Shame... You should know better.

---jps

 

The spacing was pretty good for Heel/Toe action from what I could tell.

 

They removed the shift ***** so they wouldn't be stolen, according to their rep.

But then again I got into an argument with one of them, who claimed there was a RX-1.. and wouldn't believe that it was R100.

 

perhaps he meant the rx-01?

 

Nope, the context was the first rotary besides the cosmo 110s.

She said "There was a RX-1, RX-2, etc"

 

oops!

 

I went on Sunday as a spectator. I did get to drive a Miata and Protege5 on the "slow" course. Also got scolded for fiddling too much with the Miata shifter (was just getting a feel for the throws). "This is not a Playstation!" :o

Anyhow, the RX-8 looked great. The rear was fairly roomy, but I didn't have anyone sit in the front seat to get a true feel for the space back there.

Shift throws were nice (hard to gauge since the **** was missing). Pedal spacing was great.

The main problem for me was that I didn't fit . I'm 6'0, mostly torso and my head rubbed on the sunroof car. On the non-sunroof car, there was maybe an inch more clearance, but that's still not enough for a helmet. I could compensate by reclining the seatback pretty far, but that's not really an ideal position.

In comparison, headroom in the non-sunroof car was about the same as my 2001 Prelude (with sunroof).

I'm pretty bummed, since I really had high hopes for the RX-8.

 

I'm surprised you can fit in the Prelude but not the RX-8. I *barely* fit in a Prelude, but did not come close to hitting in the RX.

The cars were beautiful. Red is not my tastes, but the titanium with the tan/black inserts was fabulous.

And the rep started her up and revved it. Man, that engine has the smoothest, most incredible sound I've heard in a long time. It gave me goosebumps.

I also saw the luminescent gauges lit, and I REALLy liked those as well.

I was more than pleased with rear seat room in the car. My hair barely brushed when I sat up completely straight. Leg room is tight, but not uncomfortable because my feet had plenty of room under the front seat. The only complaint is that it can be hard to get your feet under the seat, but once there, everything fits very nicely.

Lastly, this car has huge potential. There were several people there who saw the car, said "wow, theres a pretty big back seat", and then I popped open the freestyle doors and their jaw about hit the ground. They had NO idea this car had that feature, and they became even more impressed.

I came away very impressed. The car looks much more athletic, taut, and smaller in person than you can see in the pictures. Inside, it fits like a glove in every way.

Only question I have is, why is there a huge hump in the floor protuding into the footwell. if you put your feet straight, there is no problem, but if you like to ride with your feet close to the seat it is kinda a bummer. What is that hump?

 

Consider where the engine is situated and then you'll realise what the footwell 'bump' is...

 

Yeap that bump was the Bell Houseing. It is only noticable on the passanger side