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- From: dlou@ECE.UCSD.EDU (Dennis Lou)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Sentra E vs. Saturn SL
- Message-ID: <9207221624.AA06048@worf>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 16:24:56 GMT
- References: <92203.202309NAZ@auvm.american.edu> <5037@transfer.stratus.com>
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- In article <5037@transfer.stratus.com> cdodson@beast.cac.stratus.com writes:
- >Amazing results ? Hardly. Yes, please post the tests. I know from driving
- >both cars what you'll find. The SE-R is marginally quicker according to the
- >numbers, but I'll take the superior torque of the Saturn engine any day.
- >Again, you are letting magazine reviews run your life, instead of actually
- >driving both cars and posting YOUR opinions (as I'm doing now).
- >You'll also find the SL2 has better brakes (when ABS equipped), has larger
- >and wider wheels and tires - giving better handling, more interior room, and
- >it's a Saturn (excellent dealer service, roadside assistance, etc).
- >
- >Any of us can read reviews by the automotive press. Not all of us will take
- >their reviews as gospel. Put the magazines away and go drive some cars. Or
- >won't they let you ?
-
- I'd take the Sentra because it has manual three point safety belts
- while the Saturn has those crummy mouse belts.
-
- An air bag and mouse belts are pretty useless when your passengers
- forget about the lap belt. Oh, and don't bother blaming the
- passengers for ignorance. This issue of forgetting the lap belt is a
- cognitive engineering problem and blame shoule be shared by the
- designers.
-
-
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- dlou@ucsd.edu || "Then I'd be crazy to think any other way!"
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