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Originally Posted by jaguargod
So if you aren't on the RX8 bandwagon, all you are qualified to drive is a Prius ![Confused](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/confused.gif)
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Originally Posted by Stavesacre21
has nothing to do with a bandwagon. Its more along the lines of of appriciating more then whining.
and yes, I stand corrected with my grammar @ 4AM.
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Originally Posted by StealthTL
I'm a little bit of a Rotor-Head myself, since my first in 1975....
I LOVE them triangles, I'm just afraid they will try and swap the engine on the recall - they can't have it! It's MINE I tell you!!
Muhaa HAA!!
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I LOVE them triangles, I'm just afraid they will try and swap the engine on the recall - they can't have it! It's MINE I tell you!!
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Wankel_lover, Your right. But a lot of the complantes are just to rant about issues that owners where not expecting. Oh well. Can have it all.
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The Rx8 is truly a great! But so are the other rotary cars.
I'll tell my friends, "the other day I saw a nice fb and I waved, and he waved back!" But they don't understand, they're like "why? they are soo ugly, and slow, and old." Some people just don't get it.
I am a very anti-trend person. I think you should be different, or at least just be 'you'. That's what make this world interesting. I don't want everybody in the world to love the rotary, but I want them to just let me love it, and respect me for it.
I have been in love witth the rotary since I was 12. By the time I was 15 I knew more than most rx8 owners know now. I think I speak for a large majority of the drivers here on this forum. We are, for the most part, 'rotorheads' here, and understand it's more than just speed.
Yes, I've lost my share of races, and yes, some of my friends have faster cars. But you know, when I lose, I could care less. I got better things to worry about, and it doesn't bother me that I'm not the fastest, because there is always something faster.
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I'll tell my friends, "the other day I saw a nice fb and I waved, and he waved back!" But they don't understand, they're like "why? they are soo ugly, and slow, and old." Some people just don't get it.
I am a very anti-trend person. I think you should be different, or at least just be 'you'. That's what make this world interesting. I don't want everybody in the world to love the rotary, but I want them to just let me love it, and respect me for it.
I have been in love witth the rotary since I was 12. By the time I was 15 I knew more than most rx8 owners know now. I think I speak for a large majority of the drivers here on this forum. We are, for the most part, 'rotorheads' here, and understand it's more than just speed.
Yes, I've lost my share of races, and yes, some of my friends have faster cars. But you know, when I lose, I could care less. I got better things to worry about, and it doesn't bother me that I'm not the fastest, because there is always something faster.
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Originally Posted by AdRoCK3217
Yeah! Theres been about 5x as many CX-7 commericals made in its couple of months lifespan than the RX8 since 2003..it's rediculous! The world needs to know :-O
They spend money on commercials to sell stuff that does not sell itself.
Zoom zoom zoom :-D
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Originally Posted by Wankel_lover
I see alot of treads on here about......blah blah...I bought this or that...Blah Blah ..oh, it's got more power....Blah..Blah...Oh, it's interior is,,,Blah...Blah...Oh, The rx8 IS JUST...bLAH bLAH bLAHbLAH.............................bLAH.....Blah .........
I'M SICK OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've had an RX2, RX3, RX4, RX7 (X2) RX8 (Shinka) ................................WHY?
The RX8 is TOTALLY DIFFERENT. It has a one of a kind engine. (it spins) NO OTHER CAR IN THE WORLD IS LIKE IT. Triangles spinning in a housing....the human mind figured this out over 40 YEARS. You get to drive it in 2006. I have a rotary bike...it's smooth as silk and it's 34 years old. Hold your heads up high. No exotic car at twice the price has anything on any of us.
OK..fine...other cars accelerate faster...BLAH...BLAH...Blah.....Who here gives a ****?
We have a one of a kind balanced, smooth, light, cornering, PRACTICAL ride that is like NOTHING ELSE.
Everyone BE THANKFUL we have the RX8
I'M SICK OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've had an RX2, RX3, RX4, RX7 (X2) RX8 (Shinka) ................................WHY?
The RX8 is TOTALLY DIFFERENT. It has a one of a kind engine. (it spins) NO OTHER CAR IN THE WORLD IS LIKE IT. Triangles spinning in a housing....the human mind figured this out over 40 YEARS. You get to drive it in 2006. I have a rotary bike...it's smooth as silk and it's 34 years old. Hold your heads up high. No exotic car at twice the price has anything on any of us.
OK..fine...other cars accelerate faster...BLAH...BLAH...Blah.....Who here gives a ****?
We have a one of a kind balanced, smooth, light, cornering, PRACTICAL ride that is like NOTHING ELSE.
Everyone BE THANKFUL we have the RX8
#33
Thanks for the cheerleading. I didn't buy the 8 for gas mileage. I didn't buy the 8 for resale value (if your going to resell it right away, why buy it). I didn't buy the 8 because it was perfect. I BOUGHT THE 8 BECAUSE I WANTED IT!
I owned an RX-3 in 72 for $3,000 new, and had a blast with it. I ran it into the ground. Junked it after 96k miles. Dent in every panel (bad luck). The engine started using as much water as gas. It was ugly, brown with white vinyl interior but would go 130 and man, was it fun to drive.
I always research something before I commit and after reading these forums, I knew more about the 8 than the sales person that sold it to me. I traded in a paid for 03 Passat, which was a stupid thing to do since I had no payments, but I tried to sell the Passat one year after I bought it because there was no LOVE! I had test driven an 8 in 04 which did not help.
I am now the proud owner of an 06 RX-8 and just finished washing and waxing it tonight for a trip tomorrow. My friends, if you love it, keep it, it is worth it. If you don't, sell it and buy something else and quit complaining. Dang, I hate complainers. Take responsibility for your decisions!!!
I owned an RX-3 in 72 for $3,000 new, and had a blast with it. I ran it into the ground. Junked it after 96k miles. Dent in every panel (bad luck). The engine started using as much water as gas. It was ugly, brown with white vinyl interior but would go 130 and man, was it fun to drive.
I always research something before I commit and after reading these forums, I knew more about the 8 than the sales person that sold it to me. I traded in a paid for 03 Passat, which was a stupid thing to do since I had no payments, but I tried to sell the Passat one year after I bought it because there was no LOVE! I had test driven an 8 in 04 which did not help.
I am now the proud owner of an 06 RX-8 and just finished washing and waxing it tonight for a trip tomorrow. My friends, if you love it, keep it, it is worth it. If you don't, sell it and buy something else and quit complaining. Dang, I hate complainers. Take responsibility for your decisions!!!
#34
Originally Posted by hoosier
Thanks for the cheerleading. I didn't buy the 8 for gas mileage. I didn't buy the 8 for resale value (if your going to resell it right away, why buy it). I didn't buy the 8 because it was perfect. I BOUGHT THE 8 BECAUSE I WANTED IT!
I owned an RX-3 in 72 for $3,000 new, and had a blast with it. I ran it into the ground. Junked it after 96k miles. Dent in every panel (bad luck). The engine started using as much water as gas. It was ugly, brown with white vinyl interior but would go 130 and man, was it fun to drive.
I always research something before I commit and after reading these forums, I knew more about the 8 than the sales person that sold it to me. I traded in a paid for 03 Passat, which was a stupid thing to do since I had no payments, but I tried to sell the Passat one year after I bought it because there was no LOVE! I had test driven an 8 in 04 which did not help.
I am now the proud owner of an 06 RX-8 and just finished washing and waxing it tonight for a trip tomorrow. My friends, if you love it, keep it, it is worth it. If you don't, sell it and buy something else and quit complaining. Dang, I hate complainers. Take responsibility for your decisions!!!
I owned an RX-3 in 72 for $3,000 new, and had a blast with it. I ran it into the ground. Junked it after 96k miles. Dent in every panel (bad luck). The engine started using as much water as gas. It was ugly, brown with white vinyl interior but would go 130 and man, was it fun to drive.
I always research something before I commit and after reading these forums, I knew more about the 8 than the sales person that sold it to me. I traded in a paid for 03 Passat, which was a stupid thing to do since I had no payments, but I tried to sell the Passat one year after I bought it because there was no LOVE! I had test driven an 8 in 04 which did not help.
I am now the proud owner of an 06 RX-8 and just finished washing and waxing it tonight for a trip tomorrow. My friends, if you love it, keep it, it is worth it. If you don't, sell it and buy something else and quit complaining. Dang, I hate complainers. Take responsibility for your decisions!!!
DAMN!!!
I LIKE HOW YOU TALK, MR.!!!
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That really was my original point even though I didn't say as much...to wit...look at the engineering and math that went in to the creation of the engine. The metalurgy The cooling, the cornor seals...etc. Back in the NSU days when the development was going on, alot of work went into the cooling due to all the heat being generated on one side of the engine. All the work that went into sealing, and the progress made in all the gradual improvements....side seals, tip seals. Solving the "chatter " problem. Luckly for us, MAZDA had so much time, effort and money into the R&D and this engine, they couldn't turn back.
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Not to mention the COOL factor. It is just COOL to have an engine that no one else has, quirks and all. I once had a slant 4 cyl Tempest. Different. I once wanted a V12 Jaguar just for the COOL factor. I have had old cars in the past for the COOL factor. I have an 72 AMC AMX, just because not many people even know what it is anymore.
The RX-8 is just as different, only more so!
The RX-8 is just as different, only more so!
#37
Originally Posted by jaguargod
No, but I bet the Prius has a cold a/c, comes ready for mp3/sat radio from the factory, doesn't have to have the brakes and spark plugs worked on 3 times in 20K miles, etc, etc, etc...It is a good handling car, but otherwise I think it was poorly engineered.
Edit: (If you were speaking of the 8, then ignore the above. Hard to tell. If you were, then the 8 was engineered brialliantly. Its called a driver's car.)
Anyway that's not the point. The prius has its role the RX-8 has its. There is no better car for the money. None. Period. Don't give me any crap about mileage, its a goddamn sports car. Can you find a sports car with better mileage? Yes, but you'll pay more for it. Can you find a sports car that is as fun? Yes, but you'll pay a lot more for it. Can you find a car that handles as well and doesn't make your *** feel like its been beaten by a pillowcase full of oranges (not mentioning anything in particular350Z). You will be hard pressed, but yes, you can and you'll pay more for it.
It is a unique and brilliant car that is affordable. Let the love-fest continue...
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#38
Originally Posted by RX8Dragon
Amen brother, previous RX7 owner here. I too have noticed the many self-hating 8 owners here.
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If we really had moderators they would clean that crap up and delete it.
This is a negative forum on the RX8
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Originally Posted by Razz1
This is the whinners forum. Every cry baby on the internet comes here.
If we really had moderators they would clean that crap up and delete it.
This is a negative forum on the RX8
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If we really had moderators they would clean that crap up and delete it.
This is a negative forum on the RX8
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Originally Posted by hoosier
Thanks for the cheerleading. I didn't buy the 8 for gas mileage. I didn't buy the 8 for resale value (if your going to resell it right away, why buy it). I didn't buy the 8 because it was perfect. I BOUGHT THE 8 BECAUSE I WANTED IT!
I owned an RX-3 in 72 for $3,000 new, and had a blast with it. I ran it into the ground. Junked it after 96k miles. Dent in every panel (bad luck). The engine started using as much water as gas. It was ugly, brown with white vinyl interior but would go 130 and man, was it fun to drive.
I owned an RX-3 in 72 for $3,000 new, and had a blast with it. I ran it into the ground. Junked it after 96k miles. Dent in every panel (bad luck). The engine started using as much water as gas. It was ugly, brown with white vinyl interior but would go 130 and man, was it fun to drive.
Heh, I had a used rx3 in 1977 (that grey/blue color that faded and got sploches on the hood) white interior and that jackhammer rear suspension. Best street legal go Kart you could buy. That fale wood steering wheel! I DID like the instrument layout with those little square guages. MAN if only factories would make a VERY limited run of some of their old stuff. I know that wish is completely unrealistic, but if I could buy a new rx3 now for about 14k I'd do it in a heartbeat to have it as a beater.
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Originally Posted by jaguargod
I agree that the rotary is different, but I think you are stretching it by saying that it is "practical". When it has an engine smaller than a 4-banger and it gets worse gas mileage than the GTO, I think practical goes out the window.
Practicality is an opinion. To some, certain aspects are worth it. To others they aren't. Personally I find the Prius to be the world's largest joke of a vehicle followed very closely by a Hydrogen powered RX-8. That's the only RX-8 that has little going for it in the power department. The savings in emissions is not worth it for either of these cars. They are purely pathetic. The Prius doesn't get much better mileage than my Civic yet is FAR slower than it in every way shape and form? My Civic is a fricking top fuel dragster next to that ugly slug! That is of course unless you think a drag race is off the line to 10 mph as many of those owners do! What makes it so practical? It's not the emissions. It has zero practicality and is far more expensive to own than most cars. That is a fact!
Let's face it, opinions are always differing. That's what makes different cars sell and why we don't have only 1 for each class of use. The RX-8 is a very practical car on many levels. As with any vehicle, there is always another out there somewhere that does something better but no car can do everything better. At least, not yet...
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Originally Posted by rotarygod
So what makes a Suburban, Escalade, or any other large gas guzzling vehicle practical to people? Most of those are being driven by people who want the image or who have the false understanding that they will be safer in a wreck in them. Most people don't use all the big SUV space they have. They just have large gas guzzling vehicles that can't handle for crap or perform in any other way. Most people don't use them for the only thing they are good for. Here in Houston, there are so many rednecks driving around in their pick up trucks that it's sickening. They are the fastest people on the road too! Most of them don't haul anything. There are always a few people that use their vehicle for what it was intended for though. What makes any of these "practical"?
Practicality is an opinion. To some, certain aspects are worth it. To others they aren't. Personally I find the Prius to be the world's largest joke of a vehicle followed very closely by a Hydrogen powered RX-8. That's the only RX-8 that has little going for it in the power department. The savings in emissions is not worth it for either of these cars. They are purely pathetic. The Prius doesn't get much better mileage than my Civic yet is FAR slower than it in every way shape and form? My Civic is a fricking top fuel dragster next to that ugly slug! That is of course unless you think a drag race is off the line to 10 mph as many of those owners do! What makes it so practical? It's not the emissions. It has zero practicality and is far more expensive to own than most cars. That is a fact!
Let's face it, opinions are always differing. That's what makes different cars sell and why we don't have only 1 for each class of use. The RX-8 is a very practical car on many levels. As with any vehicle, there is always another out there somewhere that does something better but no car can do everything better. At least, not yet...
Practicality is an opinion. To some, certain aspects are worth it. To others they aren't. Personally I find the Prius to be the world's largest joke of a vehicle followed very closely by a Hydrogen powered RX-8. That's the only RX-8 that has little going for it in the power department. The savings in emissions is not worth it for either of these cars. They are purely pathetic. The Prius doesn't get much better mileage than my Civic yet is FAR slower than it in every way shape and form? My Civic is a fricking top fuel dragster next to that ugly slug! That is of course unless you think a drag race is off the line to 10 mph as many of those owners do! What makes it so practical? It's not the emissions. It has zero practicality and is far more expensive to own than most cars. That is a fact!
Let's face it, opinions are always differing. That's what makes different cars sell and why we don't have only 1 for each class of use. The RX-8 is a very practical car on many levels. As with any vehicle, there is always another out there somewhere that does something better but no car can do everything better. At least, not yet...
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Originally Posted by Ike
I take it you don't own a house or have any children. Once I bought a house I started undertstanding why people buy trucks and SUVs.
I still think SUVs are a bit pointless though unless the family is really into outdoorsy type of stuff. A station wagon hauls just as much stuff (cargo capacities in SUVs are overrated IMHO). Take the Forester for example; how much more practical can one get than that?
I don't think an SUV is necessary for kids. I've seen many SUVs just tend to evolve into another storage garage.
#49
Originally Posted by Razz1
This is the whinners forum. Every cry baby on the internet comes here.
If we really had moderators they would clean that crap up and delete it.
This is a negative forum on the RX8
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If we really had moderators they would clean that crap up and delete it.
This is a negative forum on the RX8
Along with everyone else who says the rotary is crap, the RX-8 isn't practical, you can buy something faster, it has bad gas milage, it snuck into the bathroom without a hall pass, it cheated on its test - I saw it, it has a criminal record blah blah blah.
It is a very good car and the bulk of car reviews agree.