Some Wussies and one serious case of road rage in the making.

Get a sense of humour!!!!!!

 

Again Pooch - we appreciate the help. I will take your advice and talk to my dealer when the car is imminently close to Dartmouth railyard.

Parsons

 

UPDATE:

From now on I will post without showing the VINs so make sure to take note the rail car that's carrying your car.


Rail car # TTGX982022 has 3 cars:Bgparsons3,Redshift, Jasper_the_2nd

Rail car # TTGX982345 has 2 cars: Funksoulbrother, Jasper_the_2nd (car # 2)

Another rail car loaded yesterday and has an ETA of 7/29 but has stopped moving. It's probably because the rail car needs repairs.

Rail car # ETTX802670 has 1 car: Redshift (car #2)

All other VINs sent to me are still no match.

I'll post again tomorrow.

 

Thanks for the update!

Is it just me, or is this train going slower the closer it gets?

 

Thanks for the update Pooch350Z.

Since my VIN does not come through on your check, would the car be shipped under the dealer's name or something along that line. The dealer insists my car will be in Toronto this week so I'm wondering why it's not showing up on your list. I'm sure there must be more than 6 cars being shipped. Can you check how many RX-8's are on rail and when they are expected to arrive in Toronto?

 

-CN uses VIN numbers only, the owner name changes nothing.
-There are only six from the list of VINs I have but there surly are more.
-No I can't check how many and when.
- Dealers bullshit all the time. I would think anything east of Alberta will go on CN. Maybe he gave you the wrong VIN but I doubt it because the pattern is clear, only Atlantic provinces are moving so far.

 

Hmmm...no rail cars carrying RX-8s on their way to Montreal?

 

Is it possible that Mazda is using a different company to do the shipping to Ontario and Quebec? I know someone had mentioned L. Hansen's Forwarding a month or so ago. If they offered a better shipping rate to Ontario, couldn't Mazda be using them (or someone else) instead? And if they did I'd assume the cars couldn't be tracked by the CN system, even if it's a CN engine pulling them.
Or, since I know nothing about how car transporting works, this could all just be total crap.
It was just a thought.

Anyone who knows anything about this kind of stuff care to comment?

 

Redshift / Jasper - 2 cars each? I assume you are each tracking one for a friend - how many sold in NS that you know of? Steele told me that had 2 sold (2 weeks ago info).

 

Actually, I couldn't decide between two colours, so thought I'd buy them both.

Seriously though, I'm actually tracking a 2nd car for Steele.

You are correct, Steele have sold 2 so far. Mine, and a Red GT that they are also having me keep an eye on for them.
They told me they are getting 2 more (1 is an Auto) in a later boatload.
Mills in Truro have a Silver GT on the same train as your, mine and Jasper's cars, which I do not believe is sold. (They are a brand new dealership.. sort of.)

 

Yeah, I'm tracking an extra one for Target. A red GT, which is sold.

So we know of 5 right now at 3 dealerships.
There are three other dealerships in N.S., Kentville, City and Sydney. Since they are supposed to be shipping at least one car to every dealership, there should be at least 3 more cars on the first train.

 

Yeah, about 8 cars on the first train sounds right. Actually, kinda sounds like 1 car load to me.

Oh well, 1 of 8 in the province is still pretty exclusive, right?

 

Yeah - I was enjoying my 1 of 1 status in Nfld but apparently someone in Bay Roberts bought a Winning Blue GS that the dealership was bringing in.

 

Yeah, but I wish that Mills car was a Titanium instead of another silver. Two silver within 50 km is one too many.

 

Jasper, not only is it 2 Silver in 50km, but there is also a 2nd RX-8 GT in your town, even at your work isn't there?

At least I'll be one of 3 in a bigger pond.
So far, I'm the only Winning Blue confirmed into the province. I'm sure one of the unknowns will be as well.

 

Redshift,

Nope, he's retired now (at least mostly). He worked at one of the other buildings anyway.
It's unlikely I'll ever see his anyway. I've never seen his Prowler, I've never seen his BMW, and I hadn't seens his Mini Cooper until he took it over to Target. Not surprising, about the Cooper anyway, since it still only has about 1700 km on it and he's already trading it in.

Must be nice....

 

Wow. I can only hope retirement is half that lucrative for me.
In fact, I work my *** off now, and THAT isn't as lucrative for me as his retirement is.

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.

 

You mean like:

Read a work email; check for an update from Pooch350Z.
Do 5 minutes of work; go talk about the car for 20 minutes.
Get back to your desk; check for an update from Pooch350Z.
Check the work email again; go read about the lucky Americans who already have their cars.
Repeat.


Nope. Nothing like that going on here......

 

Who knew RX8forum.com would be such a drain on productivity! Jasper just described the last 2 weeks of my life, in 5 minute increments.


Parsons

 

Nail + Hitting it on the head = you
I now live for status updates.

To top it off, I'm on vacation in 8 days and I'm having a tough enough time keeping my mind from going long before my body does.

 

You guys think you have it tough waiting... At least you know your cars are coming via Pooch350Z's checks. My dealer still tells me mine will be in by mid-week, but VIN check from Pooch350Z shows negative.

Guess my mind will be on this till the car finally comes in.

 

My Dealer has no more info other than "in port" (for over 2 weeks?)

I'm just hoping it's been shipped and Pooch doesn't have info on it.

 

Here's an update.

BTW Aston Junction is just west of Quebec City. It's starting to look like the ETA of 16:00 on 7/23 will easily be met.

I'll try to update before noon (eastern) tomorrow.

Once again all other VINs are still no match.

 

Gets worse after you get it! :D Spent 5 mins reading work E-mail then 45 mins showing off the car etc etc.

 

Here's some hope for all the Ontario cars. My dealer told me tonight that their printout shows my car "on rail" for the past few days.

He expects it very soon.
Maybe one of the earlier comments was correct and our cars are being shipped differently?

Let's cross our fingers!