i was just thinking the other day if it woulda been easier to get an automatic rx8 rather than stick. my dad bought a ferrari with F1 paddle shifter and i knew that the rx8 had shifters as well but 4. i thought itd be pretty cool( if i had goten a/t ) if you took off the 4 shifters (2 up 2 down) and put the ferrari F1 style shifters on there
i couldnt really find a good picture of a ferrari shifter so i put a bmw one on there but same thing. instead of 2 up 2 down one up and one down and alot bigger paddles

just thought id put it out there maybe someone wants to try it i think itd be cool

 

so, u'd rather have less power just to get the "looks" of paddle shifters?

god help us...

 

you know the BMW, Ferrari, and Lambo transmissions that use paddle shifters are just shifting a manual transmission for you without the shifter and the manual clutch, right? The rx-8's auto trany is a true automatic.

 

naw im happy with my stick rx8 i love it. i was just thinking about that because i was driving the ferrari and thought it was pretty cool. and yea i know that its a manual trans.....and lemme tell u...its a piece of ****...if you didnt know ( cause i didnt )...ferrari's( or at least my dads ) have to change their clutch every 10k miles...and theres always a problem with them....pretty dumb.....anyway i was just throwing that out there if someone had extra time and like modding their car

 

in the time i would drive a ferrari 10k miles, i would drive an rx-8 100k miles anyways. lol

 

Shouldn't it be the other way around?

Not saying that the Ferrari is 10 times faster but I don't think the 8 is 10 x faster than the Ferrari...



Don't forget to mention what has to be done for the 30,000 mile maintenance on the Ferrari.

Anyone know?

 

no, but im curious, drunk, and alone on a friday night, while all my friends are out and my girlfriend is at home SLEEPING, so PLEASE for the love of god, AND my sanity, tell me

 

On some of them the engine has to be pulled and parts replaced. Tune up runs over $4k.

 

haha, i meant i wouldn't drive the ferrari as much. it'd stay as a garage queen with the 8 as the dd. lol heck yea.

 

i think this would seem cool, i might look into it

 

this one time in band camp..

beers

 

I think 10K is pretty respectable milage out of a clutch on a race car.

 

Not that I am bragging but I work for Ferrari and the maintenance varies per vehicle. Some services do require the engine to be pulled down, some just the plugs, I.e. the 430. But the price range can go from $400 for an oil change up to $1000+. The timing belt has to be changed every two years, which can run on average $6,800 dollars. The clutch on many of the f1s have to be changed so often because a lot of the drivers do not drive them properly. You cannot cruise slow in first at a take off, or traffic because it slips the clutch at take off. That is when the main wear takes place. On the paddles it probably cannot be done since the Ferraris are connected to a switch directly where as the mazdas have two different switches on each side. None the less, if you can "afford" the ferrari, you do not worry about the price of maintenance. So which Ferrari did your dad purchase?

 

So if your Dad really bought a Ferrari with shift paddles why can't you find a picture of it? I call shenanigans!

 

heh.. saturn...

https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...7&postcount=22

 

haha yea. im not lying bought my dad having a ferrari...i just didnt feel like gettin up takin pictures and then downloading them and all the hastle..he has the 360 modena btw.





nolanrob....you forgot to mention the 894398894389435984395439 different things you have to do just to check the oil on ferrari's well at least the 360. the oil cycle thing is stupid to say the least lol.

 

The 8 will take it in the twisties!!

 

I'd love to see it try!

 

It is most certainly worth doing though....So I just rode in an Enzo up and down the freeway at unmentionable speeds. Probably the highlight of my life I will try to post a picture when I get home.

 

at what unmentionable speed did you take the pictures at?

 

thats prety sickkkk theres an enzo at our local dealership......................its the most incredible thing ive seen.

 

Ferrari should get clear corners.

beautiful car...

 

"Actually, this is why it's called the F360, this model. You drive along and you go 'ffffffff' and you do a 360!"

~James May

 

lol hahaha. thanks yea ima tell my dad to smoke em out cause i dont thnk they have clear ones. could be wrong tho

 

you could put on the titanium agency power ones