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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 01:13 PM
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how the hell is the rx-8 keeping up in this video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUg0we_Vebg


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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 01:15 PM
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Nicee!
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 01:19 PM
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Because it was me driving
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 01:25 PM
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props to the 8 driver
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 01:41 PM
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20B!


or the supercar drives do not know how to drive.
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 01:59 PM
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sounded like a pretty stock RX8
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 02:12 PM
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Read, "A Porsche 911 (996) Turbo and a Ferrari 360 lapping the Nurburgring slow enough for the Mazda RX8 camera car to keep up."
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 02:14 PM
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Because the Porsche and Ferrari were going at a leisurely pace, while the 8 was being pushed much harder.
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 02:28 PM
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Because the Porsche and Ferrari were going at a leisurely pace, while the 8 was being pushed much harder.
I'd have to agree. You can tell the 911 wasn't "using the whole track". They were completely missing apexes and not going full throttle out of the corners. Looks like a couple of guys fartin' around not wanting to put their $100,000 toys into a guardrail. You could also tell the guy with the RX8 knew what he was doing. I think he was a better driver and knew the track better than either of the guys in the Porsche or the Ferrari.
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 02:34 PM
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Drivers skill?
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 03:16 PM
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How NOT to do it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7tn7mEtyBc
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 03:34 PM
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Nawz.
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 04:26 PM
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thanks that is one of my videos
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 05:01 PM
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Lolololol
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 05:02 PM
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learn to use the entire track then.

when you hit the apex, its called tracking out.

also, for the love of god, put both hands on the steering wheel. 9 and 3.


i love how that porsche didnt use the entire track, and the rx8 was really really really pushing it to keep up to its leisurely pace. lol! 30k vs 100k! quite a diffence.
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 05:51 PM
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Yeah... the 8 was definitely pushing hard while the other two were jockin' around.

Still though... it'd be a fun video to show to all those "car enthusiasts" who don't really know anything about racing/tracks/cars in general, just to get a reaction.
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 07:30 PM
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Around the 2:30's you can see the Ferrari just dip, so you can tell he's holding up bigtime. they are just taking it easy, plus it looks like a "handling" oriented circuit, where the 8 excells.
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Old Mar 9, 2008 | 12:07 AM
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Someone once said, "if you want to be fast, master the brakes" fun video nonetheless..
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 04:40 PM
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Where is his helmet? - noobs
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 04:59 PM
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like he said he wasnt going that fast...
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