What kind of car is this????
 

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Hope no one has started a thread like this yet...

Have you ever been asked, "What is it?"

Well, this weekend while in Niagara Falls, NY; two different people asked this question.

So many people just stare and love my 8... Add your stories...

I used to get asked that a lot. now there are soooo many rx-8s in LA that it's obvious. heh...

at least i get tons of stares. haha

Blonde: What kind of car is tha?
Me: A Mazda Rx-8.
Blonde: Oh, I remember those when they were Datsuns.
Me: I think you mean an RX-7? maybe?
Blonde: Yeah a Nissan RX-7.

^^^ ha ha. thats true though. i had a little kid tell me he wanted a ferrari like mine. does that count?

...is that an EG (95 civic) with the Jspec front end conversion? do you have the ITB vtak's too? wow! that's so JDMtizzytyo!

The day i bought my car, actually when i was at the bank with the seller, standing outside by the car, a lady drove up and said it looked amazing and asked what kind of car it was. it made me feel really good about buying it.

people don't know what my car is, maybe its cus of the mint blue kit, they just look at me, the car, me, the car

then finally say, is it fast?

people used to ask me what kind of car it is, not anymore though.

these days, it's usually, "got any mods?"

The answer is, "Yes. all of them."

one of my friends still refer to my car was "the ferrari" even though i've corrected her many times, but ... i dont mind haha

many of them ask me what car is this, especially my car are full debagged front and rear. lol.

just tell them it's rx-8, dont ever mention it doesnt has any pistons, i think they will fainted.

EXCELLENT STORIES GUYS!! :score: I've also been asked:

Is that the new kind of engine? I just say yes and leave it to that. I also get a lot of,

"Wow! That's a nice car."

When I tell people it's an RX8 they say: "What?" Then I just tell them it's a Mazda!:)

so i was filling up my gas one time and this guy rolls up and asks if im rolling on 18's and im like, "no, they're 19's" and hes like "da amn" and rolls off.

i know its an impressive story.

I was in Montana at a Denny's and I was asked "Is that one of them new Porsches?" I replied with a "No, it's one of them new wankels." He just nods his head and smiles and I continued heading into the restaurant.

Oh... How could I forget... These young kids asked me if it was a race car. Gotta love it!!

All the time.

A bum sitting outside of subway in santa cruz told me that he liked my viper.

Always reply with "It's just a civic with a body kit". I debadged my RX7 FC and lots of people think it's a Porsche 924 or wathever theyre called.

hahaha

I get asked the usual, "what kind of car is it?" from the ladies, and "is it fast?" from noobs.

tons of necks being broken though. i especially love seeing little kids point at my car and i can read their lips when they say, "look at the car" or "yellow car" haha. it's awesome.

my favourite : this guy is walking along the footpath looking at my car - he walks straight into a telephone pole and almost knocks himself out . Kinda reminded me of the old slapstick silent movies

a cholo asked me if my car was a viper

The misses and her friend were at the park when some young boys walked up to admire the car. They stopped and asked about it, as they walked off one told his friends he'd heard those cars can go over 200 mph.

4 people... 1 this guy who is dating my gfs mom knew it was a mazda but not that it was an 8.
2.an old lady thought it was a benz and she went on telling me she has a 60's benz with 15k on it thats when i burst her bubble and told her it was a mazda
3.sister inlaw's mom... i was sanding my emblems to paint and she asked it those were benz emblems
4. friends bf... didnt know what car it was i told him and he asked if it was a v6 or v8.... i told him it was rotary and he was like o so its a 4banger... ha no so i had to explain it to him....

ick, not really a compliment if they called it a 924. Those were teh suq.

Once I had a cop pull up beside me at a light and asked "What kind of Porsche is that" I just smiled and told him it was a Shinka... He said damn I picked the wrong job. Light changed, I honked and rolled off. I Love it when people ask eventhough I try to be modest.

"Damn, thats tight"!!!! "Is it fast?"...I smile and say "She'll move a little bit"

ya i get that all the time with my rx7 and now my rx8 its fun to have the attention :rolleyes:

When I first saw this car it was parked in someone's driveway (yellow). I thought it was like $80,000 or so...had no clue as to the real price!!

Then when I was shopping around for a sports car with more than 2 seats, a friend showed me the 8 and it was all over from there. I couldn't believe how affordable it was.

From that point on it was love at first sight!!

First night I had my FD I was at a drive through and the kid working the window eyed my car and just said "Dayum!"

I just smiled and said, "Not bad for a '93, huh?"

His jaw dropped. Then he asked who made it. His jaw dislocated.
He then got all "Mr. Mechanic" on me and told me that I needed to be careful with those old V8's because my idle already sounded really odd.

I reved.

His jaw fell off.



It was great :)

There were a few stories..

1.) I was filling up gas, some dude rolls up behind me and tells me yo nice paint job, im like dude its stock, he than proceeds to ask me is that the JDM conversion to it... I was like fo shizzle...


2.) buncha little girls ran upto my car while picking up my kid sister from school one day, they were asking for a ride the Farari.

3.) I went to my dealer and one of the sales guys asked me where did i get the mazdaspeed 8 from, they arent available in Canada. I was like your not very smart and i walked off.

4.) I get alot of stares / thumbs ups etc... Its nice. but sometimes our cars attract the wrong attention.

The most common question I get a lot is. How many cylinders you got on that so to solve that, I made a personal tag 2 ROTORS end of story....................:lol2:

Someone ask me if I had a 'custom paint job'. I said no and it looked like he didn't believe me!!

At the car wash, going to the beach,and leaving work . When I tell them it's a Mazda it is it's the same response,"shit thats nice".

Its the Yellow
 

See Leesha yellow is a good thing, I use to think the same thing...lol

Well just keep it a secret that its not 80,000...LMAO!

I would have bought yellow if they still had it!! Secret Kept!!:)

lol I remember asking a surfie in my Maths class a few years ago:

Me: What type of engine does an RX-8 contain?
Surfie: I think a piston engine
Me: *laughing* How many cylinders does it have?
Surfie: I think its a V8 mate!
Me: *still laughing* Yea sorry mate, its a Rotary engine.
Surfie: *Dumb Founded* Whats a rotary?

Although people in Australia love their cars (especially the Big Holden/Ford V8's), they're still quite ignorant when it comes to any Foreign made car. Its quite funny and shocking at the same time. :rollseyes:

Before I bought my house I had to take it to the car wash.

yea, i get that all the time,
"how fast is it" or "what have you gotten it up to"... and from the ladies, "what kinda car is that?"
BTW, leesha, next time your in the falls let me know, I live bout 5 mins. away

Ohio turnpike at the gas station, an old guy with his red lumberjack jacket ask me if this is the Brand New 2007 Lotus Elise and i was like.. Yeah Man! and he was like Wow Dude thats Awesome!... i laughed so hard haha.

No prob...I go there all the time because my parents like to gamble at the casino. So they get free hotel stays and I reap the benefits with my kids. We go swimming and eat all the good food in that awesome buffet they have. I do the shopping there...

Yesterday my daughter told me:

"Mummy I like when we drive by people. They stare at your car and then turn around when we pass them and keep looking as we drive by. "

Do you ever notice how people don't stop beside you at a red stop light. They stop behind a bit so that they can check out your car without you noticing.

stories
 

I had only had my 8 for about 2 weeks and was coming out of walmart and 2 older women were standing at the car next to my car starring. I hit the unlock buton and the interior lights came on and one woman said to the other... i think is going to start talking! I started laughing as I got in. I tried to get them to go for a ride but one said she would have a heart attack. As so as I had pulled out, I was pulled over by a local new-be cop. He just asked if I cared if he looked at my car. I didnt mind I thought that he was looking for something but he went for the hood. The after his inspection, asked if I would race him in his eclipse. Once again I just could laugh.... what the hell was I suppost to say? I knew that I had bought the right car.

1.i notice some fingerprint on my car window, and the mark of the forehead and nose. lmao.

2. 2 dudes walked to take their car in carpark while i was like 10 meter behind them, one of them walked pass their car ignoring his buddy calling him, and straight to my car which park 10 cars away from his, and check out the vented cf hood. then i turned on my car with remote control when i got closer. he ran off to his buddy's car with embarassment without saying a word. both of them waiting in the car, until i drive off, and follow my back to check out the ass.

Old guy explains to grandson - "See the "T" on the front, that is a Toyota, it must be the new Supra....."

I get out and say, "No, that's an M, it's a Mazda......." but before I can go any further he shouts his rebuttal - "It's a Toyota! That's a "T"!"

The fact that I just got out of it, and possibly know which dealer I bought it from, seem beyond his ken.

.......whatever. I got more important things to do than school idjits.

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I was thinking of putting some Lotus emblems on mine as nobody around here would know the differance. I'm in green river Wy and there are only a handful in the area. The nearest dealer for mazda is 200 miles away.

Kids are a true sign to what most people think but wont say. A couple of days ago I took my son to school, several of his friends were standing out front, as he got out of the car...I heard one of the boys say, "Man when I grow up, I'm gonna get me one of those, cause thats how you get the girls....lol"

Kids...Precious

lmao..:lol2:

Just love the stories!! Keep them coming...

This is a good one:

1. My 5yr. old saw the clip for Daywatch, when the car went up the building he called it 'Spidey's car'. I died!

He love's Spiderman so I guess he thought it can climb walls like Spiderman.

2. Every Red car my 2yr. old see's he say's "Ma, Ma's car..." (I tell him,"Nooo...Ma, Ma's car is much nicer than that!")

How did you get a remote starter??? My dealership couldn't find one for the RX8???

^^^ I got a remote start for my car too. You can get it installed at any audio place. I have a 2 way alarm system with engine start manufactured by Autopage.

Cool thanks!

No prob. BTW, some places won't install a Remote Start on a manual transmission car for obvious safety reasons. If you do get it installed, remember to always leave your car in neutral.