Hey guy's, last week I ordered a 2009 R3 rx8 in red, the dealer claims that it will take 90 days to arrive at the dealer ...90 DAYS! AHHH ITS ONLY BEEN 7 SO FAR!!

is there any chance of it arriving earlier?

 

Sure there is a chance. They will get it a few days after it arrives at their local "port". No one is really sure when that will be, and it is hard ot track accurately. As tyhe process goes on they will have a better idea.

On a side note, did you agree to a ful list deal or did they agree to a discount?

 

special orders usually take about 2 months. i ordered my 2005 in march and got it in may- and that was after they rebuilt the plant.

i think they're giving u a conservative estimate. always easier to make u happy with it getting in earlier than later than expected.

 

You better hope there won't be a repeat of the Cougar Ace incident.

 

Of course it will come in earlier; you only need to wait 81.5 days.....

 

I am almost afraid to ask:
What was "The Cougar Ace incident"?

 

The Cougar Ace was/is a ship that carries cars from Japan to North America. It ran aground about 2 yrs ago with mostly CX7's, 3's and 6's on board. It took on water and some of the cars had to be scrapped by the insurance company. They were tied down, but the ship went almost on it's side and there were some damage. Some by salt water and some by cars breaking loose & sliding into one another.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar_Ace

 

That seemed to me like it was a LOT more recently. Is there any chance another ship carrying imports went down a few months ago??

 

cool man hope it gets in early for you, then some pics!

any chance on a wheel exchange between your R3 and my 18'' stockers, lol.

 

it was just recently in the news again when Mazda sent all of the cars to the chopper. so you are probably remembering those recent articles

 

hahah no chance! i love those 19's haha .. i got another 2 or 3 weeks and it'll be "90 days"! so stokeddd!!

 

and you are where??

beers

 

stokesville

 

i'm in Jersey.. i have to pick up the r3 up in MA once its in

 

update: it'll be in september 20th =)

 

Wow. That's more than 90 days.

 

yeah man.. im a lil upset, but its almost here so w/e! ..goin nuts!

 

I cant wait to see pictures

Was the The Cougar Ace the one that lost 4,700+ Mazdas? I read about that in the most recent Car and Driver

 

yes,

but that has nothing to do with the 09s. long thread about it here.

beers

 

The Cougar Ace is the failboat.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/Failboat.jpg

You should google the article of the guys who went in to salvage the boat, its pretty epic.

 

anybody have any idea if the R3's user manual is any different from the other 2009 rx8's?

 

Not 100% sure, but I would think it would be identical. Congrats on the car, can't wait to see pics.

 

maybe a care of the seats page!

beers

 

Oh! a seat page!

 

My owner's manual cover just says it's for the 2009 Mazda RX-8, nothing about it being for an R3. Everything's pretty generic inside the manual, with different details for the various options of the RX-8 (manual, automatic, nav, no nav, etc). Hope this helps.