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Never took it as one. They were teh suq indeed.

 

The most suprising question I ever got at a stop light was "That has four doors right?" I was so shocked they knew that I almost couldnt answer them!

 

everyday on the road
I luv it

 

I was just asked that Saturday. The guy said he'd never seen one. When I told him it had a rotory... he was clueless! Didn't bother to explain.

 

i notice this all the time, when im passing some luxury cars like Mercedes, BMW, Lexus or Audi, i look at them and i saw their faces staring at my Black8.

 

I always get the, "wow! how big is the engine?" when i answer 1.3L they just go yeah right! And how many pistons? none...

it might be a 1.3 litre engine but it eats the same amount of petrol as a big V8!

 

Yup, all the time.

I hear, "Is that the new RX-7?" I also see people walking in front of the car, then go out of there way to go behind it to see the badges. Of course I also get the, "It must be fast and fun" quotes. Little kids at the auto shows I attend flock to the car. Same for woman.

Then you have those that have no idea what a rotary engine is. That's always fun to tell...really. Even my sales lady had no idea what kind of engine it had.

 

so true!! 350z owners stop by and give me the thumbs up, i also get it from fd owners, and some lotus owners too, they stop and ask me v6 of v8, twin rotor baby!!i love it, i get so much attention! at bars especially, from the ladies, they come up to my window and tell me what a nice car ive got...it grabs peoples eyes and yanks em right out!one time i was the only 8 the artesia meet and a couple of guys sed they thought my car was the best lookin car there, and its stock with chrome rims

 

This little girl that I take care of loves the movie Cars. Her mom tells her my car is 'Lightning McQueen' everytime they walk by it.

 

Ok so I'm in NY, NIagara Falls filling up at a gas station. These 2 Americans with thick accents walk by checking out my car saying...

"That's some serious Fast & The Furious **** there...cops won't even pull her over!" I think they thought my car was faster than Flash Gordan!!!

 

My wife took the 8 to a local oil change place and the attendant proceeded to tell everyone int he shop that it had an "airplane" engine. I think he is getting cunfused with a radial engine. Had to laugh when she told me the story. Went kinda like this...."Wow honey, thats funny.....wait a second, you took my car to a Jiffy Lube???" wasn't so funny then. Hopefully he didn't put "airplane oil" in the car.

 

dode viper? thats what i got n still get. seriously no kidding!

 

i've not gotten that question with my 8. i used to get it A LOT with my `03 tiburon though. i had the KDM badging on it instead of the retarded "flying H". Got lots of comments and compliments on that car.

 

I get asked once in a while ... mostly older people, there arent to many of rx8's out there in chicago which is one of the reasons that i got that car .... next to that i liove rotary power

 

there are tons of 8s in socal now, but my 8 is kitted and debadged. but last week.. oh man....

I was at my friend's house and a neighbor was like, "that thing is sick yo!! Damn what is that? Is it an s13 nissan?"

 

My girl went to work the other day and one of her coworkers ask her. how many cylinders that car has? she answer, it has no pistons is a rotary engine. he was a liter confuse.

 

I love people reaction when you tell them it has no pistons

 

I don't anything like what other people have said, just my boss saying: When are you going to put a turbo on..... =|

 

i got asked once back in 05' and people just like to stare at it untill today as for now people used to asked 'how to open the rear door?'

 

I have a couple of stories.

At School-
Guy: "Nice car man, what is it?"
Me: An Rx8
"Sick bro. What type of engine is in there?"
Rotary engine.
"Ummm, what's that a V-6?"
No its a Rotary.
"So, its a V-6"
At this point I try to explain the Rotary in a way he'll understand so I say:
"Just think of two doritos on a stick spinning." I think after that I made him more confused.

At church-
Im chatting with a girl and my good friend. Im leaning against my 8, and she says,
Girl: "This is YOUR car??!!"
Me: Yea
Girl: "OMG, Im so totaly going to date you now."
Me: Im taken sorry.
Girl: "I don't care, she doesn't have to know. Now you can take me shopping and give me money."
I stopped listening after that.

The main thing I get is women, police, and little kids starring at me as im driving or sitting in traffic. I hate when cops follow me in traffic when they don't have their lights flashing.

 

I absolutely love my car!!!
I was shopping around for a sports car and looked at pictures of the rx8 and thought it was 'just alright.' THEN I had a red one on the highway next to me driving back home from St. Louis and I was SOLD!!! I bought one 6 months later right after I graduated from college.
I take my car to a lot of car shows...I have the debadged mazdaspeed nose and I get a lot of people asking "what kind of car is that?"

People stare at my car as I drive by, it turns every single head of anyone walking around. Little kids point at me as I drive by.

It's almost a daily occurrence that someone compliments the car or stops to ask me about it. I just moved to Rhode Island from St. Louis and in both locations there are really only a handful of rx8 owners...so the car is still rare.

Most people compliment me on all the work I've done on the interior...."It's stock guys." I'll tell them and they don't want to believe me....so they move onto the paint...."you've done a great job on the paint, I love the metal flakes" again I tell them "yup, that's stock to."

My car has yet to be confused for a viper, Porsche, Ferrari or airplane like one of the guys on here. But most people don't know what the hell it is and ask me about the engine. Some guy at the gas station last week told me I should bore out the headers or some ****. When I told him that it has a rotary engine and you can't do the same "tune ups" that you can to other engines he just gave me the deer in headlights look. I didn't feel like educating him so I just let it go.

I love the attention my car gets. I know that I bought the right car and I'll never get rid of it. It's my most valued possession.

 

fixd

 

wow wtf some1 hackin my ****!

 

What??? I don't understand any of that garbage above retard...