miata2rx8

My dealer called me again (Nelson Mazda- Nashville, TN) and said my car is on the train to Dallas, where it will get its 'port options', and should be delivered to the dealer 2nd week of July. What I expected, but I was hoping for the first week...

Any news from any other dealers?

ibfubar2000

i hate to say it but it looks like they are going to hold the cars until they all get to their final port and release them all the same day. so it may be another 2 weeks!!!AARRRGHHHHH!!!

brothervoodoo

Well, I guess that blows my initial prediction on dealership arrival of the 2nd boat load of 8's into California. Guess it's 3rd or 4th in July for them.

brothervoodoo

Well, I guess that blows my initial prediction on dealership arrival of the 2nd boat load of 8's into California. Guess it's 3rd or 4th week in July for them.

brownchiro

Budaman stated the train is to arrive in Midlothian (Dallas) tomorrow, Thursday 6-26-03. My dealer is only about 10 miles from their but it looks like the same time for all of us if they are holding them.

ibfubar2000

nod so if they are holding them then we will have to wait 2 weeks, that should be enough time for all ports to receive thema nd install tyhe port options and do the port testing before they are released to the dealer. of course none of this is confirmed by mazda, just my observation. if anybody can confirm or deny this PLEASE DO!!

miata2rx8

so two weeks from today (~2ND week for everyone) or two weeks from what I had said- putting it at the end of July?

after over a year of waiting, whats a few more days....

DisneyDestroyer

Yeah, my dealer told me that Mazda said they're going to wait until the trains reach destination before they release the trucks out of Port Hueneme - he said to expect another 2-3 weeks.

He said they refused to explain why, which led his Manager to speculate that there was some issue found that they had to fix on the cars before dellivery to the dealers, kind of like a recall before delivery.

Yikes!!!

ibfubar2000

at this point it is anybodies guess/theory as to when they will arrive. i guess we can sit here and just keep guessing or just sit here a and wait.

ibfubar2000

no there is no recall, if there was i would be one of the first to hear about it mand i would post it here immediately. (i do the mazda warranty here) it is because mazda does not want one dealer to get the cars before another dealer. unfair advantage for the first dealer to promote it and sale it until all the dealerrs can get it. we in california just have to wait until the other cars get to their final destination port before they can be released. once all the cars are released then the trucks will pick them up. then it is more fair to everyone to be delivered together. this is just my opinoin but it seems to make sense with the delay.

tribal azn2

sigh, what the hell. whats the point of having our cars just sit there for 2 weeks. its money just sitting there, its time and money.

ibfubar2000

because mazda does not want to get bombarded with phone calls:
"but he has his why don't we?"
"we ordered first"
etc..etc.. and thats just form the dealers...

Urchin

I can see them wanting to have dealers in a locality, like city or maybe smaller state, hae the cars at the same time, but makes little sense to try to do that nationwide. Dealers closer to the port will still get them earlier.

ggreen29

Isn't Mazda paying for the port space the cars are sitting on? That can't be cheap.

ibfubar2000

it keeps looking like the mazda 6 premiere. where on one day all the dealers had a special celebration for the new car. at this point im not surprised if they do the same thing with the 8. they want to make as much of a big deal as possible and this way they can have all kinds of media attention across the nation with a special first day release celebration!

ibfubar2000

they probably pay for the space whether they have cars there or not. they ship cars through there so frequently they just have a monthy or yearly rate they pay.

ibfubar2000

what they will do is hold the cars at each final destination, then ship the dealers that are further out a few days before the closer dealers so all the cars arrive close to the same time across the nation.

ibfubar2000

also none of this is confirmed or denied by mazda it is just my observation. so take it as you will.

tribal azn2

man this is just straight up dumb. who ever gets it first, gets it. its not like we would be taking other peoples cars. these are PRE-ORDERED cars, meaning who ever ordered one, will get one. it makes absolutely no sense to have a couple hundred cars just sitting there for 2 weeks. financially its stupid and common logic says that its stupid. look at the evo, cali got them first then about 2-3 weeks later it reaches the east.

anyways, i really hope that this theory isnt true. but i wouldnt be surprised if it was.

ibfubar2000

yeah but look at mits and the evo from a advertising point. when was the last time you saw an ad or commercial for just the evo. i can not think of one. and remember when the 6 came out? there were ads all over the place. the evo was sold pretty much from word of mouth. mazda is more af an advertising type company. they want to make a huge deal out of this car. so this is their way of doing it. im getting tired of looking out my office window everytime a truck drives by looking to see if it is my 8 coming in.

compaddict

Fair enough Fubar!

Vince

Puppy1

All of the 2nd boat cars will be in port by then too. So we will only be a few days later then everyone else.

3Rotor

Without exposing my sources, I don't think it is going to be a simultaneous launch. I truly believe that the cars will leave Hueneme soon, but from what I have been told, they haven't yet. I did get the impression (and this is speculation) that the cars that were unloaded from the Pacific Leader (Hueneme and Tacoma) were going to be released at about the same time. The Team from Japan in Tacoma is still looking over the cars and should be done tomorrow. I asked the specific questions about release, I was told they they haven't been told they can release them yet, but that they also haven't been told they can't release them. They are operating under the assumption that once the team from Japan is done here in Tacoma, that they are going to be ready to rock and roll. Since I went down there today, I won't be bothering them again in person until Monday. They said they would e-mail me if there was any significant change to what they have told me so far.

DisneyDestroyer

Yeah, that sure makes a bit more sense. Of course, it doesn't make many people happier, but I suppose it makes more sense than having a refit once it got to the ports.

brownchiro

I do not remember any Mazda 6 premiere. I do not think any one will remember the RX8 premiere except us waiting for them. They cannot sell more cars if there are no cars coming in until we pre-orders are taken care of. Do not see the purpose of them waiting, but if you in California do not have them yet, looks like we are all going to have to wait, and wait.

They sure are pumping out the cars though. I see the VINS are in the 5000 to 6000 now.