Someone asked me if it was the new Hyundai. I about kicked the guy in the throat, LOL.

 

there all pic up lines

 

I was driving and someone passer by said "wow look at that Ferrari !" i was like err no !

had some guy asking me "is that the 2.6 or 1.3 version?"

also had a cop say nice toyota rx7 !


lol !






ShaQ

 

We've all had our share of dumb asses. One of my favorites was when my brother owned my car, it was having starting issues. He had just gotten the car and neither of us knew anything about it at that point. So we towed it to Mazda. We explain the problem to a mechanic and his reply was "Sounds like a timing belt problem." Now I had only known what a rotary was for like 2 months at this point, so I wasn't too quick to react, but of all people the tow truck driver jumps in and says "It's a rotary, it doesn't have a timing belt." The mechanic must have felt like such a moron after that one.

I've had my share of "is it fast?" "Is that the twin turbo?" "How fast have you had that thing goin?"

Never had it called a Viper, Ferrari, etc. though, that'll be fun when that happens.

 

I've gotten "is it a Viper" a few times, and I love it!

I was at the Mazda dealer a few months ago trying to get a fuel filter (which they wanted like $70 for!) and a salesmen says to me right as I walk in the door "is that your RX-8." I explained to him that NO it is NOT an RX-8, and he then went on to tell me "maybe your daddy will buy you one of these [pointing to an RX-8] for Christmas." Thanks, *******, I bought my 7 with my own damn money and I don't want your RX-8 CRAP!

Don't worry guys, I don't really think the RX-8 is crap

 

Well I report an old reply of mine

"The FD here is almost completely unknown, girls are attracted by them BUT after playing around a little while start asking "Hey, I cannot see that black horse on yellow background, where is it? is it a new model from them??"
No it is a 92 RX7
"What???"
a Japan car
"Uh, what a shame, bye!"

 

Hmmm... Strange. I never get asked any of these stupid questions..


OH!! That's right!! My car has been in the GODDAMN GARAGE for a year....

 

An older guy was asking me some questions about my car. When I told him it was a rotary engine I could see his face light up with curiosity. He said, "Well it must be fuel injected then." Sort of confused I said yes. Then he said, "Open that hood, I don't understand how it could fit in there." Further confused, I opened the hood. He said, "well, it looks pretty much like a normal engine - those cylindars must be really small, how many are there?" I looked at him and said that there were none - now he was the one that was confused. A lightbulb went on in my head and I figured out that he was thinking about a radial piston engine like in airplanes! I has some explaining to do...

I have never got the viper or ferrari comments, but I do get questions like:

"Does it have a turbo?" I love the look on their face when I tell them it has 2.
"What kind of car is that?"
"Is that thing lowered?" (it isn't)
"I bet you get a lot of chicks in that car, right?"
"I was going to buy one of those, but I couldn't get insurance."
"Is it rear wheel drive?"
"How many engines have you gone through?" (obviously he was familar with rotaries)
"I didn't know they made those in silver?"
"Can I drive it?" Always same answer - NO!

I could probably come up with a lot more if I sat and thought about it...

 

I've actually had a cute girl walk by me, at starbucks, and tell me she loved my RX-7. I smiled and said thanks. She was cute and knowledgeable.

 

I get the Viper and V6 crap all of the time but the funny thing is when people try to figure out my license plate. It reads NOPSTNS. One guy at work thought it meant "no pee stains". But one time this guy who had to be 55 or 60 years old pulled up next to me at a light and asked what it meant and after I told him he said "that's what I thought - rotary engine, nice car" He was driving a 626 or something. So not everyone is a total moron.

I also had a mechanic ask me about my FC "that's not the factory cam is it?"

 

Hello-

I've only had my FD for about 2 months, and there are some stupid things... but nothing compares to the stupid comments I got about my ultra-modified '72 VW Type 3 Fastback. Nothing was stock... heck, it had 4x the power as stock! It handled like a late '80s Porsche 911, only it had four seats and was a little faster...

It's been a Volvo, a Porsche, a BMW, a Saab, and a Mercedes far more often that it was a VW to people. The car doesn't look rear-engined, but it is. It also has two trunks - one in front and one in back on top of the ultra-short (and wide) engine. You can just guess how many things come about from this. I even went to car shows and had judges get mad at me for not displaying the engine - the front trunk was closed, but the rear was wide open and the engine lid open too... they couldn't figure it out.

I constantly had people asking me to roll down my window and ask me the year, etc. It *almost* got old. A couple days before I moved to CA from Chicago, I was downtown in the Chicago Loop at night when a guy pulls up to my right and asks me to roll down my window. I do so, and he starts chatting with me while we're at a red light. Then I notice what he was driving... a Duesenberg SJ!!! This is the Clark Gable car, only Supercharged (the "S")... one of the rarest and coolest classic cars around. And he was complimenting _me_ on my car. That was freakin' cool.

Take care,
Shad

 

One night at a gas station a couple of dudes rolled up in a Civic...

He askes me: "Is that a turbo?"
I respond: "All third generation Rx-7's are turbo."
He frowns and says: "No they aren't."

At that point I just rolled my eyes and shook my head. He proceeded to peel out and take off. Typical ricer. I've also gotten:

"Is that a Viper?"
And after answering: "No."
He replied: "Are you sure?"

Some people truely are morons.

 

I get the "is it turbo?" comment all the time, and also people telling me that you can get 3rd gens N/A and convertibles and all that kinda good stuff. Dunno if I ever got the viper or ferrari comments, but cruisin on the weekends everybody thinks they know more about your car than you do, except when you have 1 or more people driving a 7 with you. I've only done that once and people are dumbfounded by seeing 2 of them in the same place, I could pretty much have told these people anything I wanted to and they would have believed me, like that the flux capacitor is malfunctioning(I still wanna tell someone that)

 

That seems to be a popular question. After telling them they are all twin turbos, I've had one or two people tell me their friend has a non-turbo one. Mine is single turbo now, and my willing switch from twin to single turbo seems to confuse them even more. I don't even mention the rotary thing, for fear of having someone's head explode.

-Max

 

Yah i've had the "is it turbo" question.. some people think they came non-turbo or something. I tell them that they are ALL twinturbo from the factory.

Was at Daytona Spring break and i had some girls yell.. "OH MY GOD!!! LOOK AT THAT FERRARI!!!!!"... i looked all around for a Ferrari before i new they were pointing at my car.. damnit.

Then i proceeded to drive off and blow a nice flame by them.

 

 

Yeah that pee stain is a real eye sore in my car

 

Actually I get the "Is it turboed?" Question often.

And yes I reply that "they are all turboed. No wussy cars were shipped to the US " Then they just smile with a right on look on their face.

 

Ya.. I have had my FD since I was in high school.... And there was this guy ... with an early 90's vert camaro.... and he sat around and told everyone how my car wasn't turbo..... so I was sitting there in the school parking lot and I was trying to tell him ALL 3rd gens were TT, I even got int he car and let him hear my BOV.... he said that was a hose leaking or something..... Then he said his camaro would walk my car.... Lets just say ... he never questioned my car again after that.....

Speaking of miata's...... i was in downtown Atlanta one night.... for a concert in Centennial Olympic Park, and anyone in the Atlanta area knows that tons of people turn out for these.... well me and a buddy are leaving, and rode past a huge crowd of people.... and a few girls are looking at us saying things like "nice car" etc. ... the ladies were very friendly =) .... and the guys for the most part were cool.... except for this one group of about 4 guys.... who said "Look at the ******* in the miata!"
I must say.... I don't think I have ever laughed so hard in my life.

I have had people ask if its a Viper Kit Car, its been called a Vette, and its been given a few looks like "what the F*ck is that?"

Well, Gotta love the -7-!
KB

 

look at it this way . if you have a 1992 rx7 .and its 2004 . so that mean it 12 years ould and people still think its new. that right there tells you something . when they ask you how the motor works . how do you tell them . look at the web sit below it will help you must have if you have a rotory .






http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...AMESSE%3AITask you how the engien work how do you tell them

 

I couldn't agree more. I love the rarity of these cars, man. And curse the movie, because I ALWAYS got, "Oh wow, just like Vin Deisel's car, right?(VR/rims).... Great.... Thanks alot. Yeah sure, just like his. But seriously, I'm 19 first of all, and last year, there were a few pathetic kids that said to me that its sad that I have to have that car to help lift my self-esteem. This guy was surrounded by all of his friends just giggling. I just walked past them smiling, turned the key and happiness returned all of the sudden. I glanced back at them, sure enough all of them were just staring away. Sad..just sad..
But anyway, I've gotten a few vette's, no viper's, and of course some of my hater friends always say, "Man, that is the ******* baddest Miata ever." ..Haters..

 

thats hillarious. im currently stationed in montana and every damn mechanic here is.... u know... hot rod, ford, chevy style...
so im @ the hobby shop (huge shop, free tools, u do the work) and like 2 of these dudes stand right in front of my car and just stare @ it for like 10 minutes ( im getting creeped out) i can see the look in their faces they wanna say something but they just keep staring, finally one dude says "so, is these one of those.... rotarys?"... lol.... i couldnt keep a srtraight face... i hate montana!! seems everybody has my problem... i also got for a mustang dude "nice piece....what is it?"

 

whats a good place to pick up chicks in an FD in orange county? haha

 

i remember driving back from the beach one day and driving next to this civic full of hot girls, and they were looking at my car...so i flew by their window, and let off the gas at the perfect time and let the hks bov pierce their ears, and i heard em scream when i drove by. then they flew by me and said WOOHOO!! thats the best experience ive had

 

So I was getting my car inspected last week. After handing the inspector the keys I told him to watch out for the clutch. I have a race clutch installed so it makes the car a little difficult to get moving. He looks at me like "why the hell does this guy have a racing clutch in that little *** car?"

So he gets in and drives off. About a minuet later he returns to the station and pulls into the garage. On his way in I couldn't help but notice the strange look on his face. He had a hard time getting the hood open(my hood release cable is brocken). I asked him "do you need me to open it to do and underhood inispection?" He was like "no i just wanna see whats under the hood!" "Damn this thing is ******* fast" I mean this guy was literaly in shock. LOL After opening the hood for them, they go to the front and start looking around. I ask "Are you looking for the smog pump?" He answered "No, were trying to find the turbo." I tell them it has 2 of them. Then they really freak out. LOL

The really funny thing about this whole story was the fact that my car is practically stock.