Inside guy

Yes, first posting. But I have "lurked" for quite along time in the back.

Wish I could say more.

2 more weeks & the agony will be over.

RX-Nut

2 More Weeks?? Can you say why?

In my neck of the woods, the cars are nowhere to be found.. the dealers are so close to the ports.. and the ports are empty of RX-8s.. the dealers claim they don't have the cars yet..

Where would they be if the dealers or ports dont have them?

Inside guy

Less than 2 weeks. Red tape BS. The cars are fine.

That's it!

RX-Nut

argh........ you're killin me......

thanks for the teaser..

PM Me the real deal, I promise I wont say..... promise promise..

DrKillJoY

lol.. when are you guys gonna stop trusting dealers.. and get your facts from the sources...--

pssst.. inside guy... I have "inside guys" of my own.. :P


hhehehe, maybe you should join the team... im digging for info on the next rotary offering already! (j/k)

Superfan

So just to put a date on it, July 14th would be 2 weeks. Just out of curiousity, when will deliverys start? Are we going to start getting the cars by Saturday (July 5th)? Please tell us..:D

QuantumTheory08

Hey "Inside guy"

I think KillJoy's got it right; who are you?

Change your profile so we all know who you really are (that could even be bogus), or just don't go there with stuff about "2 weeks" without supporting it.

DrKillJoY

hey now... i think inside guy does know what he is talking about.. and i don't think he needsto reveal himself to the group... rather than that he just needs to spill me his beans directly.. :D

btw. 2 weeks is a very good estimate in my "not inside" opinion..

budaman

OK Gang, here's my take on this.
We all know from the posts that there is one area of the country that has not had any RX's hit the port yet. That should be corrected in the next day or two. Its not a national launch in the traditional way, but I think Mazda wants to make sure no one gets left out. If the tables were switched, and the West Coast boats were still at sea and everyone else got their cars, there would be a whole lot of dealers screaming; not to mention customers. Of course if nobody on the Eastcoast had ordered any cars, we'd have ours by now. Next week is not that far away in the grand scheme of things. Kind of like at Christmas and all the presents are sitting under the tree but your parents won't let you open them yet!

gettingan8

What is your take on the 2nd west coast boat...did it hit Port H on the 27th or as one thread has it ..2 July..

thanks for your info.....

RX-Nut

this is getting plain cruel... I'm gonna get an ulcer or something hahahhaah.. so close yet so far..

budaman

It has hit the Port. About half of the RX's I had on that boat are now on railcars heading to Dallas. Unless..... these cars were really on the first boat and they held up the reports. That would be really sneaky, but would make for a good espionage movie!

rooster

Hey budaman,

I'm one of those that are on the 2nd boat. Could you check to see if it shows on Port or on water.

Vin: JM1FE173940102064

Thanks,

Rooster

neit_jnf

Hello guys, I don't know about anywhere else but here in Puerto Rico we had an RX-8 launch!

Mazda Puerto Rico sponsors one of the many racetracks / speedways we have on the Island (the newest one) which is located by the beach in Ponce, PR a beautiful location! They held what they called "official National Mazda Day" this past Saturday and Sunday where they oficially unveiled the RX-8. It was a very fun weekend! They had an awesome exhibit with mostly Rotary cars from all the years and Rotary conversions (mostly nissans and toyotas but also some isuzu (suzuki?) samurais with rotary engines). They also ran quarter-mile drag races for everything Mazda, from 19 sec stock proteges to a very fast 8.60 sec 13B funny car! It was a real blast! Plus the RX-8 girls were almost as hot as the RX-8.

Now for the bad news. There were some of the world's fastest rotary cars (anyone heard of 7.7 sec Rafaelito?) in the exhibit but they didn't run 'em on the drag strip. Second, the RX-8 was for the eyes only, no touching, no seating not even hearing the beautiful rotary roar! Then they said we're only getting a first allocation of 85 cars for the whole Island (3.8 million people) the first week of August. And the worst news is the price, $29,900 for the Auto and $39,900 for the manual!! And yes guys, I mean US dollars! They didn't even specify which models or options for the price. I have some pictures of the event, nothing new about the RX-8 which they told me is a pre-prod model. By the way, what you guys said was true, seeing the car in person is an amazing experience! No pictures whatsoever illustrate just how gorgeous this car is! Do you think I should post the pics here or start a new thread? And I have a 15min miniDV movie, mostly RX-8, some races but I dont have the slightest idea on how to get it in the PC.

rooster

Hola niet_jnf,

I'm sorry to hear about what they are charging you for the RX-8, but I am real happy to hear about the video and the Pictures.

Create another thread in the Multimedia section. I'll be waiting for it.

Gracias,

Rooster