goodbye RX-8 hello Z
05-05-2008, 12:11 PM
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No matter how many times you show people comparasin of the two vehicles beside one another, being Car and Driver, Automotive weekly, Top Gear, the RX-8 always comes out on top. But some people including my very own mother still perfer the Z over the 8. I do believe the one great advantage of the Z over the 8 is if you like to Rice it up or tune it up, you have a lot more options to go with. Although its a car more people seem to have, it can be changed more to make it your own. Yeah, sounds messed up but its true! Aftermarket parts galore in comparasin.
05-05-2008, 12:15 PM
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your mom likes the Z?
I envy you, my mom hates anything with a nissan badge on it
partly due to the fact that she crashed her 280Z when she was still young
and then drove an FC after
I envy you, my mom hates anything with a nissan badge on it
partly due to the fact that she crashed her 280Z when she was still young
and then drove an FC after
05-05-2008, 12:19 PM
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1. I cant help it that alot of parent buy their brat kids expensive cars.
2. I rsponded to the asshat that said the Z looks like a VW bug.
3. I remember when I was an avid reader of these forums back in 06 and their were always Z v 8 threads. I saw a recently bumped thread and read idiocy. Responded not with the stndard my car is better then yours, I actually took the time to post the improvemnts nissan made via the stock dyno sheet.
4. Making a new thread would only yield more of the same responses and would be totally unnecessary.
5. For the record the rx8 was my second favorite car, i have had a turbo gsr integra, a rustang and a turbo'ed mazda 3. I loved the 8 but once I drove the Z with the new engine and improved handling I had to make the change....Not to mention the rotary is a very high maint. engine, I had lots of problems in avery short period of time.
6. Hopefully mazda makes the new rx7 and we can all be friends again.
2. I rsponded to the asshat that said the Z looks like a VW bug.
3. I remember when I was an avid reader of these forums back in 06 and their were always Z v 8 threads. I saw a recently bumped thread and read idiocy. Responded not with the stndard my car is better then yours, I actually took the time to post the improvemnts nissan made via the stock dyno sheet.
4. Making a new thread would only yield more of the same responses and would be totally unnecessary.
5. For the record the rx8 was my second favorite car, i have had a turbo gsr integra, a rustang and a turbo'ed mazda 3. I loved the 8 but once I drove the Z with the new engine and improved handling I had to make the change....Not to mention the rotary is a very high maint. engine, I had lots of problems in avery short period of time.
6. Hopefully mazda makes the new rx7 and we can all be friends again.
05-05-2008, 12:22 PM
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No matter how many times you show people comparasin of the two vehicles beside one another, being Car and Driver, Automotive weekly, Top Gear, the RX-8 always comes out on top. But some people including my very own mother still perfer the Z over the 8. I do believe the one great advantage of the Z over the 8 is if you like to Rice it up or tune it up, you have a lot more options to go with. Although its a car more people seem to have, it can be changed more to make it your own. Yeah, sounds messed up but its true! Aftermarket parts galore in comparasin.
05-05-2008, 12:25 PM
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1. I cant help it that alot of parent buy their brat kids expensive cars.
2. I rsponded to the asshat that said the Z looks like a VW bug.
3. I remember when I was an avid reader of these forums back in 06 and their were always Z v 8 threads. I saw a recently bumped thread and read idiocy. Responded not with the stndard my car is better then yours, I actually took the time to post the improvemnts nissan made via the stock dyno sheet.
4. Making a new thread would only yield more of the same responses and would be totally unnecessary.
5. For the record the rx8 was my second favorite car, i have had a turbo gsr integra, a rustang and a turbo'ed mazda 3. I loved the 8 but once I drove the Z with the new engine and improved handling I had to make the change....Not to mention the rotary is a very high maint. engine, I had lots of problems in avery short period of time.
6. Hopefully mazda makes the new rx7 and we can all be friends again.
2. I rsponded to the asshat that said the Z looks like a VW bug.
3. I remember when I was an avid reader of these forums back in 06 and their were always Z v 8 threads. I saw a recently bumped thread and read idiocy. Responded not with the stndard my car is better then yours, I actually took the time to post the improvemnts nissan made via the stock dyno sheet.
4. Making a new thread would only yield more of the same responses and would be totally unnecessary.
5. For the record the rx8 was my second favorite car, i have had a turbo gsr integra, a rustang and a turbo'ed mazda 3. I loved the 8 but once I drove the Z with the new engine and improved handling I had to make the change....Not to mention the rotary is a very high maint. engine, I had lots of problems in avery short period of time.
6. Hopefully mazda makes the new rx7 and we can all be friends again.
Why are you even wasting your time on this forum? Nobody cares about what you have to say. We're all just gonna flame you till the thread gets closed and still lolerwrfbbq at you when it is. Why don't you save yourself the humility and just leave.
05-05-2008, 12:25 PM
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if mazda does make a new rx7
don't buy it
it will just be another rx8 over again, lol no I'm not joking
Dshiz, I highly doubt posting pics of my mom on the Interw3bz is a good thing
besides, I'd have to find the polaroid picture of her with her 7 back then, because hey, it was just like 500000000000 years ago no?
and no, it wasn't really cool, cus now she is all over me in driving a sports car, cus she "used to drive them" and now doesn't want her kids doing the same
talk about ironic
btw, 350Z needs better f'ing driver position, when I was driving my friend's Z, I got back pains
maybe cus it was 2 seater)
aside from that, convertible Z should all go to hell, they are a shame to the Z community altogether
don't buy it
it will just be another rx8 over again, lol no I'm not joking
Dshiz, I highly doubt posting pics of my mom on the Interw3bz is a good thing
besides, I'd have to find the polaroid picture of her with her 7 back then, because hey, it was just like 500000000000 years ago no?
and no, it wasn't really cool, cus now she is all over me in driving a sports car, cus she "used to drive them" and now doesn't want her kids doing the same
talk about ironic
btw, 350Z needs better f'ing driver position, when I was driving my friend's Z, I got back pains
maybe cus it was 2 seater)aside from that, convertible Z should all go to hell, they are a shame to the Z community altogether
05-05-2008, 12:32 PM
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^ uhhh.......so is our rx8
duhhh they use like the same f'ing material
ours is just darker, so it easens out the shittyness somewhat
if you really want taste, class, and performance
do what my Friend Leon did
get a 335I, it rapes both the Z AND the RX8
german engineering ftmfw
duhhh they use like the same f'ing material
ours is just darker, so it easens out the shittyness somewhat
if you really want taste, class, and performance
do what my Friend Leon did
get a 335I, it rapes both the Z AND the RX8
german engineering ftmfw
05-05-2008, 12:38 PM
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135I is nothing compared to the335I, :D wayy classier and more usable too!!
I however, do not like bmws, cus Leon has one, so he screwed me over
I'm gonna hafta get a mercedes
I wonder how many As I have to get the next semester......
I however, do not like bmws, cus Leon has one, so he screwed me over
I'm gonna hafta get a mercedes
I wonder how many As I have to get the next semester......
05-05-2008, 12:41 PM
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considering i loved my rx8 when i had it, I feel i have a much less biased opinion then either a Z owner or a 8 owner. The rx8 has some great things about it but seriously the Z is a far superior car, the new version of the VQ35HR engine is very power out of the box. Having driven both cars at VIR and Poconos, my first time in the Z beat my best time in the 8. Also, on the strip, I ran a 13.4@105 with the Z and best time with the 8 was an unimpressive 14.7 
..... I love the 8 but over the years people have realized they are not what they thought they were when they came out (a decent replacement for the rx7). The Z has been improved alot in the 07/08 years. This is not the same car that you all have been "stuck behind on the twisties".... BS. The only thing the 8 (anymore) had over the Z was backseats and interior styling.... Sorry if those were the things I was interested in I would have bought a BMW 3 series... Make sure you take note that the dyno plot I posted was bone STOCK.... The greddy kitted 8's only make 20 ish HP more.... When the exhaust goes on and gets tuned up I will have a NA Daily driver Z with 0 issues. end rant/
Any local 8 owners want to experience the darkside PM me and we can meet somewhere and hit some twisties.
..... I love the 8 but over the years people have realized they are not what they thought they were when they came out (a decent replacement for the rx7). The Z has been improved alot in the 07/08 years. This is not the same car that you all have been "stuck behind on the twisties".... BS. The only thing the 8 (anymore) had over the Z was backseats and interior styling.... Sorry if those were the things I was interested in I would have bought a BMW 3 series... Make sure you take note that the dyno plot I posted was bone STOCK.... The greddy kitted 8's only make 20 ish HP more.... When the exhaust goes on and gets tuned up I will have a NA Daily driver Z with 0 issues. end rant/ Any local 8 owners want to experience the darkside PM me and we can meet somewhere and hit some twisties.If you knew anything about the 8 you'd know it was NEVER intended to replace the 7, Mazda stated that during it's introduction with the Evolv concept and have reiterated it about a million times since, even a moron can see the 8 was introduced to see if they could sell a rotary here in the US and abroad again, and they showed that overwhelmingly so now we may see another rotary powered coupe (still not an Rx-7, I'm sure it will be called something else) some day thanks to the 8 sucking so bad right?
I like the Z myself, hate the gigantosaurus ugly door handles but I think they're okay cars even if they weigh about as much as a house and are pretty boring to look at. I'm glad you nutted yourself over one man, have fun with it, go find some more boy racers you can play with at stop lights or whatever it is you bought it for, might want to consider not wasting your time on here anymore as your post's are pretty embarassing and uninformed.
05-05-2008, 12:50 PM
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you don't sound like a former 8 owner but more like a z fanboi here to troll, even the dumbest person on this forum knows the Greddy is capable of adding more than just 20hp-ish, **** man, nitrous alone could problably add more than that. (not to mention all the kits that are out now, Greddy is old nwes now)
If you knew anything about the 8 you'd know it was NEVER intended to replace the 7, Mazda stated that during it's introduction with the Evolv concept and have reiterated it about a million times since, even a moron can see the 8 was introduced to see if they could sell a rotary here in the US and abroad again, and they showed that overwhelmingly so now we may see another rotary powered coupe (still not an Rx-7, I'm sure it will be called something else) some day thanks to the 8 sucking so bad right?
I like the Z myself, hate the gigantosaurus ugly door handles but I think they're okay cars even if they weigh about as much as a house and are pretty boring to look at. I'm glad you nutted yourself over one man, have fun with it, go find some more boy racers you can play with at stop lights or whatever it is you bought it for, might want to consider not wasting your time on here anymore as your post's are pretty embarassing and uninformed.
If you knew anything about the 8 you'd know it was NEVER intended to replace the 7, Mazda stated that during it's introduction with the Evolv concept and have reiterated it about a million times since, even a moron can see the 8 was introduced to see if they could sell a rotary here in the US and abroad again, and they showed that overwhelmingly so now we may see another rotary powered coupe (still not an Rx-7, I'm sure it will be called something else) some day thanks to the 8 sucking so bad right?
I like the Z myself, hate the gigantosaurus ugly door handles but I think they're okay cars even if they weigh about as much as a house and are pretty boring to look at. I'm glad you nutted yourself over one man, have fun with it, go find some more boy racers you can play with at stop lights or whatever it is you bought it for, might want to consider not wasting your time on here anymore as your post's are pretty embarassing and uninformed.
Win.
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05-05-2008, 01:36 PM
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I don't think you owned a RX-8 or a Z. I don't think you even know how to drive a RWD car. Several thing in your post leads me to believe you never owned either cars. The biggest red flag that goes up.... The Z interior is just as good as the 8..... yeah right... the 07/08 with the new interior is still inferior to the 8. Nissan uses inferior materials for all there cars and vehicles with the exception of the GT-R.
The interior in the Z is the same crap they use in my Nissan Titan, CHEAP PLASTIC!
F-in Goshen.. ruining Nissan!
The interior in the Z is the same crap they use in my Nissan Titan, CHEAP PLASTIC!
F-in Goshen.. ruining Nissan!
05-05-2008, 02:02 PM
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Trust me , the RX-8 uses plastics as well, but there better plastic than the Z. Trust me I am at the dealership all the time when I bring in my Titan , i sit in the Z cars to pass the time, even test drove one for ***** annd giggles and left uninspired. I did a review on this board about the Z a few months ago. The same plastic they use in the Titan they use in the Z. And that shouldn't be.... my 94 TTZ never had the same interior material that the Pathfinder or the Sentra or the Maxima had in them. Top of the line car used top of the line materials. Even if the materials were plastic, vinyl, suede , wood or leather.
Not todays 350Z, it uses the same material as the maxima, altima,titan, pathfinder, xterra, sentra,armada, and even the lowly versa. Pathetic....
I sit in my moms mazda 6 , and her interior is nice, but its not like the 8, i sit in the 3 and the interior is not like the 8, the only car that comes close is the miata, or mx-5. At least with Mazda ,the interior goes with the level of car you buy from least expensive to expensive.
Not todays 350Z, it uses the same material as the maxima, altima,titan, pathfinder, xterra, sentra,armada, and even the lowly versa. Pathetic....
I sit in my moms mazda 6 , and her interior is nice, but its not like the 8, i sit in the 3 and the interior is not like the 8, the only car that comes close is the miata, or mx-5. At least with Mazda ,the interior goes with the level of car you buy from least expensive to expensive.
05-05-2008, 02:15 PM
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seriously?
I thought they were the same
oh well, learned something new
the only thing i hate about the Z interior is the seats, they are really artificial, and shitty, stiff and very uncomfortable, especially after a hard drive, you're just hanging on
I thought they were the same
oh well, learned something new
the only thing i hate about the Z interior is the seats, they are really artificial, and shitty, stiff and very uncomfortable, especially after a hard drive, you're just hanging on
05-05-2008, 02:18 PM
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Yea Z interior quality sucks dick for free. No offense to your Titan . The RX-8 interior may be made with plastic but like daily driver said, its def. not the same plastic used in the Z. Trust me too, my neighbor has an 03' Z and its the biggest POS in all aspects.
. The RX-8 interior may be made with plastic but like daily driver said, its def. not the same plastic used in the Z. Trust me too, my neighbor has an 03' Z and its the biggest POS in all aspects.