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Comments: Consumer Reports/JD Power Rankings
680 messages, Last post on Sep 07, 2011 at 4:17 PM
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#678 of 680 CR Is Not Perfect But Gives A Rough Indication! by smarty666
May 11, 2010 (6:27 am)
People forget one thing with CR though, when you look at the reliability history charts they have for each car, that is only a rough estimate as to the chances of you getting a problem free vehicle from that year. Just because it has a full red circle of says better than avg or much above avg reliability does not mean that if you buy that car used from that year, that you won't get that 1 or 2 cars out of a 100 that manufacturer produced that was a lemon or full a problems!All those numbers mean what years you have a better CHANCE of buying a used vehicle that won't have problems! Doesn't mean you won't or that you won't be the unlucky one that gets a used car from that year that is in the shop all the time either!
What really bothers me is, people come on this thread and others on edmunds, trash talking CR about how, oh there ratings and recommendations were completely wrong and I got a bad car when they said it should be good and CR is crappy, wrong, biased, etc etc!
Get a clue people, a recommendation is a guess or estimate of the avg by CR , it is not a certainty for no problems and people forget this and then whine and throw fits when things go wrong. People's expectations are too high! Your always taking a chance when buying a used car, no matter what CR or anyone else says!
#679 of 680 There is a reason parts fail by andres3
Sep 07, 2011 (2:40 pm)
and it has everything to do with overall general poor quality.#680 of 680 Let me also State for the Record by andres3
Sep 07, 2011 (4:17 pm)
that I've never read a publication as honest as CR. Meaning I never have read so much negativity in any other publication. Other magazines coddle and baby the industry, and CR tells it like it is.If someone was selling junk, they got a very poor review. I think this is what angers the CR haters. They don't hold back.
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