It was absolutely rigged. You could pass or fail it depending on how you drove. I agree they were high center of gravity and didn’t handle well. So were many other vehicles they passed.
I don’t agree with a test that is dependent on the driver. They could have easily failed the Ford Explorer if they had driven it like the Trooper.
It’s a shady organization.
Thanks, I should really post over there. Gotta be the change I want. Currently it is mostly shared “news” articles which really sucks because automotive journalism is an absolute joke. I want to hear the latest update on Jim from the Midwest trying to restore a Volvo 240 in his garage while dodging the HOA. Kids doing sentry duty, wife fending off neighbors from snitching to the HOA through veiled threats that she is fully aware their flagpole is at least 5 feet over regulation height.
Good info on the blocking. I do like hearing different opinions but I honestly thought it was satire at first.
On the “fuck cars” crowd they are seriously barking up the wrong tree. I’m all about trains and public transportation. I take Amtrak when I can. I’d love to see more metro systems. I wish we had more walkable areas. No idea how they plan on bringing this about by picking fights with people who were never against it to begin with. Get car owners on your side, they would love less traffic, bad drivers, and more parking spots.
Isuzu Trooper mentioned! Consumer Reports did them dirty with the rollover test rigging. Really hurt the sales. Glad to see them on the decline as a reputable information source.
Yeah the spare parts are an issue for less common vehicles. I was getting some Trooper parts from Australia before the tariffs messed that up for awhile. Really a shame how many cars are scrapped by insurance. Cash for clunkers not allowing parts to be sold also didn’t help much.
That’s exactly what drove me over here a few days ago. After they locked the API up and boost stopped working I was just browsing the website occasionally. Lemmy is cool so far, just running into a worrying amount of pro-Russian propaganda mental gymnastics. And of course not as many speciality subs yet. I wanna chat about project cars but the largest car community here are those fuckcars loons. Not fun people to be around.
What can be done about these terrible click-bait “news” headlines? It’s just awful. A high school newspaper has more accurate headlines. Personally, I’d like to see news organizations that do this banned from being shared here if the poster uses the canned spam title with the post.
Maybe there is a news instance that doesn’t allow this. I’ll be outside shouting at clouds.