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Your sample has no specifics has the IMS been changed on the 911's?
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Use poisson
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Perhaps you could sit at an intersection and use Poisson to model 996 arrivals
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Use term "cef" except kk
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I've never heard anyone here use the term "CEF" except KK...
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So on my drive to Santa Monica today I decided for the ~14 miles of traffic west board on the 10 freeway, I would count all the 911's I past and group them into 996 and 997(+). Here were the findings of my study:
Total of five (5) 911s were seen (actually surprised not more, and I only saw one Ferrari).
Count:
996: 3
997(+): 2
None of the 996s were seemingly suffering from a CEF.
One of the 997+'s was on the shoulder, so I deduce it was because of a CEF.
Analysis Results:
There are more more 996s then 997(+)s. 996s are obviously a more popular choice.
996s do not suffer from engine malfunctions.
Half of the 997(+)s were having mechanical problems, hence 997s are more unreliable.
I feel better about being in the market for a 996 now.
No. 911s with an M96 engine suffer a 0% failure rate, with M97s suffer a 50% rate of failure. I am a bizarro-KrazyK.
Data was spread across a 14mile route. The deviation was 1, 996 and 997(+)
(omgosh statistics was long ago)
Were they 996.1s or .2s? What about the 997s. Any turbos in the mi (if so must be eliminated from sample due to different engine). What is the confidence interval? Perhaps you could sit at an intersection and use Poisson to model 996 arrivals
I was in California this past week and only saw 2 Boxsters between Corona and San Diego on I-15. I thought 1/2 of the Porsches sold in the US were in California.
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Ah, I see. Funny, I only learned what CEF (and MOF) was after coming to this site and reading the epically long Cody post. I thought that was the proper term. In KK's defense, many people seem to use that term
I really only used it as a joke anyway. I shall refrain.
Well the confidence level is 100% obviously. I did say this was a highly scientific analysis in the title, right?
On my 28 mile drive back I saw 3 997(+)s, a 993(-), a Lambo, and a Boxster being loaded onto a flatbed on the side of the road. Sad, two in one day.
So the 997(+)s have taken the lead in market coverage, however, I'm happy to say the 996 is by far the more reliable car as none of them were on the side of the road. The Boxster is stricken from the study as I wasn't able to tell what year it was.
Color analysis? My understanding is the rarer the color, the lower the chance of catastrophic engine failure because Porsche made sure they got 'special' engines. PTM colors in particular. Unless they were tip's, in which case Porsche figured the buyers were tools anyway.
I'm thinking of assembling all the data and assembling it into a coffee table book. Only $119.99. That includes a t-shirt that says, "I bought a 996 and all I got was headlight envy."
