short while ago:

Good news!

Your local Mazda dealer has submitted your request to Mazda for your 2004 Mazda RX-8—the sports car bred from bloodlines of the legendary RX-7. The next step is for the factory in Japan to process and confirm your order. This normally takes place within 45 days of your production month. We will send you a notification email once this process is complete.

In the meantime, if you haven't already done so please visit the web site where you can download Mazda RX-8 wallpapers and screensavers!

Again, thank you for your participation in our Mazda RX-8 Order program!

Zoom-Zoom,
Mazda RX-8 Order Headquarters

Questions or Comments?
Please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page
Please call 800-222-5500, option #4 or email us at rx8orders@mazdausa.com.

sweet!:D that is the first of the second emails! mine better come soon or someone is toast!

I just received mine - sweeeeeet!!!

holy shiet i just checked my email and i got the same email!!!!!!!!

"Titanium grey, black/red leather"
I didn't know that was possible dude.

Originally posted by Cylo
"Titanium grey, black/red leather"
I didn't know that was possible dude.

yep it is

Received my email. What does "within 45 days of production month" mean? Is our production month March; or when we first ordered in January?

*grumble*

You guys got me all excited and I pulled up my email....nothing...I guess those were only for the first batch who ordered :(

Just got the same email, too...

Came in at 2:44pm, Pacific Time (-800)

-ss

sunnufab@#ch! its 4:20 pm here now and i still don't have one!:mad: i am going to cause major havoc and mayhem at my dealer if i don't get one by the time i leave work at 6:00 pm:mad: i just know they screwed me somehow with their incompetence:mad: :mad:

Got mine - I pre-ordered on Day 1

Got mine today...I am wet with anticipation.

Originally posted by RXhusker
Got mine - I pre-ordered on Day 1

i pre-ordered day one also. the site wouldn't work for me from home at about 1:30 am so i got back up and into work at 6:30 am and did the order here. went to my dealer the same day and for severaldays after until i was convinced that it was ordered. blah blah blah. you can read the whole thing if you search my posts but i still don't have an email go@@%mit:eek: :mad:

Got mine today too, ordered mine on the 28th January and the dealer placed the order on the 29th.

Blue with black, everything but navigation.

I didn't get the email. This totally sucks! I am going to have to get on the phone tommorow and find out about this.

Got mine today! :D :D :D :D :D :D can't wait!

Me too. I thought it had to do with the fact that I added the navi yesterday and got a new confirmation number.

I'm glad to see I am as up to date as everyone else.

Got my E-Mail today too!!!! You guys feel as good about this simple E-mail as I do?

<H1>OF COURSE!!!</H1> :D

I do not have mine. But it appears mostly West Coast have reported receiving the email, though one in Florida said so also. I'll give it another day... although it kinda hurts that someone who ordered on Jan 28th would have it before any of us who had our orders in 3 weeks earlier.

As a fellow East Coast dweller I sincerely hope that is the reason I didn't get the email!!

I received my e-mail this morning -- while I am not on the East coast, I am in Alabama.

Hopefully within a day or two your confirmation will arrive.

Sure is nice to know Mazda has my order !

Right now I feel like Clark Griswold in Christmas Vacation waiting for my Christmas bonus to arrive!!!!!!!!!! There better be NO jelly of the month club memberships in my near future.

Originally posted by alarabie
Got mine today too, ordered mine on the 28th January and the dealer placed the order on the 29th.

Blue with black, everything but navigation.

My guess on this one would be that the dealership had an empty allocation for their 1st preorders and sent in an order anyways, and when you came in to order they just submitted a change request on that one, so the original order date was back on the 13th or so. Just a guess though.

as for the "within 45 days of production month" thing. The "production month" IS APRIL. please just understand it and live with it :eek: my order shows a "production date" of April 1st. (so says my dealer :D ) so I would say that the "within 45 days" email could come basicly between within a few days til almost April, because we are 6 - 7 weeks away from April and that is our production month.

Please correct me if you have evidence that I am wrong (read proof, not speculation :cool: )


Oh and yes, I did get my 2nd email WOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What was the first email you got from Mazda?

Originally posted by RotorBoy
What was the first email you got from Mazda?

The one that went like this:


Thank you for submitting your online order request for a 2004 Mazda RX-8! We have forwarded your inquiry to the dealer you selected.


To ensure you are one of the first to experience the exhilarating performance of this revolutionary sports car, remember you MUST VISIT YOUR DEALER TO COMPLETE YOUR ORDER.
At the dealership, you will confirm your requested order, complete any necessary paperwork, and provide a deposit (if required by your dealer).
Your Mazda dealer will submit your requested order to Mazda North American Operations.


PLEASE NOTE: Your car will NOT be ordered unless submitted by your dealer.


Throughout the order process we will keep you updated with email notifications of important milestones leading up to the moment you take delivery of your own Mazda RX-8.
After you have completed the order through your dealership, your dealer will process and place your order request.
Stay tuned and we will send you an email when that occurs.


For more information on what to expect in this order process and the timing involved, please visit our FAQ at the link below:


http://www.MazdaUSA.com/RX8/FAQ



Zoom-Zoom,

Mazda RX-8 Order Headquarters



Questions or Comments?

Please call 800-222-5500, option #4 or email us at rx8orders@mazdausa.com.

That is the email I thought you were referring to.

Got mine too - nice feeling. Never got the first e-mail as I went straight through a dealer and not via the website.

Yes! I just got my confirmation. Ahhhh, I can breathe now.

As in.. it was sent to you just now from Mazda, or you got it yesterday and just now read it?

sorry to have to burst this whole 'east coast didn't get theirs' theory, but I am in Jersey and got mine yesterday.

Originally posted by IGOZMZM


My guess on this one would be that the dealership had an empty allocation for their 1st preorders and sent in an order anyways, and when you came in to order they just submitted a change request on that one, so the original order date was back on the 13th or so. Just a guess though.

You are absolutely right on that one. I ordered on the 26, and my dealer said that mine was the last one of the first pre-orders. It just so happened that the last one on their pre-order exactly matched what I wanted, so they submitted a change request and I got my name on it!! BTW, I live in Florida and I got my email today too. So the East coast theory is out...

I would suggest that those of you who did not yet receive this email from Mazda, contact your dealer. Make THEM work for that commission! Don't let them off the hook until you are satisfied with their response.

My dealer did not submit the order with my email address, so I called him up and he was trying to avoid putting my email address on the order and playing dumb (maybe he was uninformed). I suspect that if he was not informed, that perhaps they were trying to keep me out of the loop so they could call me back saying "We lost your order, but we have this other RX-8 just like yours... but there is a dealer markup on it."

I explained what NA Mazda was doing with the preorder status emails and made him change the order. He should be faxing me a copy of the order change today.

I guess I am untrusting of car dealers, but can you blame me?

re: RotorBoy's comment:
"As in.. it was sent to you just now from Mazda, or you got it yesterday and just now read it?"

Sorry, yes, got it yesterday (Wed. Feb. 12, 2:45 PM) and read it this morning.

A quick "me too" - received mine yesterday. :D

I got a copy of my dealer's "assignments/inventory report" today. I see the diff between order Reference Number (200304000544) and Vehicle Request ID (2003015148200028) now. The RX8s on order are different from the other vehicles on the inventory report in that they have a line for "Customer Name" and "E-Mail". My car has my name listed but nothing where E-Mail is". Does anyone know if this means my email address (those insiders at Mazda may know this) has not yet properly been linked to my order? I have not received the confirmation email. It appears that obviously it shouldn't make a difference in anything besides getting the emails with everyone else but it'd be fun to be getting them!

the dealer printed out whatever webpage and gave it to me after circling my confirmation number, and it only listed my name right under the number. but he mentioned that he submitted my e-mail and info to mazda with the order which is probably why i get e-mails... so maybe just e-mail or call mazda and double check
-nate

Originally posted by rx8daniel
I got a copy of my dealer's "assignments/inventory report" today. I see the diff between order Reference Number (200304000544) and Vehicle Request ID (2003015148200028) now. The RX8s on order are different from the other vehicles on the inventory report in that they have a line for "Customer Name" and "E-Mail". My car has my name listed but nothing where E-Mail is". Does anyone know if this means my email address (those insiders at Mazda may know this) has not yet properly been linked to my order? I have not received the confirmation email. It appears that obviously it shouldn't make a difference in anything besides getting the emails with everyone else but it'd be fun to be getting them!

well the way i feel having had problems with my dealer- the only way to know that your car is on order with mazda is to get the emails. i fyour dealer did not provide your email with your order get them to attach it now. if they don't know how, someone had that problem awhile ago and finally got the regional mazda rep to show the dealer how. i am currently awaiting a phone call from my dealer to find out if they attached my email to my order. i believe they did not ( i dont know how, they have my email on about 4 different pieces of paper) but i'll know soon

The following may expalin why some got the messages and some didn't. It looks like the first "pre-order period" ended Jan 13th. If this is true then the people that got confirmations probably ordered before then. I know I did. This quote is from rotarynews.com (I think):

We start with confirmed news of an RX-8 presale program. The first few months of production will be devoted to these cars. The program will run from January 8th through March 7th 2003. Dealers will be allocated a set number of cars, customers can configure options, and colors either online, or at the dealer. Mazda dealers will then order the cars. There will be three deadlines, January 13th, Feburary 7th, and March 7th. Cars ordered in January should arrive between June-August, in Feburary between July and September, and in March between August and October.

I think the dealers who think they are getting cars in April or May are dreaming...

any dealer that tells you they're getting the cars in april are full of it. Production of the the very first ones starts the first week of march, then they have to get some supply built up, then they are put on a boat and shipped to jacksonville fl, and some other port on the west coast, then certain things are added at the port to the cars, then they are put on a truck and shipped to the dealer. I would say late may, early june is the absolute earliest anyone will see one. Plus aren't they planning to correspond the arrival of the cars with the release of the xmen movie?

Originally posted by TJRX8
The following may expalin why some got the messages and some didn't. It looks like the first "pre-order period" ended Jan 13th. If this is true then the people that got confirmations probably ordered before then. I know I did. This quote is from rotarynews.com (I think):




TJ: read my sig. i ordered online at 6:00 am west coast time on jan 8 and finished my order at the dealer on the 10th @10am. so for me the reason seems to be the dealer not putting in my email with my order. for herc, i think, it's the same reason. for others your theory is probably true.

I will not believe that my dealer did not get my order in by Jan 13th since I contacted them on Jan 8th and had had my deposit for a FULL YEAR prior to that, not to mention probably dropping by just about every month for that year to check on the status of the RX-8 as things developed and of course usually (still the case) knowing more than they did. However, on the Inventory Report, the date under the column "ASGN DATE" says "01/16/03". The other 3 cars that they just submitted orders for the 2nd allocation, I think, have a date of "01/30/03". Can anyone who has received the latest Mazda email confirm for me what that date is on their order?? Would certainly appreciate it!
P.S. I was one of the people who contacted via email rxorders at Mazda who subsequently contacted my dealer, and the dealer later confirmed he had added my email addr to the order!

thanks daniel! i knew i had read of someone doing that.:cool:

P.S. I was one of the people who contacted via email rxorders at Mazda who subsequently contacted my dealer, and the dealer later confirmed he had added my email addr to the order!

Got mine at 4:46PM Wednsday, February 12th.

Originally posted by boowana
Got mine at 4:46PM Wednsday, February 12th.

hey yo boo whoo, can u confirm or disapprove the april delivery rumours?

I got mine yesterday.

Has anyone that ordered in February gotten their confirmation? I was actually the first person to pre-order from my dealer, and I went in on February first (sounded like they had already ordered a few in January, but none were spoken for). We had a little issue with the email thing, and I had Mazda call him and explain it- he called last Friday, the 7, and left me a message saying he got my email into the system. I'm paranoid he didn't, but if anyone else who placed their order after February 1st hasn't gotten theirs either I'll feel a lot better.


Nevermind..I see Puppy1 ordered his in the second batch, and he's gotten his- maybe my dealer just screwed up my email...

Originally posted by rx8daniel
ICan anyone who has received the latest Mazda email confirm for me what that date is on their order?? Would certainly appreciate it!
Mine is the 13th.

Originally posted by Elara
Has anyone that ordered in February gotten their confirmation?
Nevermind..I see Puppy1 ordered his in the second batch, and he's gotten his- maybe my dealer just screwed up my email...

It looks like he actually ordered on January 10 but changed the order 2/10.

I haven't received the email yet. Ordered January 20th, dealer faxed order to Mazda the 21st.

Originally posted by tribal azn
hey yo boo whoo, can u confirm or disapprove the april delivery rumours?

I E-mailed Mazda and the response said "June to July" for the first pre-order group.

Originally posted by justinm2
I would say late may, early june is the absolute earliest anyone will see one. Plus aren't they planning to correspond the arrival of the cars with the release of the xmen movie? I certainly hope so, because X2 opens on 5/2, meaning we may see delivery in early May if MNAO wants to maximize the PR benefit by having cars on the road at the time of the release.

Originally posted by eccles
I certainly hope so, because X2 opens on 5/2, meaning we may see delivery in early May if MNAO wants to maximize the PR benefit by having cars on the road at the time of the release.

bingo, dino DNA!!!!

thats what i been saying all along.

what would plp want to do immediatly after they see X-2? they'll want to buy an rx8 of course. and if the rx8's arent released yet? then they wont be able to buy it and they'll buy something else, which gives sales to the competition, which mazda certainly doesnt want. my god i am a god damn genuis

Originally posted by tribal azn
hey yo boo whoo, can u confirm or disapprove the april delivery rumours?
I saw a dealer advertising March/April delivery of 10 cars. I sent this info to Mazdaand this is what they had to say:
Thank you for contacting Mazda North American Operations. I appreciate the opportunity to respond to you.
You are correct, the RX-8 will not be available in April. The information of this dealership may be based on previous information that they have not updated. Understand that launch estimates, especially based on earliest information, are subject to change. There is no launch date currently available. Again, the earliest that we could expect to see the RX-8 at dealerships would be June for pre-orders. It is much more likely that orders will be delivered in July-August.
I regretted to read about any inconvenience or confusion that you may have experienced. We are very excited about the RX-8, and we are glad that you are interested!

I'm glad it's in July as that's when I will be able to afford the bloody car :)

I'm with you, Hercules! The longer it takes, the more time to save.

Although, the wait is going to be difficult. Especially come May, when we start seeing/hearing about it in the media.

I received my email from Mazda today! Question - did everyone's show a red RX-8 and it's just coincidence that mine will be red - or did yours show the color of your car? My request change adding email address was done Jan 30, so it took 22 days for the email to arrive after that was entered. Here's to another 15 - 19 week wait!! ;-)

dman you!;) i have been trying all week to get my dealer and mazda to figure out why i haven't got one yet. emailed back and forth today again with mazda. no answers yet :(

Originally posted by zoom44
dman you!;) i have been trying all week to get my dealer and mazda to figure out why i haven't got one yet. emailed back and forth today again with mazda. no answers yet :(

I'm with you zoom44. My thinking is I didn't get it because I didn't do any of the preorder stuff online, I just went straight to the dealer. Perhaps they messed up your email address or something? I called my dealer today and am waiting for the call back. I wouldn't be too worried about it though

Did either of you get a copy of anything from the dealer showing the order number or request ID #? As I've posted earlier, my email wasn't showing up as of last week on their inventory report, but it wasn't until 1/30 that my dealer, working with the district and / or Irvine Mazda folks, got my email address on my order. I did the initial 'build' of my RX-8 online; but my dealer is not one that had an email link on the ordering page of that process. I printed the order for my own information, but they apparently had to go to a Mazda website for ordering and enter all of the information online from scratch. William at rx8orders assured me it took about 30 days from the time that the email address was added to the order. My initial order has a "Request Status - Date" value of "ON ORDER - 1/16/03", and the change adding the address was done 1/30. By looking at the screen print, or print from the web "portal" site - it appears the email address was no more difficult to enter than an address line or city so I'm not sure why it didn't make it into my order initially. Anyway - the reason I got a copy of the inventory report last weekend was since I don't have an actual order and I hadn't received an email I wanted to make SURE I had an order in the works, and that's what the sales manager gave me. If you have can get a copy of that report for their RX-8 orders it should at least have your name on the unit corresponding to your order reference number!

here is the reply from mazdausa i just received:

"Hello Charlie,

Sorry about any inconvenience to you during the beginning of the week.
Regarding your confirmation, I don't have the capability to confirm
orders, they are sent automatically. As long as the dealership has
entered in your e-mail address and placed your order for their first
allocation, your order is valid and you will eventually receive
automated confirmation. As the demand for this car is high and the
amount of orders have grown, the time between orders and confirmations
has increased. Again, Mazda thanks you for your patience while you
await your confirmation.

To ensure that the above processes have been met by the dealership, I
have contacted *******. I have also requested that ***** ****,
general Manager of the dealership, contact you to confirm that your
order has been placed within the first allocation of RX-8 orders for
his dealership and that your correct e-mail was entered with your
order.

I certainly understand your eagerness to receive the confirmation, we
are very excited about the RX-8 too!"


i edited out the names of the dealer and the manager. don't want someone to get their panties in a bunch. ;)

oh and i also tried to get them to tell me how many had actually been pre-ordered in the usa but they did not respond to that question. :(

I just got my email from Mazda. I confirmed with my dealer today that they went back into the order and added my email address. FINALLY!! I pasted it below and it appears as if it might be a bit different from the first email posted in this thread. Who knows and at this point I really could care less.

__________________________________________________

Good news!

Your local Mazda dealer has submitted your request to Mazda for your
2004 Mazda RX-8-the sports car bred from bloodlines of the legendary
RX-7.

Click below to find out more about your order and what to expect next.
http://www.mindarrow.net/rx8status2/static/rx8status2.asp

To unsubscribe or to change your email address, point your web browser
to the following URL:
http://www.mindarrow.net/mazda/common/opt_out.asp

A description of the Mazda Privacy Policy can be viewed at:
http://www2.mazdausa.com/campaign10/privacy

hmmm.... mindarrow is a marketing company that distibuted the mini promo cd. nobody else has mentioned that their email came thru mindarrow instead of directly from mazdausa. something is fishy here....... email rx8orders@mazdausa.com and ask them if this is the actual confirmation email. unless someone else who has received their's can confirm it coming thru mindarrow?


edit: when you click on the what happens next link where does it take you and what does it say?

Finally got my Mazda email today (although with no confirmation number). Actually it was from rx8status2@mindarrow.net.

mine was from the same mindarrow address, but I had no links to more information about what happens next or to change anything - mine had a link to the background and screensavers part of the RX-8 web site ( the "fun stuff" part of that page - and the FAQ, and the phone number and email address to rx8orders.

got mine today as well, didn't get to talk to my dealer, but I guess he got the message. mine was directly from mazda.
hope he didn't just put the order in today (pre'ed on 1/8)

happy great guinness toast to all!

edit: er, it looks like mine was a mindarrow as well the same as rx8daniel's

I was one of the first group (Feb. 12th) mine also came from "mindarrow". I wonder if those of you that just got it are in the second pre-order group... hmmm

I am glad to hear that someone that got the e-mail on 2/12 got it from a mindarrow.net domain. I emailed rx8orders@mazdausa.com on 2/22 regarding whether it was supposed to come from that domain or a mazdausa.com domain. I expect a response in the next few days.

Originally posted by RotorBoy
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Click below to find out more about your order and what to expect next.
http://www.mindarrow.net/rx8status2/static/rx8status2.asp


1. Did anybody else get an email with this type of link? Mine only said go download the latest screen savers.
2. Did anybody who got this link follow it and what did they find?
3. RotorBoy - When did you order and what options did you order? edit - I just noticed some of that info in your sig, did you choose the NAV?

My email was from Mindarrow but it was just congrats and you will get more info within 45 days of the month it is to be produced. This makes me wonder if my car is not going to be produced until May or later.

Thanks for the help.

OK, I got a response from Mazda and yes the email was authentic.

I ordered on 1/11 and placed a down payment at that time. I assume the order was placed on 1/13.

My dealership added my e-mail address to my order on 2/14 and I got the email from Mazda a week later providing confirmation.

I did not order the navigation system.