Dan,
Consumers Reports sends out a multi-page survey to its subscribers each
year. They have sections for washers, dryers, dishwashers and other
expensive household things, and a large section for automobiles. They as
such things as whether bought new or used, miles driven to date, etc,
then query about the factors that show up in the tables. Each year I fill
in low grades for the miserable Honda Civic with which we are afflicted,
but either they toss my review of the POS or it is only one poor review
amidst many good ones.
Many are those who feel, with some reason, that both Mr Nader and
Consumers Reports would be happiest if we all drove black, four-door
sedans.
Bob
On Fri, 21 Jan 2000 12:07:08 -0500 "danray" <danray@bluegrass.net>
writes:
> Yes, but I wonder where that quantitative data comes from sometimes.
> Overall, I'm sure it's perfectly legit, but there just seems to be a
> preponderance of good ratings for Fords and Japanese makes,whereas
> Euros,
> Chevy and Chrysler get slammed a lot.
>
> Dan
> 73 B
>
> > I'm pretty sure that the black dots of CU are based on
> quantitative data
> > and not arbitrary opinions of their editors. Everything in this
> world
> > has a distribution associated with it. The black dots are
> averages as
> > compared to other vehicles. There are probably hundreds of
> anecdotes
> > about my mother's 1986 jetta running for 6 millon miles without a
> single
> > oil change or my boss' son's fiance's honda accord that couldn't
> go ten
> > miles without a breakdown.
> >
> > Of course the one thing we know CU will never be able to assign a
> dot to
> > is whether the car is fun to drive. (thank god)
> >
> > Matt
> >
>
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