i have seen leather last 10+ years and leather last only 1 year in the same make/model car. the only difference seems to be how well you treat it. you must clean it with leather cleaner regularly it will last longer if treated properly

 

my-8,

It's true that their are different grades of leather out there and it's longevity depends on it's quality, and how you treat it, but the guy is pulling your chain. There is not a non-Grand Touring Leather option. Unless something has changed, you can only get the leather on the Grand Touring package - not on the Sport or Touring packages. He wants you to spend the extra money in upgrading to the Grand Touring package. Either your "salesguy" is being knowingly dishonest or uniformed on the car's package options. I would find another salesperson or dealer.

 

yeah....

The guy was rather a dork anyways!

Thanks for the heads up on the leather.

 

yellow?
i have always wanted a yellow car
the dealer said green would be good but it looks so pukey in the brochure
what color will be the rarist?

 

green will be the rarest... if you like black, i.e. dark colors, you should go for the green...

 

I would love to get the yellow because it is just so different and looks such a nice finish from the pics i have seen. The downside is the delay in delivery times and so i have choosen Red, interestingly reading this post it would seem that the majority so far are ordering the Titanium?

 

silver for me, who cares if there are other silver cars on the road, the question is will they be RX-8's?:D :D

 

I ordered yellow despite them not offering the black-yellow interior.

IMNSHO, those silver and gray colors are pretty sad on a sports car, but will hide dirt very well.

The green has some UK tradition behind it at least although they aren't offering the right color leather for that either.

Red is awesome, but I gotta thank all those folks out there who ordered it because statistically you'll be the ones getting the most tickets. After 2 red cars, I will never own one again. I've cruised at exactly the same speeds past the same cops in a dark green Miata with a luggage rack on the back and they don't even blink.

Black is tough to clean, but looks great when babied, I don't have the time. This is one strength of the various silver colors, I can't believe how much dirt I've washed off silver cars that didn't show it at all.

Blue was just too risky without good paint chips. All the pictures look different especially on the web and all the paint chips provided to date suck.

So . . . yellow or black. I'm in AZ. Black takes too much work and it's too hot. Black interior will be bad enough. 'Course I'm taking heat from the wife, something about a vanity plate of BANANA-8 or something like that.

 

Edge your theory on being stopped in the red car is simply explained. Police love to play snooker(I guess it relives the bordom) so you are always going to get stopped in the red car as they have to "pot" that before going for a colour, black is then the next choice as its worth 7 points. I'm sure there are other reasons but i have a good friend who is in the traffic police who says that snooker is a favorite pastime of his and his colleagues

Ed

 

copperband,

i'd always hoped that snooker thing was a myth, shame points don't mean prizes.

 

The color was subject of a long lasting family discussion. Personally I voted for green. But I was somewhat uncertain since it might look too british. I like the Jags very much but the RX is not a british car after all. My son (18) came up with a very interesting theory:

He said that every car looks best in that color the designer drafted it first. Following this theory one should chose red since the car was drawn and hence mentally born in red.

Finally we all agreed upon black however as I posted earlier. So definately my RX will come in black with red leather.

 

I believe if you are looking for a dark color and still want to be different, then by far the rx-8 green is the way go. There are probably less than 5 people on this board that have ordered that color. In most light conditions the green looks black. In bright sunlight there are hints of gold fleck in it.

 

Great explanation for your part of the world, but I'm not sure that most US law enforcement even know what snooker is. Or at least how to play. I could be wrong though. I think they just see red and think fast with attitude. Trouble here is I think the yellow screams attitude, so I may still be in trouble.

 

HEHEHE I am going to tell my friend this in our next dinner :D

 

I wonder if any of our Japanese friends have seen all the colours (or at least the launch colours) side by side and how they stack up in the flesh so to speak? It's often difficult to gauge which looks best unless you have them together.

I've gone for Titanium because we get so much rain in the UK I need a colour that doesn't show the dirt.:D

 

Check out these threads:

color1
color2

 

Personal preference 60%
Durability 40%

I called paint shops all over town here in FL and discussed durability with them on plain, metallic and mica mazda finishes. In FL the sun is a killer and we have the great humidity to get that heat tranferred per se.

I ordered silver after several recommended it as a cool temp color and my own preference. Oddly enough though I ended up with a blue car. They said it was okay but that I need to take measures to keep it cool during extended parkings.

I have seen the yellow now and the blue (obviously) and noticed that the yellow is a statement BUT it blends the contour of the fenders etc. more (the lines of the car are masked more) The body shops nearly unanimously steered me from red although they thought that Mazda's choice of MICA paint for the read was wise. The golden flake in the mica paints are great.

I traded in a 2001 Milennia S w/ pearl mica and noticed that the paint was ultra hard BUT it also chipped easiliy especially in the front.

All of the colors are striking as I envision them on the car. I would never have black in this hotbed I live in but it looks great. I am happy with blue. I am curious as to how many or what are the most popular colors - what they are building.

 

ANYONE WHO HAS ALREADY PICKED UP THEIR CAR:

please go to the color poll and vote, we want an accurate representation (at least 250 votes)