dealer.... its faster than an evo 11!!

dealer.... its faster than an evo 11!!

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cra1gy1989

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293 posts

145 months

Monday 6th August 2012
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A few weeks ago, I went to a show room to test drive some cars, the car salesman let me try 3 cars, a subaru Impreza, astra vxr and a rx8, after the test drive I was speaking to him and I said the rx8 didn't feel all that fast and his reply was its faster than an evo 11! Shows they know f**k all about cars! Whether I'm missing something but I'm sure he's one step ahead of himself! At that point I grabbed my coat and left, chuckling to myself!

Marf

22,907 posts

242 months

Monday 6th August 2012
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Yep, there is no EVOXI

CBR JGWRR

6,538 posts

150 months

Monday 6th August 2012
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Marf said:
Yep, there is no EVOXI
And there probably won't be one either.

And you have to rev RX-8s, they do 9000 rpm for a reason.

smile

mnkiboy

4,409 posts

167 months

Monday 6th August 2012
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Ha ha ha! He got a fact wrong! WRONG!

You should have killed him.

RobCrezz

7,892 posts

209 months

Monday 6th August 2012
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An rx8 at 40mph is faster than an evo at 30mph.

Marf

22,907 posts

242 months

Monday 6th August 2012
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RobCrezz said:
An rx8 at 40mph is faster than an evo at 30mph.
Fact!

rhinochopig

17,932 posts

199 months

Monday 6th August 2012
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RobCrezz said:
An rx8 at 40mph is faster than an evo at 30mph.
Bet it's a close run thing on fuel economy though.

Ari

19,353 posts

216 months

Monday 6th August 2012
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mnkiboy said:
Ha ha ha! He got a fact wrong! WRONG!

You should have killed him.
This! biggrin

Pixelpeep

8,600 posts

143 months

Monday 6th August 2012
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i see the problem

the salesman knows his cars..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Lancer_Evo...

he just doesn't know his roman numerals biggrin

sparks_E39

12,738 posts

214 months

Monday 6th August 2012
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The RX8 is terrible on fuel and will st out it's engine at 80k. Fact! wink

nagsheadwarrior

2,781 posts

180 months

Monday 6th August 2012
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Hope you thanked the nice salesman for letting you play with 3 of his cars!

RobCrezz

7,892 posts

209 months

Monday 6th August 2012
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Marf said:
Fact!


laugh

DanDC5

18,821 posts

168 months

Monday 6th August 2012
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There's no Evo 11 so technically an RX8 is faster than something that doesn't exist...

Marf

22,907 posts

242 months

Monday 6th August 2012
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DanDC5 said:
There's no Evo 11 so technically an RX8 is faster than something that doesn't exist...
By George he's right!

SWoll

18,478 posts

259 months

Monday 6th August 2012
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sparks_E39 said:
The RX8 is terrible on fuel. and will st out it's engine at 80k Fact! yes
EFA.

seanh

104 posts

285 months

Monday 6th August 2012
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I went for a test drive of a new MX5 recently with the sales guy in the passenger seat. On leaving the dealers I noticed that the fuel gauge was reading almost a quarter full, better than many test drives which have been done with the fuel warning light on. Thought nothing more about it until we hit the first bit if dual carriageway where I got a chance to see how well it pulled away. I commented that it was very good through the gears, smoother than my current car but didn't have the same acceleration. This is what I'd expected and was quite happy with. Anyway, the sales guy goes quiet for a minute and then asks me to check the fuel gauge. Quick glance down and I tell him it's still reading just under a quarter. Ah, that'll be it then. If the gauge is reading low the engine doesn't rev as high so you don't use as much fuel but you lose some performance. Genius. smile

Still bought the car though.

Prof Prolapse

16,160 posts

191 months

Monday 6th August 2012
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Marf said:
DanDC5 said:
There's no Evo 11 so technically an RX8 is faster than something that doesn't exist...
By George he's right!