"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 19:02:50 +0100, "Doctor Drivel"
wrote:


"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Andy Hall wrote:
But!!! Any test that say the Prius does 23mpg,
and not worth read and the mag gets thrown in the bin . never to be
bought
again.

It isn't reasonable to assess this on the number of publications that
say one thing vs. the other. The writers of articles for all of
them are open to question and in most spheres rely on information
that
the manufacturer feeds them. This is certainly true in the IT world
and must be in the motor world as well because most writers for IT
magazines write for bike and car magazines the rest of their time.

Autocar of course quote
the official fuel consumption

....and then frig the test. No one remotely gets anywhere them in mpg.
Crooks the lot of them.

What could possibly be their motivation to do that? Do you imagine
that they are being paid by Nissan or Honda or something?

Must be. That are so way out it is laughable. They must know that by
issuing such poor reports that people are going question their integrity.
Must have been desperate for cash.