Go with Bluestar. Viking may have improved, and of course the salesmen will say that, but these products are very new and there is next to no feedback. Why take a chance on something with a bad past when you can buy Bluestar which has tons of positive feedback. Yes, you'll find some complaints just like all brands, because everyone can put out duds. As for the hot door, the impression I get by reading posts by recent Bluestar owners is that the door gets fairly warm, perhaps hotter than the competition, but not so hot that it's a safety issue. I'm sure some Bluestar owners will be along soon to confirm or deny this.

If you are really worried about the oven door, you could consider a Capital Culinarian. This will have the high performance open burners but a cooler oven door. It sounds like from reading posts by people who have used both, they seem to think the Culinarian has better build quality than Bluestar. As it should, since it's a more expensive range.

I would not advise buying an appliance package. Nobody makes the best of everything. Buy your appliances from different manufacturers for the best performance and reliability.

Chevy and GM cars have improved greatly over the past decade. Makes for a good sales pitch .

I still wouldn't buy one.

I'll take the very slight yearly improvement of a Lexus over a vastly improved GM product any day. Sales pitch not as exciting though: You like the looks/performance, you can afford it, you want a car, why wouldn't you by it ???

This post was edited by xedos on Thu, Jul 17, 14 at 20:01