On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:27:00 -0400, Mike Hunter wrote:

>
> "Rising Sun" <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> wrote in
> message news:6cfe4cac44b46f92eb10fc79aedaea4a@pseudo.borke d.net...
>> The Autobeat http://snipr.com/1n8lb
>>
>> ..General Motors and Chrysler tumbled down the list in J.D. Power and
>> Associates' annual Initial Quality Study. The study measures problems
>> found in the first 90 days of ownership after interviewing 97,000
>> consumers.
>>
>> GM did poorly and a company spokesman argued that the survey doesn't
>> matter. All of GM's brands finished below the industry average, which
>> is 125 problems per 100 vehicles...
> The fact is most ALL of the vehicle manufacturers fall within the
> statistical average of 2%, which is the average number of faults for ALL
> manufactured products. Naturally one will be on top and one will be on
> the bottom in ANY list but a variation of .05% to 1% is in indeed
> meaningless.
>
> What the customers should be more concerned about is the total cost to
> drive the vehicle home, dealer service, shop rates for that service,
> insurance, and parts costs, not whose brand in on the grill.


Valid point. It is - after all - the total time behind the wheel that
matters.

Oh, and Mike - *PLEASE* stop top posting. It is very annoying.


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