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Originally Posted by catpat8000
Here's another test: a quick search on autotrader.com for 2008-2013 M3s for sale within a radius of 50 miles of Beverly Hills shows about 90 cars. The same search over Houston yields about 30 cars. But the LA area has at least double the pop of Houston, maybe higher, so this back-of-the-envelop test suggests no more than a 50% higher M3 density in LA than Houston. Doing the same test in the Bay Area suggests the per capita M3 ownership rate is lower up north and is likely comparable to Houston.
So it doesn't seem like a 10x difference in M3 ownership between CA and TX. It actually seems pretty close, likely not more than 50% higher in CA. So you wouldn't expect to see an order of magnitude fewer failures in TX unless:
- the data is still too noisy
- something else is different in CA
Pat
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Or maybe CA owners join car forums at a higher rate than TX and FL owners combined.