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- From: cshafai@eeserv.ee.umanitoba.ca (Cyrus Shafai)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Before Buying Japanese.
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 16:10:31 GMT
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- jnielsen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John F Nielsen) writes:
-
- >>Actually, that's not a bad example. A recent CR rated the Probe GT and the
- >>MX-6 LS in the same article. As for repair ratings, they characterized the
- >>past years' models of the Probe as "worse than average" but of the MX-6 as
- >>"better than average". Correct me if I'm wrong (I'm sure somebody will [-:),
- >>but even in 1992 and previous, weren't they the SAME DAMN PLATFORM with the
- >>EXACT SAME MOTORS?!?!
-
- Actually, CR mades a lot of mistakes (no one's perfect). For example, if
- you look at GMC and Chevy pickups, one as good brakes, but one has bad.
- But they are the same truck. Or the Corvette. IT is rated as average for
- body rust. This makes no sence, since it can't rust, it is fiberglass.
-
- If you look carefully at the CR statistics, you will see that there is only
- a 2 or 3 percent difference between each of the ratings (ie. average to
- better than average). This is on the level of statistical noise. SO
- unless there is a big difference (ie. from much better than average to
- better than average) results from CR are meaningless.
-
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- Cyrus Shafai <cshafai@ee.umanitoba.ca>
- The Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Laboratory - STM/AFM Lab
- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada ph. (204) 474-6007
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