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> Jalopnik's list of ten best from Edmund's 100 Worst
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post Dec 13 2011, 02:21 PM
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Apparently Edmund's has different criteria...


10 great cars from Edmund's 100 worst cars list
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post Dec 13 2011, 02:51 PM
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I think that when making lists like this, or when Rolling Stone does a list of the 100 greatest musicians, the goal is not to come up with a canonical list but to stir up controversy. Controversy = website hits.
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post Dec 13 2011, 02:53 PM
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QUOTE(zymurgist @ Dec 13 2011, 12:51 PM) *
the goal is not to come up with a canonical list but to stir up controversy. Controversy = website hits.

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post Dec 13 2011, 02:57 PM
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IMHO Edmunds' list makers her had their collective heads so far up their collective (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bootyshake.gif) - that they need glass navels to see where there going! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

... I mean really - the 914, `57 'Bird & '53 'Vette, etc., etc.!

... and no, I won't go look at Edmunds website for the list (IMG:style_emoticons/default/type.gif) - just to vote the opposite of above driving website hits! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
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post Dec 13 2011, 03:00 PM
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Of course this is edmunds. The people who are convinced that the honda accord and the toyota prus are the greatest things to happen to motoring since the internal combustion engine. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/finger.gif)
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post Dec 13 2011, 04:23 PM
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I never check out anything on Edmunds and now I know why. Seems to be the Jerry Springer of auto journalism.
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post Dec 13 2011, 06:44 PM
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There are 3 cars there that I would kick to the Curb, but the other 7 I have either owned or wanted to own
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post Dec 13 2011, 11:10 PM
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The 914 is in great company with the Ariel Atom, Saleen S7, or the 1953 Corvette. I would take any of these cars all day long. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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post Dec 13 2011, 11:17 PM
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Ariel Atom, Saleen S7, 914, Ferrari 308, Subaru Justy (really?), Gremlin (seriously?), Lamborghini Espada?????? (wtf is wrong with a countach engine in a touring car????), Isetta...

Officially this article should be put on the top 100 worst articles written with no decent reasons for the content.

How do they decide this.

Meeting for article:
Journalist 1: HERPADERPPP DERPA DPEEERRRRRRP
Journalist 2: JA! DERP DERP DERP DERRRRP HURRRRR
Journalist 1: PRINT IT!

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post Dec 13 2011, 11:23 PM
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Reminds me of KBB.com & vehicle values
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post Dec 14 2011, 08:05 AM
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three of these cars on the list i have owned and loved. justy was awesome, drove the wheels of it, go anywhere in any weather and real cheap to own. would buy another if i could find one that wasnt beaten to death. volvo 262, i like the styling and again a tank that was indestructable, also drove really nicely. any comment on a 914 in this forum would be redundant. my point is, i guess, we can conclude that edmonds is a collection of idiots and charlatans.
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post Dec 14 2011, 11:32 AM
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Edmunds was being a troll, and Jalop fed the troll with more clicks due to the link through.

trolls...the lot of them. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)
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