consumer reports is full of $hit

Mergnthwirker · 11-07-2012, 11:48 AM

I think Consumer Reports reporting is representative of the experience of the reader base of the magazine, which is heavily skewed to old farts. When an old fart buys a Z, he or she is going to report things like thin paint and rear hatch latches as "problem areas." Does this mean the cars are unreliable? Not as we define it, but probably as an old fart does. It's just something else to deal with, and the old fart would rather just drive the thing back & forth to WalMart and not have to deal with checking the oil level, looking at tire wear, or keeping up with maintenance schedules. Lexus is the heart of the drive-it-and-forget-it school, the ideal CR vehicle. By that standard, the Z sucks (at least to old farts).

Magic Bus · 11-07-2012, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Mergnthwirker

I think Consumer Reports reporting is representative of the experience of the reader base of the magazine, which is heavily skewed to old farts. When an old fart buys a Z, he or she is going to report things like thin paint and rear hatch latches as "problem areas." Does this mean the cars are unreliable? Not as we define it, but probably as an old fart does. It's just something else to deal with, and the old fart would rather just drive the thing back & forth to WalMart and not have to deal with checking the oil level, looking at tire wear, or keeping up with maintenance schedules. Lexus is the heart of the drive-it-and-forget-it school, the ideal CR vehicle. By that standard, the Z sucks (at least to old farts).

As an old fart.....you are so wrong

luigi90210 · 11-08-2012, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370

The above sounds so.................................

lol...This is old as shyt but i never caught this post. Can you believe I'm getting a fanboy psycho-analysis from the Vandergriff hyundai sales manager who i straight shytted on when he tried to sell me a gencoupe for msrp cuz its a high demand car? He was offended that i said, "the gencoupe wont be worth its msrp till it can lead in the sports car world. ITS NOT DOING THAT YET. He's mad about that opinion and nothing else" It couldnt win me over in the test drive. But i walked away with high respect for the car. And i have been one of nissan forums biggest gencoupe defenders. I just spewed facts that he dont like. Freakin ricer hyundai employees. Geez.

its not just hyundai fanboys but fanboys for everything, i got told off by a sales manager because i said i prefered to have a golf as a DD car over a honda(note this is at a honda dealership) and the golf he was selling on his lot was much cheaper than the older honda civic he was trying to sell me....

and i can tell you how many times i have been told off by some mustang owner cause i said i much prefer the look and feel of my Z over the mustang

oh and iphone fanboys are some of the worst as well

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Originally Posted by Magic Bus

As an old fart.....you are so wrong

well if you're an old fart who disagrees with CR, than you're one cool old fart in my book

UNKNOWN_370 · 11-10-2012, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by luigi90210

its not just hyundai fanboys but fanboys for everything, i got told off by a sales manager because i said i prefered to have a golf as a DD car over a honda(note this is at a honda dealership) and the golf he was selling on his lot was much cheaper than the older honda civic he was trying to sell me....

and i can tell you how many times i have been told off by some mustang owner cause i said i much prefer the look and feel of my Z over the mustang

oh and iphone fanboys are some of the worst as well

well if you're an old fart who disagrees with CR, than you're one cool old fart in my book

True

And if I paid $500 below invoice for my Z. I sure as shyt wouldn't pay MSRP for a Gencoupe or any other car for that matter.

Felix 808 · 11-08-2012, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Mergnthwirker

I think Consumer Reports reporting is representative of the experience of the reader base of the magazine, which is heavily skewed to old farts. When an old fart buys a Z, he or she is going to report things like thin paint and rear hatch latches as "problem areas." Does this mean the cars are unreliable? Not as we define it, but probably as an old fart does. It's just something else to deal with, and the old fart would rather just drive the thing back & forth to WalMart and not have to deal with checking the oil level, looking at tire wear, or keeping up with maintenance schedules. Lexus is the heart of the drive-it-and-forget-it school, the ideal CR vehicle. By that standard, the Z sucks (at least to old farts).

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Originally Posted by Magic Bus

As an old fart.....you are so wrong

As an aging Fart

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Mergnthwirker Base Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Connecticut USA Posts: 243 Drives: '09 370Z PW MT6 S Rep Power: 17	I think Consumer Reports reporting is representative of the experience of the reader base of the magazine, which is heavily skewed to old farts. When an old fart buys a Z, he or she is going to report things like thin paint and rear hatch latches as "problem areas." Does this mean the cars are unreliable? Not as we define it, but probably as an old fart does. It's just something else to deal with, and the old fart would rather just drive the thing back & forth to WalMart and not have to deal with checking the oil level, looking at tire wear, or keeping up with maintenance schedules. Lexus is the heart of the drive-it-and-forget-it school, the ideal CR vehicle. By that standard, the Z sucks (at least to old farts).