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- From: jnielsen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John F Nielsen)
- Subject: Re: Before Buying Japanese.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.142229.20482@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:22:29 GMT
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- In article <185087@pyramid.pyramid.com> lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan21.182820.796@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> jnielsen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John F Nielsen) writes:
- >>Checking the 1993 Buying Guide I find . . .
- >>
- >>The Mazda MX-6 and Ford Probe were essentially idenitcal except for
- >>the 91 model.
- >>
- > Read it a bit more carefully. The Mazda and Probe have pretty
- > different suspension tunings. The Mazda actually handles just
- > as well as the Probe in normal commuter style driving, but it's
- > suspension is definitely much softer.
- >
- > The Probe is calibrated more for very hard driving on very
- > SMOOTH roads...a bit like the traditional US pony car.
-
- Sorry, I was talking about reliability, not about the cars themselves.
-
- Anyways, this is getting off my whole point. What about HOW they rate
- cars. Look at their most recent issue where they rated the Probe GT,
- Talon, etc. Was it what you expect from a company only meant for
- rating dishwasher detergent?
-
- john
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