On Mar 24, 6:20*pm, Nate Nagel wrote:

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Isn't there any other source for info? *The thought of giving CR any of
my money makes my skin crawl, after all their automotive shenanigans
over the years. *Don't trust them either, because of their record of
dishonesty at least where cars are concerned.

Could you cite the record that you mentioned above? IIRC, they were
sued by a couple of manufacturers over cars that tipped over when
cornering, and lost the suits because those were the facts.
Having spent many decades mending cars from Beatles to Bentley's I
don't recall any major disagreement with their findings. Their reader
annual surveys are distilled from thousands of replies which IMO have
far more weight than an occasional aberrant result from an
individual. Good data from whatever source (even a Democrat) should
be given credence. After all it's for your benefit.
Cheers,

Joe