Time for the Sept 2013 Vehicular Intelligence Poll (CIS Score)

"Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs" (yowen) 09/25/2013 at 09:59 • Filed to: CIS

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It works like this: go to your local craigslist, go to the cars and trucks for sale section and search for the word "grate". Which will most certainly coincide with phrases like "drives grate", "in grate condision" or "has grate cuphelders fer yer mountin do cans". You may include the local results found in nearby areas.

I've done my local, Grand Rapids, craigslist:
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Found a total of 20 results for the word "grate", you get 1 point for every mention of the word "grate" in a car-ad, you may add 5 bonus points if your local craigslist shows results for the word "vehicule". You may also ad a point for every time a dealer mentions the word "grate", because they should know better.

So Grand rapids scores a 21 on the CIS scale (Craigslist Intelligence Score) (20 mentions of "grate" with 1 from a dealer). Can you beat it? I'm sure some localities can! Based on these results I shall do some sciency things to come up with an index so that we can compare CIS a month from now to this months results. I am very confident this sciency research will be published within the year. I believe researches everywhere will be stunned by the uncanny correlation with much more extensive and costly research methods.

UPDATE:
Boston: 95
New Haven: 95
Portland: 70
Orlando: 68
Hartford: 64
Denver: 63
Indianapolis: 47
Richmond: 31
Buffalo: 29
Baltimore: 25
Annapolis: 24
Grand Rapids: 21
Washington DC: 21
Worcester: 6
Saskatoon: 4

UPDATE 2:
Currently the index for September stands at 44.20 (663/15), with Boston the winner at 95 and Saskatoon a grammatically correct safe haven at 4. If we remove the highest and the lowest score, the outliers if you will, we end up with 43.38 (564/13).

There you have it automotive craigslisters of America, you've been fairly and scientifically sampled, go forth and improve your listings so that we may improve upon these numbers. Once again I predict an uncanny correlation with intelligence scores, literacy rates and sexual deviancy indexes. Shit, I bet we could calculate expected population growth rates with this data before too long.

505Turbeaux > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 10:00

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haha I do this with break all the time. Only halfheartedly looking for Peugeot wagons

ooh baby http://maine.craigslist.org/cto/4040978155…

PowderHound > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 10:07

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Can I get extra points for finding a "Chevy Vencher"?
http://buffalo.craigslist.org/cto/4065779942…

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > PowderHound 09/25/2013 at 10:09

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Wow thats hilarious! But it's also too oddly specific, I need quantifiable data! So score your local craigslist according to the above rules :)

zadtheinhaler > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 10:09

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http://saskatoon.kijiji.ca/f-grate-cars-v… ">Saskatoon gets a CIS of 4(!), although the first listing is especially tragic as he spells "great" correctly twice, and then fucks it up the second time.

The bonus "vehicule" points came up with bupkus, so I'm happy about that!

PowderHound > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 10:11

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Oh Right! Well there are 7 for grate unless we count the nearby ones that it tacks on at the end. Then it is 29. And sadly, no "Vehicules"

Party-vi > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 10:12

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DC comes in at 21.

Annapolis hits 24.

And to no one's surprise Baltimore is da winner at 25.

cazzyodo > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 10:15

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What do I win?

Runs and drives grate!

zadtheinhaler > zadtheinhaler 09/25/2013 at 10:16

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Seriously Kinja, fuck you - I checked and rechecked my formatting, and still you fuck up the presentation.

I managed a better website on a Pentium III. Jesus fucking wept.

desertdog5051 > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 10:18

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I stopped looking after 10. I also found a Chevy Venteur.

desertdog5051 > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 10:22

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And how is GR, the place I grew up in and left and never looked back. I wasn't Dutch, so I wasn't much, as the saying goes. Off to Joe's Pasta House for lunch again.

Pearson Hurst > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 10:23

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http://richmond.craigslist.org/search/cta?que…

30 listing, 1 from a dealer, so that's 31, though I really think I deserve bonus points for this DX with "skonk2" coilovers.

http://richmond.craigslist.org/cto/4086546409…

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > desertdog5051 09/25/2013 at 10:26

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lol, when your search it the top of the page shows how many results you got. I need cold hard facts here my spaghetti-eating-friend! I am doing science!

desertdog5051 > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 10:27

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There were a few that did not contain the proper keyword and I was not about to read every one. Sorry.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > cazzyodo 09/25/2013 at 10:28

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Holy shit Boston comes in at 75! With 10 from a dealer for a grand total of 85 CIS score, way to bring up the average Boston! Holy shit! They have a vehicule score of 10! We are now up to a 95 Vehicule score!

Nibbles > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 10:30

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I have 54 ads with the word "grate". Multiples have it mentioned two, maybe three times. - 61 points (54 ads + 7 for double mentions)

5 points for the mention of "vehicule" once.

4 points for dealers mentioning "grate".

70 points total

Honorable mention? This .

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Nibbles 09/25/2013 at 10:31

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Costume Turbo! That's what I'm going to be for halloween.

deekster_caddy > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 10:34

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Damn - $55K for a restomodded Chevelle with a "Modern Drivetrain" which still sports a carb. It has "grate" performance. Somebody threw the billet aluminum parts book at it.

http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/cto/402580…

Firewrx234 > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 10:35

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Indianapolis CL got a 47

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > desertdog5051 09/25/2013 at 10:35

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Things are well here, the city has grown a lot in recent years. I moved here almost 3 years ago. East town is now the place to be if you are a hipster or college student, the other areas surrounding downtown are also developing nicely, so all in all I am having a lot of fun, I am considering moving the midtown, heritage hill or anything else that is near downtown really.

zadtheinhaler > Nibbles 09/25/2013 at 10:41

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Man, that ad is so full of fail, it hurts.

Spelling, capitalization, grammar, punctuation...It's practically got it all!

zadtheinhaler > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 10:41

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SR20, dude, you know the rules...

twinturbobmw > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 10:42

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Portland : 70

Leadbull > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 10:43

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It'd be better to divide the number of "grate ads" against the total number of cars & trucks for sale.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > zadtheinhaler 09/25/2013 at 10:45

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Haha no worries, when I party for Halloween there is always plenty of pictures.

desertdog5051 > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 10:45

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As I remember Heritage Hill was an amazing part of town.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Leadbull 09/25/2013 at 10:46

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Yes it would, but I don't know of a way to find the total number of listings.

Meatcoma > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 10:48

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No Regerts buying this!

PRBot II > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 10:51

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Tallahassee: 12

Orlando: 68

Tampa: 73

Jacksonville: 8

S. Florida CL: 131

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > PRBot II 09/25/2013 at 10:56

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OMG I do believe you are attempting to skew the results by including almost all of Florida! In which of these city's south of the scheduled-for-bugs-bunny-saw-removal border do you live?

PRBot II > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 11:00

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I used to live in Orlando, but I'm in CT now... standby, collecting CT CL results...

PRBot II > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 11:06

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Hartford: 64

New Haven: 95

Fairfield (Includes all of SW CT): 2

Yes, only two on Fairfield CL. Why? Because people who work in finance generally can spell "great".

Chase > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 11:14

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Oddly enough, given its proximity to Boston, Worcester does pretty well at 6 points

5 results with "grate", 1 was a dealer - 6 points, no vehicule

Chase > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 11:21

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Maine: 7 , after removing duplicates and "nearby listings"

(and a dealer that used the word right! Speaker Grate )

PRBot II > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 11:26

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Correction: only 1 for Fairfield CL. The other was for White Plains, NY.

Chase > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 11:28

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damn, now i'm spamming you with replies XD

but, I gotta know, are we including nearby results? cause that will seriously skew things in New England. Boston's "nearby" can include Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and sometimes New York.

Looking at only Boston, and actually going through the listings (removing things that aren't cars, or use grate properly, or are in a different state), it scores more like a 14 (4 Dealer ads, plus a double mention). Both of the vehicules are in Connecticut too

Bozi Tatarevic > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 12:17

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Greensboro, NC: 4

Charlotte, NC: 22

Grate Conditions

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Chase 09/25/2013 at 12:28

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We are including nearby listings. I'm not excluding duplicate listings, a propensity for spammers should be punished :)

Chase > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 12:48

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oh. well then, im gonna have to redo worcester then. to be fair though, i have found some ads where grate is used correctly.

56 "grate" listings, 7 dealers, 2 vehicule - 50 of the grates are "nearby"

73 points

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 13:20

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No one has done Detroit Metro yet? well allow me:

41 total, 13 dealer. Brings me to 54. No vehicule.

Let's try Ann Arbor area (they think they're so smart anyhow!).

1 total. not a dealer. DAMN! No vehicules either.

cazzyodo > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/25/2013 at 13:28

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I'm not exactly proud of bringing forth evidence of Boston stupidity haha.

parkingking > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 09/26/2013 at 13:30

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Detroit has 41 ads.

The best is this gem , nearly every word is spelled wrong:

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

WOW LOOK At Conant Auto Sales We Have a 2002 Kiea Sedona Mini Van with all the Toyes Full Power With (Leather) Dool Back Sliding Doors YES 3erd Row Seat Fold Down am fm st CD & Cass and More This Mini Van has Low Miles and Rides and Drives LIKE NEW Grate for all Rideing to the store for shopping to worke Kids to school Famley Outings road Trips You Name It it is almost like New and Good to GOOOOOOOOOO;;; so stop By at Conant Auto sales and take a Look we are Open M- F 9am to 6pm and Sat 10am to 4 pm Also you can Call us for any INFO you Need at 313-366-2620 ,,, YES we Also Have B H P H Financeing for all Call for INFO

Pearson Hurst > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 06/26/2014 at 21:15

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I was hoping you would do some more of these. It was fun, and I think of it every time I run across a "grate" ad on craigslist, or it's distant cousin "ruff" used to describe the condition of something.