Was an avid reader decades ago until it went downhill. Review of items not relevant on the West Coast, certain inverter Panasonic Microwaves rated top at multiple categories have not been manufactured for a while and cannot find them even across the country. Car reviews used to be organized in an easy manufacturer-based format, and went back at least 10 years. If you are in the used car market, a review of recent lease return cars is no good to you. You want historical reviews for 5 to 15 year old cars. Now they list them in vehicle categories and make it more of a comparison rather than just pure ratings. Garbage! I signed up for ONE year last year to see if there is any improvement, received multiple teaser rates to renew again which I ignored. They automatically charged my Paypal and said that I had signed up for auto-renew, which cannot be further from the truth. It used to be that Consumer Reports didn't lend its name to advertisers to refer to its ratings. Now they do, and that makes them a commercial magazine. I'm looking at my latest issue and there is not even a date on the cover. Inside it says it is July-Aug 2025. I haven't even had the urge to open the magazine to look. It is blah blah and even more irrelevant blah.
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