RX-8 spotted in San Francisco
 

I pulled this gallery from the rx7club.com forum. Be warned, the pictures are large and take some time to load.

http://66.92.219.221/~dagame/rx8/

Isn't the Art Acadamy in San Francisco where Tom Matano, the guy that helped style the Miata, now works?

yes it is
i wonder if his students get to fiddle with it?

santino

very nice........where in san fran was that taken place?......i still havnt seen one around yet and i live there.......

I clocked the car in Powell Street, just up from Union Square. The driver was having a coffee in the cafe across from the car. That was 06/22/03 while I was on holiday. Lovely city, enjoyed myself.

Tom Matano
 

At first it seemed that this could be Tom Matano's car. But, then I remembered that Tom's favorite color is blue.

Any self respecting Miata fanatic would know this bit of trivia.

:p

Re: Tom Matano
 

Maybe the car is on loan to him, to use in his automotive design lectures! Or car magazine writer brought it by to get impressions from him. Speculation speculation speculation...

Re: Tom Matano
 

its just scary that you know that...

Re: Tom Matano
 

Think you know Tom pretty well, huh? Then why does he wear red underwear, Mr. Smartypants??? Huh??? :D

I gonna be in SanFran off and on all month: I think I'll go hang around the Art Academy and hope it shows up!

I already saw a "riced" out version of it going down Van Ness yesterday! HA

i went to AA for transportation design... great school. i didn't finish but i learned soooo much in the two years i was there.