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Old Oct 25, 2003 | 10:48 AM
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Talking Pics of my car

Just 4 pics I took in the dealer compound last night.
I can't visit it again until Monday:p
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Old Oct 25, 2003 | 10:49 AM
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pic 2
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Old Oct 25, 2003 | 10:51 AM
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sorry about the quality but I don't have a digital camera
Looks like the cars came to Immingham
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Old Oct 25, 2003 | 10:54 AM
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No that isn't me and the wife the kids insisted on coming too
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Old Oct 25, 2003 | 11:00 AM
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Thumbs up

Congratulations! First pics of a UK owned RX8!

You have no idea how jealous I feel!! :D
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Old Oct 25, 2003 | 11:03 AM
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Old Oct 25, 2003 | 12:04 PM
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Congrats ashk.

You are now famous for evermore for being the first UK owner to post pics here.....
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Old Oct 25, 2003 | 12:25 PM
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Well done Ash, you must be pleased that its the end of the experience for you.

No excuse not to join the RX8 Owners Club now, in fact you could be the only one eligible in reality:D

Cheers
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Old Oct 25, 2003 | 04:27 PM
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Anyone live near Immingham who can pop down there and see how many RX8's are in their car storage facility?

Ro-ro

Immingham is the UK’s largest east coast ro-ro port, handling over eight million tonnes of ro-ro cargo a year. With over 50 sailings a week to ports in northern European and Scandinavia, it is the second busiest ro-ro port in the UK. Daily sailings – including ferry services operated by Cobelfret, DFDS Tor Line, Eimskip and Samskip – put a European market of over 170 million people within 24 hours’ reach of the port, while incoming cargoes can reach 60 per cent of the UK population within four hours. Immingham is also a major centre for vehicle imports.

Under future phases of development of Humber International Terminal, facilities for up to five stern and side-port ramp vessels will be provided.

Ro-ro customers at Immingham benefit from:



daily ferry services to major European markets

simultaneous berthing for eight ro-ro vessels at two four-berth terminals

a purpose-built facility for heavy/out-of-gauge cargoes

on-going investment in ro-ro facilities

cargo consolidation facilities for transhipment traffic

specialist railheads connected to the ro-ro terminal

over 100 acres of high-quality parking areas in specialist terminal equipped with closed-circuit television security systems

first-class vehicle reception areas


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Old Oct 26, 2003 | 04:53 AM
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Silver looks great...god, I can't believe the day has come...
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Old Oct 26, 2003 | 09:04 AM
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Congrats man. Has your dealer said exactly when they will be able to release the car to you?
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Old Oct 26, 2003 | 09:13 AM
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Originally posted by mr_digital_uk
Anyone live near Immingham who can pop down there and see how many RX8's are in their car storage facility?

Ro-ro

Immingham is the UK’s largest east coast ro-ro port, handling over eight million tonnes of ro-ro cargo a year. With over 50 sailings a week to ports in northern European and Scandinavia, it is the second busiest ro-ro port in the UK. Daily sailings – including ferry services operated by Cobelfret, DFDS Tor Line, Eimskip and Samskip – put a European market of over 170 million people within 24 hours’ reach of the port, while incoming cargoes can reach 60 per cent of the UK population within four hours. Immingham is also a major centre for vehicle imports.

Under future phases of development of Humber International Terminal, facilities for up to five stern and side-port ramp vessels will be provided.

Ro-ro customers at Immingham benefit from:



daily ferry services to major European markets

simultaneous berthing for eight ro-ro vessels at two four-berth terminals

a purpose-built facility for heavy/out-of-gauge cargoes

on-going investment in ro-ro facilities

cargo consolidation facilities for transhipment traffic

specialist railheads connected to the ro-ro terminal

over 100 acres of high-quality parking areas in specialist terminal equipped with closed-circuit television security systems

first-class vehicle reception areas

You really ought to get out more!!

Congrats on new arrival ashk:D :D :D
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Old Oct 26, 2003 | 10:18 AM
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Hopefully you won't be on your own for long!

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Old Oct 27, 2003 | 10:04 AM
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ashk,

I am really interested in the quality of the Mazda interior. I commented upon this to Mazda marketing the day after I test drove the car (Sept 14th at Mazda Bookham) I said that I thought the leather looked a little cheap and already showed signs of 'wear n tear' He claimed that they were 'pre-production' hand made cars, and that they would be different to the ones delivered in November. I would really aprreciate your feedback...
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Old Oct 27, 2003 | 11:11 AM
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i didnt think the press cars were pre-prod..
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Old Oct 27, 2003 | 11:32 AM
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Originally posted by Edo
i didnt think the press cars were pre-prod..
They weren't.
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Old Oct 27, 2003 | 11:41 AM
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If your right Lensman, then we have a problem. The car I drove had leather seat 'wear n tear' which you would expect on a car of 30,000 miles...
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Old Oct 27, 2003 | 11:44 AM
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Originally posted by Edo
i didnt think the press cars were pre-prod...
I think at least some of them are. The one my dealer had for their RX-8 event a month or two ago - while I was away, bah - had been used by the press previously.

According to the salesman there who's looking after RX-8 pre-orders, it was hand-built and was a little shoddily put together in places. I doubt the press treat these cars very kindly either; no doubt they've been abused in all sorts of unspeakable ways.
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Old Oct 27, 2003 | 12:27 PM
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Originally posted by lurcher
I think at least some of them are. The one my dealer had for their RX-8 event a month or two ago - while I was away, bah - had been used by the press previously.

According to the salesman there who's looking after RX-8 pre-orders, it was hand-built and was a little shoddily put together in places. I doubt the press treat these cars very kindly either; no doubt they've been abused in all sorts of unspeakable ways.
OK, I (thankfully) stand corrected. Perhaps a discussion poll is in order to see what owners of leather seats think of the quality? I'll do that next.
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Old Oct 28, 2003 | 03:11 AM
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Originally posted by ashk
sorry about the quality but I don't have a digital camera
Looks like the cars came to Immingham
The Katakana on the lable says Igirisu (Means English)

Just in case you were wondering :D
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