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Japfest 2010

RHM — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:57:57 +0000

After an early start – despite staying over at an ever-decreasing-quality Travelodge on Friday night, Jack, his mate and I made our way over to Japfest 2010 at Castle Combe Circuit. Loads of gorgeous Japanese cars, some trackday shenanigans and some demonstration drifting from some pros, coupled with brilliant sunshine meant a fabulous day. Here are some photos:

Flash RX-8 Game

RHM — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:26:34 +0000

I just stumbled across this Flash racing game featuring RX-8s:

http://www.spikything.com/games/mazdamania/popup.html

Badges

RHM — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:58:29 +0000

A fellow R3 owner over at the RX8 Owners Club has pointed out that his R3 has a Mazda badge in the usual place on the boot lid and mine hasn’t. Looking at the Gallery over at Mazda UK’s site, this also shows a Mazda badge there. One for the dealer to answer, I think.

RX-8 R3 Modelling

RHM — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:22:22 +0000

Earlier this afternoon, I got Janey to pose for some photos with the R3:

RX-8 R3 First Photos

RHM — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:11:52 +0000

Some photos I took when I first got the car home.

His and Hers

RHM — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:58:23 +0000

Well it’s here and this is what it looks like on our driveway with both the RX-8s together:

RX-8R3 and RX-8 40th Anniversary

I picked the new one up this morning from Nunns of Grimsby with just 3 miles on the clock. Lovely!

Delivery Delayed

RHM — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:38:30 +0000

I went in to the dealer today and asked whether the delivery date I had been told – 1^st March – was definitely happening as I was making my arrangements and managing my diary around that.

I was very disappointed to be told, after waiting for 20 minutes, that it was probably going to be delivered at least a fortnight later but even that isn’t guaranteed.

Now my present insurance runs out on the 9^th March. The promised delivery date of 1 March obviously would have meant that I would not need to take out insurance on the ST200, but a later date means I will have to take out new insurance and then almost immediately cancel it which will mean I incur additional costs as the best insurance quotes for the RX-8 R3 and ST200 are from different insurers.

Similarly, I was going to obtain a refund for my road fund licence but again I will be out of pocket because of the delayed delivery.

When I placed the order on 22^nd January, I was told that 1^st March delivery was achievable and had relied on this date, even to the extent of booking a service on our other RX-8 bought from them recently for the same day.

I have now asked the dealer for their proposals for achieving the 1^stMarch delivery date or alternatively covering the extra costs this delayed delivery will mean for me.

Ceiling Lights

RHM — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:13:58 +0000

I’ve just realised that even the lights in the ceiling at my flat are RX-8 themed

Mazda RX-8 Videos

RHM — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:29:13 +0000

I’ve been watching a few videos on YouTube:

Mazda RX-8 40th Anniversary Limited Edition

RHM — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:35:17 +0000

As something of a prelude to what this blog will be showing, here’s some photos of my girlfriend’s ‘new’ car: a lovely, low-mileage (4,700) 2008/08 Mazda RX-8 40th Anniversary in Metropolitan Grey Mica.