My thoughts also Paul. Regarding cars, CU has been very biased IMO.
-----Original Message----- >From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: OT: Chevy Maliboo > >I don't put much stock in Consumer Reports auto ratings. I've worked with them >on some editorial projects. Their "engineers" were wet behind the ears college >grads who didn't like any American cars. And even after Ford and others >conclusively demonstrated that Hyundai had cheated on Elantra fuel economy >numbers, CR kept trying to defend them. Turned out they had been hoodwinked by >Hyundai as well. > >Paul via phone > >> On Jan 29, 2017, at 12:16 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It is a 2017. >> >> Consumer reports rates it quite a bit behind the KIA >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >>> On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 4:04 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Maybe you got the previous model. Car & Driver likes Malibu, and it sells >>> very well. No government motors btw. All loans long since paid off. >>> http://www.caranddriver.com/chevrolet/malibu >>> Paul via phone >>> >>>> On Jan 28, 2017, at 3:21 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I just need to vent a bit. >>>> >>>> I know Paul and others here are fond of GM cars, but based on my >>> experience >>>> the past 2 weeks I really wonder how Government Motors stays in business. >>>> >>>> Lee and I usually rent a compact car here in Maui: gas is expensive, and >>>> parking spaces are tight. This year, however, our son accompanied us for >>>> the first two weeks of the trip, and two friends will join us here for >>> the >>>> last week, so we needed a larger car with more luggage room. I therefore >>>> asked Avis for an intermediate car, which is described as "a Nissan >>> Altima >>>> or similar." >>>> >>>> What they gave us instead is a Chevy Malibu. I can only describe it as >>>> spectacularly mediocre. I can't remember when I have been less pleased >>>> with a rental from Avis. >>>> >>>> At home we have a classic Mustang, a 2016 Kia Optima, a 10 year old >>> Altima >>>> and a 20 year old Optima. I have owned Buicks in the past. I am >>> generally >>>> not fussy about cars. >>>> >>>> The Mallibu seems to my eye to be slightly dated in style. In order to >>>> give it the "sleek" look, however, they how removed a lot of head room >>> from >>>> the rear seat. Getting in the rear seat in awkward, and getting out damn >>>> uncomfortable. Really not much better than trying to exit the rear >>> "seat" >>>> of the Mustang. >>>> >>>> Opening the trunk and the gas tank door are both unusual and tricky. I >>>> don't think I have ever succeeded on the first try. The instruments are >>>> part analog and part digital, and totally confusing. The electronics for >>>> radio and cell phone are simply old fashioned. Even the seat belts are >>>> difficult to operate. The trunk is adequate, but not what I had expected >>>> from the size of the car. I am really wondering how I am going to get >>> four >>>> passengers and luggage for three into it when I take my wife and her >>>> friends to the airport in a couple of weeks. >>>> >>>> I wonder why our government even thought it reasonable to bail out a >>>> company which doesn't seem to understand what consumers want and need. >>>> >>>> End of rant. We now return you to our regular programming. >>>> >>>> >>>> Dan Matyola >>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
