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Old 08-01-16, 09:48 AM
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Default Pricenomics article on which car brands are expensive to maintain

Just something interesting to read:
http://priceonomics.com/which-cars-c...o-maintain-as/
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Old 08-01-16, 12:54 PM
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What a stupid article. Almost as bad as those click-bait articles from Consumers Reports.

Maintaining a car and repairing a car are not the same. I wish these idiots would factor out the repairs versus how much regular manufacturer recommended maintenance will cost.
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Old 08-01-16, 01:44 PM
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A decent article overall, but it overlooks two important things. First, what is considered maintenance and what is considered repair (the two are often not the same, especially on regular wear-items). Second, different vehicles within one particular brand or nameplate can sometimes show very large differences in reliability. A good example of that is Acura, where, according to Consumer Reports, some Acura products are quite reliable......others have dropped to below average.
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In the header of the website 'content marketing' #fail...
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