"dsi1" wrote in message
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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
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Boy he was brave just standing there. What if it hadn't stopped??


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