frogzapper

Hello -- I just wondered if there are any other first allocation pre-orders like me out there who are still waiting, waiting, waiting for their car to arrive!! I ordered my car back in the beginning of January, and I was sure mine would be one of the first to arrive at my dealership, but nooooo. My dealer can't seem to tell me anything -- all he can say to me when I've called the past 2 weeks is, it should be here any day now! Meanwhile, my car has been sitting at Port Hueneme for over 5 weeks now, and it's driving me crazy! AAAAAHHHHHHH!!

So as I sit here feeling sorry for myself, I thought it might make me feel less worried if I knew I wasn't the only one in this boat (misery loves company, ya know ). So who else is still waiting out there?

ELX13

still waiting...
getting increasingly pissed with every passing day.

jdj1971

I'm still waiting!! MNAO customer service this morning says mine is scheduled to arrive at the dealer TODAY. It left port on thursday so MAYBE today. BTW I had the appearance pkg and rear spoiler.

javahut

Yep, count me in. Ordered 1/13. Was on the 1st ship, one of the 1st 2 pre-orders that made it into the country bound for Austin. Then it just stopped at the Midlothian port near Dallas. Been there going on 4 weeks now. It's just ridiculous.

Bugged me even more when I went to another dealership yesterday looking for an allocation, and watched someone purchase and drive out in one while I was there. And another one had been purchased 7/15 and was due to be picked up today.

Gonna start looking for an allocation if it doesn't show up in the next couple of days.

Look at some of my other posts for my opinions on the way Mazda has handled this. Suffice it to say I'm not real happy with it.

ffjaydee

Hey!! Repling from Canada!! I think I can safely say that we have only received a couple of car for the entire country so far. No one pre-ordered or noyt have got their cars. I ordered in Feb/03 and foung out this morning from my dealer that it is finally "on rail".

JayDee

frogzapper

I noticed at least 3 of us ordered black GTs -- probably doesn't mean anything, but an interesting coincidence. I didn't order the Nav system or the appearance pkg though, so mine should've been good to go a long time ago! I called the MNAO # this morning and they said my ETA was 7/15. They said they'd look into it some more and call me back this afternoon. We'll see.... hopefully I'll hear from my dealer before then.

tpryor

Yellow 1SP (6-Speed Sport Package), Appearance Package, Spare Tire.

Ordered 1/8/2003, 2nd boat (Port Hueneme), Midlothian for weeks, no word on it EVER being shipped.

Ordered from Austin (Mazda South, thank goodness), live in Houston.

Given up hope, I guess they'll call when it's in...........

khoney

Ordered Jan 10th, 2nd boat, no port options, still at Port Midlothian, getting angrier every day (because people can drive out with an allocation). MNAO says delivery scheduled for July 22nd, but IMMEDIATELY added "but that doesn't mean it will arrive then, so don't be disappointed if it doesn't show up".

How's that for customer care?

deks

Yup, supposed first allocation, not here, dealership has received some already. I'm pretty annoyed at Mazda at the moment - these were allocated back in January, I know logistics is complicated, but this is really bush league for a major auto company.

The only thing I'm glad for is that I didn't pay over MSRP for a first allocation like most dealerships were wanting back in Jan. If I paid over MSRP for a first allocation and others got them before me (even within a week or so), I'd really be pissed off. (Not that I'd pay over MSRP for a mass market car regardless, but a bunch of people obviously did).

Master Phu

Still waiting....

MNAO said my ETA was July 21st, still don't have it.

LesPaul

Me too. Ordered January 10. Brilliant Black Touring 6 Speed. My dealer says I'm still "on-water".

Wouldn't it be cool if they had Global Positioning devices on the cars so we can track them across the Pacific, through the canal and up the east coast? In the absense of that, a call or e-mail once every three or so months would be nice.

Master Phu

I GOT the Nav system. I should be able to do this. Prolly wouldn't do any good since it would just show a dot in Port Hueneme for a month.

rx8racer

You all could just do what I did...cancel your preorder and just buy one off the lot. It seems that Mazda is more anxious to ship the unsold cars than the pre-orders. If I would have had to wait one more day, I would have cancelled it completely.

wanker

Did you end up paying more than MSRP because of that?

FYI, mine was on the second boat as well and has been in port since June 27.

eccles

I'm another victim of the Port Midlothian morons. Like Javahut, mine was ordered first week in January, arrived on the first boat, caught the first train to Midlothian, and has been languishing there ever since.

Budaman now tells me that all the systems he can access show that it was actually released to the trucking company last week and is on its way here. I called Mazda's 800 number last Friday, and was told that their system confirmed that, with an ETA of Monday (yesterday). Well, it ain't here yet. And why the hell does it take five days to drive four hours down the road anyway? Are they towing these things with a '59 beetle?

jonalan

1st allocation, 1st boat - still waiting.....and waiting.....and waiting...

mikeb

what is MNAO #. I have my vin so how can I find were my 8 is.

rx8racer

I ended up paying the same price ($500 off MSRP). Luckily the same dealership received cars for sale where mine was ordered. I just swapped the one I had on order for an identical one on the lot except in red. It was either that or I was going to cancel it.

I called Mazda while I was waiting last week and the car was "released to dealer" on Friday the 11th. Mazda told me it had an expected delivery date of the 14th. They could not explain why it had not arrived last Thursday. It still hasn't arrived as far as I know. I offered to go up to Michigan to pick it up but supposedly it had left the port on the 11th. It's only a 3 hour drive so I think I could have pushed the car here by now.

Mazda really screwed this one up. I hope if they ever try a preorder program again they do not get a single order.

eccles

Let's see... www.mazdausa.com...click on Talk to Us...1-800-222-5500

Any other simple research you'd like us to do for you?

(Don't take it personally - I'm just getting snippity from all this waiting.)

eccles

By the way, once Mazda "releases" the car to the dealer, the dealer starts paying for the car. You can bet that your dealer is as anxious to see the car as you are, once it's been "released."

tank

Count me in the camp of the misinformed!! On 7/11 received the released from port e-mail. On 7/13 dealer still showing July week 4 for delivery. On 7/18 contacted MNAO, was advised my car is in port showing July week 5 for delivery! On 7/21 MNAO tells me my my car was released from port on 7/19, still showing July week 5 for delivery. On 7/22 MNAO tells me ETA today--Great!! Contact dealer on 7/22, they received 5 8s and none of them are mine. Received the "should be any day now" statement from dealer. The Mazda experience thus far has absolutely sucked

jdj1971

Well after waiting patiently (well not so patiently) my car did NOT show up today as promised by MNAO and my dealer. My dealer has a car in stock exactly like I ordered minus the appearance pkg and rear spoiler/wing. I'm seriously debating on going down there and just buying that one and ordering the app pkg and spoiler to add later.

RXg8tor

Yea, I'm still waiting too, however not patiently.
Ordered 1/10/03

Superfan

Lol, I get that too. I also get the old classic "Don't worry, as soon as it comes in I'll call you"

tank

Ohh... I forgot about that quote too. They must get it out of the same book of 1001 Mazda excuses.