07-18-2009, 04:17 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Connecticut USA
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Originally Posted by AutoX Z
I was really really close to picking up an RX 8 but it was too much like my old car and I decided I needed something new so the Z won.
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I owned an RX-8 for about 3 years (bought first model year). Incredible handler but no torque. The most fun thing about the RX-8 was "shifting on the beep" The thing revs so fast that they give you an audible warning that you are approaching redline (at 9,000 rpm). The back seats are actually useable for full-size adults, and the thing handles like a dream on winding, bumpy, narrow Connecticut roads. But the downsides were no torque without winding it out, abysmal gas mileage, difficult starting in winter, poor paint quality, and after three years stuff started to break.
OTOH, you could take it to the track every weekend and drive the crap out of it without worrying about engine overheating... 
The Z outguns the RX-8 in everyday use, but needs some mods before it is happy at the track. I'm certainly not sorry I bought it!
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