I almost always have a big grin on my face when I've been driving in the 8 for over 10 minutes. I got my car in August and still can't stop talking about it. The honeymoon is certainly far from over. :D

My friend the other day said: "Dude, get over it, it's just a car." If I wanted just a car I would've gotten just a car. Not a $31k rev demon.

 

Got mine in april, and I still take the long route just to have more time driving it.

 

I like G8TRBoy's comment on this in another thread:

"They're going to have to surgically remove the grin from my face"

 

:D

 

I got this one today:

"hey I was going to get one of those. But the one I test drove didn't have those back doors."

I have been trying to figure out all day if he was lying or if he had it confused with another car.

 

Maybe he just didn't know how to use the back door . I've seen it before

 

"Hey man is that the new MX-8? I've seen a few around town- one is a black convertible- how fast does it go?"

I didn't say anything as he was really into my car and I figure no harm no foul.

 

Old High School Patner: "What do ya got under the hood? Is that a 5.0?"
Me: "Nope, lil ole 1.3"
Old High School Patner: "Oh well, it looks fast"
Me: "Well, it beats the old Ranger"

 

a high schooler asked me in the parking lot while I was waiting to pick up my brother from school.
Him: "Is your car fast? because my friend said he beat one in his civic and his car is slow."
Me: "well maybe the other guy wasn't racing."
Him: "yes he was because my friend said he had rev'd his engine 3 times towards the rx-8"
Me: "so just because someone revs on you, your forced to race?"
Him:"yup it's the code of the streets."
Me:"ok....I'll keep that in mind."

 

It beat the Lone Ranger!! LOL

 

THANK YOU!!!!! thats what i am sayin!!!

I ALWAYS get the WHY DID YOU BUY A YELLOW CAR? ISNT THAT A COP MAGNET?

what like you dont think i accually noticed and thought about what color i bought.

i mean come on, if i didnt want a car that screams "LOOK AT ME" then i wouldnt have gotten a YELLOW RX-8, i would have gone with a white honda civic.

 

I talked to another owner of the 8

Me: How you like the rotary?

Him: What's a rotary?

 

OMG. I can't believe someone bought a car that is worldly renouned for something that no other line of cars has, and the don't know what it is.

 

A high schooler in a riced up mid 90's civic told me...

"My parents were going to get me one of those [pointing to my car] but I wanted the civic because it has larger aftermarket parts availability..."

 

Unfortunately the way the RX-8 has become such a popular seller, this will become very common.

 

But those engines will soon break down and leave only people who know what rotaries are with cars

 

That sentence made no scense to me. I have no idea what you said.

 

In the winter people will point and say. Why is a new car having such a problem starting?


Another common question. The gas station attendent askes, why are you here so much???


I am just playing with you guys, I am actually thinking about picking one up next spring.

 

I edited it. People who don't know what a rotary is probably won't be able to maintain the car, leaving only people who know what an rotary is driving RX8s.

 

"My parents were going to get me one of those [pointing to my PowerBook] but I wanted the PC because it has larger aftermarket software availability..."



Yep, sounds just as stupid that way, too.


/9 years unix admin experience
//IT Director of a nearly-MS-free company
///Gonna have an RX-8 of my own before too much longer... :D

 

LOL. Thanks a lot! Now I get it.... and concur.

 

I used to have a Porsche 914. Whenever someone wanted to see the engine, I'd pop the hood, stroll around to the front and open it. Then they'd see it's just a trunk. So I'd stroll around to the back, pop that open, and they'd see ... another trunk. Got some great reactions.

 

I kid you not this happened to me Thursday. My Mazda Service sends a lot attendant to get me from work and shuttle me back to the Svc Dept. He's talking about my car and remembers when I dropped it off earlier that day. He commented on the custom colored strakes and Greddy tips and starts asking how much hp the Greddy cat must have added to our already powerful 2 cylinder engine...

 

Uh oh...don't start an Apple/PC holy war in this thread please...

Don't want Apple body parts to be littered all over in here

 

That is one fine RX8 you have.....I had a buddy that had the RX7, man those had powerful V8's in them, alot more powerful then the one's in the RX8 uses, but that is still a nice car.