eccles

Yeah, that sounds pretty plausible.

Renesis08

I am a pre-order.

I am in the 3rd allocation (I requested to be since I am leaving out of state during the 1st and 2nd allocations, but will be in just in time for my Birthday :D Best gift ever!!!).

Never got an email or vin. I should contact my dealer to see if they have the right email address.

Elara

Mine came first class, and I've never received an email, and haven't yet received my VIN. But I am feeling much better now about the whole deal.

TJRX8

E-mails.
VIN !!!

No Book...yet.

kwolfman

I've received the first two main emails from Mazda

I have my VIN number, after calling my dealer. No VIN email yet. My understanding is these will go out next week.

Received the book today in Maryland. This is one beautiful book!

I'm in the first pre-order group.

roachman

My dealer in North Carolina did not sign me up as a pre-oreder. Even though I put my deposit down in Oct 2002. I was not please when I found out in April 2003. They did then enter my name and email into the system at that time.

I had pretty much assumed that I will not get any of the gifts, but the BOOK showed up and I was shocked!

But, I hope this is not THE GIFT. I would feel cheated if the folks in Japan get those cool cars and we get books. But as I said, I had decided that I was not going to get anything, so this is a plus to me.

FYI, I did not get the 2nd email with confirmation number due to my info not in the system

RotorBoy

Finally... I Got the book today after it was forwarded by USPS from my old address.

Got my VIN yesterday from dealer. What a great week!

khoney

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I spilled coffee on my book! It ran down the side and stained every page... I am a sad rotary enthusiast

ibfubar2000

oh that just sucks!!! too bad!

B-Nez

We just returned home last night from our trip to New Jersey. Waiting for me on my washer machine was my package from Mazda. I read half of the book last night - up to page 118. Will probably finish it today. One thing kinda bummed me a little bit: it details the development of the RX-8, but the story stops at the 2001 Tokyo Mortor Expo. I was getting anxious to read about the story behind the nose redesign for the 2003 NAIS. I must say, it was fascinating to read what the designers, engineers, and honchos were going through (and what was going through their minds) during the period of time between the RX-Evolv concept and the RX-8 in Tokyo in 2001 - juxtaposed with what was going through OUR minds. It really explains a lot. Especially the yellow car. We've come a long way! I'll try to keep notes of any interesting tidbits worth hilighting as I go. I know there were some last night, but I could not put the book down long enough to get my laptop out of the car. :D

Edit: Actually, there is some account of post 2001 redesign, specifically with further work on the chassis and brakes, but no mention of the front end restyling that happened just before 2003 NAIS.