Renesis07

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haha, this is some funny stuff

VS8

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edit :This happened coming home from work today

Random Guy:What plans do you have for this car
Me: Maybe turbo and a couple other things
Random Guy: You will need to get some new pistons to handle the power
Me: This car doesnt have pistons
Random Guy: So its a electric car?
Me: No its a Rotary Engine
Random Guy: So...how many cylinders does a rotary have
Me: ...Sorry im in a hurry i have to go

Juansito

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Classic.

Funny stuff in here!

t.c.

A coworker was asking about the engine in my car.
After I told him it had a rotary engine, he proceeded to ask..
"Oh, like a Maserati?"

8 Maniac

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yes, it's a mazdarati.

My g/f's room mate had some family evacuate cause of the hurricane and we all went to get some food tonight. The guy rode with me and was asking if it was fast and such... the usual. He then proceeds to ask "the engine's like a jet engine isnt it?". I just said "yeah, kinda...." and said there's triangles in an oval. His remark was "and they just spin to make power, right?" I said "yep". He at least knew it wasn't a piston engine!

silvernite8

I get the "Is it a 4 or a 6 cylinder?" question too often.
And sometimes the "Don't tell me that it has a V8 in it?"

My personal favorite was when i first pick my 8 and had it for a week or so
I decided to see how the car handle 4 adults (one of the reasons i picked the 8)
One of my friends tried to enter the rear seats without using the rear doors.
She was actually trying to moved the front seat to get in like a two-door coupe
We all said "you know, you can use the rear doors!!"
She replied "It has rear doors???"

Huey52

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I've yet to get the "how many cylinders..." question. I live for that day.

rowteree

this is the most common question ive ever gotten about my car

friend: Your car is a v6 right?

me: no its a rotary

friend: really? so its like a 4 cylinder?

me: it has no cylinders or pistons

friend: then how does it run?

me: It has two rotating rotors. It only has 3 major internal moving parts

friend: *blank stare* so is it like a v6?



mom: my suv gets okay mileage since its a v6, what kinda motor does your car have? a V8?

me: its a rotary engine

mom: how many cylinders does it have?

me: it doesn't have any cylinders

mom: *laughs* and asks "how does it run then"

me: it has two rotating rotors inside of a rotor housing

mom: says "poor son of mine is still a little on the dumb side"

little does she know is that i was being serious....

cornholio135

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At a local "Cruise Night" burger place I had it displayed with the Driverside doors open this guy asks " Can I sit in it?" me -UH NO. Him- I guess they don't do that here

Socket7

Is this at the really cheap station near the airport with the super expensive shell across the street? I've had homeless guys ask to pump my gas there on several occasions.

RX8Sinner

I got into an arguement at work over the car.

Coworker: Whats the gas mileage
Me: About 16ish
Coworker: What kind of engine v6?
Me: Rotary
Coworker: I know, whats it got?
Me: None, its a rotary.
Coworker: Yeah but whats it have?
Me: Rotaries dont have cylinders or pistons.
Coworker: Whats it equivalent too.
Me: None, it doesnt have any. But to get you to shut up, power wise and gas mileage wise similar to a v6 but it doesn't have any pistons or cylinders, its a rotary engine.
Coworker: See thats all I wanted to know.

Me: Where's Abbot and Costello? Because who's on first?

Huey52

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I always say it's comparable to a 1.3L two-cylinder. That gets some great quizzical looks.

Ross_Dawg

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"Is that the NA or Turbo model?"

Marklar

^^^
That's not such a dumb question. You'd think that there *would* be a turbo model...

Ross_Dawg

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meh... not many models nowadays have a turbo model available of the exact same car...

Matt RX8

What does that thing run? 10 second quarter mile?

Renesis07

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Lake Forest IL? Im not far from you.

CyberPitz

"How could you afford that? What is that, like, $60K?"

"Uhh...nah, I got it for 20K."

"D:"

Marklar

Actually, that has caused problems for me at work. I work for a private company where sharing salary information will get you fired. I started hearing comments behind my back like "well, *someone's* got money." I've had to go out of my way to mention what I paid for it to keep my co-workers from hating me. It does look a lot more expensive than it is.

Renesis07

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**** that, I agree if they honestly think my car is worth 50 grand. LOL, they dont have to know its only worth 9K in this market

04RX8man

yeah if they think it's worth 60k then i say yeah ok

Socket7

"you must hate high gas prices."

Nope. I like em. Keeps the riff raff off the roads. What I hate is hypermilers.

ILoveFI

Fixed


Also I've gotten the 4,6,8 cylinder question more times than I can count.
Blank stares when I tell them i got it for 16k.
Blank stares at the "Its a rotary engine" (although this old guy I sold a phone to asked me if those RX's still have the rotaries in them)
Disbelief in me getting 17mpg from a 1.3.

Basically all of the above mentioned and this one guy asking if it was a Ferrari

angeljoelv

I told a neighbor once that my car had a 3 rotor in it and he says... I know I had an rx8... So i said REally?? So to make the story short I tried to tell him that I had actually swaped my engine, but he insisted his car brought it from Mazda....
ohh and I get the, is that a v6? a lot

angeljoelv

Ohh and there is a guy in this club that says he saw an RX8 in morosso run in the 8's with minor mods...... DAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMM.... Cant believe he is in this club.