DainBramaged vs MineralMan

[Kimberly]

Bicker about cars and consumer reports

DainBramaged  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jan-04-11 11:20 AM
Original message
Consumer Reports is not happy today
 Consumer Reports magazine said today it will not recommend the Chevrolet Tahoe SUV and Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX crossovers because of low scores in the magazine's tests, and panned Ford Motor Co.'s MyFord Touch and MyLincoln Touch technology.

The magazine also said it will not recommend the Infiniti QX56, a V-8 version of the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Porsche Cayenne. Those SUVs performed well in testing, but were too new for Consumer Reports to have adequate reliability data to recommend, it said.

The Tahoe, Edge and MKX scored too low in testing to be recommended, the magazine, published by Consumers Union, said in a press release.

“All three of these vehicles have a number of strengths, but each had some notable weaknesses that forced their testing scores to fall below our standard for a recommended SUV,” said David Champion, senior director of Consumer Reports' Auto Test Center in East Haddam, Conn.



Read more: http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/2011...


I guess it you have cavernous cargo capacity, run like you have a lion chasing you, or are simply one of the coolest SUVs on the planet, you aren't among the CR chosen. Consumer Reports, for YEARS they loved Toyota so much they recommended their cars without testing.

I wonder why.....


How many people who take these folks at their word would buy one of these anyway. Also notice, four of the six that got hit by the CR whipping stick were domestics, continuing to follow a pattern by them of being in love with our Foreign masters.

MineralMan  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jan-04-11 11:25 AM
Response to Original message
1. And yet...what if they're right in their ratings?
 If so, then they're right to not recommend them, I'd think. I'll have to read the reports to see where they found fault.

Name removed (0 posts)      Tue Jan-04-11 11:31 AM
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MineralMan  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jan-04-11 11:56 AM
Response to Reply #3
15. What's the basis for that claim? CR appears to test every car
 Edited on Tue Jan-04-11 11:59 AM by MineralMan
in every review I've read. When did they not test Toyotas? I don't just accept claims without evidence.

In fact, CR has given Toyota's Lexus SUV a "Don't Buy" rating in 2010. See this:

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-13/toyota-s-le...

So where's the evidence that they don't test Toyotas or rate them in the same way they do other cars? I'll check back for your response.

MineralMan  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jan-04-11 12:42 PM
Response to Reply #30
39. Actually AutoWeek said they admitted to it.
 Edited on Tue Jan-04-11 01:02 PM by MineralMan
No CR spokesperson was quoted or named. Who admitted it? I'm sorry, but why should I accept an unattributed quote in an AutoWeek article? Which CR spokesperson admitted this, and when? What's the context of the admission?

Edited to correct brain fart.

DainBramaged  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jan-04-11 12:45 PM
Response to Reply #39
41. Why don't you find something else to do today ?
 Have a wonderful day rock man.

<puking smilie>

MineralMan  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jan-04-11 12:46 PM
Response to Reply #41
44. Actually, I think I'll do whatever I please today, but thanks for
 your suggestion.

Name removed (0 posts)      Tue Jan-04-11 12:19 PM
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MineralMan  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jan-04-11 12:43 PM
Response to Reply #27
40. I don't even post in your threads most of the time, so I have no idea
 what you're talking about.

DainBramaged  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jan-04-11 12:46 PM
Response to Reply #40
43. Bullshit
 give it a break.

MineralMan  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jan-04-11 12:56 PM
Response to Reply #43
50. No. Not bullshit. I just checked. In the past week, you've posted
 10 OPs. I posted in two of them. I don't post in most of your threads, just as I said. I post in threads that interest me, and only in those threads. Most of the time, I don't even notice who started the thread until I open it to read it.

 

DainBramaged  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jan-04-11 01:05 PM
Response to Reply #50
55. Bullshit, and I'm done talking to you or seeing your posts
 go bother someone else. One of these days the truth will set us free from you.

Speck Tater   (1000+ posts)      Tue Jan-04-11 11:25 AM
Response to Original message
2. Irrelevant when few can afford to buy a new car anyway. nt

 

DainBramaged  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jan-04-11 11:32 AM
Response to Reply #2
6. Clueless as usual...do you know how many new cars were sold in 2010?
 Edited on Tue Jan-04-11 11:34 AM by DainBramaged
Over 10,000,000. Know how many used cars? Twice that. So your statement is without merit. GM ALONE sold over 2,000,000 IN THE USA!!!!!

Speck Tater  (1000+ posts)      Tue Jan-04-11 12:14 PM
Response to Reply #6
23. Thank you for pointing out that I am clueless. You have performed a kind and compassionate service
 for your humble DU colleague.

What a terrifying prospect it would be to go thorough life clueless and not even know that such was the case.

And for the record, I am forecasting next years sales and predicting that they will be dismal because, as I see it, fewer and fewer will, as I so cluelessly put it, be able to afford to buy a new car after the US economy collapses utterly.

Now if you will excuse me I'm running late for my graduate seminar in advanced techniques of applied cluelessness. It's not easy maintaining such a high level of cluelessness. It requires constant diligence and continuing education.

n2doc  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jan-04-11 11:33 AM
Response to Original message
8. I don't know anyone who bases their car buying decisions on CR 
 Not a one.

 
 

DainBramaged  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jan-04-11 11:35 AM
Response to Reply #8
9. A LOT of folks here do, I've seen the heads explode over the years
 CR claims 7,000,000 subscribers. But they test cars like they do washing machines, without ANY thought to practical everyday use. And their Foreign bias is legendary.

 



 

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One wonders what for.

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