Date:         Wed, 29 Apr 1998 09:31:48 -0500
Reply-To:     Joachim Beek <beekj@TSDHP.JSC.NASA.GOV>
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From:         Joachim Beek <beekj@TSDHP.JSC.NASA.GOV>
Subject:      Re: CRASH WORTHY??
Comments: To: Joel Walker <JWALKER@UA1VM.UA.EDU>
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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