Originally Posted by itguy08
Originally Posted by BMWTurboDzl
This site tells you why these cars are showing up at auction. The MY, the mileage and the issues tell you a lot about the vehicle.
Does the paid portion give more insight?
For example, the free stuff here is very lacking:
http://dashboard-light.com/vehicles/Hyundai_Genesis.html
What's the difference between a "Powertrain issue", "Engine Issue", and "Transmission Issue"?
The metholodgy makes little sense - "Let's take auction cars, apply some voodoo to only the powertrain and get a "quality score". Really? It may help spot trends but it's of no better value than JD Powers. If anything CR is the best since they may still report on the areas of the various systems (AC, engine, trans, body, etc).
And then you come across nonsense like this on that site... At best they get generations of vehicles correct, but sometimes there is a big powertrain change in that generation which can drastically change the ratings but they don't differentiate that either.