New owner - Shinka Edition!
01-27-2005, 08:53 PM
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congrats on the new car. I think you are probably the first that we know of with the Shinka. I'd love to see the paint in person. Hmmm ... a trip to the dealership sounds to be in order.
01-27-2005, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Gomez
Congratulations 
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.Heard on the grapevine that you have placed an order for the first Shinka to arrive in Melbourne
: Congrats Topgear are you a flyer or a flight attendant .?
cheers
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01-28-2005, 04:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Elara
I love the color on this car.
You and me both. Nordic Green, Strato blue and this color rock.
Congrats on the new 8... you lucky $%&^%#! Now go for another relaxing long drive.
01-28-2005, 09:57 AM
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Man you are lucky. I went in on Jan. 3 to order a Shinka in San Diego. I was told they were on the boat and would be here in a week. I was given the printout with my VIN. The printout had delivery listed as the 2nd week of January. One week later I was told I would have to wait another week. By the end of that week it was up to a 3 week wait. I still am waiting. Am told the car is in Calif. but waiting for the dealer installed options to arrive. I am hoping to have it next week.
01-28-2005, 10:10 AM
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The guys at Signature Mazda are pretty good. I did most of my test drives with them, spent a lot of time talking to them about the car. I ended up getting a used one from Burrard Acura, saved a couple grand over the best price Signature could offer me. I take my car to Signature for service though. They're just down the street from my work, so it's convienient.
We really should do a vancouver meet when the weather gets a bit better. Maybe sometime in mid march we can make a run up the sea to sky or something.
We really should do a vancouver meet when the weather gets a bit better. Maybe sometime in mid march we can make a run up the sea to sky or something.
01-28-2005, 03:23 PM
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Today is a BEAUTIFUL day in Downtown Vancouver. My oh my how I wish we were cruising the Sea to Sky today, rather than churning out sausage for our employers.
01-28-2005, 03:35 PM
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Congrats! I'll be sure to keep an eye out for you on the road
:D :D :D
I second that
The sun's shining pretty nice today.. if it keeps up we might have to do the lillooet drive again soon :D
Originally Posted by Enzolor
OMG!!
Vancouver owners... we need a meet NOW!!!!
Vancouver owners... we need a meet NOW!!!!
:D :D :D
I second that
The sun's shining pretty nice today.. if it keeps up we might have to do the lillooet drive again soon :D
01-28-2005, 04:04 PM
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I am definitely interested in a group drive from Vancouver - it would be great to meet fellow enthusiasts. Mid March sounds good.
If everyone is short on time we could head to Whistler and back - if we could do a day trip maybe go Sea to Sky and back down through Cache Creek. Alternatively there are some nice roads in Washington State.
Let's set it up in a couple of weeks in the Canada forum.
Have a nice weekend - it's going to start raining again tomorrow aft. Going for a drive in the morning, maybe Harrison.
Tazman - hope you get yours soon! You're going to love it.
If everyone is short on time we could head to Whistler and back - if we could do a day trip maybe go Sea to Sky and back down through Cache Creek. Alternatively there are some nice roads in Washington State.
Let's set it up in a couple of weeks in the Canada forum.
Have a nice weekend - it's going to start raining again tomorrow aft. Going for a drive in the morning, maybe Harrison.
Tazman - hope you get yours soon! You're going to love it.
01-29-2005, 04:28 PM
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Wow that's really cool. It must feel nice to have something so different that the rest of us. I like the color. It's kinda like the color "Brickyard" on the 350Z, very rare.
01-29-2005, 06:05 PM
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Thanks again for the warm welcome - this is a great forum
Maybe I should switch the user name to "Shinka" - TopGear is my favorite show - I work for a London UK based company and get to see most episodes.
Took quite a few pics in Stanley park this morning - will organize and post tomorrow and put a link here to the multimedia section of the forum. Off to the Tsunami relief concert, should be great.
Maybe I should switch the user name to "Shinka" - TopGear is my favorite show - I work for a London UK based company and get to see most episodes.
Took quite a few pics in Stanley park this morning - will organize and post tomorrow and put a link here to the multimedia section of the forum. Off to the Tsunami relief concert, should be great.
01-29-2005, 06:32 PM
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I hope you enjoy cleaning your car because the interior looks hard to keep clean , i saw a porsche Cayenne in the shinka colour suprisingly it looked neat .
With my 3 sons having full access to my car plus the warm humid weather here on the Goldcoast the interior would not wear well , could you post some shots of the interior .
cheers
michael
With my 3 sons having full access to my car plus the warm humid weather here on the Goldcoast the interior would not wear well , could you post some shots of the interior .
cheers
michael
01-29-2005, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by TopGear
Thanks again for the warm welcome - this is a great forum
Maybe I should switch the user name to "Shinka" - TopGear is my favorite show - I work for a London UK based company and get to see most episodes.
Took quite a few pics in Stanley park this morning - will organize and post tomorrow and put a link here to the multimedia section of the forum. Off to the Tsunami relief concert, should be great.
Maybe I should switch the user name to "Shinka" - TopGear is my favorite show - I work for a London UK based company and get to see most episodes.
Took quite a few pics in Stanley park this morning - will organize and post tomorrow and put a link here to the multimedia section of the forum. Off to the Tsunami relief concert, should be great.
first offf PICTURES PICTURES PICTURES!!! I WANT PICTURES DAMIT
ok now thats that done
second congrats.. and welcome aboard.
third.. shinka is too close to shocka so i dont approve the name change :-)
-shocka (a jealous bastards who is thinking.. WHY COULDNT I WAIT TO BUY THE 8 BACK IN 2003!)
01-30-2005, 06:02 AM
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Waiting For My Shinka To Come In Indiana!
I am only a couple of days from getting my Shinka Black Cherry delivered to the Indiana section of Louisville, KY. I just came across your post and was blown away at the urbanracer.com picture of it. I can't wait to join you this week as a member of the ShinkaRX8club. I, too, thought that the color would be redder than black. Is the color still pleasing you as you use it? Thank you for really getting my hopes soaring. I'll let you know when Shinka comes to the MidWest.
01-30-2005, 11:31 AM
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Posted some pics
Took a few quick shots yesterday - posted them in the photo gallery:
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...668#post714668
Promusic - let us know when you get it - you are going to be a very happy owner.
The interior is a little darker in color than the one pic I took shows, I'm not worried about keeping it clean as it seems to be very high quality leather.
The only thing I am missing on the car is a sunroof - lots of documentation says it should come with one but I haven't seen any pics with one - not a huge deal to me.
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...668#post714668
Promusic - let us know when you get it - you are going to be a very happy owner.
The interior is a little darker in color than the one pic I took shows, I'm not worried about keeping it clean as it seems to be very high quality leather.
The only thing I am missing on the car is a sunroof - lots of documentation says it should come with one but I haven't seen any pics with one - not a huge deal to me.
