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calling Taz and possibly others...

Post by stevo///m3 » Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:11 am

Statisticians only thread: you will be proper done in otherwise...
I got a download last night of "all" M z4s - I think - get it from wikipedia link in the z4m section: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Z4M#Z4 ... .932008.29 - I can't exactly trust this info but it is the only thing I have to go on to date...

then I "briefly" looked at the coupes: http://dreamingwell.com/forumFiles/Z4M% ... 20Info.csv - you have to scroll down more than halfway etc to identify coues v roadies

Not actually that bothered BUT looking at it, there seem to be about 40 coupes WORLDWIDE which had sapphire & "imolarot" (that dark red leather) specced as their "fix" from the factory - mine is Black Sapphire with Imola so interested in seeing whether this is (1)rare, (2)obvious or (3)something in between - in the EU. I know my "choice" (sapphire/imolarot) will be more popular than some others... So you have Sepang Bronze plus Shitstick yellow with abberations - that is likely to be unique, no further questions needed... :D You have Interlagos with Schwarz - not uncommon etc.

It is possible that a similar thread may already have been on Z4rum etc but I just haven't got the results I wanted when I searched so apols for those that may have done this before. I HAVE, however, seen the "numbers in UK" thread: [can't find acceptable link - I have personally saved the table but can't link it for some reason!] so have seen that we record, for example, 120 black sappphire M coupes in the UK, feck all Sepang Bronze coupes, lots of Interlagos etc etc.

My main Q is: regarding the split in USvEU coupes, looks like about 1,000 (roughly) coupes in blighty overall, 120 of which are black sapphire; how many of those are imolarot leather? (Note: if you trust me, only 40 or 41 M coupes in Sapphire have imola leather worldwide; a lesser number must therfore be available in the UK...)

The question in this thread is, frankly, so very abstract that I'd be prepared - if I could - to bestow a CBE on any person capable of working it out and giving the correct answer. I think i I can get it from the raw data but, hey, if someone's already done this to save me a day's holiday - why waste my, or anyone else's time?

Failing which, Taz, did you already calculate this yet?

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Re: calling Taz and possibly others...

Post by stayfrosty » Fri Jul 25, 2014 4:26 am

Stevo,
The stats link is interesting, but I believe refers only to US / Canada (as mentioned where the link is originally quoted in wikipedia) or maybe just LHD and so is probably not worldwide.
I could not find my RHD car on the list.
Not that it really matters, my silver grey with black leather is probably as common as muck anyway!
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Post by srhutch » Fri Jul 25, 2014 6:51 am

As above the file only covers the USA
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Post by stevo///m3 » Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:33 am

Fair enough. Is there a UK list?
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Post by StevenH72 » Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:36 pm

so only one Carbon Black Z4MC in the US........I knew I had a beauty :wink:
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Post by Talksthetorque » Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:49 pm

StevenH72 wrote:so only one Carbon Black Z4MC in the US........I knew I had a beauty :wink:
Or something that doesn't appeal to Americans... :evil:
There are always at least two ways to read statistics...... :wink:

Wikipedia says it's "north america" for that list.
Taz is working on Specs of all Coupes at the moment I believe, so he will eventually have an answer. But its got to be a thankless task, unless he can code a screen scraper for the info.

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Post by bluestreak56 » Fri Jul 25, 2014 3:06 pm

The information available on UK Coupe's right now only covers exterior colours. But as above.. Taz is working on a more definitive list I believe...
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Post by Taz » Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:10 pm

i am in the process of downloading data on all coupes in the UK. once i have downloaded i am going to create database from which i hope to be able to say how many what's came with what's.

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Post by -Tom- » Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:11 pm

Taz wrote:i am in the process of downloading data on all coupes in the UK. once i have downloaded i am going to create database from which i hope to be able to say how many what's came with what's.
Amazing work Taz. If you need any "minions" to help ... Just pop a post up!
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Post by Taz » Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:12 pm

so far i have info on 1100 coupes. not yet got it into a database though

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Post by The Badger » Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:32 am

Taz do you ever see the data being available for standard roadsters ?

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Post by WLH » Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:44 am

srhutch wrote:As above the file only covers the USA
For sure as my Vin number is there and in fact I have a copy of that file in Excel format if anyone would want it.
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Post by Taz » Sat Jul 26, 2014 9:48 am

there are 26000 roadsters so no lol. its took me a month so far for info on 1000 coupes

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Post by bluestreak56 » Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:18 pm

Taz now that im being made redundant I will likely have a lot of free time.. I can definitely help with some of the mundane stuff.
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Post by Taz » Sat Jul 26, 2014 1:03 pm

bluestreak56, PM sent :thumbsup:

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