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   In article <8dCdnWrqedf_eZLWnZ2dnUVZ_jqdnZ2d@giganews.com>,  wrote:   
   > wrote in message   
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   >> In article   
   >> ,   
   >> phaeton  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> This isn't new, either, suggesting that Toyota's troubles may be more   
   >>>> of a developing pattern than a one-time aberration. Two years ago,   
   >>>> before two-thirds of Detroit's automakers were tempered by the fires   
   >>>> of bankruptcy, the editor of the ostensibly "Japanese-loving" Consumer   
   >>>> Reports apologized to readers for recommending the problem-plagued   
   >>>> Camry V-6.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> He also said the magazine had decided new Toyota models could no   
   >>>> longer be given the benefit of the doubt -- or its prized   
   >>>> "recommended" label. And Toyota's V-8 powered Tundra four-wheel drive   
   >>>> pickup was labeled "unreliable" by the magazine, the unofficial Bible   
   >>>> to discerning car and truck buyers.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>I always take everything Consumer Reports says with a grain of salt.   
   >>   
   >> yeah, a 50 mile square grain.   
   >   
   >I have my own theory about Consumer Reports Ratings, when the ratings are a   
   >reflection of public response - who responds to the typical survey?  Who   
   >writes letter to the editor?  Who calls a corporate complaint/compliment   
   >line?  Those who are not happy.  So, in my own little not so humble opinion,   
   >CR public response ratings are skewed to the negative.   
   >   
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