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Originally Posted by Spinning Sushi
Actually, I forgot to ask. Were those cars painted silver? According to RX8Club.com myths, there was a curse placed on silver painted RX-8's. These cars are problem prone from accidents to engine issues. In fact, the only car to be accidentally ran over by an M1 Abrams Tank during testing in history was a Silver RX-8 ( http://gearheads.livejournal.com/740624.html). Another interesting statistics states that silver RX-8's are more prone to accidents and engine failures. As for the accident part, Mazda's Sunlight Silver is harder to see at dawn and dusk than any other color as it blends in more so there is a higher chance of it not being seen as early. I can't really back up the engine failure part but meh 
Google Curse of the Silver RX-8 and you'll be surprised, lol.
So... were their cars silver? |
lol that's kinda funny , but no one was a galaxy grey mica ,and the other phantom blue mica.
The galaxy gray lost compression , and had it's motor "fully replaced" (turned out to be a lie, I feel the entire car is a lemon due to it's previous owner as it's gear box is trashed, and a few other things)
and the owner of the phantom blue wrecked his car acting a fool during a local cruise, replaced the radiator(along with a few other things), and tried selling the car because the motor wouldn't turn over (I'm assuming he flooded it , seeing how the guy really didn't seem to know anything about taking care of a rotary)..
and yea 16mpg is what kept me from looking for a used r3 rx8 when I purchased my fr-s ... I love the rotary , but I will never own one as a daily driver.
Hopefully one day I can buy a clean fd and try to replicate a LHD spirit r type A
