On 9/7/2016 4:52 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 12:19:36 PM UTC-10, graham wrote:
>> On 9/7/2016 3:49 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On Monday, September 5, 2016 at 6:33:28 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
>>>> On 9/5/2016 10:23 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>> On 9/5/2016 11:24 AM, William wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I don't doubt that, but you can still be biased in how you report
>>>>> things. Did you hear about the race between the Russian Lada and the US
>>>>> Corvette? The race results were reported truthfully, the Lada came in
>>>>> second but the Corvette was next to last.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> They are strongly biased towards Subaru. They always give it their top
>>>> recommendation but when you look at the frequency of repair records,
>>>> other makes are significantly superior.
>>>> Graham
>>>
>>> I got a Subaru once which I hated. It had a boring, lackluster, engine. The 5 speed ratios were ill-suited to the engine. The AC would cause the engine to bog down. One of the timing belts broke at 61,000 miles. I suppose it was my fault because they recommended that it be changed at 60,000 miles. Anyway, it was a very bad experience. Those CU guys must be boring, lackluster, pie-in-the-sky, hippies.
>>>
>> 40 years ago, the choice of car for accountants, teachers and uni profs
>> was the Volvo. Then, it was built like a tank (and handled like one by
>> all accounts).
>> For the last few years, that demographic has favoured the Subaru.
>> Graham
>
> It's an affiliation product - people buy these cars to be associated with a desirable group and lifestyle - Volvo, Starbucks, Apple, Toyota Prius etc. I think of the Volvo as the Swedish Cheby. Just don't let my Swedish stepmom know about how I feel. She's from Goteborg - home of Volvo. Of course, they're working on a self-driving vehicle. What car company isn't? OTOH, as far as cars go, I'd rather have a Cheby or better yet, an Audi.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwhyoUyJNoY
>
The Audi dealer here is renowned for its lousy service. I went there to
look at their suv and was ignored, so I walked out!