AutoShow NYC!!!
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AutoShow NYC!!!
I was at the AutoShow in NYC today. The big one they have at the Jacob Javitz Center every year. They had some amazing concept cars there. I got to see the hydrogen rx8. Unfortunately not as close as I would have liked since it was on a big platform. I have to say I think the rx8 looks amazing in white (shame on mazda for not giving us the option). Also for all of you about to get an rx8 they were handing out $750 off the purchase or the lease of an rx8. With select dealers in NY, CT and NJ of course.
Just FYI :D
Just FYI :D
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Originally posted by ICEePC
Also for all of you about to get an rx8 they were handing out $750 off the purchase or the lease of an rx8. With select dealers in NY, CT and NJ of course.
Just FYI :D
Also for all of you about to get an rx8 they were handing out $750 off the purchase or the lease of an rx8. With select dealers in NY, CT and NJ of course.
Just FYI :D
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Re: Re: AutoShow NYC!!!
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That's a bonus. I'm going to the show next week and hope to be buying a new 8 in a month or two.
That's a bonus. I'm going to the show next week and hope to be buying a new 8 in a month or two.
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It's not available, though I have seen it on the web with an article about how it is relatively easy to modify a rotary to work with Hydrogen. Only a few problems - where is your nearest hydrogen station? And it only delivers about 1/2 the HP as a gasoline model. Also, you have a big fat H2 tank stuffed in the trunk. No thanks - anyone remember the Hindenburg? haha
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Hindenburg + Hydrogen = Boom?
No. The Hindenburg was a canvas bag full of flammable gas. The canvas was coated with a very volatile chemical to seal it. Recent study suggests a spark ignited the bag and the gas then burned. Hydrogen in a steel tank is as safe as the volatile fluid we so nonchalantly pump into our car’s easily punctured fuel tanks. This is one of the myth/fears hybrids will have to overcome to get wide acceptance.
No. The Hindenburg was a canvas bag full of flammable gas. The canvas was coated with a very volatile chemical to seal it. Recent study suggests a spark ignited the bag and the gas then burned. Hydrogen in a steel tank is as safe as the volatile fluid we so nonchalantly pump into our car’s easily punctured fuel tanks. This is one of the myth/fears hybrids will have to overcome to get wide acceptance.
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I could be wrong, but I believe that they think it was a static spark that ignited the paint on the outer covering of the zeppelin. If it was the hydrogen bags that had started the fire the thing would have dropped from the sky like a rock before we could ever see most of the flames. However if you watch the footage, first it burns, then it begins to sink. The hydrogen bags, however, were not very helpful once the fire was going.
Also, I'm not so sure it's entirely a myth that hydrogen tanks are dangerous. I was talking to my friend yesterday who was writing a research paper on hydrogen powered cars and he said that safely storing the hydrogen was the main obstacle that car companies (he focused on BMW) were trying to overcome in order to bring the product to market. I'll check with him and get back to you.
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Also, I'm not so sure it's entirely a myth that hydrogen tanks are dangerous. I was talking to my friend yesterday who was writing a research paper on hydrogen powered cars and he said that safely storing the hydrogen was the main obstacle that car companies (he focused on BMW) were trying to overcome in order to bring the product to market. I'll check with him and get back to you.
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$750 tix
I'll be hitting the show on Sunday.
If by then they still have any coupons left, does anybody want me to get one for them? I'll see if I can get a few.
So... with this kind of Mazda sponsored thing... do you negotiate your final price and financing, and THEN lay the coupon on the dealer so that they don't try to work the $750 back in there somewhere?
Is it a rebate? Or a discount?
If by then they still have any coupons left, does anybody want me to get one for them? I'll see if I can get a few.
So... with this kind of Mazda sponsored thing... do you negotiate your final price and financing, and THEN lay the coupon on the dealer so that they don't try to work the $750 back in there somewhere?
Is it a rebate? Or a discount?
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