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06-20-2003 | 06:17 PM
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Originally posted by 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.
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.
I'm surprised too. I made my sentiments known on the other thread that I didn't think it was fair that Mazda would ship out a second production of cars (higher VINS) all to the West coast before shipping out the East Coast cars that have been sitting since the end of May. You may be right about Mazda being a slave to the shipping company. That could explain it, but none-the-less, I'm pretty pissed at Mazda anyways for the ordeal.
I does appear our cars were built close together. I laugh at the thought that my car may have been built by a "tired" worker near the end of his shift, and your car might have been built the next morning by a hungover Sake warrior that partied all night. We might be both SOL! :p
06-20-2003 | 07:12 PM
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I'm with y'all. My VIN is 1553, was built on 28 May. I didn't inquire about mine, and just hoped it was on that first boat to Jax. I found out yesterday that mine, too, is sitting at dock in Japan. What a drag...As consolation I ordered my stuff from Zaino this morning.
06-20-2003 | 10:35 PM
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Originally posted by RX-8 Zoomster
I does appear our cars were built close together. I laugh at the thought that my car may have been built by a "tired" worker near the end of his shift, and your car might have been built the next morning by a hungover Sake warrior that partied all night. We might be both SOL! :p
I does appear our cars were built close together. I laugh at the thought that my car may have been built by a "tired" worker near the end of his shift, and your car might have been built the next morning by a hungover Sake warrior that partied all night. We might be both SOL! :p
Well the 28th was a Wednesday, I wonder how much Sake is consumed in the middle of the week. When I was their we went out every night but then what else was their to do. I couldn't understand what was on TV.
RotoRooter has a good info on vin sequence from a knowledgeble Mazda rep.
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...n&pagenumber=4
My last five digits are 01850. If yours also begins with a zero we may have been pretty close. Still we are on different days. I also wonder if they run the line 24hr a day. BMW here runs 24hr when they are in full production. Yours could have been finished at 11:58 and mine at 12:02 the next day who knows.
When my car gets in I will look for a Sake glass lying around.
06-21-2003 | 12:18 AM
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Originally posted by jtdwab
My last five digits are 01850. If yours also begins with a zero we may have been pretty close. Still we are on different days. I also wonder if they run the line 24hr a day. BMW here runs 24hr when they are in full production. Yours could have been finished at 11:58 and mine at 12:02 the next day who knows.
When my car gets in I will look for a Sake glass lying around.
My last five digits are 01850. If yours also begins with a zero we may have been pretty close. Still we are on different days. I also wonder if they run the line 24hr a day. BMW here runs 24hr when they are in full production. Yours could have been finished at 11:58 and mine at 12:02 the next day who knows.
When my car gets in I will look for a Sake glass lying around.
Does anyone know if they run 24hr/day assembly line?
06-22-2003 | 05:34 PM
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It is complete BS that our high 1000's VINs sit around in Hiroshima while VINs 2000 and 3000s are on boats heading for CALI. BS! I just started a thread about this in our regional SE section if anyone wants to chime in.
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