and the stickers. but keep your head up, lamin x is a good start. those look sweet. i want the yellow too. did they send you extra??? you could be a spokes person and infront of everyone at the meet do an install on my car and "show" how easy it was. ha ha ha.

 

Oh, well the stickers are not much. They get them for free themselves. And I made half of them myself. ALTSPACE windshield banner, Yokohama logos for above the front tires(curved them to match too), and a Altspace.com for the rear window.

Sorry, no extra on the Lamin-X.

It sure would be nice though to have real parts as part of the sponsorship. Tried contacting BHR but I don't think they are interested. Also tried a couple other vendors on here and no go. Oh well.

 

poop happens.

 

In other news, I'm heading to the local Mazda dealer this weekend to see if they are interested in hosting an event for us.

 

Great news!

I met with the GM of our local Mazda dealership and a bunch of sales reps. They are interested in having us meet there. He's going to talk with his marketing manager to see what they can do for us.

Off topic, but why is it almost every sales rep have no clue about the cars they are selling? First they thought my car was not stock color. Then one guy thought I had aftermarket seats with red inserts, and another saying, "That's a limited option...only 3,000 were made in that style." Seriously?

I told them it's factory Velocity Red and the seats are stock. One guy even said, "I have never seen this color before."

 

Sales reps can sell cars they know nothing about because most buyers have no clue what they're buying : )

 

Which may be the case for some people, but for those who do know it just makes them look bad. Almost all the dealerships I've ever been to are like this. Why would I want to buy a product from someone who is supposed to represent the company knows nothing about it?

In any case, these Mazda guys were cool and excited about the idea of all of us meeting there. I also mentioned doing a raffle thing so we shall see.

 

a friend of mine use to be a car salesman and had no idea what happened when you turned the key. couldn't tell you why winter tires are better in the snow, didn't understand the functionality or oil or what the difference between a shock or strut is or what they do at all. but that kid could sell ice to an Eskimo, or bald flat tires to another car salesman. he made you want to give him your money just by talking to him. that being said he probably misinformed a ton of people and screwed a few and he fit right in at the local ford dealership in plymouth.


we want free **** from Mazda.

they should give away a fresh rebuild to the one with the lowest compression.

maybe some mazdaspeed stuff like a wing in whatever color you want installed.

mazdaspeed kits, t-shirts, shiftknobs is a good one. Tow hooks.

i can do this all day.

 

Haha...yea....not thinking that will happen bro.

 

What, the fresh rebuild?

 

Im new to the club but would like to meet fellow 8 owners. So i would like to go if its cool with all you.

 

yep. your welcome to come.

 

Do some of you guys meet at certain spots n drive from there or just meet there. I live in ansonia,ct n it would be cool to drive up wit bunch of 8s

 

there is not concrete meeting spot yet but i could meet you in Bourne. it's were the canal is. there is a large parking lot at the Friendly's next to the bridge. now that the rotary is gone it's a little difficult to get to but this will help.
Friendly's 10 canal rd bourne ma

or iff we need to go over the other bridge ther is a spot at the CVS 6 head of the bay rd Bourne ma


either way they are realatively easy to get to and big enough parking lots too.

Google wouldn't let me link to the locations for some reason.

 

how many people are driving there with you that you need a big parking lot

 

a weekend in the summer down the cape. you want to meet in a big parking lot because tourists can't drive. even if their from mass they loose all sense of right and left the instant they go on vacation.

 

Yeah, Wareham / Bourne are "interesting" during the summer months lol...

Here's what you might run across

[EMBED]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rXaIQZU9bI[/EMBED]

 

First time I heard that I was in traffic trying to go over the bridge. Laughed my *** off with about 10 other drivers I saw listening to it too.

 

I know all about the Bourne Bridge. Lived on Cape for 25 years.

Our initial meeting spot will be in a parking lot along the canal before the bridge just like the other CC runs. I'll be posting the final itinerary for the meet shorty.

In other news...UPS dropped off 4 big boxes from Mazda. Got the goodies!

 

Just spoke with Alex, the Marketing Director for Cape Cod Mazda. He's offering a ton for us so stay tuned for further details.

 

Tell alex we want a rebuild up for raffle. Ha ha ha

 

This really sucks ***!

Life comes at you pretty weird... Well, due to some circumstances in my life... I can't make it. I RLY WANTED TO COME! but i might be able to, if this passes. But put me down as maybe. If you see me there then I hope so.

 

Sorry to hear.

Be sure to check the first post everyone!

 

Of course it's cool. There are other CT owners on here coming so speak with them about cruising to the meet.