
Originally Posted by
lightspeed
Ironically, the "final straw" for my frustration with the rx8 was when a housewife in a BMW 330 ci was able to beat me to 50 mph from a light (she was smiling the whole time too, the bitch.) She would have kept molesting me probably, but I gave up. Granted I didnt do a high-rpm launch, which *might* have made the difference, but I rolled off it hard and gave it all it had, and she was still about 1.5 car on me. I decided right then and there that it wasnt going to cut it.
Those things run mid-low 14's in magazines. I dont know how good she was at driving, but it was a manual, and she was good enough.