Registered FD #'s by state.
09-03-06 | 11:39 PM
#127
Anxiously waiting on bring the car into Gotham just to have it checked out and some misc reliability mods done to my 7 before it come out to Kauai, HI. There's was a MBP one running around last year, but it's was driven by an older lady so we've speculated it's gone w/ no one seeing it for a while. A white RX-7 popped up on the islands about 6 months ago, and a silver one popped up w/in the last couple months. Now I'm awaiting my black R1. Now we have a dyno that just came to the island w/in the last 5 months, so it's time for everyone to try to learn tuning by something other than the color of the spark plugs. Too bad it's a challenging car, but who knows...maybe we could have a S.Kan tuning session. If everyone on the island gets a EMS...yeah...like that'll happen.
09-10-06 | 11:00 PM
#128
Well I guess mine would be in this numbers but Its not currently registered as Its not currently driveable but it will be in the next couple of weeks 
. I was surprised there were so many in Georgia Ive never seen anywhere near that number here, maybe 25-30 at the most.
. I was surprised there were so many in Georgia Ive never seen anywhere near that number here, maybe 25-30 at the most.
09-16-06 | 09:27 AM
#132
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no time - that's why
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you ask why would 2000 have registered RX-7s without getting them on the road?
Time, baby, Time. My 94 broke down middle of last year. I'd been commuting fr Fl to DC and only home on the weekends and could just never get enough time to get around to it. Then, deployed to Iraq this year, now there's no one to deal with it. So, when I get back, I guess I'll sell it.
Real reason, love that car! Bought it brand new in Dec'94, have driven all over the country, wrecked it, slept in it, and just about everything else, can't bring myself to part with her.
Originally Posted by moconnor
I get the impression that a lot of people were expecting far lower numbers (I was) but rationalizing them lower seems pointless.
Where did you get this 8000 number?
It costs money to register a car ($150 or per year for me in CA, for example) and the registration expires in a year or two. In many states, a car has to be inspected and/or smogged before it can be registered (another $50-$100).
Why would close to 2000 people per year register their car if they had no intention of getting their car back on the road. (And all of these people would have to come from states that did not require either a smog or safety inspection before registration.)
These numbers are as close to golden as we are going to get.
Where did you get this 8000 number?
It costs money to register a car ($150 or per year for me in CA, for example) and the registration expires in a year or two. In many states, a car has to be inspected and/or smogged before it can be registered (another $50-$100).
Why would close to 2000 people per year register their car if they had no intention of getting their car back on the road. (And all of these people would have to come from states that did not require either a smog or safety inspection before registration.)
These numbers are as close to golden as we are going to get.
Time, baby, Time. My 94 broke down middle of last year. I'd been commuting fr Fl to DC and only home on the weekends and could just never get enough time to get around to it. Then, deployed to Iraq this year, now there's no one to deal with it. So, when I get back, I guess I'll sell it.
Real reason, love that car! Bought it brand new in Dec'94, have driven all over the country, wrecked it, slept in it, and just about everything else, can't bring myself to part with her.
Last edited by Baghdaddy; 09-16-06 at 09:54 AM.
11-14-06 | 01:38 AM
#138
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Originally Posted by Baghdaddy
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you ask why would 2000 have registered RX-7s without getting them on the road?
Time, baby, Time. My 94 broke down middle of last year. I'd been commuting fr Fl to DC and only home on the weekends and could just never get enough time to get around to it. Then, deployed to Iraq this year, now there's no one to deal with it. So, when I get back, I guess I'll sell it.
Real reason, love that car! Bought it brand new in Dec'94, have driven all over the country, wrecked it, slept in it, and just about everything else, can't bring myself to part with her.
you ask why would 2000 have registered RX-7s without getting them on the road?
Time, baby, Time. My 94 broke down middle of last year. I'd been commuting fr Fl to DC and only home on the weekends and could just never get enough time to get around to it. Then, deployed to Iraq this year, now there's no one to deal with it. So, when I get back, I guess I'll sell it.
Real reason, love that car! Bought it brand new in Dec'94, have driven all over the country, wrecked it, slept in it, and just about everything else, can't bring myself to part with her.
sooo.... Your selling your 94? Throw us a price....
11-14-06 | 01:33 PM
#140
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Originally Posted by pluto
I wonder if the count on these cars were overlapped from transfering title from one state to the next? Was the VIN being track to eliminate overlap?
11-14-06 | 05:43 PM
#141
Steve, I think the count was based on vehicles currently registered w/ the state government at that given time, so I'm pretty sure that unless someone managed to classify their FD as a permanent truck (lol), none of 'em were simultaneously registered in two states 
~Ramy
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11-14-06 | 05:55 PM
#142
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sure you can. If the car is already registered in X state, I can purchase the car and register it in Y state. Both X and Y state will still show the car as registered until the registration expires.
If the car is already registered in X state, I can purchase the car and register it in Y state. Both X and Y state will still show the car as registered until the registration expires.
Originally Posted by FDNewbie
Steve, I think the count was based on vehicles currently registered w/ the state government at that given time, so I'm pretty sure that unless someone managed to classify their FD as a permanent truck (lol), none of 'em were simultaneously registered in two states
~Ramy
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Last edited by pluto; 11-14-06 at 06:03 PM.
11-14-06 | 09:26 PM
#143
Originally Posted by pluto
sure you can. If the car is already registered in X state, I can purchase the car and register it in Y state. Both X and Y state will still show the car as registered until the registration expires.
If the car is already registered in X state, I can purchase the car and register it in Y state. Both X and Y state will still show the car as registered until the registration expires.
Originally Posted by moconnor
Registrations expire after a year (or two at most) so the overlap would be very small.
12-20-06 | 08:18 PM
#146
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Now how many were sold by in each state and by type - touring, r1, r2 - manual / automatic? You would think Mazda may have that data. I know I read it someplace but could not find it? Certainly you would have movement from state to state but the data would provide some relevant reference for attrition and rarity. Lastly a good friend was cruising through Wyoming with his FD a few years back. The officer that pulled him over had never seen the car and did not know what it was-now I know why....
registered FD's
02-18-07 | 01:46 AM
#150
Now how many were sold by in each state and by type - touring, r1, r2 - manual / automatic? You would think Mazda may have that data. I know I read it someplace but could not find it? Certainly you would have movement from state to state but the data would provide some relevant reference for attrition and rarity. Lastly a good friend was cruising through Wyoming with his FD a few years back. The officer that pulled him over had never seen the car and did not know what it was-now I know why....
Year: 1993
Model ............................. R1 / BS / BS-P / TR-A / TR-P
CYM ................................ 350 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Vintage Red ................... 1177 / 151 / 731 / 430 / 1775
Brilliant Black .................. 138 / 109 / 418 / 244 / 954
Silver Stone Metallic ....... 0 / 58 / 266 / 187 / 824
Montego Blue Metallic .... 0 / 72 / 319 / 258 / 1015
Year: 1994
Model ............................ R2 / BS-A / BS-P / PE-P / TR-A / TR-P
Chaste White .................. 0 / 26 / 54 / 203 / 63 / 276
Perlie White .................... 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0
Vintage Red .................... 156 / 14 / 60 / 159 / 59 / 248
Brilliant Black ................... 156 / 16 / 48 / 150 / 42 / 235
Silver Stone Metallic ........ 83 / 4 / 22 / 74 / 26 / 118
Montego Blue Metallic ...... 0 / 50 / 116 / 323 / 105 / 516
Year: 1995
Model ........................ R2 / Base(auto) / Base(manual) / PEP(auto) / PEP(manual)
Chaste White .............. 0 / 2 / 13 / 2 / 33
Vintage Red ................. 23 / 7 / 19 / 5 / 69
Brilliant Black ............... 18 / 5 / 21 / 9 / 62
Silver Stone Metallic .... 16 / 2 / 6 / 4 / 34
Montego Blue Metallic .. 0 / 10 / 23 / 16 / 101
Grand Total:..13,879