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Old 07-26-2011, 11:23 AM   #6
blue2000s
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Originally Posted by Perfectlap
okay so let me ask you this as hypothetical...

Let's say you just joined this this not often visited forum and over the next month 300 IMS failures from let's say 400 regular posters were reported, STILL statiscally insignificant both to the number of cars built and the number of forum members registered. And you're best friend unaware of these 300 failures, then came to you and said "I'm thinking of buying your Boxster" you wouldn't pause for a second? I mean rationally you have no reason to because those 300 failures still represent a sliver of a sliver. But yet it would certainly affect your thought process.
Yeah, of course. In fact, the few reported here gave me pause, the expense of a failure is extreme which is why I upgraded.

But I wouldn't go around telling people that the failure rate is 75% either. It would be irresponsible. I'm not saying you did this, but it was getting close.
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