CNET gives 2012 Boss 302 2.5/5 star rating
10/20/11, 08:50 AM
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CNET gives 2012 Boss 302 2.5/5 star rating
Please guys, stick to reviewing smart phones, laptops, and other consumer electronics. To slam the Boss for lack of tech, and 'abysmal' gas mileage, and poor performing brembo brakes on your no doubt thrashed press car seems like the definition of weak sauce. 
http://reviews.cnet.com/coupe-hatchb...-35041993.html
Need someone to create one of those poster pix of someone driving a Boss hard around a track with a caption along the lines of 'No Sync or Nav or Leather Why?' BECAUSE RACE CAR
http://reviews.cnet.com/coupe-hatchb...-35041993.html
Need someone to create one of those poster pix of someone driving a Boss hard around a track with a caption along the lines of 'No Sync or Nav or Leather Why?' BECAUSE RACE CAR
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10/20/11, 09:06 AM
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eh they basically admit their scores are based on in car tech and this car really didnt have a chance. They really just shouldn't have reviewed it (except im sure their car guys were dying to get their hands on one)
10/20/11, 09:11 AM
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After reading the review, it's nothing more than a page long contradiction. He likes the car for certain things, doesn't really use the tech, then slams it for not having it. Like Jason said, he misses the point entirely, and in turn shouldn't have reviewed a car like this. Someone get him a 2012 with the Elec. Pkg. and all the bells & whistles and see what he thinks instead.
10/20/11, 09:14 AM
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Yah no real surpise, they have a lot of great things to say about the car, but they are locked into their review metric which places equal weight to design, performance, and features.
10/20/11, 09:38 AM
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No surprise here that the folks at CNET don't get it. I doubt anyone in the market for a Boss 302 gives a rat's ... what the folks at CNET think. I know I don't.
10/20/11, 10:33 AM
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This would make about as much sense as Car & Driver reviewing the San Diego Zoo.
10/20/11, 11:10 AM
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I thought the review was one of the best I've see in video form, quite thorough. The final score is for the tech in the car, not the total car itself. Nothing to be upset about here...
10/20/11, 12:35 PM
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Nothing to be upset about..?
The review guy doesn't have a clue... A superchaged GT500 is a "peaky" (as in power) engine relative to the NA 5.0. What an idiot. He obviously does not know what he is taling about in this department.
And since when are 20" wheels available on the Boss? My 2012 order guide says nothing about this option. Is he looking at a MY 2013? Aftermarket?
No credibility.
The review guy doesn't have a clue... A superchaged GT500 is a "peaky" (as in power) engine relative to the NA 5.0. What an idiot. He obviously does not know what he is taling about in this department.
And since when are 20" wheels available on the Boss? My 2012 order guide says nothing about this option. Is he looking at a MY 2013? Aftermarket?
No credibility.
10/20/11, 12:59 PM
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And since when are 20" wheels available on the Boss? My 2012 order guide says nothing about this option. Is he looking at a MY 2013? Aftermarket?
No credibility.
No credibility.
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10/20/11, 01:08 PM
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Nothing to be upset about..?
The review guy doesn't have a clue... A superchaged GT500 is a "peaky" (as in power) engine relative to the NA 5.0. What an idiot. He obviously does not know what he is taling about in this department.
And since when are 20" wheels available on the Boss? My 2012 order guide says nothing about this option. Is he looking at a MY 2013? Aftermarket?
No credibility.
The review guy doesn't have a clue... A superchaged GT500 is a "peaky" (as in power) engine relative to the NA 5.0. What an idiot. He obviously does not know what he is taling about in this department.
And since when are 20" wheels available on the Boss? My 2012 order guide says nothing about this option. Is he looking at a MY 2013? Aftermarket?
No credibility.
10/20/11, 01:26 PM
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That review is so full of fail I sent him an email. Saying the car has Brembos all the way around and it doesn't makes me wonder how much time he spent with the car.
