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Date:         Fri, 24 Sep 2004 20:49:57 -0700
Reply-To:     Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Frydaye Follies:  useless info
Comments: To: Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <016c01c4a2a7$bf7a7bd0$79ec79a5@jw1dy3621>
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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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