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Yawn!
Posted by Noel (more from Noel) on Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:57:57
In Reply to: Re: The 2 times I've paid attention to CR's car ratings, George K, Tue, 1 Aug 2006 06:55:08
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I know individual cars can vary. At the very best, CR provides some directional information about cars and other products. It may or may not be indicative of anything because, as well all know, YMMV.
I question the overall accuracy of their ratings --I think they either fudge sample sizes, stretch the stats or both-- and the way they group information into broad categories. I also think they collect information on cars over time largely from their readers, who while representative in a general sense, are also CR-groupies, who are IMO likely to be hypercritical of flaws that the average person would overlook.
I'd rather talk to a couple dozen people who have a given make/model, chat with a tech who specializes in the kind of car I'm interested in, do some web research, and then take a likely candidate in for a pre-buy inspection.
They also typically say stupid things. I recall one car they liked overall and even gave their "approval" to, although they complained that the collision protection for rear seat passengers "was disappointing." How bad was it? Well, according to the NHTSA tests CR referenced, the folks in back died. Yeah, that could be a bit disappointing.
CR is almost as useless as the auto reviews in the average Sunday paper.
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Posts in this Thread:
- CR bashers, Aero'ed, Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:24:42
- They recommended Columbia Crest wine too. What a joke, Schu, Thu, 3 Aug 2006 10:48:21
- I remember their review of point-and-shoot cameras..., dmz789aa, Tue, 1 Aug 2006 19:24:43
- They only get bashed when the rating isn't liked, saw, Tue, 1 Aug 2006 19:14:38
- here's the article, Aero'ed, Tue, 1 Aug 2006 17:54:11
- sometimes..., oldsaab, Tue, 1 Aug 2006 13:40:15
- Alleged bias..., Mike Lynch , Tue, 1 Aug 2006 12:53:18
- Re: CR is the reason I OWN a Saab in the first place.., anthonySF, Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:29:55
- CR: Milwaukee's Best and Strohs... Best beers in US, mikey, Tue, 1 Aug 2006 00:09:04
- Re: CR bashers, jp, Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:33:28
- Re: CR bashers, yaofeng, Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:41:13
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