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Replying to: dmathews3 (May 07, 2009 3:40 am) Diesel trucks are nothing like modern diesel cars. Domestic trucks are old technology. The new common rail diesels are a world apart from the current crop of domestic diesel trucks. America only gets old diesel technology. You might as well compare a Model T Ford to a new Lamborghini. It's that big a difference. Hybrids certainly have their place but IMO diesels do as well and diesel fuel is higher because of taxes on the fuel. Where I lived overseas diesel was significantly cheaper. There are enough in congress who want to add a 50 cent tax onto regular gas because of fuel efficient cars. Less fuel sold = less taxes. So RUG is going to go up eventually. Diesel might end up being cheaper since they are hitting diesel with higher taxes already. |
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Replying to: dmathews3 (May 05, 2009 12:58 pm)
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Replying to: rick294 (May 05, 2009 2:12 pm) Example: Toyota Tundra rated highly with most ball's full red during first 3 years. After the fourth year the same ball's may be half red or even black. By the time the manufacturers change the model (5yrs), CR has the real statistics, or more reliable information available to better rate the car. At this point your researching a used car not a new one. Another good example is the VW Passat and the Ford Taurus. Passat was the "it" family car in the late 90's and rated very high at that time. If you look at the CR reports in the early 2000's, the same car is not recommended and is rated poorly for all kinds of electrical issues, etc. Taurus, enough said. CR is good for an airplane ride or sitting on the porch! |
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Replying to: rbk3 (May 17, 2009 1:26 pm)
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Replying to: rick294 (May 17, 2009 2:11 pm) Good points. I was trying to express the fact that if you purchased an 2002 Passat in 2002, CR would have stated the car was bullet proof by the information you mentioned. In this case, based on the CR report, you buy the car. Fast forward to 2005 and the CR rates the 2002 Passat as good but unreliable. 2009 CR reports the car to be very unreliable and almost all the categories are now colored BLACK instead of RED. I'm just saying, I've bought numerous cars in my life and each one was considered a good buy, based on CR and like publications. Only to find that the CR report has or is on the decline for that particular year and model based on the latest information. It's a crap shoot.
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Replying to: rbk3 (May 17, 2009 4:18 pm) Keep in mind also that CR's rankings of cars are separate from their predicted reliability scores. So a car can score well in CR's tests and be highly ranked, as the Passat has been for the past 10 years, but not have a great reliability record. Also, a car can start out being reliable, and not hold up over time. That isn't CR's fault, it's just the way it is. Don't shoot the messenger. 
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