brownchiro

Budaman, thanks for the 30 on 1308. Next I want to hear the "at Midlothian" report. Thanks again.

budaman

Actually, it will say Port-DA. I think they have a hard time spelling Midlothian. Sounds kind of medievil also!

roachman

Budman,

Please check 1941 again please. I got a email on 6/9 that stated.
So, I hope it hits the water soon!

"Hello CHARLES,

We are happy to inform you that the factory has completed production on your 2004 Mazda RX-8—the car Edmunds.com described as "...more willing at high rpm than even Honda's S2000 because of the rotary's phenomenal smoothness."

Your RX-8's Production Date: 20030530

At present, your Mazda RX-8 is being shipped from our Hiroshima plant in Japan to your local destination port. In about 3-8 weeks, depending on where you live and shipping schedules, the port will release your car and it will be on its on the way to the dealer! We'll let you know as soon as that happens so that you can make arrangements to pick it up.

In the meantime, if you haven't already done so check out the
3D Performance Tour on the Web site, it's truly a unique interactive experience.

Zoom-Zoom,
Mazda RX-8 Order Headquarters "

rxeightr

budaman --
When you can access East Coast info, # JM1FE173440101212 is in transit (last known) to Jacksonville port.

Please advise when possible. Thanks for being there for the rest of us!

budaman

Rx. yours is still showing On Water.
Roachman, yours is showing built but not shipped. Sorry I missed yours the first go round. Hopefully have good news for you guys on the East Coast tommorrow. They won't update the reports anymore today.

rxtreme

iTrader: (1)

God, I'm hanging on here by a thread! The suspense is killing me. I'll freak if my car is not on this next east coast boat. Thank you budaman (and ifubar) for all the help so far. I wish my dealer had this kind of enthusiasm over the RX-8. Well, I hope we get good news tomarrow.

eccles

1308 is the coolest VIN - the 13B rotary is 1308cc.

colin204

Buda

Could you check JM1FE173X40102056

jtdwab

I know what you mean rxtreme. Its driving me nuts that a second west coast ship has left but nothing to the east coast. I guess they are distributing more via west coast ports than the East. At this point I'm not expecting to see its shipped until next week or the week after. I would say the upside is if their were any problems with the US cars they would be able to fix them. However that can't happen because I car has been sitting in the salt air for the last 20 days.

If I here anything different (my dealer does check every so often) then I will post.

rxtreme

iTrader: (1)

Why do you believe it will be such a long wait between the west coast bound and east coast bound boats? I would think only a couple of days seperation at most and really I wonder why there is any seperation at all. I mean, this second shipment is still some 1st allocation, some second allocation, and maybe some third alocation cars. These boats should be going out loaded to the max with RX-8's with still more waiting to be shipped after it leaves the Japanese port. Just a theory, but it seems to be accurate by what I've heard.

rxtreme

iTrader: (1)

Budaman, ifubar, either of you checked the status on that east coast boat yet (today). Inquiring minds want to know.

VIN: JM1FE173340102626

rotorian

Canadian VIN JM1FE173240102102

Can someone check please?

Many thanks

budaman

Sorry Rotorian,
Doesn't look like the US computer system will let us run canadian Vin's. How bought on your end Ifubar? I think this is the first Canadian Vin we've gotten.

ibfubar2000

no i cant either. it just says invalid, unless it is like the other ones and just too early yet.

ibfubar2000

VIN JM1FE173340102626 VIN Status 10 - New-VIN

Model / Year RX8 6P / 2004 Country US - UNITED STATES O Warranty Start Date

Exterior Color A3F - BRILLIANT BLACK CC Retail Dealer 50522 State VA
Dealer 50522 State VA
Retail Date
Interior Color F6 - BLACK (FABRIC) Wholesale Demo Date
Engine No Engine ER - ROTARY RENESIS(2R) Assembly Date 06/04/2003
Transmission T9 - 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANS Drive REAR WHEEL DRIVE
Emissions F - FEDERAL EMISSION Key Code

POE NK - PORT JERSEY CITY, NJ IP NK - PORT JERSEY CITY, NJ

Accessories FLM - CARPET FLOOR MATS FL2 - FOG LAMPS
HL1 - XENON HEADLIGHTS MC2 - AUTO DAY/NIGHT MIRROR W/HOMELI
MR1 - MOONROOF RA3 - PREMIUM SOUND SYSTEM
TC2 - DSC WITH TRACTION CONTROL WLK - WHEEL LOCKS
1TR - TOURING PACKAGE M/T -

QuantumTheory08

Budaman and Ibufar...now I'm starting to worry how long it will be before my car is even on the water.

VIN JM1FE173840103299 Black / Black leather GT with NAV

Built 06-09

Any input?

Thank you for being there!:D

ibfubar2000

ON THE WATER NOW!!

VIN JM1FE173840103299 VIN Status 20 - In Transit

Model / Year RX8 6P / 2004 Country US - UNITED STATES O Warranty Start Date

Exterior Color A3F - BRILLIANT BLACK CC Retail Dealer 41164 State CA
Dealer 41164 State CA
Retail Date
Interior Color F3 - BLACK Wholesale Demo Date
Engine No 13B 365607 Engine ER - ROTARY RENESIS(2R) Assembly Date 06/09/2003
Transmission T9 - 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANS Drive REAR WHEEL DRIVE
Emissions C - CALIFORNIA EMISSION

POE PH - PORT HUENEME, CA. IP PH - PORT HUENEME, CA.

Accessories DT1 - FAUX LEATHER DOOR TRIM FLM - CARPET FLOOR MATS
FL2 - FOG LAMPS FOL - PORTFOLIO
HL1 - XENON HEADLIGHTS HM1 - HEATED MIRRORS
LS1 - LEATHER SEATING SURFACES MC2 - AUTO DAY/NIGHT MIRROR W/HOMELI
MR1 - MOONROOF NV1 - NAVIGATION SYSTEM
PW4 - HEATED SEATS PW6 - PWR SEATS/6 WAY DRVR/LUMBAR
RA3 - PREMIUM SOUND SYSTEM TC2 - DSC WITH TRACTION CONTROL
WLK - WHEEL LOCKS 1GT - GRAND TOURING PKG M/T

twocycler

So how is a car built 6-9 on the water when my car built 6-4 is still showing a '10' code (JM1FE173940103022)?

Thanks,

Rocky

ibfubar2000

wow that sucks, your car did miss the boat. strange, maybe they are doing paint colors specail way:

VIN JM1FE173940103022 VIN Status 10 - New-VIN

Model / Year RX8 6P / 2004 Country US - UNITED STATES O Warranty Start Date

Exterior Color 29Y - TITANIUM GRAY M Retail Dealer 23454 State GA
Dealer 23454 State GA
Retail Date
Interior Color F6 - BLACK (FABRIC) Wholesale Demo Date
Engine No Engine ER - ROTARY RENESIS(2R) Assembly Date 06/06/2003
Transmission T9 - 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANS Drive REAR WHEEL DRIVE
Emissions F - FEDERAL EMISSION Key Code

POE JX - PORT JACKSONVILLE, F IP JX - PORT JACKSONVILLE, F

Accessories FLM - CARPET FLOOR MATS FL2 - FOG LAMPS
HL1 - XENON HEADLIGHTS MC2 - AUTO DAY/NIGHT MIRROR W/HOMELI
MR1 - MOONROOF RA3 - PREMIUM SOUND SYSTEM
TC2 - DSC WITH TRACTION CONTROL WLK - WHEEL LOCKS
1TR - TOURING PACKAGE M/T -

gettingan8

Looks like (maybe) the west coast ship left and the east coast ship has not...could be a destination difference....

TreknMazda

West coast vs. East coast looks like to me. So this could show that no east coast bound boat has left since 6/4.

twocycler

Grrrrrrr...frustrating....

Rocky

Good Duck

Imagine how I feel. Mine VIN is JM1FE173X40101747 and built on 5/28. Yet it still showed as a new VIN. WTF?!! I'm so **** I can go buy an EVO or something stupid.

RX-8 Zoomster

I know EXACTLY how you feel. I'm "#1842", showing the same status.

Extremely frustrating. Especially when I see VIN's in the 2000 and 3000 range showning "in-transit". It's got to be the East Coast thing.

jtdwab

I'll Third those sentiments. 1850 and still sitting in Japan.

I'm surprised that a second east coast ship has not left. The only thing I can think is their aren't any other ships headed this way either. What I mean is that Mazda books a certain number of slots for cars on ships headed this way. If the shipping company doesn't have a ship headed to Jacksonville Mazda doesn't move the cars. In other words Mazda is a slave to the shipper not the other way around. Still I'm getting pretty tired of it.

RX-8 Zoomster it appears our cars were built very near each other. Mine shows built on 5-29 so you must have been the end of one shift and I was the begining of the next. We still don't know how linear the system is. It appears their are skips in numbering. Who know yours and mine could have been one right behind the other.