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madmods · 02-12-2012, 08:58 AM

RE Statistics: of course only people sharing will be either victims, or paranoids!

If you guys wants to make up real stats, and if I were you, I'd gather as many VIN numbers as possible from those who had a toasted IMS or blown up one. Then write an algorithm that aggregate the values by e.g. MY, by factory, season (hot/cold), location, and that will give you a good idea of which car(s) have been affected the most by the IMS problem.

You will end up with a similar "scenario":

95% of the IMS failures were boxster manufactured in XYZ factory
75% of the IMS failures were boxster manufactured in winter months (cold environment)
25% of the IMS failures were boxster manufactured in summer months (hot environment)
35% of the IMS failures were reported in Europe
65% of the IMS failures were reported in North America
85% of the IMS failures were boxster manufactured between years 97-98
etc etc etc

Something like that. Now that is statistics... and pretty sure Porsche would pay a lot of dosh to get a thread like this removed

PS: a computer programmer with basic skills could write something quick to compared/decipher VIN# and aggregate something quick (1-2 hrs work)

02-12-2012, 08:58 AM	#7
madmods Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Algonquin, Misarikwack Posts: 710	RE Statistics: of course only people sharing will be either victims, or paranoids! If you guys wants to make up real stats, and if I were you, I'd gather as many VIN numbers as possible from those who had a toasted IMS or blown up one. Then write an algorithm that aggregate the values by e.g. MY, by factory, season (hot/cold), location, and that will give you a good idea of which car(s) have been affected the most by the IMS problem. You will end up with a similar "scenario": 95% of the IMS failures were boxster manufactured in XYZ factory 75% of the IMS failures were boxster manufactured in winter months (cold environment) 25% of the IMS failures were boxster manufactured in summer months (hot environment) 35% of the IMS failures were reported in Europe 65% of the IMS failures were reported in North America 85% of the IMS failures were boxster manufactured between years 97-98 etc etc etc Something like that. Now that is statistics... and pretty sure Porsche would pay a lot of dosh to get a thread like this removed PS: a computer programmer with basic skills could write something quick to compared/decipher VIN# and aggregate something quick (1-2 hrs work)