David Champion
David Champion
area biggest domestic electronic ford gm model readers seeing trouble vehicles
Domestic vehicles have made substantial advances, Ford is doing better than GM and Chrysler, but new model launches are not as good. We are seeing many more electronic features, and that's the biggest trouble area readers tell us about.
shows
And as we back up, it actually shows you where you're going to go.
automobile cold environment hot worst
The automobile has probably got the worst environment for electronics. They're very dry, very dusty; or very hot and humid; or very cold and wet.
time
I think it's desperately time for a change.
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It's an unrealistic sales and marketing tool that they are actually using. They are saying you're going to get 35 miles per gallon and you're really only going to get 21.
depends drive people run
It all depends on how you drive the vehicle. We run them the way people really drive in the city.
brings car control
If the car skids out of control it brings the car back into line.
far gallon goes oil
It goes as far on a gallon of french-fry oil as it does on a gallon of diesel. But, of course, the french-fry oil is a lot cheaper.
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I think they've lost their competitive edge in terms of reliability. In the past we would put them maybe not quite as good as Toyota and Honda, but pretty close.
edge lost terms
I think they've lost their competitive edge in terms of reliability.
cars categories choose four primary safety seeing stood three
Safety is our primary theme. Basically, cars are getting much, much better. At one time, one or two cars stood out in the pack. Now we're seeing in most categories that there are three or four different cars you could choose from.
cars developed driven reflective test
The E.P.A. test was developed in the 1970's and is not reflective of the way cars are driven today.
achieved economies epa fuel good ten tested vehicles
Just one in ten of the vehicles we tested achieved fuel economies as good as or better than EPA estimates.
current definitely epa expensive figures misleading ultimately
Current EPA figures are definitely misleading and ultimately expensive for consumers.