There's a guy I know at Open Road Mazda in Edison NJ that has one on his showroom floor and is willing to give a good deal on it.. so if anybody is interested please call Abraham at 732-985-0290 (x574), and he'll work it out with ya.

Tell him Shayaan sent ya :)

I sense that if you get him to make the sale... you get a deal on your 8 or some type of dealer freebee. Good thinking. :D

There is one Spicy Orange here in SD, CA just sitting in the showroom floor.
*Ponders on Hercs idea* heh... :D

If no one here wants dibs on the best-handling FWD compact sedan turbo or normally-aspirated(read up on it and slalom/skidpad reviews), let those at MSProtege (http://msprotege.com).com take a stab at it. Good peeps, also. :D They will eventually be a collector's car due to limited production(especially Spicy Orange with original Sparco pedals and shift knob) like the 323 GTX 4WD was in '88, IMHO. ;)

Grimace, here's your shot at that rare bad boy! It won't last long, and looks a heckuva lot nicer than the Lancer EVO . Man, if I could only get both...*sigh* :D

I won't get any deal on the RX-8 other than MSRP which is already guaranteed to me. He was just helpful to me (though I have more info than him), called me the DAY I was allowed to order, took my order and submitted it before I gave him money (came back next week with the $500), and took my word for it that I'd be back.

I am just repaying the favor. Besides I figure if I give him the business he won't try to lowball me during lease price negotiations, as I'd like to get a low money factor :)

We're still waiting for our first delivery of Mazdaspeed Protege's here in Canada.

My local dealer promised me a call so I can take her out for a spin, even though he knows I am getting an 8... :)

Hope I don't get sucked in and buy too early and spend all my rotary money...lol

Wow, what a coincidence Herc- just yesterday my friends and myself went on our lunch break to look at s2000's and we ended up spending some serious time looking at 2 Mazdaspeed Protege's. One was the orange- gorgeous color if a bit over the top, and a black which looked amazingly slick. $3000 markup though. :mad: We are trying to convince one of my friends to get it, but he has his heart set in a Jetta 1.8T :o . Needless to say we are trying to convert him.

Will pass along the info, thanks.

pretty sure brown's fairfax mazda still has an orange mazdaspeed (as of a week ago), at MSRP or below