All Consumer magazines stink. Especially CU.
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"Mapanari" > wrote in message
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> "Wesley" > :
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>> "Tony Wesley" > wrote in message
>> oups.com...
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>>>
>>> > Suziki ultimately lost that case, and so did Sharper Image - Ionizer
>>> Air
>>> > Cleaner.
>>>
>>> You're correct on the second part. Sharper Image did lose.
>>>
>>> Suzuki did not lose. Suzuki & CU settled out of court, with CU issuing
>>> a partial retraction. Here's the bit from the "joint statement" issued
>>> by CU & Suzuki that I refer to:
>>>
>>> ''CU's 1996 statement that the 1988 Samurai "easily rolls over in
>>> turns" was limited to the severe turns in CU's short course avoidance
>>> maneuver. CU's use of the adverb "easily" may have been misconstrued
>>> and misunderstood. CU never intended to state or imply that the Samurai
>>> easily rolls over in routine driving conditions.''
>>>
>>> CU says this isn't a retracation, it's a "clarification."
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>>
>> Don't forget about the Isuzu Trooper... While they jury didn't award
>> damages to Isuzu, they did find a good number of CU's claims to be
>> invalid, one of which damagingly so. Ya gotta have something big on the
>> front cover to help sell the magazine, no? I think some of their
>> factual data is good - such as the report that listed used cars to
>> avoid...such as specifically the 1994 Plymouth Acclaim/Dodge Sprit. We
>> had one...piece of junk. Unfortunately, I saw that article long after we
>> had the car. :-) Now, when it comes to something more subjective, such
>> as a driver's ability to make a vehicle tip when making a
>> swerve...well...I don't see any way you can scientifically test that.
>> Seems the government has agreed. So why do they keep doing it? Makes a
>> nice front page story? Seems their latest target is the 2001 Mitsubish
>> Montero...
>>
>> Wesley
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> That SUV is a death trap.
>
> I used to sell those POS and none of the salesmen would demo them when it
> was raining becuase they would constantly spin out; the back end would
> break lose under the slightest pressure and spin the whole vehicle in a
> cirle or two!
>
> I finally had to leave that place because we couldn't sell anything,
> especially when there was a Toyota and Honda dealer right next door. I
> was
> starving.
>
> The Mitsibshi van is now the worst made van in the world according to some
> consumer magazines.
>
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> ---Mapanari---