Yeah, I get that quite a bit also!

 

Same stuff said to me when I drove my RX7:
How many pistons?
V6 or V8?
Don't those things only last for like 50k miles before they blow up?
Your car must be slow.
(With my rx7)What? It actually has 120k miles on it, they never last that long.

 

Person:YOOOOO SCOTTTY!!! that ride is hot as hell yo. Get mad chicks. V6 right?
Me:No
Person:Oh man V8?
Me:No
Person:I4?
Me:No
Person:Turboed?
Me:No, its a rotary
Person:I was asking about the engine not the wheels.
Me: It's a wankel rotary engine.
Person: Oh?
Me: Yeah
Person: How many cylinders?
Me:None
Person:Oh hybrid?
Me: No
Person: WOAH 4 doors!



yeah... that happened. Might have been 2 stories combined. But I've heard it all. Guy with an rx7 and hummer at my gym claimed to put a mustang exhaust on his 7 and can shoot flames. haha

 

they said "is it a v6?"

i said no, i told him that it was BASICALLY a triangle spinning in an oval......they still didn't get it

what kinda v6 makes a whining sound when it's running anyway?

 

Update from today:

I was putting gas in my car at circle k and this guy on the other pump in front of me, putting gas in the vett quotes," Nice rx8 brother, how's that v6 rotary treating you?".
Me: gives wtf look.........oh its alright, thanks; nice car yourself
Him: Yea I use to have one myself, too many problems though; it was always at the shop getting worked on. anyways you have fun with that you hear.
then we parted ways

 

Ok that is brilliant!

 

Every one should just get one of these.




When the questions start rolling in just say, "look stupid, it has two of these. They go like this *spin rotor*"

I'm pretty sure you'd see a fuse or two blow by introducing them to a new concept.

 

I haven't received a lot of comments about my 8 except "what kind of car is that?"; but I have noticed that people stop and stare when I open the driver side suicide door to put my bookbag on the backseat. I'd say the most shocking thing I've heard was from a shift supervisor upon finding out it was mine "how much are we paying you?"

 

I'm totally going to do that. I might get beat up but oh well.

 

I get that too haha... "Obviously you dont need this job, do you?"

Actually, how the hell do you think I pay for mods?

 

1month after i had gotten my car (jun 07) some dumb biker ask if the 8 was street legal.

i live in hillbilly town tho so expectations are already low but wow.

now that i read this funny thingsthat happen to all these 8 owners, it makes me think i should of just said something funny to the dumb old biker.

 

Yeah at my previous job, once coworkers found out what I drove I got the whole "Why do you need to work here when you drive that?"

 

i didnt know small cars came in RWD

 

V6 Rotary ... a moron like that ... No wonder it was always in the shop !

 

a guy that i go to school with argued with me for like 45 mins trying to convince me that my car was a 3 rotor haha

 

yeah i got the same reaction from coworkers it was kinda funny, but then they started acting all jelous because i got this sweet *** car...now i gotta watch my back haha they check up on me make sure my *** is busy workin lol

 

the other day I was giving 2 of my buddies a ride home and I got in the driver seat, and one of them quickly rushed into the passenger seat. The other guy said. "what the hell kyle (other friend), do you expect me to just get in through a back door?! get out and move your seat!" My other buddy then opened the back door and he didn't say anything rest of the way home. haha

 

Morgantown? Are you the blue 8 that parks on Beechurst?

 

"I heard you have to replace those engines every 15000 miles."

 

I'd say 9/10 people that have to get into the back seat for the first time try to find the lever that makes my seat go forward. I just look at them funny and tell them to open the door. I didn't realize that the outline of a whole door panel was so hard to recognize.

 

Haha yeah i had the same problem but he wanted to convince me it was a 1 rotor. he was driving a 94 honda civic!

 

oh i love how if you take someone for a ride in your car...and the person has never been in a rotary they just ohhh and ahhh over the sound of the engine.

 

Is it easy to **** in that little thang ? - Supervisor(s) at work....yeah a tad diff...

 

Back in high school, I almost got into a fist fight with 2 guys because they were so pissed that I said my car didnt have cams or a camshaft lol. They literally threatened to fight me right there...

 

That makes... sense?



I've been told the engine sounds like a vacuum cleaner, that was lulz cause it kinda does.