I think that FD has hit the nail on the head. Second hand RV's are as rare as rocking horse poo. Owners don't seem to want to part with them, and the few that are advertised for sale are snapped up at a BIG premium to the cost of building even after several years and a few hundead hours on the clock (sadly not the case with Europa's). I suspect that if there was a JD Power type survey of owners of PFA type aircraft the RV series would be at or near the top.
This months PFA Popular Flyer magazine contains the accident stats for PFA aircraft for 2002. "Only" 4 Europa entries for 2002 compared to apparently "considerably more" in previous years.
No entries for the RV series at all. Data like this would certainly influence my decisions.
(On a side issue, the Jabiru has 8 entries for 2002 - 1 in 10 of all those flying).
Mr. W