Apologies if this appears twice i posted it, it showed up and now seems to have vanished.

May as well tell you get all the bad news out the way, I've cancelled my order (EP1782) and this was before yesterdays delivery news.

Two main reasons for cancelling were firstly I felt the car is not the same as the one i read about eagerly last year, and feel it is now a somewhat diluted version. Secondly the severe lack of orders and the high projected depreciation means I could lose a shedload of cash maybe more than 10k in year one. Whilst depreciation is true of any car, the RX8 fall is too steep compared to others , however much I like the car I don't want to end up with a car that no-one will paya decent price for in a years time. I have waited to see if demand picks up but its virtually static even the preorder helpline seems to be unmanned the majority of the time nowadays.

However much Mazda may work with CAP to preserve residuals, at the end of the day market forces will determine the resale value and its not boding well.

Having read the report in Autocar, which was very mixed it confirmed my fears, transmission whining, lack of power, high fuel consumption etc. Would n't be so bothered about fuel if the performance was better. Hearing about the late arrival now just reconfirms I was correct to cancel last week.

Having read some of the negative posts here in the few months or so, I made a short list of cars previously in the 20-25k price bracket and went for a test drive last week of a Elise S2, Focus RS, Vauxhall VXT 220 and and another TT225 . They all had positive and negatives but in in the end I ordered a VXT with a chunky discount, which is breathtakingly different to any car I've owned before. Completely different to other coupes i've owned, TT, 200SX etc and with supercar like acceleration 0-60 in 4.7, mid engined, superb handling for £25 and it arrives sept 1st guaranteed, 33mpg and excellent servicing costs. I feel like a big weight has come of my shoulders and

I wish you all the best for those hanging on in there. Use the waiting time to take test drives of other cars just to get a more balanced viewpoint, and then decide if its still worth it, if it is you know you've made the right choice. You've nothing to lose.

Alternatively buy a different mid 20k - 25k car now, use it for a year, then buy an RX8 next year for half price and keep the change, then you get the best of both worlds ?! I would be extremely careful if you are banking on someone paying a premium for a preorder RX8, with the current orders unfulfilled, I just can't see it.

For info, I ordered through the dealer so had to cancel thru the dealer, but you get your deposit back from Mazda UK 10 days after confirmation of your cancellation, or so they say. After ringing up unsuccessfully on half a dozen occasions throughout the day to the RX8 Preorder line, this summed up the lack of committment from mazda in my eyes.

 

Hi,

did you manage to get them to agree full refund of the deposit?

 

It was merged into https://www.rx8club.com/europe-forum-36/cancelling-what-now-5776/.

---jps