rrs814 Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 Curious: why are there so many Reattas in Florida? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 Look at the typical person who bought Reattas when new. <P>Also at the time Buick sponsored the Bay Hill Open (golf) and brought in a raft of top-of-the-line cars for dignitaries which were than sold locally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 Lots of people here with good taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 Florida has a nice warm climate year around and a lot of older people that live/retire/snow-bird in Florida that prefer American cars, especially Buicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 Because all Reatta owner want to retire to Florida or Texas so the can drive their cars year round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest checkers Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 How about population numbers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 Even tho the Reatta is not considered a "classic" yet,[20 years old], Florida has a huge amount of colectible cars, they just live longer without Winter.<BR>The heavy afternoon summer rains however are not fun with the door/window seal leaking that is very common. Thank God for a garage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 "Hey...were's the SPELL checker?"<BR>Da. In a hurry again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjenkins Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 While we do not yet have all the Reatta's listed on the data/faq page (www.reatta.net), it would be an easy exercise to obtain a small sampling of locational data from the existing database.<P>Go to the database area of the above web site, and either search on " FL " in the text version, or download and sort via Excel.<P>A quick survey provides some 259 out of 2801 state listed vehicles (30 May 02 database) from Florida. This equates to roughly 9.2%, although 343 (12.2%) appear to be from/in Michigan.<P>Interesting.<P>Of course it follows - more VIN's, more data, larger database, higher accuracy.<P>Have you sent it your VIN to Barney yet?<P>Please help us help you. If you see a Reatta on the road, perhaps you could garner the VIN, exterior/interior/moulding color, conv color, CD/Sunroof/16 way seats etc.<P>Just a thought.<P>--Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjenkins Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 Just in case someone asks... a quick (and more accurate) "countif" statement on a worksheet produces the following numbers (sorted high to low):<P>State Count<BR>MI 342<BR>FL 259<BR>CA 211<BR>OH 183<BR>TX 173<BR>IL 153<BR>PA 109<BR>AZ 104<BR>NY 103<BR>MA 77<BR>NJ 72<BR>MN 70<BR>MD 69<BR>VA 66<BR>WI 58<BR>IN 52<BR>NC 50<BR>MO 48<BR>TN 48<BR>GA 47<BR>WA 47<BR>CT 42<BR>CO 33<BR>IA 29<BR>SC 29<BR>KS 28<BR>OK 28<BR>KY 25<BR>OR 23<BR>AL 22<BR>LA 16<BR>DE 12<BR>NE 12<BR>MS 11<BR>AR 10<BR>HI 10<BR>NH 10<BR>NV 10<BR>ID 8<BR>WV 8<BR>NM 7<BR>DC 6<BR>SD 5<BR>RI 4<BR>UT 4<BR>ME 3<BR>MT 3<BR>ND 2<BR>AK 1<BR>AS 1<BR>VT 1<P>Unkn 510<P>CAN 19<BR>CN 5<BR>CP 1<BR>France 1<BR>Germany 1<BR>Holland 1<BR>Netherlands 2<BR>Ontario 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 Quite a few in Florida however if you look at the same land area in the midwest (OH, IN, MI, IL, WI) you find three times the number. Two and a half times even if you include GA.<P>Of course a large proportion of Florida cars have never seen snow (but one drive in the surf at Daytona is equivalent). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 Just Curious...is that count from the VIN #'s Barney has, or a Department of Motor Vehicle count? Either way, in Ohio (183) Reatta's makes my 'atta rare as far as Im concerned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjenkins Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 NO2diver... the above numbers are ONLY from the existing DB he has collected. We've (yet) no way of obtaining DMV information to substantiate the counts.<P>At best, it's a guess at the sampling numbers, but again, the more VIN/data we collect, the more higher the quality.<P>--Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 Since from Barney's data, could also be an indication of the Reatta's whose owners are also computer literate.<P>Incidently the Pontiac club shows the same demographics - high concentration in the MidWest, followed by NorthEast, then the SouthEast. May also just indicate where GM people are and where they retire.<P>Another interesting (but stupid) observation is that the numbers of "interesting" cars produced and sold in California was relatively low in the 60's and 70's with more GTOs produced in Baltimore than in California plants. <P>Incidently, Texas is the other state I consider "home" - southern and no-income-tax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 29, 2002 Share Posted June 29, 2002 Tjenkins, looking at your list Holland and Netherlands is the same country. And there is at least one in Belgium because I'm driving it (I bought it in Holland a year ago). '89 black/tan Reatta with sunroof and 16-way seat, VIN: 1g4ec11c7kb905575<BR>Greetings from Belgium, land of beer and chocolats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjenkins Posted June 30, 2002 Share Posted June 30, 2002 Cisse...<P>Thanks very much for the catch. I'll ensure Barney updates for the distinction.<P>Also, appreciate the Belgium hit. Will modify the countif statement.<P>--Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EDBS0 Posted July 1, 2002 Share Posted July 1, 2002 Cisse;<P>I drink a Chimay in your honor on Canada Day July 1st. Can only get the Premium not Grand Cru <P>You must have real fun getting parts?<P>Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 1, 2002 Share Posted July 1, 2002 Robert,<BR>Chimay is good but try also a Duvel, Leffe, Kriek, Hoegaarden or "Verboden Vrucht"("Forbidden Fruit"), ... or one of the others (several hundreds). <BR>Getting parts is hard (and expensive) but driving a Reatta is one of the best things that happened to me. <BR>Cheers,<BR>Cisse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dolores Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Hey not all drivers of Reatta's in Florida are retirees! I live in West Palm Beach and I haven't reached middle age yet! I've been asked many times, what kind of car is that? I love it, where can I buy it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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