Hi all there,

I was reading a Xfire review on forbes.com and was lookin like this :shock:

quote/The rear brakes are drums, not discs; that's a fairly big sin in the sports car world and the pedal feel suffers as a result.\end quote

url: http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/2003...728test_3.html

Is it me? is my English so bad that I do not understand him?

Or is he saying the Xfire has drums and no discs for the rear Brakes? If so, he says he drove it! hmmm

Grtz from flanders,
Nean

 

Yes, that has been reported on here before. That guy is simply an idiot. Someone who claims to be a car reviewer, and can get something such as that sooo wrong, should be fired on the spot. Hell, if I were in that situation, and somehow I got the idea that a sports car like the Crossfire had drum brakes, I would have to go and actually visually confirm this, by taking two seconds and looking at the rear wheels, because I wouldn't ever believe a car company would make such a stupid mistake. How hard is it to get this correct? He must not have even looked at the car's specs... Absolutely ridiculous.

 

Just another example of, you can't believe everything you read in the newspapers or even specialized magazines.

 

Just emailed the guy who wrote the article. I'll be interested in his reply. He is supposedly a 'Senior Editor'. Would that mean he's been doing the job too long and waiting for his pension?

If I get a reply I'll post it on here.