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- From: jnielsen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John F Nielsen)
- Subject: Re: Before Buying Japanese.
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- In article <C17oxK.FKF@ccu.umanitoba.ca> cshafai@eeserv.ee.umanitoba.ca (Cyrus Shafai) writes:
- >jnielsen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John F Nielsen) writes:
- >
- >>>Actually, that's not a bad example. A recent CR rated the Probe GT and the
- >>>MX-6 LS in the same article. As for repair ratings, they characterized the
- >>>past years' models of the Probe as "worse than average" but of the MX-6 as
- >>>"better than average". Correct me if I'm wrong (I'm sure somebody will [-:),
- >>>but even in 1992 and previous, weren't they the SAME DAMN PLATFORM with the
- >>>EXACT SAME MOTORS?!?!
- >
- >Actually, CR mades a lot of mistakes (no one's perfect). For example, if
- >you look at GMC and Chevy pickups, one as good brakes, but one has bad.
- >But they are the same truck. Or the Corvette. IT is rated as average for
- >body rust. This makes no sence, since it can't rust, it is fiberglass.
-
- Are you claiming the entire corvette is made of fiberglass?? Seems
- like you are making a mistake yourself.
-
- >
- >If you look carefully at the CR statistics, you will see that there is only
- >a 2 or 3 percent difference between each of the ratings (ie. average to
- >better than average). This is on the level of statistical noise. SO
- >unless there is a big difference (ie. from much better than average to
- >better than average) results from CR are meaningless.
- >
-
- I will go back and look to see how their ratings are done. The 2% may
- not be noise significant given the sample size.
-
- john
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