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Also, I don't know any English/Welsh people who drive a 1992 Pontiac Sunbird.



That was the first thing I noticed. My random German drives a

1996 Buick Roadmaster

which is about as likely as him riding around on a Unicorn.


The first thing I noticed was that the vehicle field doesn't seem to be sensitive to the products available domestically for the person's address. And for bonus points, it could even consider demographics of the address versus price of the car (I got a Bentley while living in the middle of nowhere in the rust belt, which seems a bit suspicious).


The addresses it generates are generally non-existent (if they do exist, it's a coincidence)


My Eritrean living in Sweden was 170cm / 5'6" weight 112kg 246lb. Bit unusual but possible I guess.

Random name factoid: In England, J is a valid first name and A is a valid surname. So someone's full name could be J A.

I wonder how many databases would accept that.


I've got a colleague who's legal first name is "G". He's listed as "Gee" in about 50% of the places he needs to register (including some important places where there might be future legal ramifications of not using his proper legal name - I'm looking at _you_ Crazy Domains web/database programmer!)


http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/pontiac/firebird/used-...

You can be the first to own one!

Only a 1995 model though :-)


That's a Firebird, not a Sunbird. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C258400


Ya, I think the car databases are backwards... I have never seen a Peugeot in America. I'm sure there are some, but I've never seen one.


The car generation is really strange. I just generated an occupational therapist aide who drives a 2001 Ariel Atom.




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