Joe wrote:
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.

False! They smeared Suzuki and set them back 10 years in this country
when the truth is that the Samurai handled about on par with other
comparable vehicles. They changed their methodology halfway through a
test when the Samurai wouldn't tip over for them. They also rigged the
gas tanks on Chevy/GMC pickups to catch fire in side impacts so they
could fabricate a story. Both instances involved CR "testers" forcing
something to fail so they could have a sensational story when the
failures they expected didn't occur in normal testing. I think there
was also some kerfuffle recently about improper methodology in testing
child restraint seats, but I don't remember the details.

nate

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