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- From: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (Andreas Tovornik)
- Subject: Re: CONSUMER REPORTS
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.012127.23189@sol.UVic.CA>
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- Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 01:21:27 GMT
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- In article Gz2@news.cso.uiuc.edu, cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Slartibartfast) writes:
- > In reply to a reply of one of my posts:
- >
- > I congratulate you on not letting CR make your mind up for you on these
- >issues. I don't get CR anymore (my dad got it for a while, but stopped.), but
- >last summer I saw them tell people that the Diamond Star triplets are a
- >substitution for the Saturn SC. The SC tops off at $17K, while the Diamonds
- >are just getting started at that range. They are NOT the same type of car at
- >any stretch of the imagination. Also, I've seen tests with Barettas (sp?)
- >compared with 240sx's. They, even according to C/D, are not the same type of
- >car. The Baretta has a functional back seat, and they differ on other issues,
- >too. So IMHO, CR simply knows nothing about what they are talking about.
-
- Agreed. Lots of ignorant folks read Crappy Reports and buy according to the
- written word. At least they could do better by asking car enthusiasts about
- our opinions.
-
- However, some folks do not care for performance or fun while motoring. My
- parents own two cars and they are in their sixties. They always buy their cars new,
- I always buy them used because I can get better wheels for my money that way.
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- Their older one is a 1984 Escort. It is a shitbox like I keep telling them.
- The old man defends it by saying that it started every morning since the day
- he bought it and still gets him to work on time every day.
-
- Their other car is a 1990 Pontiac 6000 fully loaded. I asked the folks why they
- replaced their Skylark(which was stolen the same month it was all paid for),
- a cool little car despite the FWD. They said that it has power everything and
- air and they always wanted one because it had a bigger trunk than the Buick.
- They don't care how it corners or accelerates, They just want to get where they're
- going in a relaxed way since they will be retiring soon and will have all the
- time in the world.
-
- The folks do not read CR, but CR is aimed at people like them.
- To them, my '87 Formula is the same as the six cylinder Ford Maverick
- that they drove in the 'seventies, only worse because you have to bend
- down lower to get into it! :+)
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- Torque Monger
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