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WOOHOO!!! I just found out Kelly and I get a discount on our auto insurance for this! I'll find out how much here in a little bit. Just fax over the completion certificate.

-Chris

Now that the Rev It Up has completed the tour, I finished in the top 20% over-all. How did everyone else do? They had more than 21,000 drivers!

i was not at all impressed with the Rev-It-Up event nor the Mazda 6.

the event was really poorly organized. too much lag time in between drives, the lines were WAY too long, and NO FREE FOOD! i expected to at least get a sandwich and coke with my $30 entry fee. i thought it was a real rip off. and they were such azzholes at the test drive tent where they had the MazdaSpeed Protege and the Miata. only 1 of each car and "no squealing the tires or you'll be asked to leave." what a bunch of crap!

i have gone to a number of similar driving events: Volvo, Saab, BMW, Jaguar, Mercedes, GM...and this was by far the worst.

and the car was not that impressive either. the more i look at them, the less i like the styling. even with the Eibachs and sticky tires, i thought the car was squishy. the automatic tranny sucks big time. throttle response was very slow and the tiptronic shifter was worse than just living it in "D". the manual tranny is definitely the way to go with this car.

one high point was being able to see, hear, and play with the RX8. other than that, it was a true waste of a nice sunday morning.

Baco99, I totally agree with you. I've been to similar events also, and the Mazda Rev It Up event just plain sucked in comparison. 39 dollars, for what? I just don't get the concept of paying for a commercial. It's kind of like paying for a t-shirt with a company logo on it. If you're going to advertise for them, shouldn't they at least give you the shirt? From Mazda's web site, it looked as if the speeds were going to be a lot higher than 30 or 40mph, which is why I went. I loved how they nickel and dimmed you, I can't remember the last time that I paid three dollars for a 20oz. bottle of water.

my dad did it and he said he had a lot of fun but he hit the windsheild wipers alot and he hit the same cone both runs but those bostal exhausts sounded pretty good

I agree with both of you guys that it could have been significantly better. I also thought the course was not matched to the car. I would have much rather had the Mazdaspeed for that course, and I really expected a lot more track time. Did get a snazzy little hat for $39.00! I still enjoyed the day, we had great weather, and I got to see some people I never would have seen elsewhere. I did have the small bonus of running with a couple of buddies.

baco -- They said don't dump the clutch on the MazdaSpeed or you'll be kicked out. Needless to say, I did it anyways and got kicked out. Good thing I was leaving anyways!

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My 1st run was about .5 sec. quicker. I drove the go-karts right before my 2nd run, and I must have thought I was still in a go-kart when I made my 2nd run - I came into the 1st turn way too hot

I agree the food should have been free. The GM event held a few weeks prior had no entry fee and free lunch.

In general, the clinics were too much waiting and not enough seat time. Also, they only had 1 ambulance there - when it got called away on a rescue, the whole operation shut down for an hour. Great planning

Sitting in the RX-8 piqued my interest. I'm gonna have to test drive one.