RX-8 Owners in Copenhagen?
09-13-2009, 10:53 AM
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if i'm lucky i'll get to visit Denmark in a couple years. After Honduras, if i dont go to Italy, it'll be
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany or
Chièvres, Belgium or
Brunssum, Netherlands for the different bases i may go to... all three seem to be relatively equal distance from Copenhagen.... oh yes, that reminds me why i want to go to europe so bad... the ring...
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany or
Chièvres, Belgium or
Brunssum, Netherlands for the different bases i may go to... all three seem to be relatively equal distance from Copenhagen.... oh yes, that reminds me why i want to go to europe so bad... the ring...
^^ Im in Rheinland Pfalz...45 min to the Ring...Yes it rocks!!!
01-20-2010, 05:48 AM
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Another 8 in Copenhagen - looking for parts
I have an 8 and live in Copenhagen.
I read last year in a statistic that there is 57 registered 8s in Denmark. That's not a lot.
I myself have seen 5 or 6 over the last 3 years.
Maybe it has to do with the fact that we pay 180% taxes when registering a new car making it a very expensive car.
If you buy a new 8 in Denmark - the low power ed. with manual gears, you still end up paying just above $100.000. Also we pay around $8 pr. gallon, and it's not exactly economic to drive, which also makes environmental taxes very high.
We DO have beautiful women, and we ARE living a bit more healthy. Scandinavia in all is a great place if you don't mind the rain and cold.
-----WARNING-----I'm hijacking this thread-----
I have one problem about living in Denmark with my 8, if someone can help?
We have NO places in Denmark that imports parts for the 8.
Mazda obviously only have original parts and they charge $100 for one spark plug and $1000 for a clutch.
If i order from the US i get to pay double the American price before the parts have been shipped, taxed and come through customs.
If i can order from a European dealer i can get around the taxes, but i have only found 2 places (1 in England and 1 in Germany), and they charge overprices i can't believe.
Cheapest for me is to import parts from the US (and get the nice racing stuff).
Next cheapest is putting in original parts from Mazda Denmark.
What to do? Any cheap parts dealers in Scandinavia or Europe? Any shops that can install turbo kits and other fun stuff? Because there is so few 8s, to my knowledge there's no market and no experts.
At the moment i am looking and new (uprated?) ignition coils, my clutch is worn out and why not change flywheel while the gearbox is out?
It seems crazy to have to ship it all from the US?
Hope some Danish or Scandinavian tuners see this, or someone knows of a great parts dealer somewhere within Europe.
Regards
Niels
I read last year in a statistic that there is 57 registered 8s in Denmark. That's not a lot.
I myself have seen 5 or 6 over the last 3 years.
Maybe it has to do with the fact that we pay 180% taxes when registering a new car making it a very expensive car.
If you buy a new 8 in Denmark - the low power ed. with manual gears, you still end up paying just above $100.000. Also we pay around $8 pr. gallon, and it's not exactly economic to drive, which also makes environmental taxes very high.
We DO have beautiful women, and we ARE living a bit more healthy. Scandinavia in all is a great place if you don't mind the rain and cold.
-----WARNING-----I'm hijacking this thread-----
I have one problem about living in Denmark with my 8, if someone can help?
We have NO places in Denmark that imports parts for the 8.
Mazda obviously only have original parts and they charge $100 for one spark plug and $1000 for a clutch.
If i order from the US i get to pay double the American price before the parts have been shipped, taxed and come through customs.
If i can order from a European dealer i can get around the taxes, but i have only found 2 places (1 in England and 1 in Germany), and they charge overprices i can't believe.
Cheapest for me is to import parts from the US (and get the nice racing stuff).
Next cheapest is putting in original parts from Mazda Denmark.
What to do? Any cheap parts dealers in Scandinavia or Europe? Any shops that can install turbo kits and other fun stuff? Because there is so few 8s, to my knowledge there's no market and no experts.
At the moment i am looking and new (uprated?) ignition coils, my clutch is worn out and why not change flywheel while the gearbox is out?
It seems crazy to have to ship it all from the US?
Hope some Danish or Scandinavian tuners see this, or someone knows of a great parts dealer somewhere within Europe.
Regards
Niels
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