@ Vlad and Mark... I've got a buddy who first flew his RV-8 somewhere around 2001. He's now 80 years old, still flies the RV-8, still spends at least 4 hours every day at his hangar... and just started building a Pietenpol. I, too, think it's a pretty cool airplane.
As for me, I've owned my RV-3 for about 2-1/2 years. During that time, I had a Citabria for about a year. It was fun, but too slow. Once I got a taste for speed and performance with the RV-3, I just couldn't go 110mph at full cruise.
About 9 months ago, my RV-3 got a stepbrother: a really nice Glasair 1RG. It's fast and is filling a 2-place void until I finish my F1 Rocket (or save up enough money to by a B36TC).
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I'll throw this in just to show how completely fantastic RVs are. A neighbor of mine has the following aircraft: A C-172, C-185, a C-414. Fuji LM-1, Sia Marchetti S211 jet, a DC-3, an Enstrom 280FX helicopter, and an RV-8. All of those are beautiful and in flying status. He also has an L13 project. He tells me over and over that the plane he'd be most disappointed to lose is his RV-8. That's saying something.