I had a great time showing off my RX-9 yesterday at the Chicago Rev it Up. It was fun and exciting and a nice time meeting other Mazda Enthusiasts and some RX-8 Club members.

However, here is a warning for everyone who is showing your car. Watch the spectators like a hawk. I got my shift knob boosted. About 3:00 PM my son went to make sure the parking brake was still set and he said it was missing. Sure enough, some asshole stole it. I took all my personal stuff out of the interior for this reason, but some SOB stole it right in front of me. Another bastard stuck his Rev-it-Up lapel pin in my sidewall of my rear tire. It didn't do anything but I cannot believe people now days.

Here is a suggestion. Lock your car, post a sign that if they want to view the inside, please see the owner. When or if you do let someone look inside, stay with them and watch what they are doing. 99.9% will be nice folk, interested in your car. 99.9% will not know it is a personal car owned by you for they will think MAZDA owns it because it is at their event. Some of those will be abusive, after all, a big company owns it and they can afford it.

With that said, take warning. Personally, I will be placing a sign and watching everyone as well as other Enthusiast's cars while they are out participating in the events of the day.

Here is a picture of the Mazda Enthusiasts tent and my RX-8 with my son showing my car to a couple of interested spectators. I am posting other pics of this event in the Multi Media Forum soon afterward.

that's shitty. i noticed the shifter knob missing from the mazdaspeed rx8 in dallas. or do they remove those beforehand?

people suck.

I had my faux carbon fiber license plate frame RIPPED off my car.. screws & all... 3 days after I got the car...

lame.

Sorry to here that D Menac 7. And from the nicest mod on the forum too (well besides Elara ;) ).

Originally posted by sjt
I had my faux carbon fiber license plate frame RIPPED off my car.. screws & all... 3 days after I got the car...

lame.

One help with this problem is using screws that have hex heads on them rather than normal slotted or philips. Just helps make it more difficult to boost them.

Originally posted by Winning_BlueRX8
that's shitty. i noticed the shifter knob missing from the mazdaspeed rx8 in dallas. or do they remove those beforehand? I was told that they removed them before the show because of this. They have had a problem this year with the shifter knob and other dash knobs being stolen. It would have been nice if they passed this information on to the area organizers. Playswithcars, miatabb, wasn't aware of this.

Man that sucks. Sorry to hear that.

That sucks! I was there Sunday and the silver 8 they had on display was missing dash knobs, shifter, trunk pass through door and some other stuff. I'm sure they aren't cheap. As goodwill, Mazda should offer to replace your items. There's always a couple of a$$holes to screw things up.

have you asked them to replace them ??

Sorry for your loss man. It just gets me mad that people have no respect for property, but thats the world today.

I think that is never ceases to amaze me how crummy people can be. Sarah called us on the cell phone to tell us that this had happened in Chicago. She will remind people to lock their car when they leave . Sarah flys in on Fri night (goes to college during the week) and out on Sun and hosts the tent on the weekend (talks to people about all the different clubs and about Mazdasport Magazine ...that's our little bonus for finding the enthusiasts to bring their car). I will talk to folks at Mazda about replacing the shift knob...don't know yet no promises but will try!

I hate when people are so rude. I see home "tagged" all of the time and think "why"1 Well folks I am sorry that people are such jerks. Overall this is our first incident in the tent ina half dozen cities.