How many Hachis are left on the road?

[Blueneon]

Anyone know how to find this out?

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Estimates so far:
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Australia: 500
Barbados: 15
Belgium: 15
Bulgaria: 11
Canarias Islands: 50
Costa Rica: 25
Croatia: 16 (counted!)
Czech: 13 (counted)
Denmark: 250
Greece: 65
Holland: 80 (counted!)
Iceland: 12-20
Ireland: 700 (survey a few years ago)
Italy: 2
Latvia: 34 (counted!)
Lithuania: 7 (counted!)
Luxembourg: 10 (counted!)
Norway: 10
Poland: 50
Portugal: 596 (originally sold)
Romania: 4
Serbia: 15
Slovenia: 2
Spain: 2
Sweden: 5-8
Switzerland: 88 (counted 8 perfectures so far), estimate: 150
Slovakia: 3
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Total so far: 2453 (taken the lowest estimates in account)
Within europe: 1876

[banpei]

Where? In the UK? In Europe? In Japan? In the world?

In Holland we made an estimate it was less than the 200 sold here.

[Blueneon]

I was thinking uk/europe (well not so much UK, I know they are rarer than rocking horse poop here)

[banpei]

Blueneon Wrote:I was thinking uk/europe (well not so much UK, I know they are rarer than rocking horse poop here)

Well, people getting difficulty selling horse poop then: I hear complaints about getting too many imported into the UK and Mykkk's Trueno doesn't get sold after half a year.

Anyway, dunno. Perhaps organizing a count per country: then we have a nice figure how many probably are still on the road. But that is only an estimate.

[Blueneon]

Was that the red Trueno?

If i remember it was a lot of money (or I might be thinking of another one, I look at so many)

Maybe the 'price' bubble is on the verge of bursting? I have noticed that the price of S13's are going up as drift fever tightens its grip, £3k+ hachis are not economical to get into drifting with, but £700 S13's now theres another matter.

The point of all this is simple, I have been talking to loads of people after i missed out on getting my Hachi last year and almost everyone has advised me to import it from europe.

I would prefer a UK one but like I say, rare and out of my pocket!

[banpei]

The example:
Mykkk: http://www.aeu86.org/viewtopic.php?t=1600
He is looking for a bid above 5000 pounds at the moment. He wanted 7500 at first. It is a lot, but the car itself is in top condition.

Perhaps it is indeed a bubble which is about to burst. Prices in Holland also raised the past year: everybody wants to sell for over 3000 euros (which is cheap compared to UK prices).

Also as you said: the Silvia's are going up in prices. I've seen several for sale with comments it's a mean driftmachine.

[ZaX]

Croatian police have 16 AE86 cars in their registry. 5 of the are mine.
We know for 10pcs that are on the road and driving.

[Blueneon]

banpei Wrote:The example:
Mykkk: http://www.aeu86.org/viewtopic.php?t=1600
He is looking for a bid above 5000 pounds at the moment. He wanted 7500 at first. It is a lot, but the car itself is in top condition.

Yes thats the one, I agree it is absolutley beautiful. however 5k will buy you a LOT of car (and yes, I know all about the 'aura' of owning a Hachi ...belive me I know!) the thing is with cars like this around with those sort of price tags, its only going to push the prices down I think. A skyline was sold on JCC for £1800, and an R32 GTST-4 was for sale at £2500, just think what sort of car that would be with an extra £3500 spent on it!

Quote:Perhaps it is indeed a bubble which is about to burst. Prices in Holland also raised the past year: everybody wants to sell for over 3000 euros (which is cheap compared to UK prices).

Its werid, half of me wants it to burst and bring the price down to something I can afford, so (at long long last) I can have one for my very own, but half of me hopes that Hachi's stay very 'exclusive' so people will want to care and look after them, and preserve them for as long as possible. I am torn (I am also amazed how emotional I can get over these bloody cars!!!!!)

Quote:Also as you said: the Silvia's are going up in prices. I've seen several for sale with comments it's a mean driftmachine.

yup and as people destroy them as they learn to drift, the prices will keep climbing.

ZaX Wrote:Croatian police have 16 AE86 cars in their registry. 5 of the are mine.

Now thats just greedy! 'cmon be a pal! you wont miss just one!

[banpei]

Blueneon Wrote:

banpei Wrote:The example:
Mykkk: http://www.aeu86.org/viewtopic.php?t=1600
He is looking for a bid above 5000 pounds at the moment. He wanted 7500 at first. It is a lot, but the car itself is in top condition.

Yes thats the one, I agree it is absolutley beautiful. however 5k will buy you a LOT of car (and yes, I know all about the 'aura' of owning a Hachi ...belive me I know!) the thing is with cars like this around with those sort of price tags, its only going to push the prices down I think. A skyline was sold on JCC for £1800, and an R32 GTST-4 was for sale at £2500, just think what sort of car that would be with an extra £3500 spent on it!

I totally agree with you. It is overpriced. But "only" 1800 for a skyline....

[Blueneon]

It was an R33 GTS, totally stock but very nice, it started at £2400, but went for £1800!

http://www.japcar-culture.co.uk/phpBB2/v....php?t=327

I have a VERY good contact now, who can source me Skylines at a very good price...

...trouble is, I dont really want one! sure they are nice, sure they are fast, but...not an 86!