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#1126
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I think my favorite story with my Seven though was when the Honda Civic wanted
to race me.
to race me.
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No not at all. each phase is a "stroke" intake-compression-combustion-exhaust..4 stroke engine. although those are the phases of a piston motor its no equivalent seeing as each cylinder goes through that process. if you want to compare them that way one rotor is = to one piston(not in power) since they both have 4 phases.
but then again you really cant compare it to any 4 stroke engine
and if you want to get even more technical its really not a 1.3 but a 2.6 liter...but for that argument you have to speak to the british guys
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This happened just the other day. No one said anything about my car, but the short incident made me laugh.
I was cruising with a buddy, first time driving my fc in a few months. TPS is faulty and throwing codes. When it does the car will backfire a lot. Well I was down shifting for a corner and a black dude was riding a bike near by when my car laid down a big backfire. The guy snapped his head and looked at me like I just opened fire on him.
I started busting up laughing, and then proceeded to giggle for the next mile.
I was cruising with a buddy, first time driving my fc in a few months. TPS is faulty and throwing codes. When it does the car will backfire a lot. Well I was down shifting for a corner and a black dude was riding a bike near by when my car laid down a big backfire. The guy snapped his head and looked at me like I just opened fire on him.
I started busting up laughing, and then proceeded to giggle for the next mile.
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maybe the guy was black...?
I was at the junk yard today looking for FCs. The guy at the counter said they had 2. One was in Row 12, the other in 14. I found the one in row 12 easily, and it was pretty bare, so I thought I should go check out row 14. I went up and down row 14 3 times, and even checked out row 41, in case the guy was dyslexic.
I went and asked him about the one in row 14 and he stood up on a bench and said, "Na bro, it's right there... the red one."
I looked over at it and said, "dude, that's a 240..."
I was at the junk yard today looking for FCs. The guy at the counter said they had 2. One was in Row 12, the other in 14. I found the one in row 12 easily, and it was pretty bare, so I thought I should go check out row 14. I went up and down row 14 3 times, and even checked out row 41, in case the guy was dyslexic.
I went and asked him about the one in row 14 and he stood up on a bench and said, "Na bro, it's right there... the red one."
I looked over at it and said, "dude, that's a 240..."
#1138
its not compared by amount of strokes since one rotor goes through the 4 strokes 3 times per 1 full revolution...its the fact that each rotor has 3 faces, each face sort of acts like one piston so it technicaly is comparable to a 6 cylinder...its the easiest way to explain it to people who dont understand
but then again you really cant compare it to any 4 stroke engine
and if you want to get even more technical its really not a 1.3 but a 2.6 liter...but for that argument you have to speak to the british guys
but then again you really cant compare it to any 4 stroke engine
and if you want to get even more technical its really not a 1.3 but a 2.6 liter...but for that argument you have to speak to the british guys
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just to let you know i didnt mean the "its the easiest way to explain it to people who dont understand" part for you i meant that for when you explain it to people who never heard of a rotary engine
i mean its hard enough trying to get them to understand that theres triangles instead of pistons and chicken does not go on it
let alone explaining what piston engine its most similar too
though if you wana really screw around with someone you could explain that if you go by power to cc, dispite the fact that there bad on gas there actually more efficient then most piston engines
i mean its hard enough trying to get them to understand that theres triangles instead of pistons and chicken does not go on it
let alone explaining what piston engine its most similar too
though if you wana really screw around with someone you could explain that if you go by power to cc, dispite the fact that there bad on gas there actually more efficient then most piston engines
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I got yelled at by the police over the loudspeaker (not pulled over just yelled at) on the cruiser to "get a muffler on that thing.....a Real muffler."
I went to wendy's the other day to get my baconator fix, and there was a MkIII? supra parked in the parking lot (seen it there lots of times). so while I was in the drive through I asked who's car it was, and the girl at the window yells back "hey this guy likes that piece of crap you drive!" she then promptly looks out the window at my car and says "oh you drive one too!?"
I went to wendy's the other day to get my baconator fix, and there was a MkIII? supra parked in the parking lot (seen it there lots of times). so while I was in the drive through I asked who's car it was, and the girl at the window yells back "hey this guy likes that piece of crap you drive!" she then promptly looks out the window at my car and says "oh you drive one too!?"
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because the guy was black. If it was an asian dude, I would of said so. If it was a white dude I would have said so. ****, if it was that don rickles dude I would have said so.
Just more detail for the story, that's all.
Just more detail for the story, that's all.
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A guy I work with is a huge camaro guy. On top of that he drives an IROC. So the other day talking about car projects I brought up my fc. Surprisingly his response was "my friend had a non turbo one I loved that car, your car will be bad *** when its done." I was just surprised, this guy is the guy that if its a ford, dodge, import, anything but chevy its garbage. It was pleasant, even though he still thinks hell be able to out drive my fc with his IROC.
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Ah, another funny one:
Out on a photoshoot with my car next to an old grain silo;
Random hick guy: "You taking pictures by the crappy thing so the car looks better"
Me: "Yeah, something like that"
Random hick guy: "You can't make that car look better, it's a Maaazda"
I was tempted to pop the hood for him, but it wasn't worth the time to explain it.
Out on a photoshoot with my car next to an old grain silo;
Random hick guy: "You taking pictures by the crappy thing so the car looks better"
Me: "Yeah, something like that"
Random hick guy: "You can't make that car look better, it's a Maaazda"
I was tempted to pop the hood for him, but it wasn't worth the time to explain it.
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hehehe some classic responses in this thread
a few weeks ago at the jack in the box drive through, "i see your car here all the time, is that a integra?" i go "nah its a mazda rx7"... "oh those old cars? thats pretty sick dude"
Roll up to best buy and walk in, guy at the front "thats sick, is that a 240?"
a few weeks ago at the jack in the box drive through, "i see your car here all the time, is that a integra?" i go "nah its a mazda rx7"... "oh those old cars? thats pretty sick dude"
Roll up to best buy and walk in, guy at the front "thats sick, is that a 240?"
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The jack in the box by me actually has a guy who owns a 7 that works there. I talked to him a while back, first thing out of his mouth "You know your car shoots flames right?!" haha it made me giggle inside.
#1147
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I had a funny last night... nothing really said but here it is:
I was driving to the movies when this bone stock celica with a fart can does a ricer fly by and gets caught by the red light ahead. So i cruise at normal speed to the light and stop. He starts revving at me and i can see him watching the light so what when it turns green he could take off. Well, sure enough, light turns green and he takes the **** off. I roll through the light normally and he slows down ahead and gets into my lane. I switch lanes and as im doing so he speeds up so that i cant get back over. I downshifted into third and blew past him and got over. I coasted to the next red light in third from about 6k rpm, car was popping flames. I know he was feeling stupid... i couldnt stop laughing.
At the next light he motions for me to roll down my window.
He gives me a thumbs up.
I say "Yeah, you got beat by a girl..... it's ok"
He looked a bit embarrassed that he even tried.
Then he replies "you're turbo!"
I ... idk why he would have even tried.
I was driving to the movies when this bone stock celica with a fart can does a ricer fly by and gets caught by the red light ahead. So i cruise at normal speed to the light and stop. He starts revving at me and i can see him watching the light so what when it turns green he could take off. Well, sure enough, light turns green and he takes the **** off. I roll through the light normally and he slows down ahead and gets into my lane. I switch lanes and as im doing so he speeds up so that i cant get back over. I downshifted into third and blew past him and got over. I coasted to the next red light in third from about 6k rpm, car was popping flames. I know he was feeling stupid... i couldnt stop laughing.
At the next light he motions for me to roll down my window.
He gives me a thumbs up.
I say "Yeah, you got beat by a girl..... it's ok"
He looked a bit embarrassed that he even tried.
Then he replies "you're turbo!"
I ... idk why he would have even tried.
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Not really anything said, but I glanced in my mirror today and saw a guy motioning at the girl in the seat next to him at my car, and she kinda pokes her head up higher...
They were both kinda just staring at my black burn marks on my bumper from my backfire, haha... they both kinda laughed... I let one rip for them.
They were both kinda just staring at my black burn marks on my bumper from my backfire, haha... they both kinda laughed... I let one rip for them.
#1149
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Opening of FAF4 ... oneguy came out of the car and goes:
guy 1: Dude what year is that ... a 2005?
me: no???
guy 1: Oh its a corvette though right?
me: nope
guy 2: (gets out of car) No man thats a Porsche
me: Its a 94 RX7
guy 1: WTF is that? No way its 15 years old.
And I chuckled then walked in to catch my date.
guy 1: Dude what year is that ... a 2005?
me: no???
guy 1: Oh its a corvette though right?
me: nope
guy 2: (gets out of car) No man thats a Porsche
me: Its a 94 RX7
guy 1: WTF is that? No way its 15 years old.
And I chuckled then walked in to catch my date.
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not a question asked about my car, but I was playing a board game (I forget the name of it) and it was the other teams turn to answer and the question on the card was "How many cylinders does a Wankle Rotary engine have"
of course the other team was made up of girls, and they were trying to decide if it was a v8 or v12.. of course I was sitting there squirming waiting to steal the answer, of course I did and said OMG TRICK QUESTION!! It has NONE!.. so anyways the girls asked me how it worked with no pistons and I got to draw a diagram and teach everyone.. lol I was amazed a board game had that as a question.
of course the other team was made up of girls, and they were trying to decide if it was a v8 or v12.. of course I was sitting there squirming waiting to steal the answer, of course I did and said OMG TRICK QUESTION!! It has NONE!.. so anyways the girls asked me how it worked with no pistons and I got to draw a diagram and teach everyone.. lol I was amazed a board game had that as a question.