On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:36:17 -0500, "C. E. White"
<cewhite3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>The im****tant thing to remember is that the IIHS works for the
>insurance industry, not consumers. They are more than willing to try
>and force you to pay for marginally effective (and often ineffective)
>safety devices if they feel it may save their Customers (the Insurance
>Industry) a few dollars. As a result of the IIHS efforts Consumers are
>being forced to spend billions on marginally effective safety devices.
Well outlined Ed. There's little unbiased or accurate information on
autos. C/R uses totally unscientific 'surveys' to gather their
ratings. JD Powers is financed by the auto industry. (My favorite JD
powers survey is 'new car reliability' when they re****t on problems in
the first few months of owner****p. Certainly it's an interesting
statistic, but it's not in any way, shape, or form, a measure of
'reliability').
Most all the statistics that get air play are notably unreliable or
typically and often intentionally misinterpreted.
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