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Originally Posted by Table 5
Those JD Powers awards are such BS. How can you determine the reliability of a car while it's still new?
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They don't, 1 year old cars just get an initial build quality thing which counts # of problems per 100 cars.
Dependability is done on cars a few years old.
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Originally Posted by Table 5
Reliability during the first few years doesn't matter that much... it's all covered under warranty anyway. What really matters is how reliable your car is AFTER the warranty runs out.
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Well that matters if you intend to have a car for that long.
The ratings aren't BS, they just are what they are, they're some information. If you want to know how reliable a model is on average after 10 years then yes those stats will be pretty much irrelevant.
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Originally Posted by Table 5
You're much better of using something like TrueDelta, where you get real tracking from owners over the life of the car. It's not some neat little award, and it can take years to get a good read on a particular model, but I find it more realistic.
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That makes sense, tracking a car for longer will result in information about the car for more years.