My son just called me to ask if I saw Top Gear on the Discovery Channel
last night.

I had not, as I turned my new plasma TV (shameless bragging <G>) off
having already seen the MythBusters episode just before that.

Apparently, they the Top Gear guy test drove a bunch of Lamborghinis and
other similar cars, but in the bunch, he also drove an RX-8.

His comment after driving it was that it was the single best car that he
had ever driven!  Bar none!

It's being repeated tonight (Sept. 15th) at 1 am...have to copy it!

Harley Dixon

That would be 10PM Cal time.

Anybody in the market for RX8's in SoCal... Santa Monica Mazda has two
2004 demos with about 7,000 miles manual (high power) fully loaded
one with navigation for $25,000. One is red and the other yellow.
This is about a $10,000 savings over a new price.

Paul Lamar


I'd like to find an engine without the car attached.

Rick Irwin

It just occurred to me. The whole sale price on a new short block
RX8 engine is $3,800. Retail is $5,800. If the rotary engine is that cheap I think most people would pay $3,800 more for an RX8 rotary engine in a new Miata.

Paul Lamar

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