Beat The Hell Out Of A Rx8
08-21-2003, 09:07 PM
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Local dealer let me abuse the hell out of a RX-8 tonight.
We went on the parkway, it was nice, but it DOES feel like
its missing about 50 horsepower, really did drive like a 175hp car
in my opinion, so either the weight of the car is wayyyyy off, or the
HP is way off.
But it was nice to drive, quite smooth, just needs more power.
We went on the parkway, it was nice, but it DOES feel like
its missing about 50 horsepower, really did drive like a 175hp car
in my opinion, so either the weight of the car is wayyyyy off, or the
HP is way off.
But it was nice to drive, quite smooth, just needs more power.
08-21-2003, 09:20 PM
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no ******* way the RX8 is pushing 250hp, no wayyyyyy
I trashed it on the Wantagh parkway and everytime I looked down at the speedo I wasnt going fast at all.
It didnt feel fast, it felt like my old GXL.
I trashed it on the Wantagh parkway and everytime I looked down at the speedo I wasnt going fast at all.
It didnt feel fast, it felt like my old GXL.
08-21-2003, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by vosko' date='Aug 21 2003, 06:25 PM
it might be true about that 5k rpm break in thingy they were saying
Where is Digisan on his tach? He needs to see if power kicks in at 5000miles!
08-21-2003, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by vosko' date='Aug 21 2003, 11:07 PM
mazda does wacky ******* things
all the car magazines would report it as well if the
there was limited performance to be expected