My current car was well-reviewed when new but had a cosmically stupid timing chain design that screws over the second or third owner. But most reviewers are targeting new-car buyers.

Thinking about that made me wonder if there are channels/creators specializing in reviews of cars that have significant mileage on them. Looking at relatively recent cars and asking “how did this model actually hold up? What design flaws should second-hand buyers watch out for?”

RCR kind of ends up doing that sometimes, but it’s not really their specific focus.

Thanks!

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    1 year ago

    It seems like for every honest person you get on a forum, you get 10 “best car I ever had, never had any problems and I put 500k on it”.

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      1 year ago

      And for everyone of of those you get a “I’VE HAD NO ISSUES WHATSOEVER. 17,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.” Like yeah. It’s not supposed to have any problems at 17,000 miles, even for a poopsmear brand like Jaguar or Alfa.

      Forums are just a data point among many. You need to sift through all the garbage and see what passes the sniff test.