Review up on autonet.ca

07-13-2003, 09:06 PM

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Review up on autonet.ca

Aimed at the performance enthusiast and drawing on a rich racing and on-road sports-car heritage, the new Mazda RX-8 is a very unforgiving car that is best handled by properly-trained ...

http://www.autonet.ca/AutonetStories...m?storyID=8884

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07-13-2003, 09:32 PM

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Looks to me like the author needs to review minivans or something. :D

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07-13-2003, 09:36 PM

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Re: Review up on autonet.ca

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Aimed at the performance enthusiast and drawing on a rich racing and on-road sports-car heritage, the new Mazda RX-8 is a very unforgiving car that is best handled by properly-trained ...

http://www.autonet.ca/AutonetStories...m?storyID=8884

Wow, that's a little scary. I drove one on Saturday and thought it was very easy to handle besides being a beautiful car. I think this guy is trying to get attention. Of all the reviews I've read, I think this one has an element of bovine scatology when it comes to being unforgiving.

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07-14-2003, 06:22 AM

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Yeah I agree, I think maybe he's never driven RWD before, and maybe he tested it in the rain?

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07-14-2003, 07:49 AM

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Luckily in the UK we do get a days driving course.

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07-16-2003, 02:27 AM

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That's an interesting bonus...wonder if anyone here in the US has been promised a free driving course as well.. anyone??? I'll have to bargin this in with my deal when the car comes in!!

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07-16-2003, 02:59 AM

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Luckily in the UK we do get a days driving course.

rael

& probably in rain, sleet, hail, snow, huuricanes and ice!

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07-19-2003, 03:42 PM

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I take it that was Mr Duarte's first review since he got sacked by 'What Motorhome'

hope he likes walking cause it sounds like a bus would be too hot for him.

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07-19-2003, 05:51 PM

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this guy is either a Moron or he is a true enthuiast who is just trying to keep the general public from buying them up so all the enthusiasts can get one.......

........nah he's just a moron

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07-19-2003, 08:54 PM

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yes,moron!:D

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07-19-2003, 09:28 PM

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I think, perhaps, that he never drove it- just made up some random bullsh*t that he thought sounded good. Or maybe he's just got some mental issues...?

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07-29-2003, 08:39 PM

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Free driving course from Mazda? Not from my dealer here in Canada. But I will have to take a MANDATORY driver safety course in September because the RX-8 will be my company car and they're paying for the insurance...if I ever actually receive it, that is ("estimated delivery: mid-June" and counting).