Rx-8 Captain

i live in the katy area and im wondering where people have had the best
experiance buying an 8?

CosmosMpower

I called a few houston dealers and one of them was fairly close to the best price I could find out of 30+ dealers in TX. I ended up buying in San Antonio though, got about 10K off MSRP on my new 05 sport package.

new2me

You're probably going to want to do what cosmos did and call around. We are 4 hours from corpus, 3 hours from san antonio and austin and 4 hours from dallas. You're bound to find a dealer somewhere trying to get rid of an 8 off their lot. i think there is a mazda dealer on I-10 and the beltway, one on 290 and one on 1960 and 45 for sure. Hope its helps any. GL

allmazda

We also live in Katy, we bought our 04 for invoice from Gillman on 59 South in Rosenburg. It was year end and they still had quite a few left.

youngen

joe myers off of 290 and senate.

MrWigggles

Everyone's experiences differ but I have heard so many horror stories about Joe Myers.

I am sadly no help. Jeff Haas seems to be O.K. but I was a pre-orderer back in '03 and I paid full MSRP.

I have gotten most of my service done at Munday and they seem O.K.

-Mr. Wigggles

Manatnac

I bought mine at Munday 10 days ago. The only service so far is the Mazda required after sale spark plug changes and inspection. They offer a free rental through an onsite agency. When I turned that down and just waited for the car they rushed it right through. So far everyone has been helpful.

new2me

yeah the service at munday is really top notch. those guys are great over there. hey manatnac what did u get? last time i was there they had a red AT and a red shinka.

The Mighty Red

In my opinion, the best delership to buy from is the one with the best price.

1) My advice is to get pre-approved for a loan... don't use the dealership's loan department.. just my advice. You can typically get a better rate on your own.

2) Check online, auto trader, every local dealership's website and make a bunch of calls to find the best deal.

Once you find the best deal, go in with your pre-approved financing, sign some papers and be done with it.

Or just pay cash.. that works too.

Manatnac

They had a Phantom Blue with the appearance package, bose, sunroof, leather, etc. ( I may have overlapped the add-ons). Manual of course, and I'm loving it! In the past had an R-2 in the 60's and also an 85 RX-7. Love the rotary as most do on this forum. Still so much to learn. I have no idea what add-ons I want/need. Hope to see many owners on Sunday at Reliant.

new2me

nice...well congrats on the new ride. about the add-ons u want or need all i have to say is read, read, read. there are 3 or 4 years worth of posts filled with reviews and opinions. thats what i did. i didnt make my first post until after 5 days of reading as much as i possibly could.

annaRX8

I got mine from munday mazda on 1960 too..

Flats

Any dealer that sells them used. Drive a new one off the lot and you just lost about 8 grand.

tjbourgoyne

Agree with Flats. If I had a do-over i'd go used. Most 8 owners take good care of their car and you should know just by talking to them. Dealers are a complete rip-off and the 8 hasn't changed since it came out. You could save a lot of money.