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Originally Posted by Snoman
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What's the failure rate? How does it compare to other similar engines? These are extremely important details that are left out completely. Something that a decent journalist would probably try and find out. But the author of that article, according to the profile supplied on the site, 'was raised on top gear', went to work for a pharmaceutical company (no mention of what capacity ... though probably not the bio-chem research lead), became a blogger, and spends his free time 'looking for ways to destroy his savings account and skip student loan payments'. So not the best of journalistic credentials.
An actual decent article on that subject would not only provide figures for context, but would provide an explanation as to the cause as well. Not 'car big, engine small ... so engine melts' like this clown did.
Also, he doesn't seem to like GM or the Cruze much. In one of his other stellar articles on that site, he says he was "victimized by a Chevy Cruze". How, you might ask? Well, its reverse light was on while it was parked. And
he wanted that parking spot. So he waited, for
15 seconds! Imagine that, 15 whole seconds. He parked somewhere else, checked out the car and saw that it was off and nobody was in it ... costing even more time. The whole thing must have added like an entire minute, maybe even two, to his trip to Wegmans. I'm surprised he even had the courage to write a 350 word blog article about his victimizing experience.
Anyway, my point is always be critical of sources. Look for details -if there aren't any, there's probably a good reason why they weren't included. Keep an eye out for possible bias -even the best of journalists have some bias in their pieces, its just that bloggers have an awful lot more (and the ones that claim to only give 'the straight truth' are the worst of them all). And not just on pieces you disagree with -thats the easy. Do it for the stuff you agree with too -thats how you stop BS from spreading.