Now that test drives are going on, Anybody think that it's worth forum members meeting up at dealerships over the next 2 weeks?

I'll start the ball rolling -

Leeds Mazda, Thursday 11th September - 3 pm - Any takers??

Can't do. I'm there on Tuesday at 11.00am. Work calls on the Thursday, else it might be nice to say hello to a few people I only know by a nickname, an avatar and a posting style.

Stu C

PS Enjoy the test drive

Why don't we wait until Spring 2004. We should all have our cars then and we could have the 1st UK RX8 FEST.

A NICE Country House Hotel, somewhere off the M5 should suit most. An overnight stay and loads of chat & booze!

Lots of pics etc and send some to MAZDA UK!:D

Cheers
Oilman

Oilman, I'm up for that. COUNT ME IN.:p

AnilS.

Originally posted by oilman
Why don't we wait until Spring 2004. We should all have our cars then and we could have the 1st UK RX8 FEST.

A NICE Country House Hotel, somewhere off the M5 should suit most. An overnight stay and loads of chat & booze!

Lots of pics etc and send some to MAZDA UK!:D

Cheers
Oilman

Excellent idea.

Originally posted by oilman
Why don't we wait until Spring 2004. We should all have our cars then and we could have the 1st UK RX8 FEST.

A NICE Country House Hotel, somewhere off the M5 should suit most. An overnight stay and loads of chat & booze!

Sounds great! And theres plenty of country house hotels around too :)

Definately be up for this, though I'm sure as more people buy the cars a club will develop with local monthly meetings etc.

In fact, does anyone know if there is a UK RX-8 club? I know there are a couple of RX-7 and/or Rotary engine clubs. Maybe we'll just get tagged on with those.



-andy-

Originally posted by sixspeed
In fact, does anyone know if there is a UK RX-8 club?

Not one to my knowledge. I wouldn't be surprised if some of us forumites become the founding members!

Originally posted by AndyPearce


Not one to my knowledge. I wouldn't be surprised if some of us forumites become the founding members!

OK - I'll start one! £50 to join (10% discount to titanium RX-8 drivers), bi-anual news e-mail, possibly a free pen if I get enough of those charity ones though the door :)

Lol...

Seriously, it would be worth considering, and I agree that the regulars here are more than likly to form the basis of a future club.

I don't know of any other RX-8 related forums on the net that another group of UK/European pre-orders are hanging around in?


-andy-

Theres http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com which would be a sensible start - not a lot of RX-8 activity on their forums though. This seems to be the forum for rx-8 stuff.

Count me in, I think a Sping 2004 meeting would be good, becaue at least we will have had a few months to run our cars in.

Chris

We could arrange this "off forum" by emailing each other.

Cheers
Oilman

I just wonder if Mazda UK would be willing to help out with this, - they have the demographics of the orders so it would make it easier to set up regional venues and locations, also they may want to link to it on their web site?

If there's enough interest then there's enough of us in the IT world to set up an official (or unoffical) RX8 Owners Club web site.

Just to see who's interested I'll post a poll to try to get a feel for numbers.

:D

I'm up for the meet, and agree about the owners club thing.

Proably worth talking to Clive at Mazda Rotary Club to ask about his experiences ideas, might even be worth setting up as a sub club.

Spring meet sounds good.

A nice hotel at the end of a long, quiet, twisty B road would be good!!

Originally posted by AnilS
Oilman, I'm up for that. COUNT ME IN.:p

AnilS.

Yep, I'm in too...

Any excuse, me too! :D

we could have a tug of war to determine, once and for all, which is the best colour, Red or Titanium Grey

(Titanium Grey of course) :D

Are girls invited too ?

If you have the car or are interested, of course.:)

Which side will you be taking in the tug of war?

The winning side of course !

Originally posted by whiteco
we could have a tug of war to determine, once and for all, which is the best colour, Red or Titanium Grey

(Titanium Grey of course) :D

Forgive you for the typo but you of course meant "second best colour"


(After BLACK!!!!!) :0)

OK - I went for the red just to get an early delivery ....

If you asked me now, I'd go forthe black with chrome wheels

Count me in too, can't wait. :D

sound's good, but the M5's a hell of a way for me on some really crap roads.

(used to work in plymouth and the trip home was always a nightmare)