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Old Jan 7, 2006 | 11:00 AM
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so a friend of mine has an rx8, and it needed a bunch of recalls. he went out of town for the holidays, so he gives me the key so i can drive it to work and get em all done. so i had the car for 2 weeks and about 800 miles.



ive driven 1st gens for years, and the rx8 is like a gsl-se but better in almost every way. its got more power, it sounds better, its easy to get in and out of, the stereo is pretty good (its loud), and its yellow.



my gripe list is pretty short, you cant see **** all out the back, and its got a lot of road noise.



mpg is down about 2 mpg from the 1st gen, i got 18-20 in the rx8, gsl-se gets 20-22.



so in short, i loved it
Old Jan 7, 2006 | 02:15 PM
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somehow i am not suprised. i think kahren would junk his fc if he could get an rx8 to smash up
Old Jan 7, 2006 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by vosko' post='792654' date='Jan 7 2006, 12:15 PM

somehow i am not suprised. i think kahren would junk his fc if he could get an rx8 to smash up


lol, it was FUN, i dunno how people drive piston engines everyday, they just suck
Old Jan 7, 2006 | 03:21 PM
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buying one soon?
Old Jan 7, 2006 | 03:26 PM
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you need to finish the cym..
Old Jan 7, 2006 | 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' post='792656' date='Jan 7 2006, 03:21 PM

lol, it was FUN, i dunno how people drive piston engines everyday, they just suck


some of us only have to drive 2 miles to work
Old Jan 7, 2006 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by banzaitoyota' post='792665' date='Jan 7 2006, 01:21 PM

buying one soon?
nope, maybe next year?
Old Jan 7, 2006 | 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' post='792669' date='Jan 7 2006, 04:27 PM

some of us only have to drive 2 miles to work


i drive 1 mile actually haha
Old Jan 8, 2006 | 10:00 AM
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you should ride a bicycle
Old Jan 8, 2006 | 10:14 AM
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i only drive 1 mile too.



i can put my car in neutral, roll down the hill and into my work's parking lot .



but soon ill have to drive 35-40minutes everyday booo.



kevin.



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