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Replying to: lemko (Jun 25, 2009 5:26 am)
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Replying to: bpizzuti (Jun 25, 2009 4:50 am) That is a good point. Please realize that these reviewers test hundreds of cars a year, the average person might get to drive 3 or 4 in a decade. I know a lot of GM fanboys who call "bias" at the slightest critical point a reviewer makes of their product. I would not buy a car just based on what is in the magazine, I always do a comprehensive 1 hour test drive over different roads before considering a product. Some of it interstate, some backroads. I want a car that is competant in both realms before I lay down any money. As for my friends Lemko and imidazol97] if you two fellows truly believe that the Hydramtic 4 speed and the 3.8 pushrod engine are the pinnicle of human automotive engineering achievement, that GM cannot possibly improve its cars performance in any meaningful way, well I am not going to try to convince you otherwise. |
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Replying to: bpizzuti (Jun 25, 2009 5:36 am) |
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Replying to: TIMGT5 (Jun 25, 2009 5:49 am) Let's be frank: there are Honda fanboys, Toyota fanboys, Mazda fanboys (raises hand) etc who do the same thing.  As for my friends Lemko and imidazol97] if you two fellows truly believe that the Hydramtic 4 speed and the 3.8 pushrod engine are the pinnicle of human automotive engineering achievement, that GM cannot possibly improve its cars performance in any meaningful way, well I am not going to try to convince you otherwise. Lemko understands reality, he just hates it, and misses his old Buicks. Personally, I think if he's feeling nostalgic, he should try a Mercury Grand Marquis and he'll feel right at home in his couch...er, car. I don't know what's up with imidazol97, maybe he just loves GM. They HAVE built some good products, after all; the problem is that they've built a lot more BAD ones recently, and some really don't like to admit to that (including, unfortunately, GM itself). Hey, at least 62vette isn't around anymore. Poor guy.
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Replying to: TIMGT5 (Jun 25, 2009 5:49 am) |
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Replying to: bpizzuti (Jun 25, 2009 6:00 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Jun 25, 2009 6:04 am) ROTFLMAO! I knew it!
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Replying to: TIMGT5 (Jun 25, 2009 5:49 am) The magazine people actually laugh when they are accused of "bias" or "taking bribes". Most of them are eager to see a domestic product trounce an expensive import because it makes great copy and guarantees a strong response. It just doesn't happen very often. I totally agree with a previous poster, that the Japanese "edge" is really about "doing their homework". The Japanese have rarely (just once in a while) released a new model prematurely, with bugs. They usually "get it right the first time out". GM seems to hire its customers to do the R&D for them.
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jun 25, 2009 6:46 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Jun 25, 2009 6:50 am) You remember how in the 1980s every US car had to be repainted in order to even sell in Japan (not that they sold very many, that's true). |
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