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View Poll Results: Mazda RX8
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seriously uncool
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02-01-2006, 05:34 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Mazda RX8
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02-01-2006, 05:49 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Pittsbrugh,PA,USA
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for the engine....cool
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02-01-2006, 08:54 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: London
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Pros - rotary engine, suicide doors
Cons - messy styling
Conclusion: cool (just)
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02-01-2006, 09:15 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Hellaware USA
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unique.....Needs a new category..
Styling is somewhat cool.
Effinity for burning oil- seriously uncool to have to refil at every gas station.
gas mileage- also seriously uncool
doors- uncool truckish..
performance- cool
On the balance its barely cool.
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02-02-2006, 04:57 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
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well, the engine is cool, but the rest not
and it's a Mazda
sorry, but uncool
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02-02-2006, 07:33 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
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Rx8 isa cool car. I like this car. I like it is design and its back door oppening style.
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02-02-2006, 10:17 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Alabama
Posts: 357
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Pro: Handling / Engine
Con: Reliability / Maintence
Pro - Con = Cool
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02-08-2006, 11:46 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Portugal
Posts: 2,166
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Just cool!!
I don't like the way how it looks!
The doors idea is really good and the interior looks great.
...but I rather prefer the 350Z.
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02-13-2006, 04:24 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA/ Bloomington, IN, USA
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Definitely cool+ in my book, though that may be a slightly biased opinion seeing as there's one parked about 15 feet from me as I type this. The rotary engine is a blast, extremely refined and unbelievably smooth at anything above idle speed. Revs to more than 9000rpm and has a slick-shifting 6-speed gearbox attached to a carbon fiber driveshaft coupled to a limited slip differential driving the rear wheels. What could be bad!?
As for gas mileage, yes, if you're on the gas all the time then you suffer at the pumps, 17-20 miles per gallon is about what to expect. However, if you're a bit more judicious I've seen upwards of 25 on the highway and 21 city, so it's certainly possible to get fairly decent mileage.
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Last edited by Vansquish; 04-23-2008 at 11:28 AM.
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03-10-2006, 04:19 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Not fond of the styling, or the four doors. Who the hell needs four doors on a sports car? The use of the rotary engine is good though, and performance wise, it's probably pretty good, so I'l say cool, just cool.
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11-24-2006, 03:59 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Offcourse it's cool !
Great engine, stability, good gearbox, transmission and...design 
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11-24-2006, 04:43 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Warsaw, Poland
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Sorry Vansquish, the RX8 is not cool IMO  The styling is way too fidly, it seems the designers wanted to fit every idea possible and though 225BHP from a 1.3 is an awesome power output, it lacks torque and pulling uphill it's porabably slow. It's a 4 door in a coupe style shell that is trying too desperatelly to be practical.
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11-24-2006, 05:51 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: The 51st State
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Its cool, it makes a buzzing sound when you take it all the way to 9000 RPM, then its time to change gear :shock: 
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04-22-2008, 09:07 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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badly chosen picture, was that on purpose ?
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04-22-2008, 10:07 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: The OC™
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Originally Posted by redrumx77
badly chosen picture, was that on purpose ?
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Hardly. It's just a press shot.
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