RX-8 in the top 10 list again....


from the RX8club.com site:

All right....excellent, C&D 10 Best list is one of the hardest list to repeat for multiple years

Acura TSX - Best Sport Sedan
Audi A3 2.0T - Best Sport Compact
BMW 3 Series - Best Luxury Sport Sedan
Chevrolet Corvette - Best Performance Car
Crysler 300/300C HEMI 300C SRT-8 - Best Full Size Sedan
Ford Mustang GT - Best Muscle Car
Honda Accord - Best Family Sedan
Mazda MX-5 - Best Roadster
Mazda RX-8 - Best Sports Coupe
Porsche Boxter - Best Luxury Sports Car

 

damn i didnt know there was so many car classes. What ever happened to there being just luxuray,sports, muscle and sedans?

 

Just get a honda civic and put lambo doors on it and constantly have the theme of Fast and Furious raging thru you 12 inch alpine speakers so we can laugh at you when you roll by sonics like the other people did last time.
Or you can just buy a Rx8 because they seem to be good cars and get the owners lots of....you know.

 

it might just be me but it doesn't really matter what C&D thinks... but as for me, that list would probably be how I would rate those cars myself

But realisticly now, we ALL KNOW that the porsche boxter (non-S) is not a sports car I've driven one and I like the rx8 better

 

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

 

The carrera's are over rated. They dont put out that much power. Even the S is rated at like 280. Dont SRT4's put more out? Sad day for porsche when they get beat by a skittle.

 

Lil Sang, it sure seems like you are really talking about a lot of different cars. What do you want out of your car? What do you like about driving.

Do you want to go fast from point A to point B? Go DOMESTIC

Do you want to have tight turns and hug corners and feel the car working for you? Go RWD

Do you want a very responsive car in all gears? Go rotary

Now, I know that some people don't get the Mazda thing. But here goes, go test drive a Mustang, Miata, and an RX-8 and tell us what you think. I would be interested to hear what you thought after driving each car.

I love the handling of the Miata and the turbo on the high speeds but I was missing action in the low gears. Some guys can't hang, but they are the same guys that wouldn't dig the S2000. The Miata is fantastic for being one with your car, you can feel everything in it. This is probably one of the reasons our RX-7 brothers in here are so crazy about their 7s. Its a Mazda thing.

I chose the RX-8 because I do a lot of driving and the rotarty is very responsive to my requests for speed in the low gears as well as the high gears. It isn't as glove like feeling as the Miata, but I think it is more fun to drive for daily driving.

 

Get a skittle, everybody else has one, why not be a comformist?

 

I think you need to decide what it is you are looking for in a car(ie. torque, handling, looks,...). I have spent a lot of time in my bros RX-8 and like it alot. We actually took it to TRack Day #11. It ran 15.2 @ 90 bone stock. Slow compared to my Camaro but it is not supposed to be a drag car. But honestly, most of the cars in your list aren't drag cars. The awd turbos will do well there, but that is not the manufacturers intitial intentions. I personally like the G35 coupe best on your list. My buddy at work has a black one with 19s, 298 hp, 6 spd and besides no boost it is sweet. Have fun in your search and keep us posted.

 

Lol, this is turning into a group thing now. We are all interested in what car lilsang will get, and for me its like reading the paper every morning. We should all go out together and look at cars with lilsang, do group test drives, and comparisons... etc etc lol.

I really think its good that everyone puts their .02 cents in for people who are unsure of what they want. Advice is an important thing when your stuck on decisions.