Bad attitude on the road....
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This post just seems like a thinly veiled way of telling everyone on the forum that he beat an imaginery GTO. FYI, Bobo the money could blow your doors off in a GTO, the driver doesn't have to be good, he just has to have a pulse. The rest of his original post sounds like the same thing anyone could encounter on any given day in any car.
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Montreal's great. F1 here next week hehehe. Hey 911SC, don't forget Decarie Hot Dogs, Orange Julep, Crescent Street!
Haha - good one IkeWRX. BTW, I dusted off a 300C Hemi in the same corner.....hahaha.
But seriously, I left work at 2:30 today, Picked up my kid from school. Really nice day in MTL. Driving home on the expressway taking it easy crusin' at about 80-90 km/h in the middle lane. In the fast lane some guy was driving an econobox with a BIG rear deck spoiler that looked kinda home made and a single muffler the size of a coffee can. He had girl in the passenger seat. As they pull even with me, I see that the girl really liked the 8. You know, when someone points at the car, smiles and turns to say something to the other person....you get a sense that they must be saying good things, no? Anyways, I'll be darned, if the little schlep doesn't floor it to get away from me as fast as possible. LOL. This ever happen to you? The kid was in the car with me so I set a good example and behaved. LOL.
Haha - good one IkeWRX. BTW, I dusted off a 300C Hemi in the same corner.....hahaha.
But seriously, I left work at 2:30 today, Picked up my kid from school. Really nice day in MTL. Driving home on the expressway taking it easy crusin' at about 80-90 km/h in the middle lane. In the fast lane some guy was driving an econobox with a BIG rear deck spoiler that looked kinda home made and a single muffler the size of a coffee can. He had girl in the passenger seat. As they pull even with me, I see that the girl really liked the 8. You know, when someone points at the car, smiles and turns to say something to the other person....you get a sense that they must be saying good things, no? Anyways, I'll be darned, if the little schlep doesn't floor it to get away from me as fast as possible. LOL. This ever happen to you? The kid was in the car with me so I set a good example and behaved. LOL.
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I concur. I'll never understand what it is and I suppose it doesn't help that I'm a woman *shrugs* And I get a similiar reactions when driving in my 'stang.
I concur. I'll never understand what it is and I suppose it doesn't help that I'm a woman *shrugs* And I get a similiar reactions when driving in my 'stang.
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I'd guess around 70% of the people I notice driving Mustangs are female. So much so that I expect the person behind the wheel of a mustang to be female rather than male.
Riced out Civics on the other hand... almost always male
Riced out Civics on the other hand... almost always male
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Originally posted by IkeWRX
This post just seems like a thinly veiled way of telling everyone on the forum that he beat an imaginery GTO. FYI, Bobo the money could blow your doors off in a GTO, the driver doesn't have to be good, he just has to have a pulse. The rest of his original post sounds like the same thing anyone could encounter on any given day in any car.
This post just seems like a thinly veiled way of telling everyone on the forum that he beat an imaginery GTO. FYI, Bobo the money could blow your doors off in a GTO, the driver doesn't have to be good, he just has to have a pulse. The rest of his original post sounds like the same thing anyone could encounter on any given day in any car.
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Originally posted by Elara
Maybe that's it- we're women, and the cars that do this that I see are always guys- perhaps we're supposed to be impressed? I mean, gosh- I don't know about you, but I am seriously turned on by manly men with their fart pipes flying past me at mach 2:D
Maybe that's it- we're women, and the cars that do this that I see are always guys- perhaps we're supposed to be impressed? I mean, gosh- I don't know about you, but I am seriously turned on by manly men with their fart pipes flying past me at mach 2:D
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Originally posted by scorp76
No, that sounds like something the average riceboy, aka WRX driver, would post. I guess you having a car that's useless for anything other than a quick take off wouldn't understand that it's possible for a lighter, better handling car to take a right turn faster than a heavy *** coupe, regardless how much power it has.
No, that sounds like something the average riceboy, aka WRX driver, would post. I guess you having a car that's useless for anything other than a quick take off wouldn't understand that it's possible for a lighter, better handling car to take a right turn faster than a heavy *** coupe, regardless how much power it has.
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Is the 2004/2005 GTO even out yet?
I highly dout it
besides theres not way the stock 8 can surpass the Gto with over 350hp!5.7liter
I love my 8, dont get me wrong but I know what it can do and what it can/cannot take on...
this one I'm going to have to call bullshit.
but its pretty fucked up I agree I get ppl who are agressive to me when I drive too... so no it isnt just you. they are mostly ricers that are soon seen in the rearview ! :D
I highly dout it
besides theres not way the stock 8 can surpass the Gto with over 350hp!5.7liter
I love my 8, dont get me wrong but I know what it can do and what it can/cannot take on...
this one I'm going to have to call bullshit.
but its pretty fucked up I agree I get ppl who are agressive to me when I drive too... so no it isnt just you. they are mostly ricers that are soon seen in the rearview ! :D
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My dealer (Mazda, Pontiac, ..) had a red GTO in his show room in February already.
I've seen them on ebay auctions.
I've yet to see one on the streets. I certainly look, but every time it turns out to be a 2004 Grand Prix.
About the bullshit that you call.. since they were making a right turn, I think it is possible. I've driven a circle around a 320hp Camaro on a curvy mountain highway. On the straight I'd have no chance.
I did that calculation (0.8 seconds equal 4 car lengths) only because someone else had stated that for a 0-60 time, 5.4 is not much slower than the RX-8 (estimated 6.2s).
0.8 seconds is a huge difference when doing 60 mph.
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I've seen them on ebay auctions.
I've yet to see one on the streets. I certainly look, but every time it turns out to be a 2004 Grand Prix.
About the bullshit that you call.. since they were making a right turn, I think it is possible. I've driven a circle around a 320hp Camaro on a curvy mountain highway. On the straight I'd have no chance.
I did that calculation (0.8 seconds equal 4 car lengths) only because someone else had stated that for a 0-60 time, 5.4 is not much slower than the RX-8 (estimated 6.2s).
0.8 seconds is a huge difference when doing 60 mph.
-Peter
Originally posted by OrigMiniViper
Is the 2004/2005 GTO even out yet?
[..]
this one I'm going to have to call bullshit.
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Is the 2004/2005 GTO even out yet?
[..]
this one I'm going to have to call bullshit.
[..]
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Originally posted by OrigMiniViper
Is the 2004/2005 GTO even out yet?
I highly dout it
besides theres not way the stock 8 can surpass the Gto with over 350hp!5.7liter
I love my 8, dont get me wrong but I know what it can do and what it can/cannot take on...
this one I'm going to have to call bullshit.
but its pretty fucked up I agree I get ppl who are agressive to me when I drive too... so no it isnt just you. they are mostly ricers that are soon seen in the rearview ! :D
Is the 2004/2005 GTO even out yet?
I highly dout it
besides theres not way the stock 8 can surpass the Gto with over 350hp!5.7liter
I love my 8, dont get me wrong but I know what it can do and what it can/cannot take on...
this one I'm going to have to call bullshit.
but its pretty fucked up I agree I get ppl who are agressive to me when I drive too... so no it isnt just you. they are mostly ricers that are soon seen in the rearview ! :D
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Originally posted by OrigMiniViper
Is the 2004/2005 GTO even out yet?
I highly dout it
besides theres not way the stock 8 can surpass the Gto with over 350hp!5.7liter
Is the 2004/2005 GTO even out yet?
I highly dout it
besides theres not way the stock 8 can surpass the Gto with over 350hp!5.7liter
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Originally posted by Todd Green
well i can smoke a hennessey viper in my close to stock 8... if corky is driving the viper
well i can smoke a hennessey viper in my close to stock 8... if corky is driving the viper
You could probably smoke one with anyone driving considering most of them don't exist and are sold off for parts before they ever become a Venom. If they do actually get completed they usually end up not running a short time after leaving Hennessey. Hennessey is about the biggest crook in the automotive world.
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Re: Bad attitude on the road....
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For instance, I'll be doing 100-120km/h in the left lane, and some road hog in front of me would absolutely REFUSE to move over. If I pass on the right, then I look like a jerk - if I stay behind, I start to feel the road rage building up. It's comical that these road hogs are resolute in not letting my 8 go by.
For instance, I'll be doing 100-120km/h in the left lane, and some road hog in front of me would absolutely REFUSE to move over. If I pass on the right, then I look like a jerk - if I stay behind, I start to feel the road rage building up. It's comical that these road hogs are resolute in not letting my 8 go by.
Looking like a jerk? Oh wait, you are not supposed to pass on the right? Really?
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Originally posted by IkeWRX
You could probably smoke one with anyone driving considering most of them don't exist and are sold off for parts before they ever become a Venom. If they do actually get completed they usually end up not running a short time after leaving Hennessey. Hennessey is about the biggest crook in the automotive world.
You could probably smoke one with anyone driving considering most of them don't exist and are sold off for parts before they ever become a Venom. If they do actually get completed they usually end up not running a short time after leaving Hennessey. Hennessey is about the biggest crook in the automotive world.
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Not that I care what a few tenths of a second make because the car is still plenty quick, but didn't some of the mags clock the RX8 at 5.9 sec 0-60. or is that only possible with and 8000 RPM transmission destroying,Tire deflating, Judge Ito type launch. Anyway I have to keep reminding myself, Rx8= curves and turns+ 4 passangers. Motorcycle= really fast 0-60. Anyway I was talking to a Guy in Texas who runs a turbo rebuild shop and also has or had a twin turbo Harly Davidson drag bike that he took over 200mph, now that's nut's! and I told him so, he laughed and told me it was like breathing air. No matter how fast your going, you are always going to get used to it, but a car that turns and corners like this while carrying 4 and also the the way it drives and exhibits mannerisms, never! Back to the point, sometimes I feel that people target you for driving the RX8 and I find that it's mostly girls, so I'll let them pass by. It has to make you feel good that people are paying attention to your car even if you percieve it as negative. They either love it or they are curious and for the Zs and others that blow by you and laugh, take note that this is the only thing they have to enjoy about the car and besides I'm sure plenty of Mustang Cobras or 350 Camaros ( real muscle cars) blow by them and laugh just as loud. It's all a state of mind, so think of it in the right light. After all we have one hell of a car for the money.
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What a thread.
I would have to say that I have noted some postive changes. We have heavy traffic on my way home during our "tourist season" and I used to have to wait a bit for someone to let me in. In the 8 every single time I am let in almost at the same time I pull up to the highway. Also, I have been challenged many times by various vehicles. Primarily ones that know they are quicker - a Mustang Cobra, a Lighting Truck, a Firebird, etc. I never experienced that in any other car I have owned. The interesting thing is that Mazda built a car that resembles an exotic race car. The only problem is that it has above average power but not muscle car or exotic car power which people perceive it should have just by the look. I cannot tell you how many people have honked at red lights or yelled out to ask, "That's a cool car, is it really fast?"
I would have to say that I have noted some postive changes. We have heavy traffic on my way home during our "tourist season" and I used to have to wait a bit for someone to let me in. In the 8 every single time I am let in almost at the same time I pull up to the highway. Also, I have been challenged many times by various vehicles. Primarily ones that know they are quicker - a Mustang Cobra, a Lighting Truck, a Firebird, etc. I never experienced that in any other car I have owned. The interesting thing is that Mazda built a car that resembles an exotic race car. The only problem is that it has above average power but not muscle car or exotic car power which people perceive it should have just by the look. I cannot tell you how many people have honked at red lights or yelled out to ask, "That's a cool car, is it really fast?"
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5.9 - 5.4 equal .5 -.5 for over 100 hundred horsepower more, is simply pathetic! the GTO is heavy and NOT built for the corners Read RXHuskers track experience and see what an 8 can keep up with on a real track! (i.e. not stop light drag racing) have a great night! and please stop the negative vibes- this is just a discussion
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I strongly doubt it was a GTO for the simple reason that we don't have GTOs in Canada (Bumper Restrictions). If it was an American up in Montreal, chances are he'd be more concerned with where he was going rather than trying to beat an RX-8...
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