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On 18 Dec 2004 at 13:52, Constantino Tobio wrote: > The Dateline exposes on the rigged-to-explode GM trucks, the runaway > Audi 5000s, and the flipping Suzuki Samurais are the descendants of > Nader's sensationalism. To be fair, these three items are all completely different. The trucks were rigged to make for better TV, not objective reporting. This was completely irresponsible. The Audi 5000s were driver error as you said, which got blown out of proportion by the drivers who needed to blame someone other than themselves when people got killed or injured. The reporting was partly to blame, because no one bothered to ask any of the logical questions, like, "Why aren't there any rear wheel skid marks?" (The 5000 was front wheel drive.) The Samurai was put thru the same test that CU put all their other cars thru. Only the Samurai failed. Suzuki took CU to court twice over this and lost both times. We can argue about whether this was a fair test or not, but it WAS an objective test and only the Samurai failed it. Suzuki fixed the problem a couple of years later, but it was certainly bad publicity for them. I think they deserved it. I agree that we have Nader to thank for the fact that automobile safety now gets real priority. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~