I mean, the schlub at the bottom used her truck for a Lowe’s run. He deserved to be fired.

Sure - like they didn’t know this was going on, and they fire the shlub at the bottom of the ladder. I guess in today’s amersica that passes as “taking responsibility”.

Hmmmm...so: Being pro-human = Evil liberal.

I guess I am evil.

Toyota is actually the most reliable car company irrc. They used to never recommend a new model until it they got some reliability data in. They were recommending new models for a while based on past history, which is a little more iffy, but in general, you can get away with it with Toyota, and surprisingly enough…

Eh. The problem with that, is cars like the Samarai might be safe if you know how to drive it, but corporations aren’t going to tell you that you have to drive it a specific way. I don’t remember the details, but I do know CR won the court case. Car companies in general have shown a disregard for safety in the past(Pin…

It depends what you are talking about. They test a lot of things individually, cars, Tvs, cleaners, detergents and appliances among others. If you don’t subscribe or have access, you don’t really know what they do. One thing they do that makes them better for cars, is test cars people actually buy, not the top line…

They don’t hide the fact they are generally liberal politically, but that doesn’t change the fact that their testing programs involve trained engineers, statisticians, etc.

This from a person who obviously hasn’t explored what CR actually does, but thanks for playing.

How can anyone think negatively of a nonprofit organization that buy their own review units and rely completely on customer subscriptions for money? No ads, no endorsements, no selling out.

Consumer Reports is excellent. Your apparent opinion of them is uneducated.

They are usually horrendously unreliable and fail around 100k miles. And they are absolutely not fun to drive. Smooth in and of itself is fine but there’s more to it than that.

Interesting take. I test drove a CrossTrek and almost got out and left it on the side of the road. I never had a more slow and sloppy driving experience in my life. My wife’s Nissan Rogue has a CVT that is just as bad. We take it to the mountains because SUV...but it is just so poor on the mountain passes that it’s…

CVTs work, nothing more. I rented a Legacy with a CVT a couple years ago and it was utterly forgettable. It brought me from point A to B. I own a 2016 Outback with a manual and even though it’s a slow car I can have way more fun with it.

I thought we were talking about motorboating from hell?

Non-truck (or full-sized SUV):

And I drove a Corolla rental with a CVT a while ago and it was fine too!

You’ll forgive me if the first thing I think of when you say “motorboating from hell” is not driving a CVT Impreza up a hill.

I think part of this article is that there is now an engine with more power...

I had a Crosstrek as a loaner with a CVT and my wife owned a Rogue with a CVT.  Both were miserable to drive.

Just had a 2019 Outback from Hertz for a week. While not as bad as the Infiniti I had last week, the CVT was still mind-numbingly soul-crushing. CVTs are pitiful.