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It's not useless, it's just targeted at a specific audience. Some people only keep cars for 5 years and then get a new car. I buy used cars about 3 years old
by kbenson 6y ago
It's not useless, it's just targeted at a specific audience. Some people only keep cars for 5 years and then get a new car. I buy used cars about 3 years old and keep them for 5-6 years, so reliability ratings over later years is more important for me (which is why I generally buy Honda or Toyota for my minivan/car needs), but it might not be for those people.
Consumer reports has traditionally been good about showing reliability over different stages of car lifetime, but it's been a while since I looked.
- brookside 6y agoConsumer Reports relies on elective responses to their reliability survey. Doesn't this make their rankings problematic and statistically invalid?
- kbenson 6y agoAs opposed to what? JD Powers seems to do the same. If you have a better survey with more rigorous standards that actually has enough data to by useful and comparable across many cars and years, I'm all ears. Here's what both Consumer Reports[1] and JD Powers say about how they collect their data. 1: https://auto.howstuffworks.com/buying-selling/consumer-reports-automotive-ratings.htm https://auto.howstuffworks.com/buying-selling/consumer-repor... 2: https://www.jdpower.com/faq https://www.jdpower.com/faq