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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 04:49 PM
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TX How does the R3 lose to these? Very Lame.

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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 04:53 PM
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Cuz it's sporting a rotary.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 04:55 PM
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 05:05 PM
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I know anything can be fast but a Mazda 2 beating the R3?
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 05:05 PM
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Aren't those car tuned and a lot lighter?
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 05:29 PM
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^^ +1 they are tunned
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 05:38 PM
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I would like to know just how tuned they are....................
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 05:52 PM
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I'm Asian so I know that the RX-8 was actually being driven by a Celebrity driver. It's just proving that driver skill trumps just a car's performance figures. The Celeb driver was given the advantage of having a much faster car and the prodrivers were given the task of taking him out with lesser rides.

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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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I'm Asian so I know that the RX-8 was actually being driven by a Celebrity driver. It's just proving that driver skill trumps just a car's performance figures. The Celeb driver was given the advantage of having a much faster car and the prodrivers were given the task of taking him out with lesser rides.

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Is this a joke

How does being Asian help you know who is driving
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 06:00 PM
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I agree if you watch the video he cant shift and by the way he takes the corners you can tell he has no experience. Its like hes afraid the car will break free. The weight distribution on the 8 is stellar compared to most cars. I'm going out on a limb here when I say the only car I know that rivals the 8 on weight distribution is a Porsche 944 turbo? Does anyone know if I'm even close on that?
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by pdxhak
Is this a joke

How does being Asian help you know who is driving
because he can understand what they're saying at the beginning lol
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 07:04 PM
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^ yup
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 07:06 PM
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Maybe the RX8 is stock

and everything else is tuned


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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 07:10 PM
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1. Driver sucks
2. Other cars are modded
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by pdxhak
is this a joke

How does being asian help you know who is driving
hahaha not!
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 07:23 PM
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epic fail

i'm gonna go cry in the corner now, brb
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 07:33 PM
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Whoever was driving the 8 sucked really bad.... really bad
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 09:26 PM
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Those best motoring videos are stupid. There is no control in their experimentation so you can't rely on their "battles" for solid information. I saw one of those videos where a nsx-r beat a loambo or ferrari... that was my last time watching one of those shitty videos.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 09:34 PM
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The Bilstein dampers on the R3 and the tires are for daily drive...
Not really for track use.
A set of good tires and coilovers can make a huge difference, a set of R tires can reduce 3~5 seconds and a set of Coilovers can make another 3~5 seconds,
all other cars there are heavy moded :]
I'm not surprise to see that result ...
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian Major
Those best motoring videos are stupid. There is no control in their experimentation so you can't rely on their "battles" for solid information. I saw one of those videos where a nsx-r beat a loambo or ferrari... that was my last time watching one of those shitty videos.
Thing is, the R has a HUGE advantage in weight and balance over a lot of the lambos and ferrari's out there, it's not always about hp numbers and how much the car cost. This vid is nothing to cry about, it's not like the 8 was heavily modded, plus it wasn't driven very well, against other tuned/modded cars with better driving technique...no brainer as far as I can see. Now if the 8 had similar tuning and a competent driver, and was getting its *** handed to it by weaker cars than that would be a bummer, but that's not the case here.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 10:00 PM
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hey guys, check this video
I only found one car's information, but that J's racing Fit, has 330 HP and only 880 Kg
I'm happy to see the R3 only lose by couple seconds, Lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA86OwaWvN8




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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 10:00 PM
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 10:13 PM
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Seems like a lot of late acceleration out of the corners to me. But hey what do I know about driving for a living.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 10:14 PM
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This is a repost... But, nonetheless, pretty ****.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Ross_Dawg
because he can understand what they're saying at the beginning lol
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^ yup
Speaking and or understanding Japanese would help. Asian has nothing to do with it

Note: My mom is Japanese so being "Asian" did not help me understand jack
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