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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 07:16 PM
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Thumbs down mazda droping bad RX-8 survey complaints

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXr3b8LO9m8
Old Aug 2, 2006 | 07:30 PM
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RX-8 teh suck
Old Aug 2, 2006 | 07:39 PM
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Wait...
-All RX8 surveys will be ignored in scoring
and
-The bottom scoring X # of ALL surveys will be ignored completely.

Wow.
Old Aug 2, 2006 | 11:34 PM
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I wish that had more context though.... are they talking about the dealer satisfaction surveys that help determine a dealers "rating"? If so, it makes sense to drop a car that may be skewing the results. It's not the dealers fault if a new car is bad, it's the manufacturers. So what exactly are the surveys for?
Old Aug 3, 2006 | 04:09 PM
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One of the disappointing things in RX8 that I witnessed at the local track is 1/4mi performance. Poor chap could not get better than 15.7 sec.
Old Aug 4, 2006 | 08:22 AM
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I used to work for mazda, and the RX-8s always had one problem in particular. They would constantly flood the engine unless you revved the motor above 4K RPMs and then quickly shut it off. People would have the cars towed to the dealership, complaining that they couldn't start the car. Sure enough, it was because they had just shut it off at idle instead of doing the correct procedure. I just thought it was kinda stupid that the car would do that in the first place. You'd think there'd be some sort of prevention to keep it from happening, because customers are idiots.
Old Aug 4, 2006 | 08:37 AM
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There is a reason why the rotory engine has been around since the 60's yet no one uses them.

RX8 would be a great car to give a new 265HP 3.5L V6 or Turbo DI 2.3L to.
Old Aug 4, 2006 | 09:17 AM
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Re: mazda droping bad RX-8 survey complaints

Originally Posted by v8pwrdz28
teh

What the hell is"TEH"?
Old Aug 4, 2006 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by v8pwrdz28
teh

What the hell is"TEH"?
Old Aug 4, 2006 | 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Toukijin
What the hell is"TEH"?
THE misspelled.
Old Aug 4, 2006 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by 91_z28_4me
THE misspelled.
Typically on purpose. It is internet slang.

Not saying you weren't aware of this 91_z28_4me, just clarifying for everyone else.
Old Aug 5, 2006 | 08:08 PM
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It says the video was taken down by mazda. I was really wanting to see this one too.
Old Aug 5, 2006 | 09:50 PM
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Re: mazda droping bad RX-8 survey complaints

This video has been removed at the request of copyright owner Mazda Motor Corporation because its content was used without permission
someone re-post it!
Old Aug 6, 2006 | 09:11 PM
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Re: mazda droping bad RX-8 survey complaints

Must've struck a nerve....
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