Thread: RX-8 Test Drive
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Old 11-02-2005, 09:12 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by lupinsea
I hope when I do get a chance to test drive a 330i I will either REALLY like it or REALLY hate it.
Prediction: you'll prefer the 8.

330 is more comfortable and makes a better family car, but with less feel and worse handling.

The 330 is a great car and I still love mine. But once you're as far down the path of sporty-car-handling insanity as you seem to be (as are many of the folks here) the 330 becomes easy to pick on. After driving an RX8, the 330 feels like a lexus.

I was ready to dump mine at one point, thinking I needed a sportier ride. Then I realized is that what I really need to be doing is learning how to drive (autox / track) and that the 330 is perfectly fine for that, while also being a comfortable daily driver. Now I really like the car again. Go figure.
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