Mistaken for an rx7, at least I assume so. A Viper pulled up next to me one day at the gas station. We struck up a conversation which went something like this...

"Nice car. A Viper has been my dream car since the first one I ever saw. Must be amazing to drive that car around."

"Yes it is...but that's no slouch either (as he points to my car). I had one of those whip me on the interstate one day, there was nothing I could do to keep up."

I think it's obvious it was not an rx8 he was talking about...

I think that really depends on how he drives his viper... :fruit:

ive had people at the gas station think its a porsche...

i was sitting in a coworkers work truck at a job site eating lunch( had to drive the 8 there cause i had a doctors opp. later that day) and some kid that worked at this place walked by my car, stopped, looked inside and said " Nice, 6 spd." the then kept walking. my coworker and i were rolling. it was hillarious.

drove the 8 to work today. a guy that works here says, i see you drove the batmobile today. i loled

I live in a mid size oil field city that has lots of millionaires with nice cars like BMW, Mercedes, etc., and I only drive it around maybe once a week in town to charge the battery.

Last week I take the Mrs. out to shop while I fiddle with my red 8.

First middle aged women walks by and says : "Nice toy!". "Huh?" ( Is that good or bad? )

I didn't have time to show her the rear doors that can actually go shopping.

Next at the grocery store, same age women walks by as she gets into her Lexus suv, and says: "Is that a Corvette?" "No, ma'am, but look at the rear doors."

The 8 has almost the exact dimensions as the Vette, but is actually a practical car with sportiness.

it is amazing a car almost 8 years old and so rare on the road people still have no idea what it is.

Mine did.:ylsuper:


I took mine through a hand wash once, being lazy, and the guys had never seen a Lotus up close.

So I do not own an RX-8, but I did talk to my colleague about the RX-8 the other day. It was quite an entertaining conversation, because I did not expect him to not know what an RX-8 is - he claims to know what an RX-7 is. This is how the conversation went:

Me: I want the RX-8!
Him: OH MY! RX-8! That is a nice car!
Me: Yes it is!! I loveee the transmission in that car! It just feels sooo good!
Him: haha! that thing's got a V6 right? no V8!
Me: errr...it's got no pistons
Him: hah...
Me: it's got a rotary engine.
Him: ohh!! rotary engine!!

But to be honest, in the end, I am not convinced he knows what a rotary engine is...hahaha!! It was funny!!

At the gas station some older women in a new M3 was going gaga over the 8, im like wanna trade lady? lol

over the past week its been called a Mazda 8... and a bunch of douche bags in a chevy caviller with chrome tail lights were like "sexy car bro! i love R8's!"... yea i love R8's as well retard lol

I like(ed) pontiac =[

haha. I've gotten batmobile, despite my car being white, and "Cute car." frequently from ladies, but most people don't know what an rx8 is when they ask what I drive.

Then there's the typical "V6 right?" 1.3L. "At least you get good mpg." Not the way I drive it.

When asked if it's fast, I have a few stock replies like: It's fun. Fast enough. Faster than a 350z given the situation. Not in a straight line, but when was the last time you saw a roller coaster w/o turns?

"It's balanced." is my favorite response because they usually want an explanation, which is: "A 9 sec. car says 'I have a big penis.' It may be a novelty, but that doesn't mean your good in bed. A balanced car says 'I work w/ what I got, and you'll enjoy the ride.'"

Sorry for the long post.

at a gas station friday was doing the usual. premix, gas, check oil. while under the hood a guy ~25ish goes to leave and suddenly slams on the brakes of his pos explorer and jumps out. runs over to my car and he looks cracked out. he starts out with wow thats a nice car is it a new mustang? great i can see where this is going. says hes never seen a car like this. i tell him its an rx8.

him-is it a toyota
me-no a mazda
him-v8? (hes looking in the engine bay)
me-no its a rotary, it doesnt have pistons
him-so its a v6? ect 4cyl?

he asks if he can take a pic of my engine bay after asking me what my purge solinod was. i say go ahead but do you have any idea what you are looking at?

im getting bored at this point and tell him i have to leave. he asks again what car it is and what motor so he can look it up online

lmao, its either "its a rotary engine" no shit! those are awesome! and a long bonding convo or

so its a v6?? try to explain... dumb look on face. lol

Totally missed my opportunity! Got asked today at the gas station "how fast is that thing?" And i defaulted and just said i've had it up to 136 before

There will be a next time and i won't forget to say "about 9000rpm's worth!" Lol

Hey don't hate on tha cobalts I have one of those also. Only case of mistaken identity I've had was a coworker thought the shinka was a porche when I showed him a sideview picture.
Also when I put it on fb a bunch of fb friends asked to borrow money because they thought I had struck it rich.

Makes me Smile every time when people ask what type of engine it has.

I respond with "rotary"

Their response "Is that like a v6 or v8?"

I respond "It doesn't have any pistons"

It almost never fails, after that point they just stare in aww having no idea what just happened to their brain.

The look is priceless!!!

The other day I exited to a service road and noticed two chicks in a black Merc SLK with the top dropped following me off the exit. They got quite close and road my ass a bit, then passed me on the right looking at me. They slowed down, looked with smiles on their faces, floored it again, and repeated that two more times. At that point, I found it quite hilarious, so I dropped it into 3rd, then 2nd, and did the same pass and slow down maneuver, thus breaking their necks :rofl: ...

I finally pull up to a light, and so did they. My windows dropped and the conversation went like this:

Cute driver chick- "Nice car! That was fun".
I chuckled and agreed.
Driver chick- "So what car is that?"
Me- "Oh, it's an RX-8"
Driver chick- "Oh nice! So is it a Ferrari or something?"
Me- "hahaha, no. It's just a humble little Mazda. Not even a Benz like yours."
Driver chick- "It's still nice! Why is your car louder than mine?"
Me- "Thanks. No idea, it's totally stock from factory"

Light turned green. I said my good byes and made my turn into our weekly Mazda meet spot. Kicked myself for not asking for those digits since they were seemingly young and in college like I am :( .

A contractor at work recently off the boat from India asked me if it was a Mustang. I took him aside and explained that I'd normally interpret that as fighting words but would cut him a break on account of his nacirema noobness.

LOL same thing happened to me except they were driving a reg Mustang (not even at least a GT lol .......weak.....). lol when light turned green they tried to race me. They got the jump off the start but i took off and passed them @ 8K rpm in second never to see them again. LOL ahhh good times.

I also had a guy at a stop light pull up next to me and proceed to tel me how nice my car was but he knew what he was talking about and had a fond appreciation for what the RX-8 is. Its nice to know that there are some people out there that know how unique the RX-8 is.

Was at a party last night and had my 8 parked outside. One of my friends was outside having a smoke and said "Nice corvette."

He didn't want to believe it was a Mazda.

got a call yesterday from one of my two insurance companies wanting me to switch my three cars to them with the rest of my insurance. when the lady was asking for details on my vehicles the 8 was last. the engine question had her all messed up.

1.3liter rotary

her-4cly

me-no 1.3 liter rotary, it has no pistons

her-v6?

ect...

I had that problem in RI's DMV. Their computer system has an entry field for "pistons", and it's required and won't let them complete the registration until a positive value has been entered. :lol:

I stumped the clerk for a good 20 minutes on that one. She finally put 1 after numerous supervisor calls, and having zero luck explaining that it was a car without any...

Lol.

When I called Progressive to add my Eight they knew everything as far as engine size, doors etc.

...but the only reason they knew that was because it was in their system prefilled.

yhea i told her there probably wasnt a spot in the menu for it and it has happened before.

Some girl at my school thought it was a camaro and I've had a lot of people think it was a viper. Some guy at my school asked what year it was and i told him 2005 and then he asked if it was an rx7 or rx8 :yelrotflm