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Offline Bill_the_Bear

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Re: Spec and Options Popularity
« Reply #90 on: 15 May 2013, 17:27 »
That is excellent Bear. Although why is my dealer not on the chart?!

Firstly, I started using my own order number which was last week of April, so I'm assuming these are May orders.  My assumption may be wrong, perhaps dealers are assigned number blocks and use them later on.

Secondly, the script I use is not perfect.  Sometimes it "fails" which I think is basically a time out on the website, like if you put your number in manually and it sits on "loading" forever.  So around 8% of the numbers I tried got missed like this.  This is compounded by the fact that I can only run 100 numbers at once so after a few errors the late 90s on that list of 100 don't get a look in.  I don't mind much because I'm interested in averages mainly.

Thirdly, I've only run around 1000 numbers.  I've no idea how many go in per month, but I'm getting a response rate of around 10%.  That means for every 10 numbers tried 1 of them returns an actual order in progress.  So we're looking at around 100 data points here.

So, I wouldn't be worried if your dealer is missing.  If I spent the 50 smackers I could improve this a lot and probably just run it overnight grabbing tens of thousands of order numbers... but there are two drawbacks.  1) They might block me if I'm hogging 99% of the traffic to their site (but I doubt they would notice if I take some basic precautions) and 2) It costs me 50 quids.

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Re: Spec and Options Popularity
« Reply #91 on: 15 May 2013, 17:33 »
My order went through mid April, maybe that's why its not on there??

Good work though!
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Re: Spec and Options Popularity
« Reply #92 on: 15 May 2013, 17:41 »
What I find surprising is how popular Deep Black Pearl is in the VW range? I've hardly come across any black VW's of late so maybe its coming back into fashion??

I did consider ordering a black pearl GTi this time round just as a change to my normal white, but the problem with keeping it clean & the dreaded swirl marks put me off once again. Do like the colour though
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Re: Spec and Options Popularity
« Reply #93 on: 15 May 2013, 17:45 »
What I find surprising is how popular Deep Black Pearl is in the VW range? I've hardly come across any black VW's of late so maybe its coming back into fashion??

I did consider ordering a black pearl GTi this time round just as a change to my normal white, but the problem with keeping it clean & the dreaded swirl marks put me off once again. Do like the colour though

Your post just reminded me, some of us on here said the tracker was incorrectly showing DBP when they choose Tornado Red.  I think it was monkeyhanger and his pops.  Perhaps its bugged to show this when there is some kind of error or uncertainty?  That would artificially bump it up.

If we ignore DBP then white is popular, and the various greys and blues could be grouped together I suppose.  VW don't give you much choice really since like 75% of the options are some variation on grey or blue.  Or at least the ones people order apparently are!

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Re: Spec and Options Popularity
« Reply #94 on: 15 May 2013, 20:16 »
Bill: Yep, me and my dad, although mine is correct on the assumption the tracker has not updated (I originally ordered DBP, but then rang the dealer to change it), although my dad's seems to be a true error, as on the "order confirmation form" Tornado red as ordered is there, but the tracker clearly states DBP. Could be the main reason for the apparent popularity of the colour if it's a glitch.
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