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Japanese brands dominate list of top cars in U.S.
Waterbury Republican-American ^
| March 2, 2006
| Dee-Ann Durbin (A.P.)
Posted on 03/02/2006 6:09:12 AM PST by Graybeard58
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To: Graybeard58
Consumer Reports is staffed by America-hating traitors who have always acted as shills for the Japanese.
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posted on
03/02/2006 11:49:44 AM PST
by
Thorin
("I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
To: brownsfan
47.8% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
I'm going to out myself as a CR subsciber but it's mainly so I can get the product recalls, and misc. household appliance ratings.
So far, CR hasn't sold me down the river on the appliances. Their auto issues aren't a bad place to start for general info., but I don't use their ratings exclusively to determine which car to buy.
That would be DU like.
Cheers!
102
posted on
03/02/2006 12:23:16 PM PST
by
SZonian
(Tagline???? I don't need no stinkin' tagline!)
To: SZonian
oops
...subsciber should be subscriber, but I think you all get the point.
Not that I'm a leftist, tree hugging, Japanese shill.;-)
Cheers!
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posted on
03/02/2006 12:28:37 PM PST
by
SZonian
(Tagline???? I don't need no stinkin' tagline!)
To: Graybeard58
No
Intelligent
Service
Station
Accepts
Nissans
Cracked
Head
Every
Valve
Rattles
Oil
Leaks
Every
Time
Something
An
A$$hat would
Buy
Poor
Old
Negro
Thinks
It's
A
Cadillac
Anybody have any others?
To: soccer_maniac
Nowhere near as reliable as my 1970 Opel GT. Not a single breakdown in the 5 years it has been in my garage!
To: BobDobbs9911
"I changed the original water pump in my 1987 Toyota Van Wagon at 340,000 miles." Well, that "radiator problem at 100K" was a while back. I dunno if it'll make 340K, but I'm pretty sure 200K is possible.
BUT--my next vehicle is likely to be a Toyota--given their proven superior track record of reliability.
To: usafsk
I bought a 2002 GMC Envoy and it's a piece of crap. What I really don't like about the envoy is that I think front visibility is low for an SUV.
To: Thorin
"Consumer Reports is staffed by ... traitors who have always acted as shills for the Japanese."
In the 1980's, Consumer Reports was very slow to jump on the Japanese bandwagon. Maybe now they are equally slow to acknowledge a narrowing gap between the quality of Japanese and U.S. nameplates. (I won't repeat the obvious fact, highlighted in other posts, that the once-bright line delineating the "origins" of U.S. and Japanese autos has been almost completely obliterated - hence the word "nameplates.")
My first Japanese-built car was a 1980 Honda Accord sedan. The U.S.-built alternatives at the time included the GM X-cars and the Ford Fairmont ...
To: soccer_maniac
Fella I work with has always had nothing but Audis-has a vanity plate that says HAUDI-only in Arkansas-LOL!
109
posted on
03/02/2006 3:04:49 PM PST
by
mozarky2
(Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist!)
To: 38special
Ditto on the Ford Ranger-the parts falling off of mine are of the finest American quality!
110
posted on
03/02/2006 3:13:22 PM PST
by
mozarky2
(Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist!)
To: staytrue
Good point. Drives like a wet mud brick as well. Not much to like about it at all. I don't have any use for GM or Ford at this point. Cars start out as depreciating assets, the worst kind. If I can't rely on it to last well after it's depreciated 50%, I just don't want to buy it.
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posted on
03/02/2006 3:38:06 PM PST
by
usafsk
((Know what you're talking about before you dance the QWERTY waltz))
To: usafsk
Drives like a wet mud brick as well. I test drove one. I really wanted to like this suv (gmc envoy) because I read it had an engine that rocks. I bought an underpowered buick rendezvous instead. The vous handles very well, it is pretty agile, you can see great out the front, but it accelerates like a turtle. Still the vision and quickness has let me avoid probably a dozen accidents in the last 4 years.
To: brainstem223
This report is a bunch of crap because it is well known that consumer reports is notoriously bigoted against the big three. How so? Consumer Reports doesn't accept any advertising or freebies. They are totally objective.
To: ecomcon
Consumer's Union and Consumer Reports are two different magazines.
114
posted on
03/02/2006 10:14:37 PM PST
by
Collier
To: brainstem223
Thanks for the heads up.
Is it too late to buy it now. We bought the Odyssey a couple of months ago.
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posted on
03/02/2006 10:15:48 PM PST
by
Collier
To: xzins
I paid $16,000 for my 2000 Mazda 626.
I love it.
116
posted on
03/02/2006 10:20:39 PM PST
by
Collier
To: SuziQ
I agree. We would have bought one if they did.
We wanted a minivan instead of an SUV. Nicer ride.
117
posted on
03/02/2006 10:24:12 PM PST
by
Collier
To: Collier
118
posted on
03/03/2006 2:27:47 AM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It. Pray for Our Troops!)
To: usafsk
It is not patriotic to support inefficient, poorly run US auto companies when the Japanese companies will soon employ more Americans than they do. Capital should reward value and quality, not complacency and laziness.AMEN!!
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posted on
03/03/2006 6:18:29 AM PST
by
SuziQ
To: 1rudeboy
I spoke to the bias at the magazine, not to how or to whom the cars should be marketed.
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posted on
03/03/2006 6:42:45 AM PST
by
ecomcon
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