...when the guy at the local gas station knows you by name.

...when you have a spare quart of oil, strpped to the fix-a-flat kit.

...when you grin, just becuase you thought about your car again.

...when you look for the most crooked road on the map.

- When Mercedes, BMW and Porshe drives look at you with envy.

- When you read all these other posts and blush, knowing you've done most of these things! :D

You know you are an RX-8 owner when:

....you kiss your car goodnight here and there

....you have to walk almost a mile while parking your car as far as possible from other cars at your local Wal-Mart.

....People asking you all the time what kind of car is it and can they have it

- You used to watch TV but now you read this forum!

I do that! :D

or when you have a 1.3L engine that gets less gas milage as a 8.3L engine.

At work , I tell all the employee's "Look at that beautiful Velocity Red Mazda RX-8 in the parking lot, isn't gorgeous !" Amazing how many people at work NOW want to go to lunch with me LOL !

True Story:

When the 3 German kids in a riced out Golf crash into a pole while staring at your sexy ride.

That's too funny! :D Hope they were OK.

Yeah, they're fine, they scraped and dented the whole drivers side lost some paint, a side mirror and their dignity LOL

.....when your UPS guy notices that your washing your car everytime he comes by (which is quite often)

......when you're on a lease, and you still make excuses to drive even though you are already over 1000 miles....

.....when you stop by on rx8club.com to read threads like this:p

...When you make sure none of your friends get fingerprints/smudges on the paint
...When you have a choice of what color you want your dash

That's it? I thought it was normal to do 90 on the onramps. (i'm usually the passenger in the 8 that doesn't realize it)

My driver's door often tries to hug me back. For some reason it's especially enamored of my left shin! :(

See attatched picture
(he does that too much)

I did up some t-shirts over on the Miata.net in the likings of this thread... "You Know You're A Miata Nut If.." Check out this link: http://forum.miata.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=11;t=002980;p=1

Here is the link to the shirts my wife and I have for sale. http://www.mstersmiata.org/MIATA_nut.html


Wonder if we should do up some RX-8 t-shirts like I did for the Miata. Maybe get the backing of the forum and use the logo on the front left chest and then the sayings on the back like I did for the Miata nuts t-shirts..

Thoughts?

Not a bad idea... I know I'd buy one if they were available! :D

Maybe start consolidating the "when ___" ideas, then we'll vote on the 10 best. Once we have 'em, I'll betcha Polak would be interested on producing them... ;)

(From your Miata thread) "You ask for a job transfer to make your commute longer."

I think that is funny! I thought of that one a while back but never put it up on this thread. Actually it was more like...

- You look for a new job as far as you can commute as possible.

I'd buy one of the shirts if it gets made.

-when your boss decides you don't need a raise since you can afford an expensive sports car.

-When you keep a 10mm socket in your glovebox to take the Canzoomer out when you take it to the dealer ;)

-When the neighbot starts up a lawnmover and you run to the window to see if your 8 is being stolen

-When you scream at your girlfriend/wife because she left fingerprints on the B-Pillar

(stolen from another board)- When you tell the gas station attendant to fill up and oil and top off the gas.

-when the Mazda dealership number is set on speed dial on your home/cell phone

Amen

-When you can do 42mph in 1st gear ;)

-When you been to the dealership

-When you dont have you car becuase its at the dealership

When you are sleeping, you dream of your 8 all the time

When a hot girl aske you if you have a girle, and your replied is yes my 8

When you spend more money on your car than your family

when every time you feel bad or sad, you jump in your 8 and drive around for a hour and your happy and smilling again.

When you have to decide if you should get a new Greddy Exhaust or get a birhtday gift for your best budy and you get the Greddy Exhaust and your buddy get a barbie.

when a work, when your boss ake if anyone what to run a errain, your alway to first one to speak up.

when you are known by your first name at 10 different gas station

when some ricer reve on your can when it park.

When all your friends want to take you out drinking, because they want to be your designated driver!

:confused: when u can't speaka english

Some of these are really funny guys. Someone needs to take the ball on the T-shirt idea and run with it! Polak, where are you? :p

he's argueing with me about standalone ecu's ;)

Can he put the websites logo on the arm?

We can do anyting we want. I think that would look cool with the website logo on the arm... What about the front of the shirt? Maybe that rotary motif on the front left chest, website logo on arm, and saying on back? Thoughts?

Dang, I like that rotary motif! :D

When you go to Target and take the Silver toy RX-8 out of the box to see if it has 50/50 weight distribution by placing your index fingers on each end. :p

When you get real perturbed at anyone who dare pull into your lane in front of you, and they are within 10 car lengths.
"Oh NO! Get thee behind me!" :mad:

:D

Please get with me via PM and we'll discuss it. :)

when you look at your 8 by the restaurant windows and not listening to your wife

Or when, shortly thereafter, you learn that your 8 IS your wife!

When 3 people IM you with links to this thread asking you if you could do a shirt like you did on Rx7Club.com

http://www.polakgraphics.com/images/...xc%20shirt.jpg

I've already started working on designs with Said7 and another forum memeber the shirts will be incredible I'll add this on to one of the design choices.
Hoodies are underway as well I'll start posting desgins in a day or so i have to get things down to a couple spot colors etc....
Rotary Shaped ShotGlasses are being made as they didn't have the correct ouncage, so they will be last.

Here is a final rundown of the Rx7club.com stuff.
http://www.polakgraphics.com/images/Shirt2Final.jpg

Yay! The hero ariveth! :D

Nice design, too... but you'll need to change the redlines... ;)

So when do you think you'll have these ready Mark? And who's going to pick out the winning sayings?

It's a motif buddy! "7" for rx7club... those are fb fc and fd tach's if you didn't catch onto that one. (im tired of spining um, i use to group the needle together and put the axis of rotation right in the middle and rev it with my mouse)

Soon as i can design another decent logo for rx8club, something like the stuff going on the rx7club.com hoddie.

Btw my new banners are ready.

No $hit Sherlock! :D I've owned 2 RX-7s, so I do kinda recognize the tach... ;)

BTW, someone pointed me to this: http://www.mstersmiata.org/MIATA_nut.html . Check it out for ideas.

you try to find buildings with mirrors on them so you can drive real slooow and check out your 8.

My friend said, "wow, it's like a roller coaster!"

Your friends constantly ask to drive it even though you've told them no a million times and even threaten to release the dogs on anyone who gets near the keys or driver side door.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4.../evil_dogs.jpg

Um...is that the last shot some poor photographer ever took?!

how bout:

When the memo on the check for you no-front plate ticket reads, "automotive enhancement surcharge".

Need more material

I'll present a list of 20 for discussion on monday.

ugly