Every so often in browsing auto forums I come across a list of problems someone has had with their car, after which the owner concludes, “but these are all minor. I haven’t had any major problems.” Or they’ll simply post, “I haven’t had any major problems with the car.” Or, in critiquing reliability information from TrueDelta and elsewhere: “But they count… More →
Day: October 25, 2008
Above critique vs. below notice
We’ve got the system in place to provide the most up-to-date, most “real world” vehicle reliability information. Now we just need more participants. The 35,700 vehicles signed up so far are a great start. But 100,000 would be better. How to get there? Well, media coverage would help. But it has proved surprisingly difficult to obtain this coverage. A major source of this difficulty: much… More →