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Tesla Barely Beats Jeep for Least Reliable Used Car, Owner Survey Says (www.thedrive.com)
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Consumer Reports' latest used-car reliability leaderboard has some surprises.

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[–] 6 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

Statistics can be made to show whatever you want with the right amount of massaging. That's what articles do with every sort of report. Especially when it concerns something they can take advantage of for click bait.

Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable. - Mark Twain

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    This is true, but I'd be hard pressed to both name a source that's more reliable than CR, and or which didn't also suffer from needing click income. CR actually doesn't need to rely upon it as much as the usual due to their strong subscriber base (last I knew- it's admittedly been quite a while since I saw anything about their finances).

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    I was actually referencing the linked article from The Driver, not CR. At least CR performed the original analysis. A third party article about that analysis will almost always be less accurate and just adds another layer for analysis to be made and obfuscated.

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