An AskPatty Christmas Tale...



'Twas the night before Christmas, and at the North Pole

Old Santa was pacing a path through the snow

On his rosy cheeks he now wore a frown;

His new fancy sleigh had just broken…

BlogHer.com and J D Power asked both men and women to describe their range of emotions while going through the automotive purchasing cycle.  Both genders listed “excited” as the primary emotion with men at 71% and women at 74%. Women were also more nervous (53%) during the process than men (42%) and less confident (30%) than men (37%).

However, when we filtered the same question results through those who had used either blogs or social networks to help with car information prior to…