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Wow! And I thought I was lonely in my thinking they are not very reliable.
This we can definitely agree on. I don't trust consumer reports for anything. As another user mentioned, for vehicles, check out the individual forums for vehicles and read what actual owners are experiencing.
Wow! And I thought I was lonely in my thinking they are not very reliable.
CR is reliable if you're looking at used vehicles about 5 years old. With new models it's really just a guess how reliable they'll be, especially if there has been a redesign.
Consumer Reports was at inception frontiered by Ralph Nadar. He was ousted and it then went "union" to the domestic Car manufacturers. Detroit in particular.
what you read and garner in todays' Consumer Reports is not the premise of its originating intent. Now its $$$ creating the positions on the list.
I invest based on performance and longevity....Not whether it was Built in 'Merica....My safety and driving skills factor in to the purchase as well.
TBH, I wouldn't invest in any of the ones listed....
Consumer Reports, MotorTrend, they both seem to be influenced in their reviews. MotorTrend's Car of the year award is particularly laughable every year, IMO.
Go to Youtube and get reviews there.
Consumer Reports was at inception frontiered by Ralph Nadar. He was ousted and it then went "union" to the domestic Car manufacturers. Detroit in particular.
Consumer Reports was first published in January 1936 by what was then known as Consumers Union. Ralph Nader was not quite two years old at the time. I don't see how he could have "frontiered" the publication at its inception.
Ridgeline looked pretty intriguing right up to the part that said "unibody"
Oh well, maybe someone will copy some of the ideas and put a frame under it.
The ridgeline is an affront to peoples perceptions of their needs, but rarely their actual needs. Many people think they need a full size truck for hauling a small-medium sized boat, or to get down the greasy dirt road to hunting camp a few times a year. Rarely do they really need that.
Consumer Reports was first published in January 1936 by what was then known as Consumers Union. Ralph Nader was not quite two years old at the time. I don't see how he could have "frontiered" the publication at its inception.
Thanks for fixing that information. I stand corrected!
I use a truck for whatever comes up. That may include a heavy load, pulling out shrubbery, getting someone out of the ditch, hauling a boat, towing a car or truck that breaks down, etc. I do not want to be worried that some little task I put it to might result in forever tweaking the alignment of the entire body. 40 bales of hay offered cheap on the way home? Put them in the truck. Visiting Dad and remember I need some rocks for the firepit - put them in the truck - not really inclined to weigh each rock. "Oh look free lumber" - darn I forgot my portable scale, it might bend my truck.
Even some off road activities can tweak a uni-body out of shape and your "truck" is ruined.
Thus, while I do not have heavy things to tow, nor haul 5000 lbs of bricks everyday, I might want to do those things once. If that once will tweak the truck - no thank you. I also hate unibodies generally because they can get all bent out of shape in a little fender bender. One advantage of a truck over a car is to get away from unibody.
I would never consider a unibody "truck" as one poster said, it is really just a luxury car with the trunk open.
If I buy a truck, I want it to do truck things. Not do only car things while making me look like a person who has a truck.
What do you drive, a 3/4 ton or a 1 ton? I'm guessing most any 1/2 ton could have its frame tweaked in a fender bender.
Given how 1 tons ride, I'd much rather carry a scale than own one, and worry about not overloading (which, technically, can be done on a 1T too). Not unless if I could actually justify a one ton for my usage, that is. For my pretend uses my 1/2T is good enough. And I'm under no illusion that it can "take a beating and keep on ticking". Everything has its breaking/bending point.
Mazda MX 5 Miata. Sexy. Mommy likey. John wants a Honda pilot. sigh.
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