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:

Someone at work once asked me if my car was a Maserati. I'm pretty sure my rear emblem says Mazda.

Actually I found that the Maserati GranTurismo S does have similar side profile like the Rx8...

http://www.ascode-sn.org/wp-content/...nTurismo-S.jpg

Mazdarati, maybe? :dunno:

i had a young girl pull up next to me at dusk once freaking out yelling to me that my car was on fire. i must have passed her while shifting.. i loled and drove off.

but back on topic i get the what size engine questions all the time

Fireball POP!! lol love it

Even parts distributors don't know what to say

http://www.autopartsnetwork.com/shop...ster_cat_flag=

Go to AutoZone and tell them you need new spark plugs; they'll see two in their system (leading & trailing) and will ask which one you want. When you say you need two of each, watch how they react.

Lol! I'm gonna have to quote that from now on!

About the speedo,.They were probably trying to set you up and be like yea but it doesn't go that fast! Lol never heard that one, hoping someone asks me now :P

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 lo

Nobody ever even asks me about mine. Hahah

they ask me some idiot askd me at work if it was a supra wtf?

I got a lot more compliments on the car in Canada than the USA. Could be because the car is pretty expensive in Canada.

I'm getting a lot of people asking me if it's a G37S (Infiniti) lately.

My wheels and puddle lights get the most compliments and questions.

rx8s are just so beautiful

Lol! The very first time i ordered plugs was at a napa, i told them i had an 04 rx8 and needed plugs, he looked it up and said ok you will need a trailing and a leading, i said yes, when he told me the total was only like $46 i had to ask if he knew i needed two of each lol i kinda felt like an ass at the same time but still.. huge company like that should have it in their system how many we need :P

How long have you owned yours? Really? Not one weird story? Lol bravo man, you live in a car savvy neighborhood :P

That reminds me of when I had my mk3 supra, someone once said "nice RX7"

This just happened to me an hour ago while I was rewiring my fog lights.

My garage neighbor is Japanese, he barely knows english, has 3 Honda Accord and approached me while I was working on the FE.

Him: Nice car. Four or six cylinder?
Me: It has none.
Him: No, no, no FOUR or SIX cylinder? (He has a thick accent thought I didn't understand)
Me: It doesn't have any. It is a rotary.
Him: Ohhhhhhh, nice, very nice. Is electric?
Me: No, it takes fuel quite a lot actually.
Him: Really, engine so small.
Me: Yup
Him: You sure no electric?
Me: Yes, I'm sure.

He then walked away. I lol'd for a little bit but was just a bit shocked he is a big car guy but I guess he only knows Honda's

I actually had an older (60's) guy stop as he was walking buy me at a gas station with his grandson. He told his grand son, "look there is one of those rotory cars." he asked me if I could show his grandson the engine. Turns out he was a engineer and had studied Wankel's designs at some point.

After telling someone it has a rotary engine, they replied "like an airplane"(?). I thought for a moment and said "no, that is a radial engine, this is a rotary".

At a gas station a few months back a guy asked what year was my "Viper", LOL.

Well, that ended up being a nice compliment since I really like Vipers a lot and wish I could afford one.

Anyway, I do not think there's much of a resemblance, but the guy said the "curves" of the car were similar to a Viper. I think an FD would be much closer in looks to a Viper.

To each his own!!!!!!!!!!

I've never really had it mistaken for anything outrageous but 9 times out of 10 after i tell someone that it's an rx8 they insist on blabbing on about how awesome the turbo version is. I usually just smile and nod.

Actually the rotary technology is used quite extensively in airplane engines. I applaud that guy for knowing what a rotary is!

That may be the only car I would give up my RX-8 for...

Rotaries are only in experimental aircraft and he was mistaking it for a radial.

You should have said the speedo goes up to 999 hahahahaha

When I go to inspection here in NJ they always ask "how many cylinders does that car have?" and I always give a hearty laugh and say "none"...oh the laughter that ensues is amazing.