Sadly I don't think Mazda would hold such an event with RWD cars, for the
same reason they didn't use 6s with manual transmissions - half the drivers
may not know what to do with it. I don't think the option of easily
inducing oversteer with your right foot would be something to present to
lead-footed inexperienced drivers. Of course I have every hope that Mazda
would do it anyway, but I'm not holding my breath.
Perhaps I should sue Mazda for biasing their event against drivers of RWD
cars. :P
FWIW I'm not here to bash FWD, it's just not what I'm used to.
Bryan Heitkotter | 87 MR2
http://www.pbase.com/bryanh
Straightaways are for fast cars. Corners are for fast drivers.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
To: "John F. Kelly Jr." <76067.1750@compuserve.com>
Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>; "Bryan Heitkotter" <bryan64@earthlink.net>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: !!! noel esporo (unofficially) wins Mazda Rev it Up !!!!
> Maybe Bryan was subtly hinting that Mazda should hold a similar event
> for the RX-8. Or maybe he was just passing his preferences on to the
> marketing people at Mazda in the hopes that they would design more
> cars with RWD.
>
> Sorry Bryan, I think the RX-8 is going to sell well enough that Mazda
> won't need to hold a special event to get them off the dealer lots.
> Assuming they don't build them all with automatics, like they did with
> the 6...
>
> --
>
> john@idsfa.net John Stimson
> http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC Physics '94
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