With the rx-8 coming out soon......
 

Can we expect the mazda dealerships to be a little more capable of repairign our 7's? Hopefully the mechanics will get some training, right?

Hopefully!

a little more? Yeah. "little" being the key word...

The only problem I can see with this logic is that the RX-8 is N/A. Meaning they won't be able to better help us with boost related problems. Which, I'm risking to say, is probably the majority.

:mad: .........just lost all of my hope on this toppic

Optus is right. IMHO the rx-8 is a totally different animal then the FD...

I agree its a totally different car and especially one that doesnt have a complex turbo charging system attached to it. I think they will be capable enough.

When has any dealer been properly trained to handle the maintenance on any new vehicle? Especially a new model???

If I do get an RX-8 when they come out, there is no way in hell I'll take it to the dealer for service.

Well, hey, I didn't mean to rain on the parade or anything... But, you know what they say: "Hope for the best; prepare for the worst."

For warrenty you will. In my opinion thats all a dealership is good for.

Don't blame Mazda itself because it's independently owned dealerships hire bad mechanics.

Think about it. A lot of people here do their own work on the car and were never trained by Mazda, why should it be any different with other mechanics? The difference is the mechanic himself. Most of them don't care so if they tear up someones car, it all pays the same to them. When people here work on their cars, they have a vested interest on really fixing the problem.

Not all dealerships hire crappy mechanics.

However, I've taken my car to 3 different dealerships over the 4+ years I've owned the car. Mechanics come and go. Sometimes one dealership had good mechanics, sometimes another one. And now, the one that was the worst now has some of the best mechanics in the area.

What I'm worried about is the the dealer isn't going to educate the customer properly...

My cousin went to drive a Prelude, it still had the plastic protecting the body (fresh off the transport truck) It had like 10km on it and the salesman was telling him to 'rev it and feel the vtec'

I'm sure that the sales people will be pushing that 9k redline on these cars that won't have even been broken in yet. That can't be good for engine life, or the life of the rotary engine on our shores

there will probably be a disclaimer with the car when it comes to the dealership. i dont think theyre just gonna let anybody testdrive these cars either.

paul

Yep, in my area, they won't let you near an S2000 unless you are actually going to buy one. A friend of mine at work want to take a look at one. The salesmen wouldn't even talk to him, they just said he could look at through the window (they had them in a separate garage.

However, salesmen and other employees that get in new cars I'm sure do that kind of stuff all the time in all cars. No way to know for sure unless you are at the factory when it gets done, and you stay with it until it's yours.

There is an Acura dealership around here that is basically paying for all the policemen holiday parties with the amount of tickets their salesmen ring up.

when's the rx8 supposed to come out anyways?

Well they might be better able to rebuild a engine, but the rx-8 wont have twin turbos which is probably the most complicated part of the 7.

I feel lucky - In Denver the only Mazda dealer to have an on-site rotary specialist was also the first one in the US to win the service excellence award. Not to mention the fact that the rotary mechanic has an R1. He did a damn good job on my reman, cost me through the nose, though!

Now I know about all the out-of-state builders that do the work for half as much... Expensive mistake.

The one I went to let me drive it. I just left my CC and took it for a nice spin.

My Mazda dealer is great and has been servicing rotaries since they came out in the early 70's. They never had any problems with servicing my 1st or 2nd gen. And they are equally as good with the 3rd gen unless it is with the complicated rats nest turbo system. That's where most Mazda dealers get a bad rap. I bring my car to Mazda for most service and even had them install my flywheel. I think Mazda learned from the overly-complicated FD and the RX-8 will be easier to service.