horton@fortune.UUCP (Randy Horton) (05/01/85)
auto longevity survey
I am making a casual study of longevity of automobiles. Specifically, I would
like to compare brands and nations of origin to see what the longest lasting
cars are. When I have finished, I will post the results here. I would
greatly appreciate it if all of you who have cars with >100K miles would fill
in the brief questionare below, and mail it to me. Thank you in advance,
Randy Horton
{ihnp4,allegra,cbosgd,etc}!fortune!ranhome!randy
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AUTO LONGEVITY QUESTIONARE
MAKE: MODEL: YEAR:
AGE (in years) WHEN CAR WAS SOLD/DISPOSED OF:
MILEAGE WHEN SOLD/DISPOSED OF:
TOTAL MILES *YOU* DROVE THE CAR:
FREQUENCY OF OIL CHANGES (months/miles):
COMMENTS:
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PLEASE MAIL TO {ihnp4,cbosgd,allegra,etc}!fortune!ranhome!randyprophet@umcp-cs.UUCP (Dennis Gibbs) (05/02/85)
>I am making a casual study of longevity of automobiles. Specifically, I would >like to compare brands and nations of origin to see what the longest lasting >cars are. When I have finished, I will post the results here. I would >greatly appreciate it if all of you who have cars with >100K miles would fill >in the brief questionare below, and mail it to me. Thank you in advance, > >Randy Horton I know you said CASUAL study, but will you be taking into account the number of each brand of automobile currently in use? For example, there are more Chevys out there than most other makes of automobile, hence you will likely get many replies from Chevy owners that have gone over 100K miles. But that doesnt mean that the average Chevy would last as long as the average Mercedes, and you will probably not get very many replies from Mercedes owners....But if you don't take this into account in your study your study will be misleading. -- Call-Me: Dennis Gibbs, Univ. of Md. Comp. Sci. Center. UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!prophet CSNet: prophet@umcp-cs BITNET: GIBBS@UMDB ARPA: prophet@Maryland