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Old 11-01-2011, 01:41 AM
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CA Any more Rx8 R3 in SoCal

Just wondering if there are any new 011 R3s left looming around. Called Mazda of Orange on Saturday which had one left, but unfortunately got beaten to it by one day. I wanna try for a new one before I go the used route.
Old 11-01-2011, 11:17 PM
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Well...try calling some Mazda dealerships around your area and ask if they can get you one from the other Mazda dealerships (extra fees may apply). Anyway, Carmax does it when your searching for a vehicle that you wanted, but is not available in your local Carmax dealer. Good luck.
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Don't trust the dealerships if they tell you there aren't any available. My local dealership said there were no '09's in the Southwest in the color I wanted. I found one in San Francisco browsing the inventory on Mazda USA site. My dealership still said it didn't exist, they only admitted it after I had them call the SF dealership in front of me. The moral is: don't trust the dealerships!

Are you willing to expand your search outside SoCal? It only cost me ~400 to get my car shipped from San Francisco to Phoenix. You can easily make up that difference by getting better/competing offers from out-of-state dealers. Mazda USA's website limits the search to 250 miles though so if you want to expand your search beyond SoCal you will have to try a few different zip codes.
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Originally Posted by Mr.ThunderMakeR
Don't trust the dealerships if they tell you there aren't any available. My local dealership said there were no '09's in the Southwest in the color I wanted. I found one in San Francisco browsing the inventory on Mazda USA site. My dealership still said it didn't exist, they only admitted it after I had them call the SF dealership in front of me. The moral is: don't trust the dealerships!

Are you willing to expand your search outside SoCal? It only cost me ~400 to get my car shipped from San Francisco to Phoenix. You can easily make up that difference by getting better/competing offers from out-of-state dealers. Mazda USA's website limits the search to 250 miles though so if you want to expand your search beyond SoCal you will have to try a few different zip codes.
Yeah thoroughly looking. Called Redlands waiting for a call back from them and there's one more left at Centennial Mazda down at Vegas. I will be expanding further this weekend hopefully find more as well. Haven't given up just yet. Thanks guys for giving me the push to look further
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E.Rok, sorry I picked that one up on Friday.

Dont wait, get this one.
2011 RX-8 R3 MT
Total MSRP:$33,085*
Trans: 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANS
Engine: RENESIS ROTARY(2R)
Dealer:
CENTENNIAL MAZDA
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E.Rok, sorry I picked that one up on Friday.
Last R3 in California you got there??!?!?!? Congrats!

E.Rok better get that one in Vegas!
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Only in Vegas, wow!
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They are still around, just not in SoCal.
http://www.cargurus.com/Cars/l-Used-...RX-8-R3-t38849

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http://www.ricartmazda.com/new/Mazda...e26641247b.htm

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Originally Posted by Digger1911
E.Rok, sorry I picked that one up on Friday.

Dont wait, get this one.
2011 RX-8 R3 MT
Total MSRP:$33,085*
Trans: 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANS
Engine: RENESIS ROTARY(2R)
Dealer:
CENTENNIAL MAZDA
You bastard congrats!!!!! Unfortunately haven't had any time this week to search around, but will probably go check the one down vegas this coming weekend since some relative are going down there, will call for good measure as well. Hopefully all goes well till then the quest continues.
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It wasn't easy to get, and I have a good story to tell.
I drove up from San diego two days in a row. When I arrived the first time, it could not be started because of a blown main fuse, someone tried to jump start it with the cables crossed. And they did not have the fuse in stock.

They could not even tell me the miles on the clock.
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i went to John Hine dealership to help my friend buy a mazda2 ( a sweet green one) and the guy there told me he has never seen an R3! him and two other workers had to go outside and check out my 8. its a pretty cool feeling
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