Re: Yearly Gripe About Consumer Re****ts Car Survey

"Dave and Trudy" <dtdodson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:47fafc6d$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Well I just got my 2008 Consumer Re****ts Survey Form. As usual I am 
>> shocked by how little information they gather and dismayed by how
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> I gave up on CR years ago Ed. I am convinced (cant prove it) that they 
> have their re****ting minds made up in advance and collect just enough
data 
> to look good and use only those data that fit their preconception...I
know 
> this will start a firestorm but that is my opinion.


    They claim to be neutral in their "testing" and re****ts but down a
whole 
laundry list of products you can see where they were obviously PAID OFF by

some manufacturers. One of the BEST examples of that was that for MANY
YEARS 
the standard Hoover Vacuum was rated as their "best buy" when it was a 
veritable piece of crap. They'd fall apart often within 6 months of 
purchase. CR also rated the Kirby the "WORST" vacuum ever made. YET you 
frequently see Kirbys that are 20, 50 or even 100 years old, still working

and still getting FAR MORE crap out of carpets that the whiz bang 
computerized Hoovers you see in Target Stores, and again 6 months later
you 
have a bag of parts and are going back to Target for a NEW Hoover or Dyson

or whatever. No wonder they have a 30 day guarantee.

    Oh and don't get me started on TOASTERS..........

    The only thing they are close to being right about is the Honda. We
have 
3 of them. They are great cars. They couldn't very well attack them. BUT 
they DO rate some others higher. Much of what you see is really slanted.
CR 
spares on amount of negative ink for American cars, particularly Chrysler 
products that have been among the better cars on the road for the past 
decade. Yeah they have made some stinkers. But FORD still owns the repair 
shops, They are the mechanic's favorite cars. But did you ever notice that

the mechanics don't drive them themselves?

    CR - CLAIMS  not to be in the pocket of the manufacturers. OH
BULL****!