Traction Control...Need I say more. Left him into dust!!!...HeHe.

 

um, I'm confused.

 

Is that like the "Trail Rated" thing on Jeeps?

 

Don't have the car yet, but I have been checking out this site. Imagine my surprise when I saw the configuration of RX R8TED, which I just ordered from Cali DMV. My first car was a 73 Mazda RX3 which my brother literally built for me from the ground up. It had a 16V under the hood and let's just say that the revenue for the CHP department decreased when I (regrettably) sold it. I have had several cars since then (including another RX3 and an RX2) and don't really understand all of the "technical" stuff, but nothing rides like a rotary. That is what RX R8TED means to me.

 

An rx3 with a 16v engine?......?

 

Hmmm…this was my first post and I decided to become a registered owner after reading the “mission statement” for this forum. I guess I missed the part about the “rude and crude”. In any event, I was trying to communicate my affection for the car and why. And yes, it was an RX-3 with a 16 V. I am not mechanically inclined, as I stated in my post, but that is what was in it. I can also tell you this, as a 16 year old with her first car, it was all good.

 

Welcome to the Forum.

It's a great forum, but the members can be a bit unforgiving at times.

 

Plus, I don't think the 'lame" comment was directed at YOU, but possibly at the photo that started the thread.

I think this is a GREAT forum!

 

No worries. It is not as if any comments directed at me or anyone else are going to cause me to miss out on great photos, stories and accesories that I am going to have to sneak by my husband once I get my Titanium 8 in a few months. I guess I was raised that if you don't have something nice to say........

 

I think the rude comments were because your first post made no sense, it was almost like a stream on consciousness or an oddball poem that we were supposed to analyze. Also the cute little tags and forum names with using 8 are a little old so that may be another reason why people were harsh. Also, you're 16 and you have a husband, is that even legal??? By the way, I was raised to speak my mind :D

 

nah ike she was 16 when she had the rx-3.

 

Also the RX-2 was originally a rotary car and by saying that it had a 16 V engine seems to say that it was a 16 Valve engine would imply that it had been converted from a rotary to a piston engine. The Lame comment was to say that someone had taken the beauty of an RX-2 and turned into something sinister and not rotary. It's the same comment alot of rotary enthusiasts make when they here about a 3rd gen RX-7 getting a 6 cylinder engine for drag purposes. So don't take it too personally and welcome to the club. You will love your RX-8 and great choice in color by the way .

 

Thanks, looks like I need to re-read her post...

 

Hey, Ike: Speaking of brutal, I've been meaning to ask you for months now, and no offense, but:

What is your connection with the RX-8? I know you're a WRX man, and everything (not that there's anything wrong with that; my own brother has a WRX wagon and I've driven it a lot and helped him buy it).

So ... what gives? Do you have an RX-8, too? Or you're just bored? I don't get it.

By the way, I agree that this thread started out weirdly. I' still not sure I get it. But I also think it's not cool to diss newbies. And so it goes.

 

But back to the main issue. Leaving someone into dust is physically and grammatically impossible.

 

Not unless you cremate them. Which at that point you can leave them somewhere. Hence, leaving someone into dust. Traditionally, I prefer to leave someone in the dust, but this is a whole different concept.

 

I answer this quustion weekly it seems... I started out interested in a possible purchase of the car, decided it wasn't for me, and then just stayed. One thing I was pretty outspoken about when I testdrove the RX-8 that I didn't think there was any way it had 247hp. That started a lot of mudslinging back and forth so I stayed around to debate the issue and then the forum got even more interesting with all the drama that folowed. I visit and post some on many car forums simply because of an interest in cars, but I post on this one far more than the others for no clear reason really, it just kind of happened and I guess became like my home forum after some time. If you really want to know more try a search I'm sure the other 50 times I've answered this question explain it in more or less detail... :p But this is the LAST time I'm answering it

 

OK; thanks. Makes sense.

I thought about a search, but the terms eluded me. Maybe "why this forum Ike" would work; maybe not. I once saw someone else ask you it before, but somehow I never saw the answer.

Anyway, rock on.

 

The question of "What the heck is Ike doing on this forum and why ?" should be on our FAQ. :D :D

 

Maybe when she said RX-3 she meant MX-3 because I'm pretty sure the MX-3's was a 4 cylinder 16 valve engine.

 

Not impossible when you have a dirt road!... Right! HEHE, now it's physically and grammatically possible eh. Now don't take it personally. Yours truly RXR8TED.

 

What? Do you run them over on the dirt road, leaving (squishing) them into dust (dirt)?



:D

 

OK, now... I really suggest we move on to a more different subject. Since u dudes dont get my drift here!...ssshhhh!

 

Very funny, you guys. No, but my point is that it's a prepositional idiom. "Into" implies an active motion or action. "Leaving" is a passive act. So, for example, "Ram his face into the dust" and "turn his *** into dust" would both be grammatically correct. "Leaving his *** ON the dirt" would also be ok because the preposition "on" doesn't imply any motion or active force. You can never "leave" anything "INTO" anything.