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Post by impressiveg »

Seen two this week in Leyland Lancashire:
One in serious mid renovation with most of the car rubbed down and body panels repaired, looked ready to be painted near the Cross at Tesco
One in black near what was the Black Bull pub in Moss Side
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Saw at least 4 at local Mazda garage when dropping mine off for recall. Really nice looking grey 2005 being picked up in amazing nick.
I wonder how long those car have been stuck at the dealers, waiting for parts....
Apparently none. Maybe it's helps that one of service managers is into RX8s.

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Driving home from work and saw the Yellow 8 with the black roof parked up on the road


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I've seen 3 this week!

A red one parked in Cwmbran and a black one in Newport and another (well could be same one didn't remember the reg) in Usk
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No I'm at a meet in Oxford and I'm the only RX8 here !!!
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Driven all the way over to Haywards Heath and back and not once did I see an RX-8 or GT86/BRZ :!:

On a plus side saw loads of BMW's and Audi's :lol:
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In 3300 miles I saw one in Belgium, one in Kent and one in Oxfordshire.
Then I went out yesterday for a quick drive and saw 3 plus a fourth that I followed for about 2 miles!
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Yesterday’s trip was Northampton to Newcastle & back. 452 miles in total.

Total RX8’s spotted = 1 (that was when I got back to Northampton)
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Only seen 1 (silver, female driver) in the Tunbridge Wells area most mornings.
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My mate's just arrive at Three Sisters and said there's a red RX8 going round. Anyone here? You won't miss Pete, look for the giant Pajero with multi-coloured RX8 on a trailer :lol:
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Today’s trip in the diesel Fiesta was to North London & back (Approx 130 miles).

Total RX8's spotted = 0
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I have driven about 100 miles today and not seen one RX-8 :(
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I drove 200 miles yesterday through London, East to West as far as Chelsea and back again on both banks of the river and back home to North Essex. Total 8s spotted = 0

Lots of dropped jaws from pedestrians around the major landmarks though, like some of them had never really noticed (or heard) an RX8 before.
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I got that with the GT86 today from Newhaven to Arundel :lol:
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Yesterday I Drove to Nick @ 13B in Loughborough & back (130 miles)

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Saw my first one in what must be two plus years yesterday on the way to work,a bogger black S1.I think we were both surprised to see each other,him more than me I'm guessing
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Well in two weeks in Zakynthos I saw three (pretty much as many as I've seen on the road in the North East)
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5 at modified nations. :) I didn't see the owners to chat to, but the cars looked awesome.
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Yesterday’s trip was Northampton to Tunbridge & back (approx 240 miles).

RX8's spotted = 0
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Exactly a week ago was the last time I saw another one and that was just before I went to purchase my own one . It’s kind of nice being in this RX8 class, my previous car was a Astra and there were 4 of them within eye sight of my bedroom window at home lol.
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Devon_Fourie wrote:
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Exactly a week ago was the last time I saw another one and that was just before I went to purchase my own one Image. It’s kind of nice being in this RX8 class, my previous car was a Astra and there were 4 of them within eye sight of my bedroom window at home lol.
Not seen another one since I bought mine 3 weeks ago.... Keep glancing at mx6 though thinking is that it. Nope
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Saw one or two today.
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a red one has turned up in nuneaton,i pass it outside a house on the way to work,ive only seen it on the road once,i think it was a blonde girl driving.
i followed a black 54 reg one on the A13 in london last week in my 450bhp merc.it took the same slip to beckton.
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End of a 750 mile road trip
London - N Yorkshire - Derby - Norwich - London
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Seen one on the new Mac Donald's as today anybody spot it :lol:
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