How often do you see 8's on the road?
 

I know that when I bought my RX-8 I loved the fact that you never see them. Compared to Nissan 350Z's and Infiniti G35 coupes, RX8's are extremely rare. I loved this. But, the other day I was driving down the road and saw 2 RX8's within 30 seconds of each other. I thought that I was going to have a heart attack! I was shocked to see not one, but two RX8's at the same time. How often do you see other 8's on the road?

Very rarely. I do see them, but it's no where near the scale of 350z, g35's, 325i's, is300's, etc....

I usually see a red one with a really old man driving it around the mall parking lot, VERY slowly. When he gets out of the car he appears to be around 80.

In San Diego... I see less 350z than rx8s. But when I'm in LA, rx8s are more uncommon. I would say I see about one 8 a day.

About half ago...very RARELY, but since then, I'm usually able to spot at least three in a week. Usually, it's a female owner with an automatic, who probably thinks has a V6 or something.

There are 3 other 8s in the town I go to school. One lives in my apartment complex. Even still I dont ever really see them on the road in town or anywhere else I go.

Wowsers, not sure where you guys live, but I see at least 4-5 8's in a single day down here in Louisiana... now I might see an SVT foc a couple times a week. :D:

Same with me! There is a lady in my neighborhood that has a silver automatic one. What a waste of a car.

There are three ladies with three automatics in my neighborhood, a black, grey and white :)

There's quite a few here in Waco, suprisingly. I see at least one every other day or so. This is probably because I work and live in a small area which is the busiest part of town. I see the same Winning Blue and Black ones on a regular basis and I see a bunch of Titanium Greys! I don't see many other Whitewater Pearls like I have. :)

I happen to be a female "8" owner with a manual--there are some of us out here that can apprecitate a true sports car! We all don't believe we have a "V6 or something..." Let's not be too sexist!

We weren't being sexist, but typically men know more about cars then women do. But, that is beside the topic...

I didn't say EVERY female 8 owner. You happen to be one of the few with a manual, whether you like it or not. And whether you like it or not, a majority of 8 owners here don't know what a rotary engine is, including men.

Welcome to the forums, btw.

As far as I know, I have the only 8 in the valley here. I've seen two here in the last year and a half, but they were tourists.

Thanks for the invite! Point taken...

[QUOTE=RX8 Zoom Zoom]I know that when I bought my RX-8 I loved the fact that you never see them. Compared to Nissan 350Z's and Infiniti G35 coupes, RX8's are extremely rare.QUOTE]

very true in my town

not often.


Soon to be never when I move to Humboldt =/

I think I've only seen two in my town since I got mine in June '05. One parked on the other side of town and the other I think came off the highway and was going into town one morning. I don't know how many have been sold in the area but it would be interesting to know.

Here in Tallahassee, I personally have only ever seen one black 8 (auto, female driver) and a velocity red . A friend said he has seen a white 8 in town. So, when I take my velocity red out it always get the looks because there just aren't many of them here.

I normally see like 2 a week and I know of at least 6 that live here in town, but the other day I saw almost 6 in one day, my town is only about 45000 ppl so that's a lot, I do see many more 350Zs though, I can go out and pretty much guarantee you I'll see one.

I visited the showroom and there was one that had been traded in because a granny bought it (it was a silver manual shift) and her daughter forbade her to drive her kids around in a sports car... so she got a mazdaspeed 6 instead. Power to the women who think that way!!!!

and around here it seems like either young men (up to 30) or 40- or 50-something women own them.

I tend to see the same ones, but its rare.

I've only seen two.

A silver that needed a wash.

And yesterday, I saw a red with MS kit flying up Padua in Claremont. I'm pretty sure they were heading up to Mt Baldy to hit some twisties.

I might see one or two a week on the road. but whenever I go to a shopping center or a mall, then I'll see between 3 - 6.

I see a lot up here in the bay area, people really love the car up here.

On the average, I spot about 1 to 2 RX-8's a week.

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