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I guess they like it!:

"...The interior of the new 2009 Acura TSX is utterly unbelievable. The gearshif linkeage is so smooth in its shifting action that we wondered if the pinions were covered in impeccable Chinese silk. The utterly flawless vinyl-wrapped interior was so convincingly leather-like in appearance we expected to see, "100% Corinthian Leather imported from Italy" on its underside. Once underway, the car moved with an utter aplomb that was flawless in its impeccable road manners and made an utterly superb dance partner. The steering? You needen't ask. It's utterly telepathic in it's moves; so utterly and superbly handcrafted in the way the leather wrapping slides across your fingers. The Chassis? Again, superbly telepathic, as this car -- a car that is built with a higher level of quality than cars costing five times as much -- moves down the road with the authority, precision and aplomb of a world-class sprinter. The exhaust note? Utterly superb, playing a soundtrack that can be easily mistaken for Brahm's Fifth Symphony played in C Minor by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
The stitching was done with such utter, superb care we were going to call up Honda to see if they outsourced their upholsterers to the Amish. The fragrance of the leatherette smells like real glove leather used by the French gentry after a stroll in an utterly superb, damp, French garden. All of our testers agreed that the switchgear seemed to run on Teflon bearings used by NASA, as their feel and precision moved with utter aplomb, superbly dialing in a radio station with impeccable, telepathic precision..."

I guess they liked the new Acura TSX...

 

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Teh fact that most of you bought it is proof of how persuasive Car and Driver can be when throwing around a bunch of fluffy adjectives to describe an utterly and superbly average car.
This, IMHO, is dangerous.

 

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LOL that explains why it sounded like a 9th grader from my creative writing class wrote it!

Correct, as does most of Car and Driver literature.

 

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"Utterly" eight times and "utter" three times, for a grand total of eleven times, in such a short paragraph, yeah, that's exactly the style of writing the guys at C&D are known for.

This is so utterly, superbly true. The utter aplomb of their eight-word lexicon is impeccable in its flawless ability to seamlessly integrate its utter brevity into a superbly limited automotive review.
eight utter words = an automotive review that 95% of the superbly limited readership somehow impeccably and seamlessly translates to an utterly long, drawn-out car review.
Utterly superb.

 

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Have some of you shtik-dreks ever driven an Acura TSX? It's a very well-sorted car that would definitely be on my short-list if I were looking for a compact sports sedan. It handles sharply, looks sharp, and has a sharp interior. Much more than I can say for any of GM's soggy offerings (Saab 9-3 aside; and even it has issues...).

Let the bottom-feeders shlep around in heaps like the Pontiac G6, and leave the real cars to those who can appreciate a good car.

And for those unaware, I really hate Hondas. Somethin' fierce. But I loved the Acuras TL and TSX. Unlike many of our GMI brethren, whose testicles don't seem to have yet fully descended, some of us have the maturity and intelligence to put aside stupid notions such as bias, and appreciate a good car for being a good car.

The TSX is a turd,t-rex...

 

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Isn't hating Hondas a bias, considering they are well regarded vehicles?

He doesn't like Honda's because the most advanced powertrain in Honda's lineup is an old SOHC V6 and a 5-speed automatic transmission that has been in use now since 1996.
Meanwhile, Nissan has a CVT tranny with manual shift modes, GM has a DI 3.6 DOHC with variable cam phasing on the intake and exhaust and a turbo I4 that's perhaps the best in the industry.
Heck. Even Hyundai and Kia have more advanced powertrains than Honda.

 

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I find it so odd that the people crying the loudest about "bias" are THE most biased themselves.

My singular function on this forum is to expose automotive bias at the journalistic level as I see it, t-rex. I'm not going to come here and expose an individual's bias towards a car manufacturer; I'm going to come here and expose the car magazine's bias.
Car and Driver is currently on my hit-list. Tomorrow, it may be Consumer Reports.

 

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Many of us use bias as a synonym for preference. A bias is sort of a collective, somewhat consistent set of preferences.

C&D seems to like whatever Honda makes, most of the time. There are always exceptions. This is a bias. Biases can be very useful. If you agree with CR's biases towards what makes a great car, their shopping guide is very useful - problem is many don't know this and they sell their opinions as facts.

It doesn't have to be a negative connotation.

It's about time.

Unfourtunately for the automotive community readership, most people are utterly and superbly taken in by an impeccably limited set of an utter aplomb of an eight-word lexicon that we utterly, convincingly and telepathically read at Car and Driver magazine.

 

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I didn't realize who had posted it. But when I was reading it, I was thinking this sounds like the stuff Proud Mary Cadillac tried at the C&D forums. Still think C&D is part of some French conspiracy to discredit American cars?

That's the actual first drive review
http://www.caranddriver.com/buying_...e-reviews_by_make+mode-collection+id-255.html

Dude. Of course there's the French conspiracy. I already shown on this forum that Saddam Hussein owned like $90M dollars worth of Hachette Filipacci Media, the media organisation that publishes Car and Driver magazine.
Unlike Car and Driver forums, my post was not banned or deleted, which means the folks here are the more educated for it.

Can you please enlighten this forum why I was banned at C&D after posting my, "Does Honda offer a standard Ouiji board with their telepathic sttering rack, or is the Ouiji Board optional equipment?" thread? I myself would like to know. I'd also like to know why I was banned a second time after starting the thread about Saddam Hussein's Beneficial Ownership in Hachette Filipacci Media.
Then I got banned yet again after I started my "Car and Driver's Eight-Word Lexicon" thread. Why did they ban me for that one? Waldorf remains silent to this day.

 

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You say Hussein owned a stake in a media conglomerate. This is fairly normal... people with money tend to invest! What do you think... as well do you have a reference for that?

Yes I do.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/magazine.asp
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/853051/posts

 

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After looking at some of your posts there, I'm surprised they put up with you for longer than a week. You spent 99% of your time bashing non-GM cars, calling C&D editors all sorts of names, trying to prove that every GM car is better than its competitors and that C&D is anti-american.

After looking at some of Car and Driver's reviews there, I'm suprised GM has been putting up with Car and Driver for more than a week. Car and Driver spends 99% of their time bashing non-import cars, calling GM's management all sorts of names, trying to prove that every import is better than their domestic competitors and that GM is anti-American.