Hi All,

I just had to trumpet my horn a little this morning. I had a great evening of cruisin' around town in my new RX8 last night. I had
put a deposit down on this particular car back in January, and have
been waiting in huge anticipation ever since.
WOOOOOOOOHHHHHHOOOOOOO!!!! My buddy who works as a salesman at
Galpin Mazda called me as soon as the truck with the first six RX8s
hit the lot.

Typically, it takes 24 hours to check the cars in, clean them up,
and get them ready to sell. However, Duke Maltin (my buddy) bribed the
tech dept into preparing my Titanium 6 speed immediately, and I
drove off the lot at 6:00 pm last night with what the Sales
Manager said was the VERY FIRST RX8 sold in California, and possibly
America!!! (I don't know did anybody take delivery sooner than yesterday afternoon?)

Duke and I and our wives went out to dinner on Sunset Blvd afterward, and it was amazing how much attention the car garnered
while just parked on the street. We watched in wonder as small
crowds of about six people at a time, off and on, would gather
around the car and start peeking in the windows while we ate dinner
just a few feet away. I must admit, it put a smile on my face when
Duke said "You know, there isn't another privately owned RX8 on the
road tonight anywhere, no matter where you went!"

Later, we put the car though its paces over Coldwater Canyon while
heading over to Studio City to drop off our friends. After that, we
drove home to Covina on the freeway; I'll say it again:
WOOOOOOOOHHHHHHOOOOOOO!!!!

My '99 Miata is still in the shop for a few more days, so at least I finally have a decent substitution for the time being! :)

Signed,
Probably Won't Sleep for the Next Few Days

Dean Rudenauer

well if you had driven to oregon or washington i know of at least 3 cars that would have been on the road also. including of course 3Rotor's which was picked up last Friday. Congratulations on the Car now where are the pics?;)

Congratulations on the car!!!!


While duke was telling you that, about 200 other people were already driving their card that they bought yesterday... but he is close. There aren't many of us. I took delivery yesterday as well, and I chose to go to Ventura Blvd... you aren't kidding about the attention thing.

This morning some guy almost crashed on the 101 while staring at my new silver beauty!

Congrats, dude, and enjoy the car. However, I know I had mine at 3:00pm on Monday the 14th (first in San Diego), and I think there were others in LA area before me on that Monday.

Yah, thats where i will be getting my 8 @ Galpin Mazda. I saw the 6 cars that came in and most of them had "sold" written on the window. The guy was putting lojack on there and had a chance to check them out. I couldnt believe that some of them had automatic tranny on them. First time i saw automatic on this car in person. They have i think 1 or 2 that arent sold yet and i'm kinda mad that i've been leaving msgs to our family salesperson to call me up when they get them in so we can test drive it, but he hasnt called back that lazy ass, lol :D

anyways, congrats on your car.

Originally posted by Cylo
Congratulations on the car!!!!
This morning some guy almost crashed on the 101 while staring at my new silver beauty!
How does the silver look? Have you been able to compare it to titanium? I ordered silver and am hoping that I like it better than the Titanium.

At least it will be rarer since it seems that about 25-30% of the orders have been for Tit. (45% at my dealer, 8/17)

" How does the silver look? Have you been able to compare it to titanium? I ordered silver and am hoping that I like it better than the Titanium."

i had a chance to look at a titanium and a silver yesterday...the silver was a real stunner....i think the silver is sure to get noticed.....

though i like the silver, i ordered the ti....and the ti i saw yesterday did not disappoint me...

Originally posted by TJRX8

How does the silver look? Have you been able to compare it to titanium? I ordered silver and am hoping that I like it better than the Titanium.

At least it will be rarer since it seems that about 25-30% of the orders have been for Tit. (45% at my dealer, 8/17)

I love it. I like it better than the titanium for sure, because I constantly see s2000's in a similar titanium, and it just doesn't do it for me anymore. The silver is classic, and I can't see myself getting sick of the color ever.

The silver is real bright (like the light silver Z) and is the second brightest... the yellow looks like a "friggin highlighter" as one anonymous test-driver said as he zoomed by.