| ilya@speakeasy.org (Ilya) wrote in misc.consumers:
Personally, I dont trust consumer reports... they havent been accurate on a
few things (in fact, completely wrong).
On which things has /Consumer Reports/ been completely wrong? Matters
of opinion like various social issues dont count, since right and
wrong are in the eye of the beholder. On what *objective* points has CR
been completely wrong?
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I received the 2000 Consumer Reports Auto guide which features comparison of
new vehicles as well as used vehicles to help people from buying a lemon.
In their ratings of Wranglers, almost everything was rated avg or poor on
92-93 Wranglers but things got better for 94s and above. Does anyone know
what the major change between 93 and 94 was to make such a difference? |
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One thing I wonder about the Consumer Reports Auto issue. I am a
subscriber and I usually get their surveys on April or May of each year.
So this means that the 1996 Auto issue contains data that was collected
April or May of 1995. This does not seem to provide much data sample of
1995 cars and of course none of 1996. So what is the use of this
data which is one year late? |
| Not one of the 30 best used cars on Consumer Reports 1998 list of CR Good
Bets was an American brand. Twenty-six were Japanese; three were European
sedans; and one was a Japanese car with an American nameplate. All of the CR
Good Bets, covering 1990 through 1996 models, performed well in Consumer
Reports tests over the years and have had a better-than-average overall
reliability. |
| I wouldnt put a lot of stock in consumer reports auto rating, just a guide.
I believe the people with problems are more apt to respond to cu questions
than people without problems. i dont belive cu relates to the seriosness of
a prolem, only that a problem had existed. |
