Eight

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I had 2 grannies ask if it was a v6 or a v8, and answered its a rotary engine and they just looked at me as if I had no clue about cars.

wouldn't it be a 2.4 liter 4 cylinder engine? i thought there was an equation for the displacment.

db_8

i don't think so. it was an old lady who seemed clueless about cars. didn't even look at the badge... but yeah, i felt insulted nonetheless..

ken-x8

Four. Each rotor has three power strokes per rotor revolution, and the rotor speed is one-third the output shaft speed. Two rotors. That means two power strokes per output shaft revolution. Same as a four.

IMHO, asking "How many cylinders" isn't such a dumb question. Just shows unfamiliarity. It's a generic opening question among car people, just like "What's your sign" is an opener in bars.

It's when you reply "None - it's a rotary" and they reply with a blank stare that you know you're dealing with a brain donor.

Ken

04RX8man

prob the "1.3L wow must get 40mph" or "how many cylinders" or and one of my car enthusiast friends/coworker "Did you get the V6 or the Rotary engine option" I was like wtf they are all rotary...he said"yeah ok whatever you say" then under his breath I heard him say "must b the v6"

04RX8man

oh yeah at a car show I had a guy with a chevelle talkin to me about 500HP this 480ft/lbs tq that and he saide well what do you have I said an rx8 has a rotary and it does not have pistons he looks at me like oh ok buddy that's impossible some ppl these days

Shinka_MJR

I have the worst question ever asked:

"When does the VTEC kick in?"

Jedi54

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This was asked last month at the Vegas Meet. (with about 10 RX-8's all lined up in a parking lot.

Guy walks up to Mazdamaniac (as he's tuning his car)

"Wow, is that the new DeLorian?"

***blank stare from Jeff*** "No."

Marklar

Should have said "The new DeLorians will be over by the old clock tower. They don't show up until 10:04 PM."

StealthTL

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Old Guy with son passes the front of my car, OG says "See the 'T' on the front that's a Toyota, that must be the new Supra"
I get out and say, "No thats an 'M', it's a Mazda...."
but I get cut off as OG corrects me, shouting "IT'S A T!!...That's a TOYOTA!...."

Farkme, I don't need an argument!

"Whatever!"


S

VS8

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Dumbest question ive heard is "Can you even mod a Rotary Engine?"

Jethro Tull

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"Is that really a 6-speed?"

Gyro_Bot

ROTFL, the way that is written, was beautiful. lol I'm still laughing.
Thanks for that.

TopGear8

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Pulled up to the McDonalds drive through the other day, as I pull up. Dumb guy says "Woah man sweet car! Is that the new Eclipse?" I just drove off and went home.

8 Maniac

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that had to be a real life troll. No way could he just accidentally pick Jeff out of everyone there! that's just too perfect.

SideOfBacon

indeed... too funny.

Shnifty

One time as I was getting out of my car some idiot with his girlfriend came running over to me and was like "Daaaaaaaang that's a FRESH car man!"

He then asked me what it had under the hood and I told him it had a 1.3 Rotary. All he could say with a confused look on his face was "Wow, i bet that really gets it movin huh?"

Then he proceeded to try to convince his girlfriend to take naked pictures with my car right there in the parking lot.... Awkward.


Also, it's somewhat humorous when a group of 16 year old boys who think they know a ton about cars come up and the first thing they ask is if it's a 5 speed or a 6 speed. After that they ask if it's front or rear wheel drive. After that they ask if "It's a four door right?".

Then they run out of questions.

anti-mike

my girlfriend thought it looked like a mustang too... weird. she said it was the fender flares that did it. i figured it might have been the shrooms...

05rx8mazda

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What kind of oil do i have????

kvndoom

I don't think assuming the car has a V6 or V8 is necessarily dumb. An uninformed question, perhaps, but not dumb. "Dumb" would imply that people should have at least basic knowledge of rotaries, and face it, most people don't. There's a grand total of one car model being sold in the US (hell, in the world) with such an engine, and it's not a big seller, nor is it heavily advertised.

Shinka_MJR

the dead dinosaur kind.

krijpipudht

Me filling gas in Oakland. Not the safest area....

Homeless dude: Is it still running on 1.3L? Damn it is a sport car. Mazda engineer should know better.

They should give em bigger engine.
( I wish)


On other day, same gas station...

New homeless dude: Hey man. Do you want to buy 9mm? 99 buck only.
Me: Sorry, I am not interested.
New homeless dude: Yeh you want more fire power right? I have Mac 10
199buck with ammos, I have it right here in my bag. No serial... bah bah bah bah.
Me: Stop filling, jump in my car and leave.

Jedi54

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haha, glad you enjoyed it! It was even more hilarious in person.

All the cars were parked single file up against a wall; Jeff just happened to be the lead car. (yeah, FREAKIN' BRILLIANT idea...put the guy with the uber turbo up front. )

We were sort of huddled around Jeff's car because he was sitting in the driver's seat with his laptop adjusting some AFR ratios.
Guy walks up and asks for the owner of the car; hilarity ensues.

Soapflake

People always ask me if its a 4 or a 6 cylinder. Of course they get a weird look on their face when you tell them it has none. One convo went like this:

Friend: Whats that man, a 6 cylinder?
Me: Nah. No cylinders in this.
Friend: Don't tell me thats a freaking electric car you hippie f**k.
Me: *Laughter*

kvndoom

I don't know which is funnier, both those are hilarious in their own way.

04RX8man

It is ridiculous how many funny/dumb comments we 8 owners get about our cars it just would not make owning this car the same without the ?'s haha