Facelifted RX8 revealed!!!!
01-11-2008, 03:07 PM
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How many times do I need to say this? RX-7's were always underpowered compared to the competition. They were also always slower in a straight line in both acceleration and top speed. Yet they did fantastic in racing and people loved them. The RX-8 is EXACTLY THE SAME!!!!!!!!!
01-11-2008, 03:09 PM
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How many times do I need to say this? RX-7's were always underpowered compared to the competition. They were also always slower in a straight line in both acceleration and top speed. Yet they did fantastic in racing and people loved them. The RX-8 is EXACTLY THE SAME!!!!!!!!!
01-11-2008, 03:37 PM
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I love how the rx7's say the same thing about us though =( too many rx7 heads around here criticize me for having an 8. Oh well, i love my 8 and i'm never gonna get rid of it. 
But hey, i love the rotary community regardless!
But hey, i love the rotary community regardless!
01-11-2008, 04:33 PM
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It's not working for me...
- Don't like the new front end, it's way too busy. Maybe if they removed all those black plastic pieces they added.
- Don't like the new air vents on the side... it's really tacky. I prefer our dull-but-efficient-looking old ones.
- The new lights are okay, but was it worth the trouble?
- Does anyone seriously prefer those ugly *** seats to the stock leather ones? Seriously? Remove the recaro stiching and take a second look.
But I dig:
- The new fog lights.
- The lil' red markers on the rear bumper
- The wheels.
- The new center gauge treatment.
- New dipstick
We should have a poll !
01-11-2008, 04:49 PM
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It's not working for me...
- Don't like the new front end, it's way too busy. Maybe if they removed all those black plastic pieces they added.
- Don't like the new air vents on the side... it's really tacky. I prefer our dull-but-efficient-looking old ones.
- The new lights are okay, but was it worth the trouble?
- Does anyone seriously prefer those ugly *** seats to the stock leather ones? Seriously? Remove the recaro stiching and take a second look.
But I dig:
- The new fog lights.
- The lil' red markers on the rear bumper
- The wheels.
- The new center gauge treatment.
- New dipstick
We should have a poll !
01-11-2008, 04:54 PM
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Italic font typeface on the old tachometer and other gauge faces was MUCH nicer. Italics give the fonts a sense of motion. Standard font is a step backwards and boring. There was really NO NEED to change it.
01-11-2008, 05:44 PM
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The RX-8 is missed
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interior
i was awestruck by the interior, especially the seats and the redline, but talk a look out our interior ... ours still looks better overall i think...ESPECIALLY the steering wheel
01-11-2008, 05:51 PM
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) i stripped the *old* wheel of color so the red didn't stick out.
01-11-2008, 06:02 PM
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What's odd about it is that it's become a mishmash of random colors and elements. It doesn't flow well.
the interior now has red stitching, piano black parts, silver colored plastic parts, three different shades of gray, and lighter black panels too. The old interior was much more uniform and looked like it was designed that way. The new one really looks like a parts bin.
I still wish I had the red/black leather instead of black/black.
the interior now has red stitching, piano black parts, silver colored plastic parts, three different shades of gray, and lighter black panels too. The old interior was much more uniform and looked like it was designed that way. The new one really looks like a parts bin.
I still wish I had the red/black leather instead of black/black.
01-11-2008, 06:20 PM
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What's odd about it is that it's become a mishmash of random colors and elements. It doesn't flow well.
the interior now has red stitching, piano black parts, silver colored plastic parts, three different shades of gray, and lighter black panels too. The old interior was much more uniform and looked like it was designed that way. The new one really looks like a parts bin.
I still wish I had the red/black leather instead of black/black.
the interior now has red stitching, piano black parts, silver colored plastic parts, three different shades of gray, and lighter black panels too. The old interior was much more uniform and looked like it was designed that way. The new one really looks like a parts bin.
I still wish I had the red/black leather instead of black/black.
01-11-2008, 06:32 PM
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01-11-2008, 06:32 PM
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My guess if this is what happens when you give people that didn't design the car in the 1st place the job of making it somehow 'better'. Instead they turn it into some patchwork quilt of fixes that end up worse and worse - IOW design by committee - a little of this - a little of that..
01-11-2008, 06:56 PM
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What's odd about it is that it's become a mishmash of random colors and elements. It doesn't flow well.
the interior now has red stitching, piano black parts, silver colored plastic parts, three different shades of gray, and lighter black panels too. The old interior was much more uniform and looked like it was designed that way. The new one really looks like a parts bin.
the interior now has red stitching, piano black parts, silver colored plastic parts, three different shades of gray, and lighter black panels too. The old interior was much more uniform and looked like it was designed that way. The new one really looks like a parts bin.
.. And you can be sure half of those new parts are options that you have to pay extra fort
