Fr-s/ Brz. > 370z?

Evofusion · 07-02-2012, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Cmike2780

add the RX-8 to the list. literal fail, although I gotta admit that the back seats were surprisingly roomy for an adult.

I had an RX-8 and the handling felt **much** better than my 370

Please don't judge a car by power alone, the rx-8 was the best handling car i've ever owned. Sure the power sucked, and I used to get like 14 mpg, but i'll be damned if I say I don't miss that car. Don't regret it one bit.

Oh and yes, it's the only "sports" car in which the back seats were actually usable...

kenchan · 07-02-2012, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Evofusion

I had an RX-8 and the handling felt **much** better than my 370

Please don't judge a car by power alone, the rx-8 was the best handling car i've ever owned. Sure the power sucked, and I used to get like 14 mpg, but i'll be damned if I say I don't miss that car. Don't regret it one bit.

Oh and yes, it's the only "sports" car in which the back seats were actually usable...

if you rewind time, all cars boasting 'handling' were all slow.

sports cars are not suppose to be slow. a honda fit can out handle a rx8 if down hill.

Evofusion · 07-02-2012, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

if you rewind time, all cars boasting 'handling' were all slow.

It's not just that, I could take a curve going 100mph+ and the car felt very stable, predictable.

I would never do that in my s2000, and i've yet to take the same turn in the Z, but I can already tell you I probably wouldn't push this car like how i did the rx8

kenchan · 07-02-2012, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Evofusion

It's not just that, I could take a curve going 100mph+ and the car felt very stable, predictable.

I would never do that in my s2000, and i've yet to take the same turn in the Z, but I can already tell you I probably wouldn't push this car like how i did the rx8

so you suck at driving and blaming the Z? wtf... go buy another RX8.

onzedge · 07-02-2012, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

so you suck at driving and blaming the Z? wtf... go buy another RX8.

UNKNOWN_370 · 07-02-2012, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

Didn't the Z outclass the RX8 in handling by a longshot in the 09 C&D article where they compared to the 135I, solstice turbo, Rx8 and Z?

binary0x01 · 07-02-2012, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Evofusion

It's not just that, I could take a curve going 100mph+ and the car felt very stable, predictable.

I would never do that in my s2000, and i've yet to take the same turn in the Z, but I can already tell you I probably wouldn't push this car like how i did the rx8

Just because it is easier to do it in one car, doesn't mean you should assume the other two are less capable. Instead i'd look at it as an opportunity for becoming a better driver and being able to do that in all 3

Evofusion · 07-02-2012, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by binary0x01

Just because it is easier to do it in one car, doesn't mean you should assume the other two are less capable. Instead i'd look at it as an opportunity for becoming a better driver and being able to do that in all 3

Sorry I guess that statement came out wrong. I never said it was impossible to do it in the other 2 cars, its just, the rx8 took those turns so naturally, that you literally felt in control 100% of the time.

With the Z and the s2k, the cars felt very wild, kind of hard to describe (im no professional driver or anything)

I guess its something that I can't describe in words sorry

Pauly · 07-02-2012, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

if you rewind time, all cars boasting 'handling' were all slow.

sports cars are not suppose to be slow. a honda fit can out handle a rx8 if down hill.

lol i cant hate on the honda fit, i know absolutely nothing about it. i just picked a car off the top of my head in my pointless rant.

Cmike2780 · 07-02-2012, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Evofusion

I had an RX-8 and the handling felt **much** better than my 370

Please don't judge a car by power alone, the rx-8 was the best handling car i've ever owned. Sure the power sucked, and I used to get like 14 mpg, but i'll be damned if I say I don't miss that car. Don't regret it one bit.

Oh and yes, it's the only "sports" car in which the back seats were actually usable...

I'm not. I wouldn't say it was better though, the RX-8 def felt lighter and was much 'easier' to drive. A lot more balanced, that's for sure and def handled better than the 350z. The 370's steering feels heavy by comparison. The lack of power and torque really put a damper on an otherwise great car. I see them racing the RX-8's on the Rolex Sports Car series and makes me wonder what could have been had they used the 20B like in the race cars.

Evofusion · 07-02-2012, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Cmike2780

I'm not. I wouldn't say it was better though, the RX-8 def felt lighter and was much 'easier' to drive. A lot more balanced, that's for sure and def handled better than the 350z. The 370's steering feels heavy by comparison. The lack of power and torque really put a damper on an otherwise great car. I see them racing the RX-8's on the Rolex Sports Car series and makes me wonder what could have been had they used the 20B like in the race cars.

Exactly everything you said. I take it back the the 8 felt MUCH better at handling than the Z, but I still stand by my statement that it's the best handling car out of the 5 sports cars i've owned.

It was definitely for the people who cared more about how much fun you had during the trip rather than how fast you got there.

Either way there's no point about arguing over a car that is no longer in production

i'm just saying that maybe this FR-S is similar to the 8 but maybe even better since its using a traditional engine rather than a wankel.

PS. there's nothing like revving to 10k in the rx8