me: 1.3
him: 1.3!!?? Thats tiny.
me: Yup.
him: How much power does it have?
me: About 9000 RPMs worth.

Im sure this happens to others but a few days ago while getting my backpack out of the backseat two guys where walkin by and one said "Dude, he's got custom suicide doors thats sick!!" I just laughed and continued with my business.

I gotta say it is probably the funnest conversation to have about gas mileage when i tell people 'no its only a 1.3ltr' and the look they get is indeed priceless lol

Lol so true, ive been asked a lot which number engine im on, to which i proudly smile and reply 120k and counting on the original :P

Last week I was asked how big the engine was. I said 1300 cc's to which he replied "I think my drill has a bigger motor"

I laughed and revved it up to 9k and said it sounds like a drill too.

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discussion-3/dumb-question-thread-no-flaming-sarcasm-allowed-208221/page29/
Read post # 724 and the answer below it. Please.

Old geezer to grandson walking in front of mine as I got out - "See the 'T' in the circle? That must be the new Toyota Supra!"

Me - "That's an M, it's a Mazda"

O.G. - "No! It's a T !! it's a Toyota !! that's a T !!!!"

okfinewhatever......

Yea my bad, i actually stumbled on that before readin your comment.. noob moment

A mate of mine told me how he saw an rx-3 with a lumpy cam in it lol,

When I first brought it a guy at my work who thought he knew everything about cars was telling me how it had a 2.0lt 4cyl engine.

could be worse. I took my R3 to this Mazda dealer for an oil change. the mech overfilled it so I told the SA if he could ask the guy to drain some out. he said oil level was higher because oil was draining back down from the valve train. I was like wut?
the overfilled oil ended up in the intake and soaked the air filter. they ended up cleaning everything up for me for free and losing a customer.

Wow ^ lol

Its amazing how many 'certified' people dont know anything. I now gotta drive an hour and half to the nexy closest mazda dealership if i need anything because of the idiots at the one thats only 20 mins away.

I wish an Aston Martin owner would confuse my 8 with an Aston Martin, then I'd ask if he wants to trade :ylsuper: