[geeks] SPARC proprietary (waaaay off topic)

[Phil Stracchino]

On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 02:12:37PM -0400, Shannon wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 10:30:42AM -0600, Dan Duncan wrote:
> > All the numbers pointed to the NSX being the top score and it
> > came last or second to last because the interior was plain.
> 
> Many magazines have downgraded cars like the Mazda RX8, Honda S2000,
> and Subaru WRX because of their interior. It seems they feel that
> performance and interior must be hand-in-hand, which I think is dumb.
> However, part of their reason for covering that is so many people want
> it.

Yup.  Myself, I *like* the plain, utilitarian look in my car.  It's a
machine for transportation, not my livingroom, and I'd sooner *not* be
distracted by plastic fake-chrome on everything in sight and plastic
fake woodgrain, or have to deal with a seat cushion that I sink a foot
into when I get into the car.

(For that matter, I don't put up with that kind of crap in my
livingroom, either.)

> Personally, I'm disappointed in all magazines for not covering
> reliability enough.  They share that in common with most
> computer industry rags.

Reliability is why Car & Driver and Motorcyclist (to name two) do
long-term vehicle tests and reports.  :)  (And C&D has been very
uncomplimentary about the long-term reliability of some of their
long-term test vehicles, let me tell you.)



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