Consumer Report

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Originally Posted by HorrorCosmic

Okay is it just me or are these test drivers for these companies are getting dumber as the year go on?

I was at work the other day reading the new Consumer Report on the 07 Model cars, and out of all the cars they tested they did not recommend buying the Yaris Sedan or Hatchback even though they had excellent mileage and price.

So i read further into it and they did not recommend the yaris because it did not have all the safety feature like "acceleration warning" and such, THAT and they said that the handling was not that great.

Why the hell would anyone need acceleration warning, if you see the needle go up, EASE OFF THE GAS! and i don't know what they were talking about with the handling. I think my Yaris handles great.

There is a huge bias against small, well built, cars by Auto and other consumer mags, and here is (in my opinion) why... If all cars were as well made and easy to own as the Yaris these magazines would have nothing to talk about..
Simple, good cars need no promotion by "critics" to sell intelligent owners on the merits of the car.

But hey thats just my opinion and I'm biased the other way because I hate cars with too many "bells and whistles".

-Peter

PS: what the hell is an acceleration warning?