On 25 Mar 2020 at 16:23:05 GMT, ""Dave Plowman" News)"
wrote:

In article ,
David wrote:
It's difficult to buy a truly bad new car these days, just as it's
difficult to buy a truly bad boiler. Pretty much all cars and pretty
much all boilers are fine.

Be interesting to know the average lifespan and number of breakdowns etc.
Saving a few quid on purchase costs may be poor value if it need lots of
repairs and early replacement.

That's the sort of data Which should be able to get from its members.

They do a general survey - 9000 households, 200 engineers. Top 5 Worcester,
Vaillant, Viessmann, Potterton and Ideal. Bottom 3 - Headline, Ferroli and
Biasi (same for engineers and households).

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Cheers, Rob