Whats the dumbest thing any ones asked about your 8
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I had 2 grannies ask if it was a v6 or a v8, and answered its a rotary engine and they just looked at me as if I had no clue about cars.
wouldn't it be a 2.4 liter 4 cylinder engine? i thought there was an equation for the displacment.
wouldn't it be a 2.4 liter 4 cylinder engine? i thought there was an equation for the displacment.
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IMHO, asking "How many cylinders" isn't such a dumb question. Just shows unfamiliarity. It's a generic opening question among car people, just like "What's your sign" is an opener in bars.
It's when you reply "None - it's a rotary" and they reply with a blank stare that you know you're dealing with a brain donor.
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prob the "1.3L wow must get 40mph" or "how many cylinders" or and one of my car enthusiast friends/coworker "Did you get the V6 or the Rotary engine option" I was like wtf they are all rotary...he said"yeah ok whatever you say" then under his breath I heard him say "must b the v6"
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oh yeah at a car show I had a guy with a chevelle talkin to me about 500HP this 480ft/lbs tq that and he saide well what do you have I said an rx8 has a rotary and it does not have pistons he looks at me like oh ok buddy that's impossible some ppl these days
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This was asked last month at the Vegas Meet. (with about 10 RX-8's all lined up in a parking lot.
Guy walks up to Mazdamaniac (as he's tuning his car)
"Wow, is that the new DeLorian?"
***blank stare from Jeff*** "No."
Guy walks up to Mazdamaniac (as he's tuning his car)
"Wow, is that the new DeLorian?"
***blank stare from Jeff*** "No."
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Old Guy with son passes the front of my car, OG says "See the 'T' on the front that's a Toyota, that must be the new Supra"
I get out and say, "No thats an 'M', it's a Mazda...."
but I get cut off as OG corrects me, shouting "IT'S A T!!...That's a TOYOTA!...."
Farkme, I don't need an argument!
"Whatever!"
S
I get out and say, "No thats an 'M', it's a Mazda...."
but I get cut off as OG corrects me, shouting "IT'S A T!!...That's a TOYOTA!...."
Farkme, I don't need an argument!
"Whatever!"
S
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Thanks for that.
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One time as I was getting out of my car some idiot with his girlfriend came running over to me and was like "Daaaaaaaang that's a FRESH car man!"
He then asked me what it had under the hood and I told him it had a 1.3 Rotary. All he could say with a confused look on his face was "Wow, i bet that really gets it movin huh?"
Then he proceeded to try to convince his girlfriend to take naked pictures with my car right there in the parking lot.... Awkward.
Also, it's somewhat humorous when a group of 16 year old boys who think they know a ton about cars come up and the first thing they ask is if it's a 5 speed or a 6 speed. After that they ask if it's front or rear wheel drive. After that they ask if "It's a four door right?".
Then they run out of questions.
He then asked me what it had under the hood and I told him it had a 1.3 Rotary. All he could say with a confused look on his face was "Wow, i bet that really gets it movin huh?"
Then he proceeded to try to convince his girlfriend to take naked pictures with my car right there in the parking lot.... Awkward.
Also, it's somewhat humorous when a group of 16 year old boys who think they know a ton about cars come up and the first thing they ask is if it's a 5 speed or a 6 speed. After that they ask if it's front or rear wheel drive. After that they ask if "It's a four door right?".
Then they run out of questions.
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I don't think assuming the car has a V6 or V8 is necessarily dumb. An uninformed question, perhaps, but not dumb. "Dumb" would imply that people should have at least basic knowledge of rotaries, and face it, most people don't. There's a grand total of one car model being sold in the US (hell, in the world) with such an engine, and it's not a big seller, nor is it heavily advertised.
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Me filling gas in Oakland. Not the safest area....
Homeless dude: Is it still running on 1.3L? Damn it is a sport car. Mazda engineer should know better.
They should give em bigger engine.
( I wish)
On other day, same gas station...
New homeless dude: Hey man. Do you want to buy 9mm? 99 buck only.
Me: Sorry, I am not interested.
New homeless dude: Yeh you want more fire power right? I have Mac 10
199buck with ammos, I have it right here in my bag. No serial... bah bah bah bah.
Me: Stop filling, jump in my car and leave.
Homeless dude: Is it still running on 1.3L? Damn it is a sport car. Mazda engineer should know better.
They should give em bigger engine.
( I wish)
On other day, same gas station...
New homeless dude: Hey man. Do you want to buy 9mm? 99 buck only.
Me: Sorry, I am not interested.
New homeless dude: Yeh you want more fire power right? I have Mac 10
199buck with ammos, I have it right here in my bag. No serial... bah bah bah bah.
Me: Stop filling, jump in my car and leave.
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We were sort of huddled around Jeff's car because he was sitting in the driver's seat with his laptop adjusting some AFR ratios.
Guy walks up and asks for the owner of the car; hilarity ensues.
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People always ask me if its a 4 or a 6 cylinder. Of course they get a weird look on their face when you tell them it has none. One convo went like this:
Friend: Whats that man, a 6 cylinder?
Me: Nah. No cylinders in this.
Friend: Don't tell me thats a freaking electric car you hippie f**k.
Me: *Laughter*
Friend: Whats that man, a 6 cylinder?
Me: Nah. No cylinders in this.
Friend: Don't tell me thats a freaking electric car you hippie f**k.
Me: *Laughter*
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Me filling gas in Oakland. Not the safest area....
Homeless dude: Is it still running on 1.3L? Damn it is a sport car. Mazda engineer should know better.
They should give em bigger engine.
( I wish)
On other day, same gas station...
New homeless dude: Hey man. Do you want to buy 9mm? 99 buck only.
Me: Sorry, I am not interested.
New homeless dude: Yeh you want more fire power right? I have Mac 10
199buck with ammos, I have it right here in my bag. No serial... bah bah bah bah.
Me: Stop filling, jump in my car and leave.
Homeless dude: Is it still running on 1.3L? Damn it is a sport car. Mazda engineer should know better.
They should give em bigger engine.
( I wish)
On other day, same gas station...
New homeless dude: Hey man. Do you want to buy 9mm? 99 buck only.
Me: Sorry, I am not interested.
New homeless dude: Yeh you want more fire power right? I have Mac 10
199buck with ammos, I have it right here in my bag. No serial... bah bah bah bah.
Me: Stop filling, jump in my car and leave.