Doc wrote in news:1184066943.479704.325860@
22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com:

On Jul 9, 8:32 pm, "Lou" wrote:

Where do you find the straight story on dependability? Is Consumer
Reports really the gospel?How does anyone do a meaningful reliability
test on an item with so many models and where it might take years to
prove itself a "lemon" under real-world daily use.

If the thing lasts for years, I wonder how it can be considered a lemon?


If it craps out in say 4 years, as opposed to 25 years.


I appreciate the input.



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J.