Jeff Bartlett
Managing Editor, Autos at Consumer Reports, coordinating the Cars team's content and covering car buying, deals, reviews, and testing since 2005.
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Again, help me welcome Jeff Bartlett.
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I grew up in a little town called Belle Plaine, Iowa, which is about 45 minutes west of Cedar Rapids.
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Growing up, I was pretty shy, not particularly good at sports, and scared to death of girls.
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But I did have quite a few friends I hung out with, mostly friends that shared my same interests in nature, hunting, fishing, camping, and just being outside.
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My friends and I had many outdoor adventures, some of which, quite honestly, we shouldn't have survived without significant injuries.
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Thankfully, we all emerged from that period with no major injuries, and we all thought we were better men because of it.