rodrigo67

came across this in the Z forum. I usually go there for vids but came across this...

http://www.350zmotoring.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=25190

"As we hit the apex of the turn, my car began to due the infamous stress signs, showing that it was reaching its limits. The rear began to shake, the car started to float , and it started to feel like it was going to get out of line. After another quick peek I had passed the 65 mark on the speedo, yet the rx8 continued to accelerate."

arghx7

They're not balanced as well as an Rx-8 certainly. From everything I've read the numbers are all pretty similar though.

Senna

That was a fun read...thanks for posting!!!

dmp

I hope and pray people from either board don't sign up just to berate/bash/praise whichever vehicle they like best

That said, the RX8 owner seemed like an *** - if he really did start w/ the weaving in and out.

hehe

ÜberJumper

Yeah, pretty dangerous driving, but he was playing to the strengths of his car it seems.

That poster had another pretty funny story about his buddy's RX-8...

http://www.350zmotoring.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=22685

GotZoom

You didn't read the very bottom around the rental car.

dmp

That board = "Holy Out of Control Signatures, Batman!"

One's reply/post should never take up fewer lines than their signature. Some of those guys use FOURTY lines, just for their signature...like anyone CARES what kind of oil they use, or what kind of brake pads they get. Nobody cares what anyone's 'future mods' are...

(sigh)

Pete

nice find

GotZoom

Yeah, I'd probaby would have left off the NISMO Valve Stem Covers.

Geez.....

VikingDJ

He wasn't stupid. He knew in straight line power the 350z would catch him eventually. In this case, the better, or should I say more crazy driver gets the nod. When you race in that type of weaving in and out of traffic, it always comes to driver. This guy obviously knows how to get the most out of his rx8. Although I see more respect from the 350z driver, and more of a defensive attitude on the rx8 driver's part. Interesting post either way.

dmp

The 'better' of the two drivers thought it best to play it safe, instead of doing the Traffic Nascar Weaves

ÜberJumper

GotZoom:

I did indeed read that line, which is why it's funny.

dazygirl415

That was a nice read to break up the motonony of the afternoon work push. Thanks!

GotZoom

OK.

Never mind.


:p

Elara

whoa, dude- smaller sig, please! Shrink the pic to 6 lines text size, if you would Kinda overwhelming there!

jaguargod

I love how in the subsequent posts, they commence to trash talk the RX-8. This coming from owners of the only vehicle that outnumbers the Mustang. No thanks.

hamsta

I have and only race once with a 350z from a line. I beat him on the launch and took it the whole way. Due the the fact that he was spinning out too much. If he would of had a normal launch he would of taken me easily.

spork

Eh, I don't understand all the posteuring.

I mean anyone can look at the numbers. The 350Z is faster 0-60. It's definitely faster, but it's not much faster (like say an STi is). What does this mean? The RX-8 can definitely beat a 350Z if the driver skill is not equal. If skill is equal (or the 350Z driver is better) the 350Z will win. If the RX-8 driver is better than the 350Z driver, the RX-8 can win.

The people there are making it sound like the RX-8 is a slow car. It's not.... it's a fast car that's slowER than the Z. I mean that's like STi/Evo owners saying the 350Z is a slow car and that maybe a Toyota Echo can beat the 350Z since STis/Evos dominate Zs so badly. :-/ Or maybe a jogger can beat the 350Z cuz I mean c'mon... Z's have no chance vs STis so with great logic I come up with "the 350Z is a slow car".

Then again I've seen people here that think the RX-8 would dominate the G35/350Z in the twisties as much as the people there think the 350Z would dominate the RX-8 in a straight line. Ah, whatever. I am glad no one here went over there to talk **** though.

PaulieWalnuts

He has some big ***** to post his loss but with so many variables in play the results really don't matter.

dmp

If he were jogging he could..

rodrigo67

I find it funny that perceptions out there are that the RX8 is slow.

My 8 had been in the garage for a couple of weeks and it was a nice day and I was feeling pretty good and "exercising" the car. It was getting dark and I was at this red light. The light turns green and I get a good 3K launch and proceed to take it up to (well, slightly over) the speed limit when I notice the set of car lights behind me, I wasn't thinking nothing of it and proceeded through my gears leaving the lights farther behind...felt pretty good after driving a minivan all winter.

I pull up to the next lights and stop at the red and the lights behind me change lanes and pulls up next to me. It's a ford focus ZX something. The guy rolls down his window, so I roll down mine and he says "Man, those things are suppose to be slow". I wasn't racing him but I think he was. WTF.

Apparently word is out that the RX8 is slow, so slow that this guy in a focus thought that he'd race.

I lurk a couple of other sites, 350, srt-4, Rsx and check out the vids. Sometimes you catch posts on rx8's and everyone thinks thier pretty slow. I read even base neon and rsx owners claiming they beat manual 8's...I laugh so hard, but it is the perception out there that we are slow.

Let them think that all they want, more then this 350 owner is in for a few surprise's.

BTW, I'm not even registrared at these sites, just interested in reading and vids.
I have nothing to say to them, and I'll keep it that way...besides, thier funny without any input from me...

dmp

...it's much better to be 'under'-estimated

ZGlide

Hey does anyone know how a 6MT RX-8 would match up to an automatic 350Z at take off?

Rotario

Haha....I especially like the sig line of one of the 350Z'ers:

"Free Additional Features: Window Grease / Tire Roar / Paint Cracking / Squeaks and Rattles." -- MySunset350Z

That's from a Z-Car enthusiast? Sheeeez.

ÜberJumper

dmp:

We had a problem with 640x480 pixel images in signatures on forums.relicnews.com. That quickly got fixed.