Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 20:49:57 -0700
Reply-To: Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
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From: Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject: Re: Frydaye Follies: useless info
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But if you delete BenT's purchases and sales from this list California
becomes a negative number.
Mike
On 9/24/04 7:31 PM, "Joel Walker" <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
> ok, being the bean counter mentality that i are, i've started watching
> the buses-for-sale on the internet web pages devoted thereto. and some
> of them post or require you to list the VIN of the cars being sold.
> "Hmmmmm", says I to Me, "wonder if any of the vanagons are sequential
> off the assembly line??".
>
> so i start collecting that info. sure enough, three pairs of
> consecutive VINs i've found. :) now, since i only have had 1986-1991
> buses, that's what i collected. if there's enough interest, i can
> start collecting the 1980-1985 stuff, too. just figured it was enough
> dufus work to get the 86-91s!
>
> but some other semi-pseudo-interesting data appeared ...
> (but remember!! this is all from a small sample of the buses imported
> to the u.s. ... and it's based on the assumption/hypothesis that
> buses-sold reflect buses-bought. more or less. sorta. kinda. somewhat.
> maybe)
>
> anyway, that the sales seemed to peak in 1987, then drop off badly in
> 88 and 89, then rebound in 90, and slack off again in 91.
>
> 1986 95 --> 16.8%
> 1987 133 --> 23.5%
> 1988 53 --> 9.4%
> 1989 68 --> 12.0%
> 1990 131 --> 23.2%
> 1991 85 --> 15.0%
>
> 565 total
>
> that syncros are only about 15 percent of all the buses sold.
> curiously, it seems that automatics barely outnumber or at least equal
> the number of 4-speed buses sold. i didn't think there were that many
> automatics sold.
>
> 14.7% 83 syncros of all types
> 39.8% 225 4-speeds of all types
> 41.6% 235 automatics of all types
> 3.9% 22 unknown
>
> that camper GLs sold the most. surprise!! ;)
> and of the syncros, the camper gls also sold the most.
>
> 1.1% 6 unknown
> 30.3% 171 GL
> 6.0% 34 WLE
> 6.2% 35 Carat
> 2.1% 12 Multivan
> 2.3% 13 Camper
> 37.0% 209 Camper GL
> 2.7% 15 Syncro
> 4.2% 24 Syncro GL
> 7.4% 42 Syncro Camper GL
>
> 0.4% 2 Double-cab Pickup
> 0.4% 2 Syncro Double-Cab Pickup
>
>
> but notice ... in 1986, the syncros were nearly 1/3 of all 1986 buses.
> even in 1987, syncros were close to 1/5th.
> and yes, i've seen only ONE 1988 syncro for sale. :)
>
> syncro
> 5-spd 4-sp auto ? total
> 1986 33 40 19 3 95
> 1987 25 65 36 7 133
> 1988 1 26 24 2 53
> 1989 7 28 33 0 68
> 1990 10 47 67 7 131
> 1991 7 19 56 3 85
> 83 225 235 22
> 14.7% 39.8% 41.6% 3.9%
>
>
> so ... if anybody wants to contribute their bus's VIN to my Kollection
> of Useless Vanagon Information and Statistics, this is what i need ...
>
> year, VIN, model (GL, Camper GL, syncro camper gl, etc),
> transmission-type (5-spd, 4-sp, automatic), miles-on-odometer,
> State-the-bus-lives-in, city-the-bus-lives-in, and anything
> goofy/special/wierd about the bus (sunroof, tiico/subaru engine,
> painted-like-a-big-pink-booby, etc). if you're in canada or europe,
> lemme know the country,province, and city.
> and i'll tell you if your bus has a consecutive sibling that i know
> of. ;)
>
> and speaking of the state/city, california (of course!) runs off with
> the waaaaaaay most buses being sold ...
>
> AL 4 ** southeast ***
> FL 33
> GA 17
> TN 2
> MS 0
> SC 5
> NC 14
> LA 0 *** southwest ***
> TX 14
> OK 2
> AR 0
> OH 12 *** midwest ***
> MI 11
> IN 4
> KY 3
> IL 12
> WI 1
> CA 162 *** pacific coast ***
> OR 19
> WA 35
> NV 6
> AZ 9 *** desert sw ****
> NM 5
> CO 49
> UT 13
> WY 1 *** mountain ***
> ID 4
> MT 2
> ND 0 *** prairie ***
> SD 0
> MN 10
> NE 2
> KS 2
> MO 3
> IA 4
> PA 25 *** atlantic ***
> NY 12
> NJ 6
> VA 13
> MD 9
> DE 1
> WV 1
> ME 1 **** new england ***
> MA 8
> RI 3
> CT 5
> NH 6
> VT 1
> AK 1 ** offshore **
> HI 0
> CAN 6 canadian
>
> and know you now the west of the story. ;)
>
> unca joel
>
>
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