[wolverine876]

Consumer Reports does longitudinal research on car models, their repairs, etc. I don't know if they have a dollar figure for lifetime repairs, but they will have something valuable.

OT: I don't know why Consumer Reports isn't overwhelmingly popular on HN, why their articles aren't regularly on the front page: Empirical, professional, scientific research on consumer products. They have a budget, labs, serious expertise. Also, they are a non-profit serving the public interest with exceptional integrity - they refuse advertising, buy every product they test at retail, even forbid manufacturers from citing CR, etc. It's the HN dream.

I suspect it's a generational thing - for people on HN, Consumer Reports is their parents' publication, a magazine with old-fashioned-looking layout.

[nocoiner]

I can imagine not being a Consumer Reports, uh, consumer (their user-friendliness wasn’t the best last time I had a subscription), but I can’t imagine not respecting their mission. As far I can tell, their methodology is generally sound and they seem totally incorruptible.

[wolverine876]

> I can imagine not being a Consumer Reports, uh, consumer (their user-friendliness wasn’t the best last time I had a subscription)

Not to question your preference, but to understand: How can you imagine that? The UI isn't great, but it works: search, click, read. Where else will you find anything like it? Almost all other reviewers seem to be astroturf or bought off, and the more serious prominent ones are someone's opinion trying one, not empircal, objective research.