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
>
>