It is the same situation with me in Western Australia.
I have always been an AE guy. I have even run with and for them at several Worlds in the past.
But it has been hard since I moved here. You have some of the fastest drivers in the country here and nobody runs AE onroad. I am the first.
The most common car here now is the new Serpent. Many of the drivers have moved away from the Xray to the Serpent and appear to like the car a lot better.
We have our nationals here at my track in 3 weeks and as far as I know there will be only one other AE car in modified.
More support from AE would be great.