Think Pieces

Editorials written before the blog was added to the site.

  1. Why yet another vehicle pricing site?
  2. Seven Serious Problems with Consumer Reports
  3. Those nasty option packages
  4. A car should be an experience: defining greatness
  5. Unexplained anomalies within Consumer Reports
  6. Ear infections and loose gas caps
  7. Who benefits from the research? Problems with J.D. Power's approach
  8. Leaky wheels?
  9. Comparison tests and "best pick" lists: What are they good for?
  10. Change, but not for the better: Consumer Reports' new ratings
  11. The Pricing Game
  12. Production defects +
    Design defects =
    IQS defect
  13. A truly SERIOUS problem:
    I fill out my first Consumer Reports survey
  14. Why a Car Guy CEO Isn't the Answer for Ford
  15. Real Used Car Prices
  16. The Logic of Out-of-Warranty Assistance
  17. A year of learning: TrueDelta's revised survey
  18. Why does TrueDelta send so much email?
  19. How TrueDelta Will Pay the Bills
  20. Two surveys: Reliability and Repair History
  21. Noob at the Auto Show
  22. Day Two at the Auto Show
  23. Day Three at the Auto Show
  24. Automobile Dealer Sales Experience Survey Survey: Results
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