Fab 8

Yes! Drove my black beauty home this afternoon - man this is one sweet car! A minor shower was going on, and the water slid right off the water repellant glass. :D

An Impreza Sti driver was doing triple takes, slowing down, tailing me, etc :D

Engine is a gem - smoooooth!

I think I have been grinning non-stop since I got the car! :D :D

EAST MOON

Congratulations !! Fab 8

>An Impreza Sti driver was doing triple takes, slowing down, tailing me, etc

My case was Full-customized NSX.

Post up! your pics.
That is RX8 on the road in Singapore which the world looks at first...maybe :D

EAST MOON

Fab 8

Thaks, East Moon. Will post some pics tomorrow. But I'll wax the car first. :D

M-ster

Congrates on your new found love!

I've just miss you when i went down GarageR this afternoon. I've wanted to see the black in person since. Just saw the Titanium and Red there in the garage. The titanium looks gorgeous!! Better then the Red, I think.

They told me that they have a yellow 8 coming in 2 weeks time. I wanna see the black and yellow in flesh before putting down that deposit:D

Since the rear glass issue has not resolved, how did you manage to drive home your baby? Anyway, how's the drive back home? Can share a little more about what you think of the car.

Fab 8

Titanium looks more subtle than the red. But under the sun, the red looks superb with the gold flakes shining through!

The drive home...well the car is as good as what everyone says! Body feels very solid, gave me the same feeling as my brother's 911 C4S! Then again, I could of course be overjoyed at driving my new car! :D Suspension is firm yet supple, and going over bumps demonstrates the solidity of the body - no crashiness whatever.

Gear shift is very "snick-snick", throttle pedal is quite light, clutch is nicely weighted, almost the same as my VR6, steering is extremely communicative, and speed variable in weight. Pretty direct as well. I was caught up in a traffic jam along PIE - no worries there! Car had more than adequate low down oomph to switch lanes easily.

Black looks very fierce in person...reminds me a little bit of the batmobile! :D

Interior quality is top notch, looks and feels substantial, and way better than the 350Z, IMO.

All in all, I now truly believe that I have made the right choice in getting the RX-8 over the Evo 8. This is a car that makes me smile (or grin) when I just look at it!

Ok, I'm off to look at her now! :D

Puppy1

When you look at an EVO, you just want to laugh (or cry).

2F2F

Hi Fab 8,

I'm S"porean, now about to book the 250horse. Could you give me a call cause I'm surprise that your Glass is approved. My Mobile 96889882.

Hope to know more & probably a get together with all the 8s in Singapore...when my arrived. Hee..hee.

UG_8

Hey Fab 8

Congrats on your new ride. You must be the first on the road in Singapore :D

Well mine is still in Japan...at least it is in the inspection center in Mazda. Hope to ship it in later this week and wait anxiously for 12 days b4 it hit our shore.

I have not seen the glass yet...hey post some pictures

Fab 8

I think I need to clarify...the original glass is not approved, and I have yet to receive the clear ones. So my car is not registered yet.

2F2F, we shld definitely have a meetup when more cars are here!

Spyder766

no wonder bro!!! call my PI to tell him that the car is out and he was surprised and said that they check with LTA and found that no one had registered yet!!!

heard that all the glasses will be here on the 10 Aug from states and first car should be out by 20 Aug. cant wait man!!

my car is in the showroom now just waiting for the plates to be on but on business trip now so cant go and see!!!!

lets keep each other inform of the dates mate so that we will know when will the car be out

2F2F

Hi Fab 8,

Thought so.....just confirmed with LTA that no RX8 registered yet.

Anyway, I've managed to get a deal thru P.I that provides me a special warranty....

If any one of you out there is interested....you may want to check them out ...

Cheers

M-ster

Yo 2F2F,
please share your info in a little more details, what you mean special warranty and check what out?? And where can i check that 'what'???

REX8

Congrats Fab8 on your black "fierce" RX-8!! :D

post some pics dudes..

cheers..

2F2F

Hi M-ster,

My friend is working with one of the Biggest PI. If you are keen to know more. You may call me at 96889882. Now my friend & myself have made booking already. Not sure if they allow me to mention this in public....because this special arrangement is personal.

Cheers

Fab 8

I have just seen the clear back windscreen at Garage R - original with Mazda stickers and all! Surprisingly light, and has all the rear demister and rubber surrounds attached. This piece was sent in via airfreight, and the rest will be here pretty soon.

Hopefully can get my car on the road in a couple of weeks' time! :D

Anyway, I think we should ask to see the original mazda stickers if these are really the glass from the States. I have heard that one PI has received the 2 rear windows from China, and these have been rejected by LTA as they apparently cannot be opened -ie they are glued on to the rear doors...!

Fab 8

If you don't mind, could you let us know which PI you booked your car from? Also, how are they providing the warranty and servicing? Are they linked up to some workshop or do they have their own mechanics? Thanks!

As for me, I'm pretty pleased with my PI (Garage R) - they have been very proactive in updating me on the status of the car, then the glass, etc. Also, they have just informed me that their workshop will be bringing in the diagnostic systems from Japan, as well as the HKS rotary oil for servicing.

UG_8

Well as for me...I got it from EZ. Kida San told me that his workshop JUn Taiyo had sent a mechanic to Mazda for training. Thus most likely will stick with them for servicing...as they are in the west.

As for mods...most likely will go down to Garage R....

Fab 8

UG, they are bringing in HKS suspension and exhaust...

SingRX8

Hi Fab 8,

I thot that HKS has not developed a suspension kit for the RX8 and also the exhaust? Do keep me inform if Lester has the 2 items, k? Tho' mine will only be here in Nov, special indent cos I wanted the Pearl White.

Ciaozz

Spyder766

Spoke to June Vice President Koyama (hope that spelling is correct) it seems that lots of tuning house in Japan had managed to break a few engine already in attempt to try to get more hp, it seems that some try to change the exhaust that resulted in loss of hp; hence advice from him to keep it relatively stock first and wait for more R&D from Japan. As the engine is still new, no one knows the reliabilty of some of the mods!!!

guys, was reading the tread on dyno and it seems quite disappointing with 184hp at the wheel for the type S, some claims computer haolding back full throttle for run in, anyone has any view on this!!! if the car is really only doing 184hp, i will be very sad as it will be a repeat of history for myself when i bought the fto that only dyno 126hp at the wheel.

Fab 8

Yeah, will wait for tuners to come out with more stuff first before mods. Anyway our cars aren't on the roads yet, so can afford to wait a while.

The dyno posts are indeed worrying. Hopefully the 250ps is not the same case as the mivec engines which can only give the quoted power by using low sulphur and high octane (100+) petrol!

UG_8

Yeah the dyno does seems to be very dissappointing. I was trying to search on the web any Japanese Type S dyno but so far still nothing.

M-ster

Hey guys,
well either from GarageR or EZ I've heard (so far) pretty good comments about them. GarageR - a family ran business, so they are there to commit themselves and the bros has known for doing and fixing quite a bit of the FD's here in Singapore. And as for EZ, they are back up by STPowered, again a pretty well know tune shop who does quite a fare bits of 7's as well.
So hopefully they are equally experience to handle the 8's as time to come.

by the way 2F2F, if there are any info which you like to share but thinks that it's too sensitive to share over this public forum, check out the P/M button at the bottom of each indiviual post. That means Private Message