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Gyro
Posts: 16
Join date: 2008-12-10
Age: 53
Location: Heidiland
 |  Subject: What do readers really want?  Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:14 pm | |
| What are readers really looking for when they purchase a buyer's guide?
How much faith does the reader place upon the author when using one of these guides to actually purchase a car or motorbike? |
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VelocePublisher
Posts: 3
Join date: 2008-12-19
| | Subject: Subject: What do readers really want? Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:39 am | |
| Readers want the experience of a real marque/model expert to guide them to a safe purchase. They want the advice of someone who is familiar with the most common problems associated with the model and someone who knows the real cost of repairs/renovations.
Readers also want to ubderstand the diffrences between various versions of the subject vehicle and relative values.
Lastly readers want to purchase knowledge at a sensible price in relation to the cost of the vehicle. |
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VelocePublisher
Posts: 3
Join date: 2008-12-19
| | Subject: Subject: What do readers really want? Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:41 am | |
| Regarding the amount of faith readers put in the book's advice only a reader could say, but I hope it is a lot of faith because our marque experts are carefully chosen. |
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Gyro
Posts: 16
Join date: 2008-12-10
Age: 53
Location: Heidiland
| | Subject: Re: What do readers really want? Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:53 pm | |
| I was not asking the publisher for any answers. I was attempting to generate a discussion amongst the forum readers and users to get their opinions. I am interested in what the readers want and perceive. It's the readers that write the reviews.  |
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Klassiekerrally
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Join date: 2009-12-20
Location: The Netherlands
| | Subject: Re: What do readers really want? Mon Dec 21, 2009 8:54 pm | |
| Well, I fully agree with VelocePublisher, but would like to add one thing: I'd like to read about sensible, cost-effective modifications to improve the (classic) car for everyday use, or faster driving for example. |
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LeeRain
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Join date: 2010-09-20
| | Subject: Re: What do readers really want? Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:39 pm | |
| Readers also want to ubderstand the diffrences between various versions of the subject vehicle and relative values.
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Gyro
Posts: 16
Join date: 2008-12-10
Age: 53
Location: Heidiland
| | Subject: Re: What do readers really want? Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:00 am | |
| | Klassiekerrally wrote: | | Well, I fully agree with VelocePublisher, but would like to add one thing: I'd like to read about sensible, cost-effective modifications to improve the (classic) car for everyday use, or faster driving for example. |
This kind of information doesn't belong in a buyer's guide except possibly how to identify alleged performance modifications, which may reduce the vehicle's value and/or reliability.
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Gyro
Posts: 16
Join date: 2008-12-10
Age: 53
Location: Heidiland
| | Subject: Re: What do readers really want? Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:10 am | |
| [quote="LeeRain"]Readers also want to ubderstand the diffrences between various versions of the subject vehicle and relative values.
Not enough pages in a Veloce EBG I am afraid.
For most vehicle manufacturers finding out, let alone understanding the differences between a subject vehicle and then trying to place a model's relative value based on such differences is a long and complicated subject. How do you explain 65 different engine software levels or variations in spring values in a simple Buyer's Guide? All one can do is mention things and even then, just a mention can often raise more questions than answers.
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