On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Joel Walker wrote: > > i wouldn't trust Consumers Reports any farther than i can throw their > testing lab. yes, i'm sure they do lots of good things for folks who don't > want to have their own opinions, BUT Ralphie Nader and i fell out over the > Beetle and his book "Unsafe at any speed", where he completely lied about > some "tests" and fabricated other "data" to support his claims of the > Beetle's lack of safety. no, i'm not saying the beetle was the safest car [snip] > > joel > (musta been something in that biscuit this morning!) > Yes, and weren't these the people who compared virtually identical Detroit badge-engineered cars in the 80's (Chrysler K-cars or some such) and claimed that one of the twins was horribly unsafe while the other one was a paragon of virtue? But wait! Don't send in your money yet, there's more! They also reviewed and passed judgment on a Jetta (or was it a Rabbit?) praising features that weren't even on the car... Joachim, blissfully ignorant of CU's (or is it CR's?) pronouncements on his 90 Vanagon GL or 78 Scirocco --- "If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" A. Einstein |
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