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1/5/2009
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Consumer reports may not be perfect, but they provide good, basic info
in their articles. Who else does comparisons on 10-15 products in the
same category? |
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The November 1998 issue of Consumer Reports magazine rated snow tires, and
the highest-rated all-around performer was the Michelin XM+S Alpin and the
highest-rated snow/ice tires were the Yokohama Guardex 600/Dunlop Graspic
HS-1. |
| 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 glanced at the 1999 Consumer Reports Auto Buyers Guide. They recommend
Beetle, Golf III (but mention the IV), Jetta, and Passat. They actually
have a paragraph or two at the beginning of the magazine about how VW
quality is much improved. They rated the Passat as the number one car in
its class. Rate the new beetle just behind the Civic for small cars, but
as number one for two-door hatchbacks. If I remember correctly they
recommended (with a check mark) all four VWs. Also for reliability....the
individal car chart with round circles was very good for the Golf III. The
Passat and Beetle (?) were too new. But, in another chart which ranked the
Passat class cars for reliability...the Passat was fourth!! |
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In article ,
The Cabalist wrote:
Why does the LT-1 in the Z-28 get an unfavorable rating in the Consumer
Reports auto issue? I know this is not the favorite publication of
many, but over the years I have found that their ratings at least show
some tendencies.
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