Haven't heard many people saying they've received their cars recently I was told that mine had been offloaded in Rotterdam on the 10th, but nothing since.

Anybody received a call from their dealer recently saying their car has arrived?

I'm guessing that there should be a second "wave" of cars arriving any day. (or at least I'm hoping!!)

 

Nothing. As usual. Mine is due to the dealers today in theory.

 

....cos we're all over at the www.rx8ownersclub.co.uk

its a natural progression

 

Now just been told 29th of November to my dealer.

 

It can't be far away, mine was due on the 25th and came in to the dealer last Friday.

 

Sorry I blew that. It was due in Rotterdam on the 25th November and arrived at the dealer last Friday.

 

It's certainly not quiet in here:D

www.rx8ownersclub.co.uk/forum

Cheers
Oilman

 

Pick mine up in one Hour, arrived last Thursday, and I had a delivery date of 25th November

:D :D

 

I'm in Running-in Limbo at the moment. I've played with all the toys, admired how the car looks, showed it off to everybody. Now I just want to drive the thing properly. Still 300 miles to go... This is almost as bad as waiting for the car.

 

ChrisW, 300 miles for me too. You're right, its as bad a waiting for the car.

AnilS.

 

I don't think it's as bad as waiting for the car - at least you can admire it on your drive every day and enjoy the attention it gets.

What revs are you keeping it under - I'm trying to stay under 4.5k but I have hit 6.5k on a few occasions (by accident!)

 

Hiya,

Not sure how true this is, but mine was due to arrive last week, but my dealer has informed me that the ship has been delayed by 2 weeks (he is unsure of the reason why), and now have a date of 5th Dec. I'm not sure how many other people are effected by this.

Not long now though :D

 

AndyPearce that really is underdoing it, have some fun! Just dont hammer it up to the red line every time under 600 miles.

You do know if you ran in a modern piston engine at under half its rev limit for a 1000 miles, you probably need a new one - the oil would have never reached the hydralic valve tappets.

Cheers
---Dave

 

Hope this is not true. Originally I had a date of 5/12, that changed to 25/11, and now they are saying 29/11 (to dealer). Given that these dates are assuming 15 days from Rotterdam (worst case) then the boat should have docked by now for a 29th to dealer date....

In short, no-one has a clue untill it turns up at the dealer.

Pathetic.

 

Guys, I dont understand why you didnt just devote a whole weekend on running-in your RX, so that you can enjoy it properly from Day 3 ?

What I always do with a new car is this: the weekend right after I'm supposed to pick up the car, I arrange for a VERY long trip somewhere with g/f (if I have at the time :D) or friends. By the time I'm back Sunday afternoon, the car is ready for some REAL fun!!!!!!

Not to mention that doing that first 1000km on the highway is the BEST way Not city miles, but highway miles.......

 

Nope. the best way is 600miles/1000km of varied driving.

As suggested by the owners manual, vary the RPM, dont drive at a constant speed.

Most of mine was A road/town driving.

 

OK ... Mine was 5th Dec, then told that it was in Rotterdam on 10th and they expected it within 7 days of that ... now they've no idea, but think it will be 30th Nov to the dealer .... this is really, really frustrating!!!!

To cap it all, a work colleague has confirmed that he went to look at an RX-8 in Weybridge last week, ordered on the spot and will receive it on Monday. grrrrrrrrr Not my colleague's problem, but does make me feel pretty p****d off after ordering 1st July.

Then got told by my customer today that they had two employees with RX-8's already in the car park.

I guess patience is a virtue, but mine is definitely running out.

 

I know, you sound like you're in a very similar position to me. Still, i'm pretty certain that it's now only 2 weeks away! So chin up :D

 

F*ck that pisses me off. Mine was 5/12, then 25/11, now 29/11 to dealer (also Weybridge).

 

Edo,

Didn't mean to P**s u off; nice to find someone else on here who's going through it and has waited even longer than me.

 

not your fault! Will all be fogotten soon (next week I hope).

 

hmmm. after the spate of "earlier than the date given", I hope things aren't starting to slip back the way.

My date was 17/12 and now it's 26/12.

Which is of course Boxing Day, so it's not going to happen!