Ever decreasing numbers

So the question set is, how many of the following are currently in the club:

  • 1.4 TDI 75 AMF

    Votes: 28 33.7%

  • 1.4 TDI 75 BHC

    Votes: 13 15.7%

  • 1.4 TDI 90

    Votes: 22 26.5%

  • 1.2 TDI

    Votes: 1 1.2%

  • 1.4 Petrol AUA

    Votes: 16 19.3%

  • 1.4 Petrol BBY

    Votes: 14 16.9%

  • 1.6 Petrol FSI

    Votes: 19 22.9%

  • Extra 1.4 TDI (any type)

    Votes: 10 12.0%

  • Extra 1.4 petrol (either type)

    Votes: 2 2.4%

  • Extra 1.6 FSI

    Votes: 4 4.8%
  • Total voters
    83
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JavaGreen said:
Hi Tom, my profile is totally accurate. I do indeed have a 1.4 petrol and a 1.6 fsi, both are Blue Colour Storms👍
If your data is held within a database, depending on how it has been setup I.e the data input into the database, it would take little effort to ascertain the total number of cars and engine size/type within the club.👍
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Hi Paul,

All understood but your profile suggests that you only have 1x 1.4 A2 as mentioned earlier:

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No mention of the FSI in the data held, its only in your signature so your profile currently stands incorrect.

Heres an example of how you can input for different engine types:
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The above is just an example (will revert my profile to what it was moments ago so it is correct) as I don't have any petrol engined A2s here, I currently only have 2x TDI AMF and 1x TDI BHC. A problem arises when you have multiple quantities of the same engine type as you can only choose 1 per type, hope that makes sense. The profile selectables were never created for the purpose that you would like to use it unfortunately.

If the Moderators were going to be able to assist your vehicle count it certainly wouldn't involve going through over 9 thousand personalised signatures.

Kind regards,

Tom
 
Just to add, the page view count also includes access by robots/search engine crawlers, since the main forum pages are public-facing. Only in the Market would page views equate to actual members looking at the thread.

As Tom @2work has explained, the site user profiles were never set up to collect accurate numbers of A2's. As any statistician or programmer will tell you, garbage in = garbage out: the database just doesn't have the information to support this sort of query. And only the very few most senior site administrators have that sort of access to it - Tom and I certainly don't.

What we can fairly safely predict though, even from the limited data collected so far in the rudimentary poll on this thread, is that (as expected) the greatest proportion of A2's on here will be TDIs. The A2 data on Howmanyleft.com will also bear that out. The A2 was sold right at the time when governments in Europe were busy promoting diesel over petrol and the low tax and high MPG for the TDI was the attraction for those who had the wherewithall to order such a relatively expensive car in the first place.
 
My fsi appears to behaving itself just now especially since running it on ultimate fuel from well known brand…. Been having problems in several vehicles after using a particular supermarket brand hence, will be using branded garages from now on. My query (no pun intended) was to really ascertain how many fsi are in the club as I was really considering the low mileage yellow A2 that was for sale in Cardiff. It is now sold so back to the drawing board. Considering how many TDI’s have been bought/ are available, perhaps the tdi is a safer bet🤫
 
JavaGreen said:
My fsi appears to behaving itself just now especially since running it on ultimate fuel from well known brand…. Been having problems in several vehicles after using a particular supermarket brand hence, will be using branded garages from now on. My query (no pun intended) was to really ascertain how many fsi are in the club as I was really considering the low mileage yellow A2 that was for sale in Cardiff. It is now sold so back to the drawing board. Considering how many TDI’s have been bought/ are available, perhaps the tdi is a safer bet🤫
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Mac.
 
JavaGreen said:
My fsi appears to behaving itself just now especially since running it on ultimate fuel from well known brand…. Been having problems in several vehicles after using a particular supermarket brand hence, will be using branded garages from now on. My query (no pun intended) was to really ascertain how many fsi are in the club as I was really considering the low mileage yellow A2 that was for sale in Cardiff. It is now sold so back to the drawing board. Considering how many TDI’s have been bought/ are available, perhaps the tdi is a safer bet🤫
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Both the original post and this one fail to provide any clarity as to what is being sought here. The thread title seems absolutely at odds with the club database, which only increases as time goes by.

Responding to a thread should not be an advanced test in lateral thinking skills.

If you mean Shell V-Power why not say so?

I'm certainly missing the pun you're seeing in 'query'.

If what you're really after is advice on buying another A2, why not scrap this thread and start again, using plain English?
 
H’mmmm, must be an age thing.
I was interested in the numbers of vehicles left in the club….. as so many are being scrapped. More or less to see if fsi has a good following and if so perhaps has a good chance of 2nd spares in the future…. hence looking at the low mileage car in Cardiff.
I did not refer to the brand so as not to offend - it obviously offended you. Anyone would have known what I meant.
Query, is the word to use in a database to find a particular piece of data🤓
Sorry for not being as blessed as you in English….. however, I do have 2 degrees, a Diploma and was until recently, a FiDiagEng. And of course served in the Royal Air Force. These days I own a business that has managed to survive Brexit, COVID and hopefully will survive the current economic situation. And still find time to teach special needs children👍
 
JavaGreen said:
H’mmmm, must be an age thing.
I was interested in the numbers of vehicles left in the club….. as so many are being scrapped. More or less to see if fsi has a good following and if so perhaps has a good chance of 2nd spares in the future…. hence looking at the low mileage car in Cardiff.
I did not refer to the brand so as not to offend - it obviously offended you. Anyone would have known what I meant.
Query, is the word to use in a database to find a particular piece of data🤓
Sorry for not being as blessed as you in English….. however, I do have 2 degrees, a Diploma and was until recently, a FiDiagEng. And of course served in the Royal Air Force. These days I own a business that has managed to survive Brexit, COVID and hopefully will survive the current economic situation. And still find time to teach special needs children👍
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I'm biased, of course, but seem to me that since diesels, 1.4 petrols, and FSIs are very different cars, choosing one depends totally on what you want from your A2.
FSI for fun, 1.4 petrol for ULEZ compliance and reliability, diesel for reliability, but increasingly limited if a ULEZ area is part of your planned usage.
They are all getting on, so you must accept that they'll need fixing now and then.
Mac.
 
PlasticMac said:
I'm biased, of course, but seem to me that since diesels, 1.4 petrols, and FSIs are very different cars, choosing one depends totally on what you want from your A2.
FSI for fun, 1.4 petrol for ULEZ compliance and reliability, diesel for reliability, but increasingly limited if a ULEZ area is part of your planned usage.
They are all getting on, so you must accept that they'll need fixing now and then.
Mac.
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Yes Mac,
You are spot on.
I use the FSI on a daily round trip of 88 miles and as you say, it is fun👍 However, when it went in for belts, fuel system overhaul, service and other items, I used my wife’s 1.4 too which I add it did very well. But, the FSI is more fun. There was a low mileage 66k Yellow A2 for sale in Cardiff (now sold) that made me wonder… how many exist in club and therefore provide possible future longevity.
A TDI passed my Saab the other day on the M77…. I was doing 70 so he must have been doing…… it looked rather nice as well. The FSI was bought at 97k miles and is now at 112k so has done 15k in 15 months. If it lasts till February I shall be delighted.
 
It looked like Castle Red to me. If I was not pushed for time I would have followed him as he turned of the East Kilbride turn off👍
 
I have
1.4 tdi 75 se 174k
1.4 bby se 89k
1.4 tdi 90 sport 91k, re mot on Thursday!
 

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This is your best bet if you're looking at the possibility of UK-based FSi spares in the future. As has been pointed out at length, the club's database is not going to give you the sort of numbers you want to know, despite your assertions about things being set up and maintained correctly or incorrectly (I can assure you that it's set up and maintained very meticulously and to comply with the most important rules required, especially GDPR).

I think you should prepare to be delighted come February, unless you intentionally prefer to be disappointed as FSi's are not that fragile in the great scheme of things. Yours may be the exception though, who knows? However, with your astounding qualifications and life experience, I'm sure you could fix things if they go wrong, or be able to query more knowledgeable members here for help if pish comes to shove.
 
I have looked at ‘How many left’ however, was more interested in how many was currently in the club as such members are more than likely to look after said vehicles a little bit more enthusiastically. My response was against a grumpy old person (well his title indicates that) who had obviously taken a dislike to what I had posted/replied to. No more and no less. I am very sure the database is meticulously applied and did not question that fact or how it is set up. However, the database is only software that has ‘Fields’ and ‘Data Types’, if the data input includes vehicle type ie engine size and vehicle type ie FSI, TDI…. a quick ‘query’ (the language used to conduct a search in the query language) the results would be displayed in an instance. I am not the font of all knowledge however, if you need help with your database I am more than willing to help. Give me a pm. In the meantime, you have some very useful and knowledgeable members on here who have a wealth of experience that is priceless. That is why I ask them for their help at times.

And your are correct, I have had a colourful life experience. That is why I now teach special needs children. It is called ‘giving something back’. Most enjoyable thing I have ever done.
 
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I believe the A2OC membership database numbers have been PMd to the OP now and they're in the region of 1350 or so FSi's of varying types. This number is spread across the globe, as our membership is drawn from not just the UK and without further drilling down, there's no way to ascertain the UK only numbers and this is something which we are unwilling to do just so the OP can gauge numbers to see if they're interested in keeping their FSi as a long-termer.

The HowManyLeft numbers are for the UK and they currently show around 850 FSIs registered in 2022, which is far more indicative of the number on UK roads and is the reason why the OP was signposted to the site in the first place.

Thanks for the offer of assistance, but you are plainly quite fully occupied in your other roles and we don't feel there is a need for help anyway - things are running quite smoothly as I'm sure the vast majority of members would concur.

As to minor spats and disagreements, it is very easy to misinterpret typed messages or draw incorrect conclusions. I am sure that @steve_c had NOT taken a dislike to your post, they only sought accuracy and conciseness - all the rubbish about petrol brands for instance could easily be avoided by naming it in the first place, as there are various brands out there, Shell V-Power, BP Ultimate, Esso Synergy to name but three. The nonsense excuse about causing offence is quite poor defence here.

And I agree also with @steve_c in their assertion that you should have just come out in plain English with the reason for the thread, instead of leaving it until post #26 to reveal the reason. A lot of misunderstanding and wasted time could have been saved.

As I have already pointed out that the numbers are meaningless (and you have agreed that the poll is also useless in post #17), so I shall lock this thread now to avoid any more misunderstanding or disharmony.
 
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