JD Power Boat Awards

[BSBell]

http://www.jdpower.com./Boats/ratings/ski-wakeboarding-boat-ratings

[--cresko--]

we all know those ratings are BS. The company has to pay for their product to be rated, and guess what, the company who pays more gets a better rating. Its always been like that.

[Suprahunter]

[Blindside_137]

[E.J.]

[Wakeboarder3780]

Interesting.. Would like to see an in depth write up of what docked certain companies in the specific areas. Colored dots don't mean much to me I found it very interesting that Malibu's engine came in lower. I feel like my sunsetter runs like a tank and I find it extremely reiable, that sucker always starts up.

[E.J.]

[BSBell]

Mastercraft and Nautique tied last year, not Malibu. I believe...

I like the sore loser comments

[Blindside_137]

I just find it really strange that malibu has 2 stars or whatever in about every category.. But what people think about they're boats doesn't bother me, I just know that we love ours!

[fish6942]

BSBell - Regarding this boat that you appear to be taking credit for, is it something that YOU paid for??

[sandm]

nautique may be taking the extra step and contacting people ahead and trying to solve any issues or ensure that they are rating the boats the way they want. I used to get calls every time my mitsubishi evo was in the shop for an oil change. they would call me and let me know that there was a survey on the way and wanted the opportunity to correct any issues prior, and to ensure that I scored them as "very satisfied", not just satisfied if the service was good. the other dealers may not be going to this length as they may not see value in the report. I can't say that I ever looked at jdpowers for any of my major purchases..

interesting though how different boat manuf. score in the category of engines when most are indmar or pcm..

[hco]

bsbell is just the biggest fanboy on here, that's all. It is well known that every chance he gets he loves to brag about 'his' nautique, and how much better it is. And if something shows up to prove that he is right because one survey said his boat is better than others? You better believe that it's coming on here and being posted by him. This guy lives off of boasting about CC, and probably gets a chubby when he reads stuff like this.

[BSBell]

[--cresko--]

What Im trying to say is there is a lot more funding taking place than just the surveys. It also could be the fact that companies (Malibu, Correct Craft, Mastercraft ect.) are funding JD power. All the results could come in, and lets say companies like Mastercraft and Correct Craft open their pockets and pay money to have JD Power filter through their surveys and disregard alot of the negative ones. JD power is a company based upon supplying results that could be very crucial to a companies success. I'd be really shocked if JD power was a clean company who don't take little tips once in a while.

[DRAGON88]

--cresko--, that's a pretty skeptical and completely unfounded statement to be making. I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that considering the broad range of products JD Powers surveys I would guess that MC/CC/Bu are SMALL potatoes to them.

I think that the JD Powers actually has some legitimacy to it, Malibu's touted "Powerboat of the Year" I look at as being far far more shady.

CC still builds a great product, and from my experience have some AWESOME dealerships. It does not surprise me that they consistently do so well.

Manufacturers DO have to pay JD Powers to use their award in any sort of advertising though. I can't remember if I ever filled one out for the VLX, but I remember doing the one for the SAN. Maybe that's CC's secret.

[leviwynnyk]

Interesting, Tige got a score of 2 stars for their engine, Nautiques got 5 stars. Don't they both us PCM? And Moomba, Supra, Mastercraft and Malibu all use Indmar engines, yet their scores range from 2 to 4.

That right there tells me something.

[Suprahunter]

[Rhawn]