[DeTomaso] NPC - Consumer Reports on Cars

michael@michaelshortt.com michaelsavga at gmail.com
Wed Mar 4 18:35:12 EST 2009


I also received the new Consumer Reports issue, it says my Magnum is one to
avoid....Poppycock!51K, aside from tires and an alignment, it's awesome.
regularly dusts Mustang GT's, BMW's, etc.
 Gotta love have your ass kicked by a station-wagon.

Michael "Right Foot Down" in Savannah




On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Steve Hawkins <shawkins777 at comcast.net>wrote:

> Say what they want but there sure are a lot of foreign car repair shops
> around for their cars to be sooo great.  I'm driving a 1999 Chrysler LHS
> with almost 140,000 miles and haven't done much more than change oil and
> put
> gas in it.  Gets good gas mileage and is fun to drive.
>
> I wonder how much bias there may be because of not wanting to admit they're
> having problems with they're Japanese car.
> I've owned a couple of Honda's and they weren't without problems.
>
> Steve
>
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>
> Consumer Reports Magazine just released their annual car issue in  which
> their subscribers report on problem areas for cars going back 5  model
> years. Not
> to beat a dead horse, but GM and Chrysler cars have really bad  results.
> Ford's aren't the best but they aren't bad and some models are pretty
>  good.
> As
> usual, Honda, Acura, Toyota and Lexus are unbelievably good. The German
> cars
> aren't as bad as GM and Chrysler but they aren't really very good.
>
> As much as everybody talks about buying American, this really paints a
> pretty dismal picture of the American manufacturers. Quality is an
> engineering  and
> management issue. It's no wonder they are failing in the marketplace.
>
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