the one i saw ( and have on tape-i don't have a tivo:o ) doesn't have a lambo in it. at least i don't think it does i missed the first 5 minutes.

 

I taped it on VHS; as I recall, the first test was of a Chevy Silverado CK; they had comparisons of the 250/350 HD trucks offered by Chevy;Dodge;Ford(unless I'm thinking of the later C&D TV show) highlighting the 520ft/lb torque 6.6L t.diesel of the Chevy. The RX-8 spot was short; almost the only footage they showed of it moving was the same thing shown several times. Nowhere near as good as last week's C&D piece.

 

...it's motorweek, man... what do you expect ??

 

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Dude can you either shrink the Bimmer pic or delete it. It makes the threads extra long when you reply to 3,4,5 times or morre. Gets a little annoying. Yeah it's a great car and you're lucky to have it. But this is an RX8 forum.
PS: when you get yours post all the pics you want :D

 

Amen on geting rid of the BMW pic..too big and too often

 

Can somebody host a good copy of the motorweek review. My cable was out when it was on the air (some cable laying company cut the cable line to my neighborhood). I would greatly appricate the help. I am trying to make a DVD of all the videos I can find.

Thanks

 

I just saw the motorweek review on Speed Channel about 30 mins ago. It looked as though their test driver was having the best time of his life pushing the RX-8 through the turns.

Woo-hoo!!!!

 

Ditto
Ditto
Ditto

My careless a** recorded over the Motorweek video this weekend. Please help

 

thats a good freking idea dude.
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wow ya! that video was awesome! oh wait, i didnt see it. but from the rest of the posts it sounds like i should have. id like to echo POOMan who echoed TJRX8 who echoed jtdwab who echoed Magnus Berglund who echoed Titanium Grey who echoed Magnus Berglund (again) and humbly request that the lip be posted somewhere. id even be glad to host it if someone could get it to me.

ham

 

I've put a copy on my site:
MotorWeek_CarKeys_RX-8.mpg.zip
01:52 min, 12.3 MB
video: 320x240 MPEG-1 1-pass VBR 800 kBit/s, 1000 max
audio: 44.1KHz stereo, 128 kBit/s
Short and nothing really new here, but the shots of it power-sliding through the autocross circuit at Laguna-Seca are always cool.

FYI, SoCal connections that need to hop through ATTBI routers are going to be very slow until they get their act together. I'm getting 25KB/s download speeds off my own server.

Okay everyone, grab a copy (mirror it if you like), so we can un-sticky this one.

 

Thanks a lot. It may be short but it makes my collection of videos a complete as I know of right now.

 

Thanks Gamera!

 

I don't know is this has been posted yet, but here is a link to the text version of the story on Motorweek: http://www.mpt.org/motorweek/reviews/rt2232.shtml

 

It was an awesome segment. It sure looked like he had the stability control off. But if he had it on, the RX-8's computer sure does allow some freedom to the driver. He was racing the wheels off the car. Ultracool.

The thing I really like about the motorweek pieces are that they are very concise and well-written with good production quality. They show you what you need to see like the fairly big guy (about 6'1" 200lb) getting in the back seat and tell you what you need to hear like pricing etc.

All on comercial-free PBS. Can't beat that. I loved the segment as much as I loved the car shown.

-Mr. Wigggles

 

FWIW, I checked this morning and the RX8 review episode of MotorWeek is due to air on Speed Channel next Tuesday, 4/22 at 8:30 AM EST.

 

Yeah, thank you Gamera!

:D

 

i saw it today. it was odd cause normally when they do 0-60 tests, they show it, but for the rx8 they just said 5.9. and they also didnt do a 1/4 or a braking, or a slalom like they usally do. pretty weird

 

I got the distinct feeling that they kludged that report together from footage that they already had, and tests that other people had performed. There was no new driving footage, just the same tailhappy autocross and slow country road cruise that they used in their original "car keys" segment - none of the usual roads that they always use near their New England offices, nor any track footage.

Smoke and mirrors, if you ask me.

 

Here's the full Motorweek review (not CarKeys version) in case anyone is interested:
MotorWeek_04.22.03_RX-8.mpg.zip
05:44 min, 38 MB
video: 320x240 MPEG-1 1-pass VBR 800 kBit/s, 1000 max
audio: 44.1KHz stereo, 128 kBit/s

 

If you watch the track footage closely, it shows a left hand drive for part of the segment and a right hand drive at others. Why the two cars?? Is it even their footage?? Anyone else notice this or am I on crack?


"She's so ugly...looks like someone set her face on fire and tried to put it out with an ax!"

 

Thanks Gamera!

 

Thank you Gamera. The rez was great

 

Here is a mirror copy.
It's 13MB on a DS-1.
Enjoy...
13MB video