996 Reliability Survey - Admin Approved!
#136
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I'm still here. I'll let the doctorates in statistics like Michael Karesh argue the method, I'm hoping that a reasonable cross section of data will be better than what we have now, i.e., rumor and speculation.
PAG knows but they aren't saying anything, instead they redesigned the engine
PAG knows but they aren't saying anything, instead they redesigned the engine
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#139
Actually my degree is in sociology, not consumer behavior, and included extensive training in survey research and statistical analysis at the National Opinion Research Center (NORC). But this isn't terribly relevant, as the analyses I'm currently performing are fairly basic and don't require the skills of a first-rate statistician. The hard part is getting enough owners involved and then managing tens of thousands of responses.
Owners have been signing up, and we're close to getting started for a few model years. The 2002 is now only two cars short of the minimum.
We did recently update results for the Boxster, and these provide some indication of the information I hope to provide for the 911 as well.
Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:
2008: 36, better than average
2006: 47, better than average
2005: 49, better than average
2004: 67, about average, small sample size
2003: 94, about average, small sample size
2002: 118, about average
2001: 115, about average
2000: 92, better than average
1999: 117, about average
Important note: these cars are only driven an average of 5,500 miles a year, about half as much as the average car. No adjustment has been made for this.
We still need more participants to report with any precision on the IMS failure rate. So far, with 180 986s participating for an average of about six months, only four IMS failures have been reported, two of them over a year ago.
To help get the 911 included:
Car reliability research
Owners have been signing up, and we're close to getting started for a few model years. The 2002 is now only two cars short of the minimum.
We did recently update results for the Boxster, and these provide some indication of the information I hope to provide for the 911 as well.
Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:
2008: 36, better than average
2006: 47, better than average
2005: 49, better than average
2004: 67, about average, small sample size
2003: 94, about average, small sample size
2002: 118, about average
2001: 115, about average
2000: 92, better than average
1999: 117, about average
Important note: these cars are only driven an average of 5,500 miles a year, about half as much as the average car. No adjustment has been made for this.
We still need more participants to report with any precision on the IMS failure rate. So far, with 180 986s participating for an average of about six months, only four IMS failures have been reported, two of them over a year ago.
To help get the 911 included:
Car reliability research
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#145
I haven't looked into the ethics of editing a wikipedia entry about yourself. I assume at least some people would have a problem with this.
With the current entry someone asked if I'd mind if they wrote one, and I said this would be fine with me.
I'm fairly comfortable with the "Internets." Much less comfortable with these new app things, which I fear will replace computer-based Internet usage for many people.
As for any wounds, I post about once a month either way.
With the current entry someone asked if I'd mind if they wrote one, and I said this would be fine with me.
I'm fairly comfortable with the "Internets." Much less comfortable with these new app things, which I fear will replace computer-based Internet usage for many people.
As for any wounds, I post about once a month either way.
#146
Wikipedia's ethics are pretty straighforward. It's common and acceptable for people and organizations to write on their own behalf, as long as community standards are observed. If they aren't, Wikipedia and its contributors are quick to flag content that's a stub, or inaccurate, or self-promoting, as a previous version of the True Delta article was.
In this particular case, it would actually be a welcome service for you to go in and correct your credentials, since they are so essential to the credibility of the article. It would actually be less 'ethical' to let inaccurate information stand.
In this particular case, it would actually be a welcome service for you to go in and correct your credentials, since they are so essential to the credibility of the article. It would actually be less 'ethical' to let inaccurate information stand.
#147
I think you might have misread the entry.
I don't see where the article says what field my Ph.D. is in. It only says "For his Masters thesis, Karesh did work with early research in consumer behavior," which is correct.
Venturing off-topic, a related paper appears to have been posted online here:
http://faculty.quinnipiac.edu/charm/...5%20karesh.pdf
I don't see where the article says what field my Ph.D. is in. It only says "For his Masters thesis, Karesh did work with early research in consumer behavior," which is correct.
Venturing off-topic, a related paper appears to have been posted online here:
http://faculty.quinnipiac.edu/charm/...5%20karesh.pdf
#148
I think neglect coupled with a high performance car is bound to be a bad combination. Maybe the expectation is that because it is expensive, it should never break. Sure, the 996 is probably significantly more complicated than it's air-cooled cousins...and more parts always introduces more chances of failures - but I have not gotten the impression thus far that it is a lemon by design.
After several years of producing the 996, Porsche sure had the opportunity to tweak the design on the 997 to improve the reliability. But when I look at all the small repairs on my car so far...they were all due to neglect and or normal wear.
After several years of producing the 996, Porsche sure had the opportunity to tweak the design on the 997 to improve the reliability. But when I look at all the small repairs on my car so far...they were all due to neglect and or normal wear.
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