I am currently interested in getting a few mazdaspeed products for my car (suspension and bodykit to be exact) so I took a ride over to mazda to talk to them about the warranty and things of that nature.

When I began asking about the mazdaspeed products, the guy in charge there insisted that mazdaspeed has not come out with anything for the rx8 and it is still in experimental stages in Japan. I then opened the mazdaspeed catalog they had, and showed him the mazdaspeed rx8....he then said someting about something he had to do and dissappeared into the garage.

 

Man I thought I was the only one that was told this. I was informed that my transmission problems were from shifting too quickly near redline and that the transmission just wasn't made to handle that kind of stress.

Then why allow it? They didn't have answer for that one.

 

wayne mazda in NJ .... best sales guy i ever had (jose) ... knew the car inside out no b/s ... told me about checking the oil, told me that it kind of sucks on gas, said it's lots of fun ... tried to sell me on buying the service for the car .... told him i know how to change my oil ... lol

 

heh, when i was at the dealership, the salesman told me that if i didn't buy it, that it would be gone in the morning. i thought to myself, "yeah right, i've heard that one before". but got to a price that i liked and so i bought it regardless.

the next day, i went back there for something or another, and the other buyer came in!
i was actually kinda surprised that there was another buyer and it wasn't just a "fear" sales tactic.

 

I wanted the yellow with sport package. Salesperson located one at another dealer and was arranging a transfer. "You're in luck!" she said. "This one comes with the premium audio package". "Not with the sport package ma'am", I said. Suddenly there were some more phone calls and suddenly the "deal" fell through.... the other dealer didn't want to play anymore. Who knows what that was all about... I really preferred to get one fresh off the truck anyway so it worked out fine.

 

sales rep told me the 8 was worse on gas then my current car now... my current car being a 94 Trans am 6 speed.. im preety sure my v8 lt1 sucks up Way more gas then the mazda...but he assured me it didnt

 

"To prevent flooding, rev it up to 8,000 RPM and turn the key off"

 

One young saleman @ a South Florida dealer told me that there is a chip I can add to the car which will give me 285 HP.

 

let us know when you find it.

 

that guy prob makes 250k a year, that is the kind of stuff they teach you to say...i will never make tons because i cant be a total jerk to people.

 

The brakes on all RX-8s squeal. That's just the way they operate.

 

Maybe im just stupid, is that not true? mine squeel like bloody hell, and the lot manager here at work told me that was true...

 

There is a brake TSB. They'll fix it and you'll have nice silence..

 

since when do the dealers care that there is a TSB?

 

Had the dealer tell me that TSB mean nothing, there are for people to bring in there car so they can find other things wrong

 

A long read, but interesting if you want to understand where your sales guy is coming from...

http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying...g.feature..3.*

an edmunds.com guy that went to work for a dealership

 

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this is very good,

EXTREEEMELY long read, so set some time aside if you want to read it (which i highly reccomend) i read it and its changed the way i look at salesmen.

 

And you fail to understand why Mazda is only selling 1200/mnth.

Most people are educated and walk away to another dealer when their told lies.

Unfortunately it's usually the competition.

 

Extremely long read is about right! My eyes are shrivling up, about to fall out and roll under the desk. This is definately worth a look though. I have been in sales for three years (new homes, not cars) and it is a shame that we (salespeople) have to battle these stereotypes. I'm not saying all salespeople are good people, heaven know thats simply not true, but you shouldn't be afraid of them. Don't people know it sounds so silly when they say they are "just looking". Duh!!!

 

i just got back from the dealership and my salesman was awsome, no bullshit and he really knew alot about the rx8, i was very suprised....thus my 2005 winning blue rx8 is on order! :D

 

In the service dept - 5 or 6 months ago. Mazda says to use 5w30 or 10w30 in the RX8.

Last month - we put 5w20 in all cars.

 

"The HID's are supposed to be self-leveling...that's why we didn't bother checking"

This coming as an excuse for the headlights being TOTALLY out of alignment after cloudy lenses were replaced under warranty. Silly dealerships...

 

I had a salesman deal me that the Shinka would drive no differently then the standard RX-8 and that suspension doesn't change performance. Also the Shinka has the same HP so will not be any different on a test drive.

What a tool.

 

well he was right.. theres no diffrence except in handling, and it's marginally better at that. You'd never notice it in normal drving unless you are fairly wreckless.

 

Yeah, unless you were familiar with driving the RX-8 day in and day out at the extreme limits of its' performance you'd never notice the Shinka differences. They're extremely marginal and you'd surely not notice them on a test-drive unless it involves a track.