Since you're at it I'd like to know the avaerage age of the cars as well

 

OK. Slow at work right now

Ages of 928 owners.

Under 20 yrs - 3 (youngest 16 yrs)
20 - 29 yrs - 11 (3 @ 25 yrs)
30 - 39 yrs - 10 (4 @ 38 yrs)
40 - 49 yrs - 65 (14 @ 47 yrs)
50 - 59 yrs - 34 (7 @ 50 yrs)
60 - 69 yrs - 15 (4 @ 62 & 67 yrs)
70 - 79 yrs - 8 (4 @ 70 & 3 @ 71 yrs) ( oldest 77 yrs)

 

Years of 928 ownership

1 year or less - 30
2 years - 15
3 years - 9
4 - 9 yrs - 33
10 - 19 yrs - 36
20 yrs - 4
21 yrs - 1
22 yrs - 3
25 yrs - 3
26 yrs - 2

32 yrs - 1

 

Enough plowing snow and feeding horses, time for some fun. Generated from to-date entries in this thread, with arbitrary editing by me, selection of functions by me, drawing of conclusions by me, in other words all mistakes are mine! But I think it's obvious that increasing age = equals increasing duration of ownership (we are a loyal bunch), and that in turn reflects wisdom. Ah-hem. I think it's time for me to go to the barn...

 

Martin,
Think you can do one of these that compares the money my wife spends on unimportant things like food compared to the amount of money I need to complete my car? Maybe if I dazzle her with facts she'll let me increase my 928 budget

 

Good work.! Perhaps you can easily substract the number of years of ownership from the current age of the owner to come up with the age of purchase of the car?

 

Define "easily".

 

Nothing is easy with this group.

Half the forum still thinks the plane on a conveyor belt would be unable to fly.

 

I'll just have to wait for another snowy day for all these projects. Now, is there a smiley (like the ones for a brew) for a good scotch? (And Thom, your request is priority one as I may have some use for that, too. Blind them with science!)

 

Haha you guys are awesome. I didn't see this topic turning into a statistical analysis. I guess I'm still new here!

 

Nice work .. thanks for the effort Martin

 

Way to go Martin. Since I started this thing I was expecting to do the math around now. Your efforts have saved me the work.

For those who are curious, I'm represented by the dot to the far right (77 years of age). I thought I would also end up having the most years of ownership (26 years owning an '87S4) but there are three guys with more ownership. The average owner's age looks to be around 48 - 49.

Barney

 

44 - I'm on my third 928 now for 11 years.

 

This has turned into a fun thread...thanks for a worhwhile work distraction ;}

 

58.
First look, 1978.
First buy, 1988.
Second, 2011.