Kas

A boat arrived here on the 22nd of Nov @ 2:38 in the morning. It was holding the next shipment of rx8's.

Has anyone got theirs yet? I'm hoping to have mine tomorrow, 24th nov.

Kas

actually, the boat got to qld on the 18th, then sydney on the 20th and here (melb) on the 22nd.

sco

So when do you get yours?

Kas

Hopefully tomorrow, tuesday.

I rang the dealer 12 hours after the ships arrival and requested that he go pick it up. He said he would but it has to pass customs and then go to the distro center to have some things fitted to it. The distro place is 10 mins from the dealer, so tomorrow i'm going to bust hit nuts to go fetch my ride.

It should be tomorrow anyways, mazda runs a pretty tight schedule i'd imagine

sco

Cool... good luck... hope you get it tomorrow

DMRH

My friend got his on the weekend. Was told that only 900 are coming into Oz until the end of the year & his one is car 100884.

Already starting to do the dealer fitted options to it today. All purchased seperately to save on the luxury car sales tax eliment.

REgards

Kas

thanks sco

dmrh, what day did he pick it up? as the ship it came on was in sydney in the early hours (3:00am) on the 20th nov. Means i'll have mine tomorrow !!!

Hows the driving going? have you put alot of kms on it yet?

Kas

your not going to believe this!!

Mazda distrobution center would not release the car to my dealer as they ran out of spare wheels! Mazda aus was meant to call me today to ask for my cencent to release the car without the wheel and to install it on my first service. what a ****!

So, i'll be getting the car tomorrow. without a spare wheel

Kev

Hey, that rubber stamp guy runs the entire country!

Wildcard

I heard a similar thing, except that I heard that it was 900 cars between now and the end of 2004. Anyone else heard these rumours??

aussie8

Hi Kas, i'm getting mine tomorrow (wednesday), had the same dramas regards the fitting of the spare but was told it was the the bracket not the actual wheel. After following the ships progress, could not understand why after its arrival (@ 0400 on 17/11, man i'm obsessed) it still wasn't at the dealer on the 19th. After many calls to the dealer, he managed to get the last bracket direct from mazda australia so it turned up at the dealer on friday 21st. How it's possible to build and get the vehicle to the city where it's being sold without planning the fitment of required parts dumbfounds me.

PS. Know how frustrating the extra wait must've been for you considering how long you've been waiting so long, it was driving me insane

Dez

I got told it was 850..

And now the rest get shipped to the European market..

And the yanks got first hit, japan next..

++dez;

Kas

hi aussie!

So yours was on an earlier ship by a few days? Interesting. There was 9 rx8's on the ship that mine came on.

Dez

and to think that sydney Nissan dealers are filthy with 350z's around the place..

Mazda! Make more cars!

--dez;

aussie8

Not sure Kas, think it would probably have been the same ship. Hope you've got yours now, i picked up mine today and can't get enough. In fact, what am i doing sitting here when i could be out driving. Gotta go!

Kas

Picked it up today. Took off to lorne and the great ocean road for some running in. Kas is back!

done 300 kms and been sideways out of carlovers. Love it!

sco

No don't... don't want the price of used models to drop unnecessarily. Not that I consider the RX-8 an investment (unless it is considered a failure and the last rotary mazda makes).

timbo

Woo hoo -- welcome back to the e x p e r i e n c e! :p

Dez

keep driving up that coast road, and when you hit Mosman, ring me * grin *

++dez;

NT Rotor Head

Hi Guys, my RX8 turned up in brisbane around the 11th of Nov as well. If anyone is interested, the ships name is 'Franconia'. I'm actually from Darwin and am flying down to the Gold Coast to pick up my baby on the 15th of Dec. Unfortunately I couldn't get off work any earlier!! My ex is a Mazda dealer and you all may be interested to know this new batch of RX8's have been fitted with the oil sump baffle fix out of the factory. So no retro fit needed.

sco

Hi NT Rotor Head -- Welcome to the forum. So are you suggesting that any batch prior to the current batch need the sump upgrade?

Can your ex let us know what VINs are affected?

Wildcard

Welcome rotor head. Darwin is one of my favorite places in Aust.

KAS - Get out there and put another 4700km on the clock so that you can start working on your turbo install! If I have to wait much longer, I might do something rash like purchase a rotary extreme intake or something. Drive son, drive!

NT Rotor Head

G'day Sco, I'm unsure whether RX8's delivered to aust before the current lot had the sump baffle fix done at the factory. I'll get my ex to chase that up and get back to you ASAP.

sco

Thanks mate, really appreciate it.

That's a nice collection of rotaries you've got/had. And you're lucky enough that you can get out of town and legally give them some stick! :D Methinks I'll have to do a little side trip to the NT sometime just to give my '8 a good run. But I'll probably need to fill the boot with an aux tank :p

sco

Kas

DGW, i'd be driving now however i'm on the whitsundays taking a relaxing break. actually, why am i even here, on the net that is ?

I'll have the 4700 kms on real soon, i recon I can do about 900-1000 a week, might have to do more like a trip to sydney and canberra and maybe adelaide.

Its funny, i got my car on wednesday night, did 300 kms and left early thursday to my holiday. I miss my car so badly. But the girls in bikini's are helping.

See you all in another week.