Looks like a viper... Smells like an 8
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Originally Posted by boyer_tom
I had a guy at a stop light yell over to me asking if my 8 was a viper. Ah, the stupid rednecks that I get to interact with in south Georgia. I've also had the engine question.
moron: What kind of engine does that have?
me: It's got a rotary.
moron: Is that a 6 or 8 cylinder
Me: It's a rotary
moron: What kind of engine does that have?
me: It's got a rotary.
moron: Is that a 6 or 8 cylinder
Me: It's a rotary
moron: No, I heard about this car. It has an 8 cyl. engine.
me: I own the car. It has no cyl.
moron: Is it fast?
me: Yeah, it's pretty quick
moron: then it's an 8 cyl. (walking around the back of the car) You see right here on the back, it says rx "8". I knew it was an 8 cyl.
me (after a futile attempt to make a rotor with my hands): Maybe your right, I don't know much about cars. I guess the salesman lied to me. :D
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I had a guy at a stop light yell over to me asking if my 8 was a viper. Ah, the stupid rednecks that I get to interact with in south Georgia. I've also had the engine question.
moron: What kind of engine does that have?
me: It's got a rotary.
moron: What kind of engine does that have?
me: It's got a rotary.
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OMG just today some kid in my class saw me parking and hes like
him: wow your cars hot, its like a mini viper
me: Yea its alright
him: must be quick
me: yea pretty fast
him: so you study for todays test?
me: SAY WHAT!?!?!?!?!??
him: wow your cars hot, its like a mini viper
me: Yea its alright
him: must be quick
me: yea pretty fast
him: so you study for todays test?
me: SAY WHAT!?!?!?!?!??
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you'd be surprised the weird things people say when they see something new. I've been asked if it was an electric car because of the sound of the engine, another guy was a little to happy to see it and asked me if it was a v10 engine and my friend next to me quickly replied if it was a v10 I wouldn't have spanked him in my sti. I've come to realize that most people will just say the frist thing that comes to their mind when they don't have a clue about something.
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I don't think the 8 looks anything like a Viper. Oh and thank god it doesn't handle like a viper. This shop owner I know has one. Yeah it has *****. In fact maybe too much *****. This being the case they don't handle all that well.
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Nice thread res!
I wonder if anyone still gets this, I sure haven't. I could see how people got it back in the day when the car was still new and non-car people hadn't seen many of them yet. One thing on the 8 DOES look like the Viper, the roof sort of has the double bouble look like the Viper.
A V-10 that only puts out 350HP??? Were engines really so crappy back in 2004 that this would sound like a good idea?
I wonder if anyone still gets this, I sure haven't. I could see how people got it back in the day when the car was still new and non-car people hadn't seen many of them yet. One thing on the 8 DOES look like the Viper, the roof sort of has the double bouble look like the Viper.
Dodge Venom
3.5L V-10 350HP
3000 Pounds
RWD
3.5L V-10 350HP
3000 Pounds
RWD
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Seriously...why do newbies bring up ancient threads?
I have to agree that there is a slight resemblance from the front of an RX-8 only with the Mazdaspeed bumper to a Viper. At least from afar. Lol.
I have to agree that there is a slight resemblance from the front of an RX-8 only with the Mazdaspeed bumper to a Viper. At least from afar. Lol.
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