I agree Jon. Why don't you e-mail 'em this message? They will probably
post it. They've printed e-mail from me and Trottman so far. The address
is leek@petersenpub.com
On Fri, 11 Dec 1998 23:15:36 -0500 Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
writes:
>At 08:29 PM 12/11/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>The reason that there was no Dodge reps. is that Dodge hasn't put out
>a
>>significantly new truck (no new engines, suspension, or cosmetics).
>I
>>actually haven't seen the issue yet, but they always get responses
>like
>>yours and print them in the "letters" department. It is kind of a
>weird
>>idea, because just because a truck is better than the other all-new
>>trucks doesn't mean that something older isn't better than it. But
>you
>>also have to understand that it would be hard to get every truck
>made
>>this year into a competition. That and they are afraid of a 3-peat:),
>it
>>would probably make ford and chevy mad.:)
>>
>
>
> Yep, I hate those contests; the premise is fundamentally flawed.
>Hypothetically, lets say that Dodge managed to create the best sport
>truck ever. Lets ay that there is no way any other manufacturer could
>ever
>touch this truck. (Maybe because of some new patented technology that
>only
>Dodge had... Who knows, maybe it allows it to morph into a Viper...)
>;-)
>
> Now, lets pretend Dodge left this truck the same for 10 years and
>all
>of the other manufacturers came out with nothing but crap. After the
>first year, one of the other manufacturers would win the "Best Sport
>Truck
>of the Year", when obviously, their piece of junk *wasn't* the best
>sport
>truck on the market that year. Its stupid! If they're gonna do that,
>the
>least they could do is to rename the thing "Best NEW Sport Truck of
>the Year";
>its actually quite misleading... (And in the end, quite useless; its
>just
>another way to fill up empty magazine pages.) Its like not allowing
>Mohammad
>Ali to contend for the Heavyweight championship his 2nd year in the
>sport.
>Its
>like only allowing John Force to compete in NHRA drag racing for 1
>year. Its
>absolute, complete, utter mind-boggling nonsense, and it'll be a
>glorious day
>when the auto and truck rags realize this!
>
> What I want to know is what happens during a year when none of the
>manufacturers come out with new trucks? Or lets say only Chevy came
>out
>with any significant changes... That would be a pretty boring
>contest. :-)
>"Duhhhh.... This year our lineup for Sport Truck of the Year is the
>Chevy
>S-10. And the winner is, uhhh.... uhhh... duhhh... The Chevy
>S-10!!!
>Finally, conclusive proof that Chevy has the best sport truck on the
>market"
>(And you can bet that's exactly what the Chebby brochures would
>proclaim!)
>
> I say, test every truck currently being sold on the market. As a
>consumer,
>I don't care one iota wether the vehicle is "new" or not. If I can
>buy it,
>its a contender, so put it in the friggin' contest!!! (Actually, I
>steer
>clear of brand new vehicles until the bugs are worked out, so its the
>existing
>vehicles that I'm more concerned about!)
>
> Also, how about a "Used Sport Truck of the Year" contest? Not
>everyone
>can afford to buy new. I guess that one would be hard to get
>advertisers
>to finance... :-)
>
> Ok, I guess I've released enough steam to keep from exploding for
>the
>next few hours; look for more mindless drivel from me then... :-)
>
>
> -Jon-
>
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