Did anyone received the welcome pack??

I was told that I should receive it around 2 weeks after I picked my car.
I got my car for 3 weeks now, but I still receive nothing

Anyone??

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sco

Not sure if this is relevant to you guys with the RX8.I picked up my Mazda 6 more than two months ago and just recieved mine yesterday.

There is a customer satisfaction survey in the Welcome Pack that they want us to fill out. At least anything we write in there will get to Mazda.

Donald

Just got a call from Mazda to ask the t-shirt size for the welcome pack - "Limited edition RX8 t-shirt"

They we're vague but was told they should be out in the next week or 2.

Got my car late July, had a phone call a couple of weeks ago to say they would be sending out a special rotary key that the dealer would encode but nothing as yet.

Got a book a couple of months ago but would just be happy with cheap accessories from some Mazda dealer.

Hi,

The postie just delivered my welcome pack. It arrived via registered post.

It contained the custom coloured key in a presentation box (I think it needs to be taken to Mazda to be coded before it can be used), a keychain light that is labelled Zoom-Zoom, a quick intro guide about the car, a plastic card with your name, rego, VIN and dealer name, a plastic tag for your keychain with your VIN and roadside assistance number, a welcome letter, a brouchure about the Mazda Foundation, a satisfaction survey with a reply paid envelope and a Jim Murcott One Day Defensive Driving Programme Level 1.

Donald

No limited edition T-Shirt?

Got a call this afternoon asking for my shirt size... maybe you get a shirt if you don't get a key??? I assume keys are for pre-orders only???

I got a T-Shirt from the drive day. Did you go to the drive day? If not, maybe they'll give you the T-Shirt that we received.

I just tried the coloured key in the car. The ignition turned on but the starter didn't turn over.

Donald

donald does the key have a leather pouch with it ???

Not a pouch, but one of those flip open boxes that wrist watches come in. It is covered in leather and has that stylised rotary symbol embossed into the cover. The key has the coloured rotary section on one side of the handle, chrome on the other, and end of the handle of the key (around the rim) is a chrome plate etched with "mazda RX-8". It is quite nice.

You'll probably all have yours waiting for you when you get home (or waiting the post office).

Donald

Whoa, I cant wait till my car gets here. I want that key!

Originally posted by donaldc
I got a T-Shirt from the drive day. Did you go to the drive day? If not, maybe they'll give you the T-Shirt that we received.


No I didn't, unfortunately.

I'm a little disappointed that it is a defensive driving not advanced driving course, seeing I bought a sports car. At least doing the defensive driving qualifies me to do the advanced driving course.

Cheers

sco

Iagre sco i prefer advanced driving techkniques , however it will give us a chace to meet other rx8 owners i have seen 2 on the coast so far but havent spoken to any .

My understanding is that the level 1 course is the entry level course, and that it includes some advanced driving stuff...

Level 2 requires level 1 or a cams licence.

You may want to check the web site...

http://www.murcott.com.au/

Also, I got a t-shirt at the Sydney drive day, but also got a call about my size for the welcome pack?!

After looking the nice key and box it came in, I've decided not to use the key. I'll get it coded so it works, then I box it away. I'll just use the plastic one they gave us for daily use. I'll keep the key with my Autoart 1/18 and 1/43 models.

Do you all think that's being a little too precious about it?

Donald

Originally posted by donaldc

Do you all think that's being a little too precious about it?


Heh... no comment ;)

Must say, as great as the car is, hope the T-shirt is better than that ugly grey one from the drive day.

Finally recieved the call from Mazda
They had apologize for the delay of the Welcome Pack.
They said it will be here soon
I asked them about the rotary key and the T-shirt
The answer is, all the pre-order customer will get the Rotary Key, no T-shirt for us.
For the normal customer (no pre-order) will receive a T-shirt, but no rotary key.

For the rotary key, we need to bring it to our dealer with the code, so they can program it. The key is not going to work without programming.

Donald getting your new colour key coded is great but i would not place it somewhere so obvious as with my car models this makes it easier for someone to get the key and steal your beloved rx8.

alright!

I got my welcome pack today!!

Finally got the WELCOME pack albeit nearly 1 month after purchasing the rx8.

I received my welcome pack today , though in place of the key I received another copy of the RX* book. Hopefully the key is still on the way.

Wow, what an anti climax the key is LOL It's bloody big lemme tell you, much bigger than the normal one. Looks spectacularly ordinary with the black insert on it too :D

Half blind from playing with the little blue LED keyring already too LOL

Good thing for Mazda this isnt the States. I saw no warning on the keyring about blindness. Definate case for compensation. LOL. Free car or cash payment for sure

!!!@@!!! Got the welcome pack but got the t-shirt and book instead of the key !!!

The car is registered in my wife's name, so I think they forgot I'm a pre-order... after all this waiting now I'll have to ring tommorow and give them a blast!!!

I share your pain msydd. Looks like the same person packed our packs.

Does the Welcome Pack come only once youve taken delivery or is it shipped after ordering ?? I ordered 6 weeks ago, got the book about 4 weeks ago but no sign of the key !!

After delivery. What's the book everyone is talking about?

Its a hard cover coffee table style book that outlines the development for the 8 from concept car to production. The second half of the book goes into a history of rotary racing .. its interesting reading

Cool... Hurry up Mazda and send me my goodies :cool:

got ours today. Included:
colour coded key (only one side colour coded, the other is metallic silver)
little blue light (keyring i guess, nothing special, no RX-8 or anything)
a card ( i guess telling everyone who steals your wallet what you drive)
2 other cards ( again keyrings, but these tell the finder of the keys who they should return them too)
info on keeping it nice and smooth
info about the defensive driving course

all in all, nothing special in the welcome pack, but I can't complain, we've received a lot of other stuff.

Hey Thommo ... what else did you get??? Who was the dealer ??

Mine turned up today. Contained:
RX8 coffee table book... nice
Blue key light (dealer gave me red one, so I now have a red one to match the car and the other half has the blue one.)
Details on roadside assist
Murcott driver training,
Quick reference card
Roadside assist key ring cards and a credit card sized card.
Survey
RX-8 T-Shirt - grey with a red rx8 logo and red rotary logo that goes down one side, so most is on the front and some is on the back.

Most importantly the quick reference card tells you to make sure you switch the engine all the way to off before re-starting after a stall, otherwise the car may go into limp home mode, which can only be reset by a dealer. Don't remember reading this in the manual.

When I was asked for the shirt size, I asked how big they were and was told the medium was reasonably small... well I got the large and it swims on me. I wear size 39 business shirts and the T-shirt sleeves go down to my elbows.... should have got a medium.

Originally posted by sco
When I was asked for the shirt size, I asked how big they were and was told the medium was reasonably small... well I got the large and it swims on me. I wear size 39 business shirts and the T-shirt goes to down to my elbows.... should have got a medium.

:D I know the feeling, I'm 6'3", so figured I'd get the XXL one at the drive day, I swear it's nearly to my knees...