why is the rx-8 not that popular?
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#104
Whats bora? oh wait...
I can certainly attest to that! Just a few weeks ago I came across a decked out Jetta that had an identity crisis because the trunk badge reads Bora. It saw me pulled next to it on the road and then proceeded to dropping a gear or two to get away. What ensued was massive blue grey smoke emitting from it's tailpipe likely from ruptured seal or coolant leak into the engine. Yup. I got smoked. Had to go back and wash off the film of oil.
I don't race rx-8, I just get ahead of them and check out their mazdaspeed bumper...if they got one I will wave, if not I will just speed away 'cause thats the look I love :P
Anyways, can anyone answer me this question? What is the best NA mod for Rx-8 so far(with a 2k - 3k budget) ? What is the improvement?
Since Canada has tons of oil sand, I could care less about fuel economy haha...Global warming FTW!
Thanks x 1000
#105
How do you know I got identity crisis too? I've changed that to BORA as well! 1st Mod! LOL
I don't race rx-8, I just get ahead of them and check out their mazdaspeed bumper...if they got one I will wave, if not I will just speed away 'cause thats the look I love :P
Anyways, can anyone answer me this question? What is the best NA mod for Rx-8 so far(with a 2k - 3k budget) ? What is the improvement?
Since Canada has tons of oil sand, I could care less about fuel economy haha...Global warming FTW!
Thanks x 1000
I don't race rx-8, I just get ahead of them and check out their mazdaspeed bumper...if they got one I will wave, if not I will just speed away 'cause thats the look I love :P
Anyways, can anyone answer me this question? What is the best NA mod for Rx-8 so far(with a 2k - 3k budget) ? What is the improvement?
Since Canada has tons of oil sand, I could care less about fuel economy haha...Global warming FTW!
Thanks x 1000
Search for that answer. You really think you're the only on here that's ever asked that???
#106
How do you know I got identity crisis too? I've changed that to BORA as well! 1st Mod! LOL
I don't race rx-8, I just get ahead of them and check out their mazdaspeed bumper...if they got one I will wave, if not I will just speed away 'cause thats the look I love :P
Anyways, can anyone answer me this question? What is the best NA mod for Rx-8 so far(with a 2k - 3k budget) ? What is the improvement?
Since Canada has tons of oil sand, I could care less about fuel economy haha...Global warming FTW!
Thanks x 1000
I don't race rx-8, I just get ahead of them and check out their mazdaspeed bumper...if they got one I will wave, if not I will just speed away 'cause thats the look I love :P
Anyways, can anyone answer me this question? What is the best NA mod for Rx-8 so far(with a 2k - 3k budget) ? What is the improvement?
Since Canada has tons of oil sand, I could care less about fuel economy haha...Global warming FTW!
Thanks x 1000
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#108
^^^
The C6 vette is rated at 16/26 mpg which is better than anything I've seen in my 8. Then again, you have to drive like tool to get those numbers, but it's nice to know that those numbers are achievable if desired.
The C6 vette is rated at 16/26 mpg which is better than anything I've seen in my 8. Then again, you have to drive like tool to get those numbers, but it's nice to know that those numbers are achievable if desired.
#109
oh i dont know. i think the premise is wrong. check bigboards http://www.big-boards.com/kw/brands/ 67th in car boards seems pretty popular to me
#111
oh i dont know. i think the premise is wrong. check bigboards http://www.big-boards.com/kw/brands/ 67th in car boards seems pretty popular to me
#112
oh i dont know. i think the premise is wrong. check bigboards http://www.big-boards.com/kw/brands/ 67th in car boards seems pretty popular to me
#113
I've known 9 people with Miatas. Of those 9, 5 were gay men, 2 were women, and none of them bought the car because of handling or any type of performance. They wanted a cute affordable car with a droptop... The other few were autocrossers that wanted something competitive that could be a fun weekend car as well.
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now think about the rankings in terms of how many cars are/were actually produced.
less than 900k rx-7s and well south of that for RX-8. will millions of each of those other models like the probe. i was never a fan of the probe but they are a fanatic group. many former probe owners on this forum and now rx-8 owners
#119
Now back to this Miata = gay thing. Among the many car and bike communities that I've been exposed to - from muscle cars to exotics to imports to sportbikes and Harleys - miata owners had the least "issues" of all of 'em. They weren't trying to prove anything, never benchraced, instead they drove the most and raced the most.
I remember it was often Vette owners - especially the little pathetic Gino types who upgraded from their IROCs - who would call 'em gay little cars. And obviously Evo owners too...go figure
#120
I love being rare....
I love that I see...
50 Hondas
25 Eclipses
10 Nissans
7 Mustangs
Before I see..
2 RX-8s (If I'm out most of the day)
1 RX-8 (If I'm really lucky)
0 Rx-8's (at all...because I'm the one driving it)....
I love that I see...
50 Hondas
25 Eclipses
10 Nissans
7 Mustangs
Before I see..
2 RX-8s (If I'm out most of the day)
1 RX-8 (If I'm really lucky)
0 Rx-8's (at all...because I'm the one driving it)....
#121
#122
Call me ROTO BAGGINS
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They're not that popular because people are stupid and don't know a good thing when it slaps them in the face!
But really, let's be honest - there are faster, cheaper, more fuel efficient cars out there, as much as we might not like it, that's the truth. But that isn't what the 8 is about. There's just something intangible about this car that I love - and it's something that most people simply don't get. So, to the average person, why would you pay more up front and more at the pump for a car that you just don't understand?
Of course, there are tangibles too - the handling, the feeling you get from revving to 9,000, how unbelievable the shift action is...I could go on, but I just don't think most people really get this car.
But really, let's be honest - there are faster, cheaper, more fuel efficient cars out there, as much as we might not like it, that's the truth. But that isn't what the 8 is about. There's just something intangible about this car that I love - and it's something that most people simply don't get. So, to the average person, why would you pay more up front and more at the pump for a car that you just don't understand?
Of course, there are tangibles too - the handling, the feeling you get from revving to 9,000, how unbelievable the shift action is...I could go on, but I just don't think most people really get this car.
#123
So Nascar is popular in the US. But everybody in the rest of the world thinks it's run by folks who mate with vegetables (thanks JC!).
Like fine wine, the rx-8 is not for everyone only to the discerning driver. That's why everyone drinks cheap store bought shiraz and beer.
Like fine wine, the rx-8 is not for everyone only to the discerning driver. That's why everyone drinks cheap store bought shiraz and beer.