To all those that are collecting there beasts today, please put up some pictures and reviews, this will be the closest some of us will come for a few weeks to seeing our 8's. Hurry up!!!!!!!

Here here !

I ordered before most of you , am waiting longer and the least you can do is post some news for us.....

I am with Rexy - I am going MaD..... :confused:

Me too, I have had to wait all of 5 weeks so far from ordering my car...!!

Happy to oblige.... cant match the classy backdrop to KEF's pic, and its dark, but its an RX8 on my drive and thats what matters!

Congrats Jon!

Thats a BIG pic, but I can just make out the RX-8 by scrolling around :D

Nice Jon!!!

Congrats.

So are we seeing all the blacks and silvers first?

Anyone got a Vel Red yet?

Nice one Jon - congratulations!

Dont forget to post some more pics over the weekend and your thoughts on the car would be appreciated too! :D

Bloody marvellous! EP46 and not even got a delivery date yet!

NOT Bitter!

Oh well, enjoy your cars you lucky few.

Oops made a right pigs ear of that, don’t know how to make it smaller, I'm not an IT guy...
No need to bore you with a lengthy review, but the main points of the 30 mile drive home, (read this, Autocar..):
Lack of torque? Not an issue, pulls nicely if not F1-like.
Body roll? Total *******s.
The best thing about it is the noise, its just fantastic above 3/4k and anyone trying to save petrol is missing out big time.
Just awesome and I love it already. I have driven some decent machinery (also drive a Lotus), and this tops the lot. An absolute gem of a car.
By the way I stalled it first time out and kept forgetting what gear I was in. By the time I got home I'd just about mastered that (hopefully)

Enjoy!

Here's a smaller one

Thanks! That was what it was meant to look like... will try and get a better one and practice a bit with the posting, the weather today was just foul and doesnt show it off to its best!!

Jon H, saw a black in a dealer today in Coventry and it made my jaw drop...not a colour I had even considered...congratulations...

Nice one:D :D

thepenn

Originally posted by Pillman
Jon H, saw a black in a dealer today in Coventry and it made my jaw drop...not a colour I had even considered...congratulations...

Pillman - you said Coventry? Might have been mine! What time was that? Was it in the showroom or on the forecourt? If it was on the forecourt at about 3pm, that was mine, ready for me to drive it off....
made my jaw drop too, I never realised it would look so good in the metal, the pics dont do it any justice.

JH

Originally posted by Kenco
Bloody marvellous! EP46 and not even got a delivery date yet!

NOT Bitter!

Oh well, enjoy your cars you lucky few.

EP29, no delivery date either.... that's really rude!

Remember guys delivery order isn't EP order and thank God isn't date of ordering/putting down deposit. Shares can go down as well as up, and it looks like Black, silver and standard tit cars are first. But Mazda said these colours would be first all along didn't they - at least theres consistency there (for a change). I guess that the leather and satnav would always come later logically, and the dealers ARE giving them out in order of date of ordering from them, which is also fair.

Guess I'm biased though, but it does seem to make sense too.

All the best to JonH happy motoring!!!!!

Please let us know any interesting facts, MPG, Running in details etc.

That is if you can drag yourself away from the car long enough to post

OK, half way through a weekend of RX8 ownership and it just gets better. This car is an absolute dream to own for loads of reasons. Beautiful ride and handling, the noise it makes is orgasmic, it turns more heads than Anna Kournikova. The most common word I have heard from my friends / family to describe it is 'gorgeous'. OK I dont think my MPG is gonna be that good but it hasnt flooded yet. Its a joy to drive on open roads, motorways, towns, heavy traffic, you name it. Driving position is superb, gear change is superb, brakes fantastic, i really havnt got a bad word to say about this car and I think you will all love it more than your wives / children.
Enough for now,
JH

Originally posted by Jon H
Pillman - you said Coventry? Might have been mine! What time was that? Was it in the showroom or on the forecourt? If it was on the forecourt at about 3pm, that was mine, ready for me to drive it off....
made my jaw drop too, I never realised it would look so good in the metal, the pics dont do it any justice.

JH

Jon H, time was 10:30am...big signs on all windows saying 'sold customer car....do not touch." I walked round it like I was in the cisteen chapel...single best looking view of front of car ever…showrooms do a car huge justice through, and I am sure my titanium will look just as good...

Mine's at the dealer. *still* not sure if I'm going to take it.

....why not? sorry - had a quick look and I cant see why Simonr

Simonr,

Which dealer is this? I ordered from Docklands Mazda in Jan and my car has just arrived. I had a test drive on Saturday and loved it, but I'm probably not going to keep mine. I'm probably going to quit my job at the end of the year to set up a new venture and do very little driving anyway, so I can't really justify the expenditure.

I've got a private plate so I'm trying to avoid taking a hit of £350 (£100 cancellation plus plate). Fortunately I've got a couple of friends who are dead keen and will probably take it at cost price (put an ad in Autotrader yesterday too).