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Replying to: jason777 (Sep 04, 2008 5:52 pm)  . I would never use a magazine to make my final decision on a car. A car is a machine and none can be built exactly the same. When you purchase the car you are also taking a gamble on the reliability of the car you just drove off the lot, no matter the manufacturer. There is a reason cars come with a warranty and you may or may never have to use it.
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Replying to: jason777 (Sep 04, 2008 5:52 pm) Only if they are subscribers to Consumer Reports. Anyone know if the 17" wheels on 2009 Mazda6 will fit on 07 Mazda6 i? |
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| I don't own mazda 6 but I do own 2003 MPV with 81k miles. At 60k it experienced very rough idle becoming worse over time - cause damaged vacum house. At 70k miles it refused to start - cause seized idle speed control valve. The same problem resurfaced at 79k. Original battery died after 3 years; second, auto zone battery died after 20 months. Right now I have hard to trace coolant leak. For comparison our 2000 honda accord lx 4 cyl 5 speed with 220k miles got me stranded only twice; battery first time, broken after market timing belt installed at 105k miles broke at 190k. It cost me $900 to fix the damage. Mazda is not bad but I do believe honda reliability is notch higher. | |
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Replying to: moparbad (Sep 04, 2008 7:52 pm) So what? Is there sample model too small or does their data collection and analysis methods produce skewed or incorrect results? Can you prove it or is this just a gut feeling? Are Consumer Report readers proven to be less reliable or truthful than any other person off the street? I certainly don't swear by CR but fail to understand why some are so suspicious of their results.
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Replying to: kapaaian (Sep 04, 2008 6:05 am) |
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Replying to: jeffb1124 (Sep 04, 2008 6:32 pm) The problem is the people with problems are the people who will report back to the surveys stating the problems they've had, while the owners who haven't had a problem won't bother since they have nothing to complain about I agree with you. However, if you asked 100 Charger owners and 100 Mazda owners if they had problems and 50 Charger complainers were noted and only 20 Mazda complainers were noted, couldn't you assume that there were more problems with Chargers. On the reverse according to your theory, only 50 Charger owners were problems free and kept silent....while 80 Mazda owners were problem free. That's why large sample are done. They don't just sit back and see how many complainers pop up. Believe me, companies and politicians pay big bucks for surveys and they wouldn't if they weren't valid and didn't provide a good return on investment. |
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Replying to: jason777 (Sep 04, 2008 5:52 pm) |
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Hello, does anyone know if you can combine the private launch bonus cash of $1,000 with the S plan? The terms and conditions reads "The private launch bonus cash purchase incentive program cannot be combined with any other owner loyalty or private incentives but can be combined with other public offers including but not limited to customer cash back, finance and apr incentives/offers." Thanks.
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Replying to: m6user (Sep 05, 2008 6:45 am) So what? Is there sample model too small or does their data collection and analysis methods produce skewed or incorrect results? Can you prove it or is this just a gut feeling? Are Consumer Report readers proven to be less reliable or truthful than any other person off the street? A biased sample causes problems because any statistic computed from that sample has the potential to be consistently erroneous. If entire segments of the population are excluded from a sample, then there are no adjustments that can produce estimates that are representative of the entire population. By only selecting from CR subscribers there is an inherent bias. Only the demographic represents subscribers is utilized. The number of responses for some vehicle models is not statistically large enough to produce accurate results.
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Replying to: moparbad (Sep 05, 2008 2:29 pm) If there aren't enough responses for a specific model, CR doesn't publish results for that model. |
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