Don White wrote:
"Robert Allison" wrote in message
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Don White wrote:

Sony just sent me an e-mail promoing their new Organic LCD tv.
Sure sounds good, (34 watt power consumption, 1 million to one contrast
ratio, super slim etc...) but think I'll wait until Consumer Reports
compiles some data and comes up with a rating.
Have you had good luck with CR? I have found over the years that when
they review a tool or something that I have had for awhile, my opinion is
diametrically opposed to theirs. If they like it, I hated it. If they
hated it, I loved it. If I thought it was OK, they thought it was OK.

Hard for me to use them as a source for reviews, unless I find something
that they hate, then I can buy it with confidence. When I was subscribing
to it, I did a little survey for my own self and they got it wrong about 8
out of 10 for me.

What did it for me was when they hated the Yukon that I was driving. The
thing that put it over the top was that they said that the interior and
instrumentation was "primitive". What the hell does that even mean?

YMMV

--
Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX

I did get burned way back when I bought my new 1977 Dodge Aspen SW with
slant six and auto. Consumer Reports raved on about the 1976 model, but
mine felt cheap & junky with lots of visible rust in only 5 short years.
(at that time I lived 18 highway miles from the city but did have the car
rustproofed by Bondco which went belly up before I could claim)



I'll be the only thing working at the end of the 5 years was the slant 6.

"BAR" wrote in message
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I'll be the only thing working at the end of the 5 years was the slant 6.


One of the long time assistant harbormasters in Scituate has a beautiful,
old, wooden inboard "run-a-bout" that he has meticulously restored over
several years. It's powered by a 60's vintage marinized Chrysler slant six
and absolutely purrs.

Eisboch

On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 11:27:49 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"BAR" wrote in message
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I'll be the only thing working at the end of the 5 years was the slant 6.


One of the long time assistant harbormasters in Scituate has a beautiful,
old, wooden inboard "run-a-bout" that he has meticulously restored over
several years. It's powered by a 60's vintage marinized Chrysler slant six
and absolutely purrs.

Local farmer has a 220 slant six from a late '60s Dodge something or
other for his field truck - a stripped down 50's Ford pickup.

I don't know who many hours he has one it, but it's a bunch and it's
running just fine thank you very much.