Do you see many RX8's?
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Re: Do you see many RX8's?
Covered 1000 miles last month and saw no RX8s
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Re: Do you see many RX8's?
Dan is always looking at his own reflection in the window
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Re: Do you see many RX8's?
Saw two this afternoon within the space of a less than a minure, one Kuro going through elmers end roundabout then a silver one parked up on the road leading up to the roundabout.
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Re: Do you see many RX8's?
I have only seen one in the 2.5 months/1200miles I've owned mine and that was Phil...
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Re: Do you see many RX8's?
theres one that lives at the end of the road adjoining the street i live in, plus i quite regualy see 3 different s1's in Plymouth
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Driving to Ringwood today, saw a black S1 parked up on the road, and the other day wasn’t my reflection, unless my car magically changed colour!
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Re: Do you see many RX8's?
no joke,i could go 12 months and not see a single 8 ( apart from when I meet up with the buddy )
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Re: Do you see many RX8's?
Mind you the same could be said for GT86's as can go for weeks and not see one on the road and yet I do just under 20k miles per year
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Re: Do you see many RX8's?
Pretty much on a daily basics I spot one or two rx8 now around E/Sussex. Usually only if I happen to be out during business hours though, no morning or evening commute spots. So I’m guessing it’s a case of second/weekend car use people mainly have them for these days.
Locally I’ve noticed the same three red, two of them being women drivers, two black 8’s and one blue pretty much on a weekly basics if I’m around during day peak times.
Locally I’ve noticed the same three red, two of them being women drivers, two black 8’s and one blue pretty much on a weekly basics if I’m around during day peak times.
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Re: Do you see many RX8's?
That's because there are still three times as many RX8s on the road even now as there are GT86s.GreySilver Beast wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 10:45 pmMind you the same could be said for GT86's as can go for weeks and not see one on the road and yet I do just under 20k miles per year
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Re: Do you see many RX8's?
In the Netherlands you will see the RX-8 only twice a year......
There is now 1 RX-8 per 87.000 Dutch citizens present.....(17 mill. inhabitants)
Because there were sold totally 329 units and today/end 2017 only approx. 195 units have survived...........
In Germany (official statistic) there were sold 7.730 units and today survived 3915 units.......only 51% of all RX-8's.......
There is now 1 RX-8 per 21.000 German citizens present.........(82 mill inhabitants)
How is that number in the UK? with 53 or 64 mill. inhabitants ?
There is now 1 RX-8 per 87.000 Dutch citizens present.....(17 mill. inhabitants)
Because there were sold totally 329 units and today/end 2017 only approx. 195 units have survived...........
In Germany (official statistic) there were sold 7.730 units and today survived 3915 units.......only 51% of all RX-8's.......
There is now 1 RX-8 per 21.000 German citizens present.........(82 mill inhabitants)
How is that number in the UK? with 53 or 64 mill. inhabitants ?
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Website here shows how many are left on the road in the UK https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?utf8=%E2 ... mit=Search
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Re: Do you see many RX8's?
Well, they sold about 25,000 of them, of which about 10,000 survive, not counting those currently SORNd.
Population is 66 million, so there's one for every 6,500 people or so.
Population is 66 million, so there's one for every 6,500 people or so.
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Very interesting figures for the UK ......untakenname wrote: ↑Tue Oct 31, 2017 12:20 pmWebsite here shows how many are left on the road in the UK https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?utf8=%E2 ... mit=Search
From previous approx. 25.000 units RX-8 there now are only 10.000 units left........approx. 40% in the UK against 51% in Germany ........
Any reason why this figure is lower?
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I would guess because they sold so many more here they're regarded as more disposable and not especially unusual here. In Germany their rarity means people are more inclined to hold on to them. But there's no way of knowing for sure.
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Re: Do you see many RX8's?
Today's trip was to Newcastle & back. Approx 452 miles.
Total RX8's spotted = 0
I remember a time when most cars on the Motorways were Ford or Vauxhall. Now everything is German. Don’t get me wrong, they are quality cars but doesn’t everything look the same?
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Re: Do you see many RX8's?
There's two in the village. But never seen them on the road, only on the driveway.
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After visiting c6000 properties over the last 10 years producing EPCs today I visited one with an RX8 parked on the drive for the first time!!!
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It makes the survey time twice as long!
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Seen 8x RX-8's but I don't think they count as I was at the Surrey Meet yesterday Evening
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Cardiff and back for the weekend none seen !!!
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