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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 04:36 PM
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^^ he speaketh the truth.
now someone has to go find that pic
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 04:36 PM
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 04:43 PM
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Yeah, I have definitely been hit with the curse also. STUPID TEENAGERS WHO DON'T CHECK BOTH WAYS BEFORE BACKING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT


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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 05:13 PM
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i just saw a totaled 8 on the freeway recently when i was in the passenger seat of my friend's car...the 8 was silver...
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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you guys suck. plenty of other colored 8's get wrecked. oh looky here....found one today: https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discussion-3/need-little-help-about-my-8-%3B-164391/

HEY! I know! I am going to find all kinds of pics and threads of wrecked 8's that aren't silver and start threads about them because they are cursed!!11!1

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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Jedi54
^^ he speaketh the truth.
now someone has to go find that pic
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-multimedia-photo-gallery-6/tank-vs-rx-8-a-70023/









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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by carbonRX8

Who in the hell asks for verifiable data on the validity of a Curse? ITS A FRIGGIN' CURSE PEOPLE!!!!!! A CURSE!!!! NO DATA!!! A CURSE!!!! Like a pox be on your first born! If there were data...IT'D BE SCIENCE!!!
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 06:52 PM
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Not a curse. As has been mentioned, you can't see them. They are the same color as the highway. Even more so when the road is wet.

I was at Daytona during the 24 hours around dusk when a car on the tri-oval was having problems and was not up to speed. Along came a fast prototype that ran over the slower car,destroying both cars. Guess what color the slower car was??? GREY

No grey car for me!

Be safe out there!
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 07:35 PM
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silver is one of the most common colors on the road.

Its not a curse, its the fact that there's more silvers on the road than PB's, BB's, LY's, etc etc.

Second most common is probably VR, is there a curse for that also?
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 07:44 PM
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i took my silver 8 over the curb going 55, 2 weeks after buying it.... this never would of happened if i bought the black one.
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by hogcar
Not a curse.
Originally Posted by Renesis07
silver is one of the most common colors on the road.

Its not a curse,

Originally Posted by carbonRX8

Who in the hell asks for verifiable data on the validity of a Curse? ITS A FRIGGIN' CURSE PEOPLE!!!!!! A CURSE!!!! NO DATA!!! A CURSE!!!! Like a pox be on your first born! If there were data...IT'D BE SCIENCE!!!
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Spoolin8
i took my silver 8 over the curb going 55, 2 weeks after buying it.... this never would of happened if i bought the black one.
Im pretty sure i saw a silver one rear ended about 2 months ago..
To be honest this is my fav topic i've seen in ages.
P.s. i hope mrs spears stays away from GREY Fb's.
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Renesis07
Second most common is probably VR, is there a curse for that also?
no because VR hasnt been run over by a tank
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 09:46 PM
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exactly ^
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by deadphoenix52
no because VR hasnt been run over by a tank
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH, that is no doubt the greatest thing I have heard all day! It's so true.
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Spoolin8
i took my silver 8 over the curb going 55, 2 weeks after buying it.... this never would of happened if i bought the black one.
I've had mine for over a year and never had any problems. That there is evidence my friend that there is no curse!!!! :P
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 05:50 AM
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ask the guy who bought kel's car......what happened just days after...
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by 05rex8
I've had mine for over a year and never had any problems. That there is evidence my friend that there is no curse!!!! :P
Hey I'd be scared too if I had a silver 8.
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by expo1
Its a very common color that blends in with the road. Silver is also hard to see in bad weather.
Exactly. In fact I too was part of an unfortunate accident that was my fault. A dark silver car came up over a hill just as I was going to take a left in my Jeep.

Ironically, the cars I owned after the Jeep were both silver. I risked it



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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by altspace
Exactly. In fact I too was part of an unfortunate accident that was my fault. A dark silver car came up over a hill just as I was going to take a left in my Jeep.

Ironically, the cars I owned after the Jeep were both silver. I risked it

I think this has less to do with a silver car and more to do with the "curse of the red jeep".
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 09:40 AM
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i'm completely convinced that there is a curse of the Sunlight Silver 8's...i'll never own a silver 8...

on a side note, over the summer i sold an 84 RX-7 that i cherished. it was a Sunbeam Silver metallic GSL. it had 55K original miles. the paint was near flawless(obvious repaint on the front nose..collision maybe..curse maybe.) i bought it and it needed a clutch...i pull the trans, clutch, and attempt to remove the pilot bearing...i have the oem pilot bearing puller....and the pilot bearing was heat seized to the eccentric shaft. that was nothing short of a nightmare....the brakes would always squeal, the clutch pedal never felt quite right...you know, for a car with so few miles you think it would have been worlds better than it was...the curse might have been in effect in the 80's as well...just like a virus...growing..waiting to pounce..
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by chrism
ask the guy who bought kel's car......what happened just days after...
maybe because most people drive like f*cktards

I always drive with my lights on as well to be seen better.
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 07:20 PM
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Look guys, a VR curse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XFrGJeAK64

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUggU...eature=related


And Greece has been over taken by the orange rx8 doom gloom plague

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXAmT6FbbRE







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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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I've been cursed with this color for a while now , but hell, ya got to love this wonderful color. I get a boner every time I get heavy on the throttle.
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 12:48 AM
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Ok, I'll ask it... WTF happened to the car in the second pic????
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