here is what Shoe (from Washington state) had to say about the delay as he found when he picked up his car:

 

not sure about that shipping issue? our first two were loaded all the way up front on the top of the truck? could be different types of loaders out there, but was no problem getting them down from way up there.

Richard

 

I say we gather all the preorder customers from Austin then kidnap Budaman and take a road trip to the Midlothian port.
Well it sounded like a good idea at first. Guess I will be sitting by the phone waiting for a call.

 

Well, maybe it's a way to promote the sale number for other cars by getting the customer in for the RX8 but end up buying other cars?

http://dealers.mazdausa.com/sales/in...8_giveaway.htm

 

i took my baby down into van nuys for lunch today so i was coming down sepulveda pass northbound on the 405 and i saw a truck with a protege and 3 rx-8's headed southbound on the 405, a red, titanium and some other that i don't remember now. all 3 were on top though. i couldn't see what was on the bottom level of the trailer cause fo the freeway divider and traffice next to me. anyhow, pre-congrats to 3 people somewhere south of bel-air =)

 

They did mention at the port that even though they had trained the trucking company, that many of the truckers were loading them "up front" as well as in back. Some of the truckers can level out all of their ramps, and then drive the car right up to the front, but many trailers still have a clearance issue.

They weren't going to send the 8's to my dealer until a delivery was full. I'm not sure how often dealers work together to fill orders, or if that's too much of a hassle.

I'm just happy that my dealer was willing to take me to the port and pick it up there.

-ss