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Stunning. Had to reply to edmunds.com for that one.
Posted by redirector (more from redirector) on Fri, 14 Jun 2002 22:58:37
In Reply to: What a joke., K.W., Fri, 14 Jun 2002 21:46:49
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It must kill the serious folks at Saab to be put into such lightweight hands. That is one typical example of the danger of the media.
My post on Edmunds.com...
In the Aero Test, Ms. Richens asks: "Would you rather drive (and pay for) an athletically gifted A-student with a graduate degree or a flighty C-student who aspires to attend art school and grow his own food in Northern California?"
Perhaps Edmunds should consider this weighty question when screening future road testers. What has Edmunds purchased and employed for its readers?
Ms. Richerns' bio (posted at http://www.edmunds.com/help/about/editors.html) speaks for itself:
"After graduating from a college in Memphis, Erin... came to California to pursue delusions of fame and grandeur... Eight months later, while still waiting to be noticed, she happened upon an ad for an Editorial Assistant who could drive a manual and eagerly threw together a cover letter full of sweet nothings and somehow landed the job... Erin readily admits that her background is not automotive in the least -- her parents owned a Fiat and a Pinto concurrently in the late 1970s and she probably paid too much for the aged Camry. But she reads and drives everyday and drags just enough of her job home each night to sicken her partner. Besides vehicles, her interests tend toward books, cake, fragmented films and vegetables.
Erin drives a 1995 Nissan 240SX equipped with an automatic transmission."
Stunning. Doesn't take an A-student to see the irony.
Also noteworthy... Memphis is one of the country's great blues & bbq towns, and this one prefers movies, cakes and veggies. Oh-KAY...
The power, reach, and "credibility" of the media is staggering.
Aim higher, Edmunds. You underestimate your C-student readers.
posted by 12.78.13...
Posts in this Thread:
- Edmunds Aero Road Test, MPY, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 00:53:57
- Re: Edmunds Aero Road Test, Donn, Sat, 15 Jun 2002 16:50:31
- Factual Inaccuracy - Did they really drive this car?, Simon Watkins, Sat, 15 Jun 2002 09:55:11
- I added a post to Edmunds board, Jacques Racine, Sat, 15 Jun 2002 07:52:37
- Re: Edmunds Aero Road Test - My comments to them (long), Simon Watkins, Sat, 15 Jun 2002 06:12:44
- Checkout their editors' backgrounds, Gary, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 19:13:06
- Too bad Karl didn't review it..., MPY, Sat, 15 Jun 2002 00:33:43
- UNBELIEVABLE!!!, MPY, Sat, 15 Jun 2002 00:26:31
- OMG!! That's too funny.... nm, AdamB , Fri, 14 Jun 2002 21:08:03
- Oops! Here's link, Gary, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 19:15:12
- I usually think most reviews are pretty impartial . . ., Mike D, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 18:25:41
- Re: My Flaming Email to Edmunds, Roberto Lombardi, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 16:12:52
- 300M is junk, noisey, coarse, poor quality.., Mike Lynch , Fri, 14 Jun 2002 15:49:47
- More or less agree, Mike D, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 18:27:23
- Re: More or less agree, Chris Kmiec, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 20:50:11
- Well, I HAVE driven a 300M..., Jay, Sat, 15 Jun 2002 05:09:06
- I agree., Mike D, Sat, 15 Jun 2002 22:40:31
- Ummm . . ., Mike D, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 23:12:52
- Inflammatory too, this is the Saab site, right? nm, Mike Lynch , Fri, 14 Jun 2002 22:09:29
- I can't believe they compared it to a Maxima, Jay, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 13:24:15
- why read edmunds?, RickP, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 13:07:22
- Chrysler better ???, Coolknight, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 13:05:00
- Loss of credibility for Edmunds, Sieglo, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 12:06:28
- Nitpickings, KS, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:44:33
- The only thing good about Edmunds...., Bob M, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:27:33
- Malicious misinformation..., bRAD, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:11:22
- Edmunds Road Tests in general, compaqted, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 10:15:45
- At least they didn't call it 'quirky'... n/m, M. Bonkalski, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 10:13:55
- I cant believe how the trashed this car!, Eseir, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 09:10:20
- That's probably the most idiotic review I've read yet.., AdamB , Fri, 14 Jun 2002 08:25:17
- Re: Edmunds Aero Road Test, roberto, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 05:37:24
- Well, at least they loved the stereo, Yury, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 05:23:17
- Notice the bit about belt hight adjustment, Yury, Fri, 14 Jun 2002 05:20:07
- Re: Edmunds Aero Road Test, mlc , Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:49:45
- Edmunds activity, Scott Paterson , Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:20:02
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