They’re sort of targeted at the average consumer, rather than the specific enthusiast. That goes for every product they test. I recall them rating a bicycle poorly because if you slammed on the front brake while standing up on the pedals it might throw you over the handlebars.

It should not be your sole source of input for purchasing decisions. No single piece of information is, and they don’t bill it as such.

True enough. But I guess I am trying to argue that there are degrees of self selection when it comes to product reviews.

You must make a lot of assumptions about people. I simply understand data collection and the limitations of various forms of it. But thanks for proving the CR cult is alive and well.

Subscribers are going to be rather like minded with CR’s staff. Then only a subset of subscribers return the survey.

But CR is considered credible by many. It’s like the US News College Rankings; they’re totally bullshit but they’re the industry standard, and now every college plays to their survey. If nobody points out that CR’s methodology is bullshit, everyone will believe it, and mark my words, the headline will be repeated by…

CR IMO is a whole scam. They rate a 911 and GTR as bad because they have harsh rides and are uncomfortable. They basically cater to cars that are Camry’s. Car has sporty steering? Rated as heavy steering that is tedious when parking.