What to do...

Various symptoms of "RX-8 abstinence syndrome" to look for:

1) checking the RX-8 forum before breakfast and before bed
2) reading Car & Driver reviews over and over again
3) perusing the RX-8 brochure repeatedly
4) drooling over RX-8 photos on the internet
5) propping up the promotional book on RX-8 History so it is visible from any location in the house
6) calling the dealer after work hours to get an update on the car

Then we have Redshift's personal account of distraction from work, that I'm sure many of us feel.

Originally posted by Redshift
...Actually, I gotta say, anybody else finding their productivity way down the last week or so? The car is so close I can taste it... it's kind of taken over my existence and all of my thoughts. :)

What to do? Some suggestions to pass the time:

1) write up a set of 20 questions about the RX-8 on page 1 of a text file. On page 2, write the answers. You have now created a Trivial Pursuits Game for RX-8 fans that you can swap with other members of the forum.
2) Write an article for your local newspaper on your direct experience with the RX-8 forum and with the car itself if you've received it. Take heed of ethics in journalism please. You represent the forum in your writings.
3) get a life
4) pay attention to the wife, or the significant other, as the case may be
5) plan your first road trip with the RX-8 - is the road you plan to use adequate, smooth, curvaceous, i.e. is it RX-8 WORTHY?

Other suggestions?

Stop by a dealer that has the RX-8 (a number of the dealers got their cars before the pre-orders here in the SF Bay area).
Sit in car and see what it feels like (a bit smaller than I expected).
Convince dealer that you are the sucker who would pay $4K over MSRP so they let you drive.
Report back impressions to this forum.

I did all but the driving but you are right;
it is hard to be productive at work these days :)
My car is still sitting at the port (since June 27).

I can totally relate with Redshift's comment about waiting on this car to show up consuming his existence and all of his thoughts. Lately I can barely concentrate on my work and have been moping around the house in a semi-state of depression waiting on my car to get here. Isn't that ridiculous?? My cell phone rings and I about jump out of my skin thinking it is my salesman with some good news.

This must be what overdue pregnant women feel like.....anxious....sick of waiting.....just want it to be here.....can't sleep....etc..

Originally posted by Canada
5) plan your first road trip with the RX-8 - is the road you plan to use adequate, smooth, curvaceous, i.e. is it RX-8 WORTHY?


I'm working on that right now!! We're taking 5 days to get to San Francisco from Calgary, through the Rockies, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. No Interstates allowed! Then we're taking in the Concourso Italiano and the Monterey Historic Races on Aug 15-17, then back through Lake Tahoe Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Montana to Alberta.

14 days, about 6000 km!:cool: Think that'll break it in? :D

Regards,
Gordon

I don't know about you, but I've been a grumpy bastard for about two weeks now.....my dog won't even come too close!

Originally posted by Canada


Then we have Redshift's personal account of distraction from work, that I'm sure many of us feel.



Well, here I was browsing the forum before I moped off to work in my Mom's beater car that I borrowed until mine arrives (a 96 Saturn SL) and I stumble upon this thread.
Wow.. I've been quoted AND crossposted... I feel so honoured. :)

It's getting worse... last night I couldn't even sleep. Just as I was going to bed I got the update that the train carrying my car is now only 2 Provinces away... she's getting closer...