Has anyone ever done a poll on how many Canadians are actually part of this forum? It would be cool to find out, maybe reply and if you have a car coming etc.

Ay.

If I still like the car after the feedback I get from here, I will have one in my driveway spring of 04, after my current lease expires.

What part of the GTA are you from? I'm from North (rural) Burlington. What are you driving (I'm guessing a Prelude?)

Same here, I'll have one Spring 04... maybe a little sooner if I can swing it.

I should have a Silver GT next week, whenever that train gets here.

Apparently my new silver GT on the rails for London..Ontario that is....expected delivery Wed. the 23rd.

p.s. My private sale fell thru for my '02 MB c230 Kompressor Coupe
6 speed, black/black heated leather seats, panoramic sunroof, in dash
CD player, one owner since Sept. '01....warranty good til Sept. '05

Only 24,000 kms.!!!!........now motivated to sell..


Save over $10,000. vs. new......asking $33,333.


Please call
Steve
519-432-7170

Originally posted by rotorian
What part of the GTA are you from? I'm from North (rural) Burlington. What are you driving (I'm guessing a Prelude?)
Good guess. :P
I'm at Winston Churchill/Dundas.. border of Oakville and Miss.

Steviebee,
Where did you get the info about your delivery, specifically the 23rd date?

Ron Jeremy here... checking in from Ajax/Pickering area....
I've got a GT w/moonroof (no NAV) coming hopefully by the end-of July (VIN check -- "on CN" ... courtesy of pooch350z)...

Franky here,
but y'all can just call me Frank!
i'm located at lower mainland Vancouver!:)
Fully loaded Winning Blue GT heading my way!!

Sharky Here, from downtown Toronto. I've got a Winning Blue 8 coming in soon (hopefully!) to replace my 93 Grand Am GT. Bought that car new in 92 and it has served me faithfully for 11 years. I will be sad to see it go (who says guys aren't emotional?!) Anyway, I'm sure the sadness will fade quickly as soon as I get to take the 8 on a little road trip to find some twisties!

Wow, we have a LOT of Winning Blue in this forum... didn't think it would be that popular of a colour.

Halifax, NS
Winning Blue GT w/roof on the same train as everybody else aboves'.

It better show up.. I'm pre-registered for the Eastern Region Solo 2 championships in PEI on the Aug 1st weekend... I'm gonna need a car.

Ron Jeremy, what colour are you getting?
Sharky, is yours a GT?

Boy I can't wait until we all get our cars! It will be cool to meet together in our respective cities.

I have my VIN for a Red GT w/ Moonroof and the Red/Black interior. Just waiting for Pooch350Z to tell me that my car is on rail :)

btw, if you guys are looking for a good cheap sporty ride, check out my Integra GS 98 that I have for sale :

http://forums.montrealracing.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57760&forumid=16

I obviously have too much time on my hands.
Going thru the various threads I have counted 39 Canuks so far.
(probably more, I stopped counting, I'm going out on my deck to enjoy a cold beer)
14 identified with cars coming.

With a Forum ID of "Canada", and my location shown as Montreal, I'm not one of the "hidden Canadians"; proud to be one!

Pre-ordered Feruary 3, 2003
Titanium gray GS
Black cloth interior
Automatic Transmission...avec mode "sport"

Scheduled delivery: mid-June (oops)
Revised delivery: unknown (at port in Vancouver awaiting eventual transfer to rail)

I'm back, checking in.
Now 15 cars.
BTW anyone ever had Hoegaarden beer from Belgium.
Very unique (good) taste!

another one from Burlington.

winnning blue delivery in the spring 2004.

Just back from the states. Went down as far as Chattanooga and never saw one RX-8.

Anyway, I have a Lightning Yellow GT with 6mt, moonroof and NAV. It was at port a couple of weeks ago so I'm assuming it will be here next week. I've asked Pooch350Z to check my VIN out.

Glad to be part of this RX-8 forum.

Winnipeg, Manitoba here.

Velocity Red GT, 6MT, Moonroof, scheduled delivery December.

Burlington, ON here also.

Happy to announce that just hours ago I finally sold my BMW 330Ci to a VERY lucky new owner (he got the car for a steal).

What is it with the luxury used car market in the GTA these days...no one is buying?

At any rate, my baby is now sold, and I'm officially going to the dealership tomorrow to start berating them about when I'll be expecting my Black, 6 sp RX-8.

Has anyone ordred accessories yet?

Bruce here. I have a red GT with red/black leather and moonroof on order. Supposed to be here in September. I'm in Mississauga and ordered my car in Hamilton.

Hey Deep Blue and Rotorian - where did you order your cars? We should be investigating ordering some accessories together to get a better deal.

I've got a '96 Ford Probe GT for sale. If anyone's interested, send me a note.

Quebec city... CANADA:D

Velocity red, 6MT, moonroof

Ordered beginning of March...

Expecting any days now... I hope :p

I went to the dealer in Bracebridge, they were able to get me their first car in the first shipment.

Deep Blue, did you order your car in Burlington? I know them really well.

Beautiful city you live in TT2RX8! Was fortunate enough to stay in the Chateau Frontenac last week for a couple of days on our way back from the Maritimes. Looking forward to visiting Old Quebec again in the near future. It's only 8 hours away, and it will fly by in the RX-8.

Originally posted by rotorian
Ron Jeremy, what colour are you getting?
Sharky, is yours a GT?

Boy I can't wait until we all get our cars! It will be cool to meet together in our respective cities.

THATS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT !!!

aww... my moderating powers won't let me modify the thread enough to add a poll... i think i can only edit a poll which has been started...

anyways, Andrew Keech here from GVA BC...

Quick, it's interesting where you live, 'cause i used to live in Burlington when i was a child, and a lot of my family lives around the Hamilton area... my grandparents used to live in Dundass, not too far from McMaster (<- which is kind of the family school... Grandpa was a prof there, and most of my aunts and uncles on that side gradded from there)

Originally posted by rotorian
Ron Jeremy, what colour are you getting?
Sharky, is yours a GT?

Boy I can't wait until we all get our cars! It will be cool to meet together in our respective cities.

I'm also interested in the colour of your car Ron Jeremy.

Talking about meeting in our respective cities, are there any other RX-8 owners in the Durham region. So far, it looks like there's only Ron Jeremy and myself.

Might be worth it to set up a GTA meet somewhere seeing there's only a small number of us in Durham....

St. John's, Nfld here - Titanium Grey GT 6 spd w/ black and chapparal leather.

Until last week I was the only person outside the dealership to have an 8 in Newfoundland (the dealership owner will drive a demo, unknown color/options). There is now a second owner in NL (a guy in Bay Roberts - about 1.5 hrs outside St. J) - Winning Blue, Automatic I believe.

Broose: Can we even order accessories now? My dealer didn't seem to know how at this point. Also...it is even possible to get a volume discount?

I'd go in on a group order if it saves cash for sure.

Rotorian: Burlington Mazda is where I ordered from.

Having said all of this, I still have no idea when I'm getting my car, despite now being "3rd" on the list. Dealer still has no idea when it is coming.

:(

Deep Blue

You don't have a VIN number yet?

BTW, what are you driving now that you sold your Beemer?

I should have mine coming in by the end of the month.

Yellow 6 spd

Doctorr from somewhere north of Edmonton,

Got a red with red leather 6MT, no options, coming this TUESDAY !

The man says it's on the truck!

Would love to meet some folks in the area when we are
all 'eighted'!
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Deep Blue, I ordered my car from Mountain Mazda in Hamilton. I have dealt with the General Manager for everything (no salesperson involved). I mentioned to him about getting a discount on accessories if I could organize a group buy. He asked me to put something together and present it to him.

Send me an e-mail offline with what accessories you are interested in and I'll start a list.

Any others people in Ontario interested in joining in to see what can be accomplished?

rotorian,

Yeah, you were right..when I checked again this a.m. re: my Wednesday 23rd delivery, dealership indicated that it wouldn't be here til sometime during the last week of July.....

steviebee

Smoker here....From good old Scarborough, Ontario.

I'm holding back to get the 2005 Model next year. (believe me, you have no idea how hard this is !!! )

FritzMan - Ottawa, Ontario. Actually, I live in Carsonby which is between North Gower and Manotick. First on local dealership's list for a red GT, no moonroof or NAV.

Drove/lapped/autox'd an FD for 6 years. Modified the hell out of it and eventually ran a 12.8 @114MPH on street tires and gas on my first every trip to 1/4 mile track (2nd run). Though that was impressive until the guy who bought my FD converted it to single turbo, TEC, and has pushed over 400 RWHP on the dyno...

This 8 will stay normally aspirated though, but will see some local AutoX duties.

Originally posted by Deep Blue
Happy to announce that just hours ago I finally sold my BMW 330Ci to a VERY lucky new owner (he got the car for a steal).


Do you mind if I ask you how much did you sell it?

I am in Brampton (for now) but I work in Toronto and I intend to return to Toronto soon.

I drive a 2k Jetta VR6 but I am looking to replace it with either the RX-8 or the Sti. I am on this forum to get more info and decide if this is the car for me. I am a bit worried about reliability and performance. Availability is the big issue now.