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Oct 3, 2006 | 09:23 PM

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YELLOWGSLSE

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Originally Posted by aznpoopy

its a luxury sporty car. hardly a car born and bred for the track. that doesn't mean its bad performance 'wize' by any means.

Mabe a bit off topic, but how come so many people have a hard time applying this sort of logic when it comes to the RX-8??

Oct 3, 2006 | 09:36 PM

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Railgun

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Originally Posted by YELLOWGSLSE

Mabe a bit off topic, but how come so many people have a hard time applying this sort of logic when it comes to the RX-8??

Because of the rotary power plant the only logic that's permitted is what they THINK it should be.

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Originally Posted by 13bturbofc

yeah ford sucks...lol j/k

That's not quite where I was going with that.

Oct 3, 2006 | 09:36 PM

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Mabe a bit off topic, but how come so many people have a hard time applying this sort of logic when it comes to the RX-8??

This is the kills section. Logic does not generally apply here

Oct 4, 2006 | 05:25 PM

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aznpoopy

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Originally Posted by YELLOWGSLSE

Mabe a bit off topic, but how come so many people have a hard time applying this sort of logic when it comes to the RX-8??

they're hung up on the 7 i guess?

although you could say the same for the 350z. its not as quick as the old 300zx TT, but everyone jizzes over it anyway. *shrug*

Oct 5, 2006 | 07:52 PM

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yeah ford sucks...lol j/k

You maybe joking around but what you said is a tue statement as of today. Ford has gone down the tubes in the past years

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Oct 7, 2006 | 06:10 AM

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Scrapiron7

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Originally Posted by Railgun

What do you know about fast anymore?

LOL! That's a cheapshot

How ya been? Getting cold in Chicago yet?

I won't miss the snow!!

Oct 7, 2006 | 01:20 PM

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efranklin

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Just found out that my car was only boosting 7psi. Still trying to get that fixed.

Oct 9, 2006 | 05:34 PM

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g35s are nice to daily drive...but not race

Oct 9, 2006 | 06:31 PM

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Scrapiron7

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I ran into a super charged G35 coupe this weekend, really nice car. The guy said it was an easy setup.

Oct 15, 2006 | 01:37 PM

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Henessey

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Originally Posted by efranklin

I was making a left hand turn behind a g35 (only mods i could see was exhaust), once we both made the turn he floored it, as did i. I couldnt even go full throttle or else i would have hit the back of his car, it wasnt really a race it was just me behind a slower car at wot. I thought g35s would be a little faster then that, maybe he wasnt trying?

no... they are pretty slow.