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Into the Red With Luxury
The sticker on the window of a 2006 Range Rover Sport HSE parked inside Rosenthal Jaguar at Tysons Corner lists a few choice selling points: a child seat sensor, voice-activated controls and heated windshield washer jets -- all for an asking price of $59,350. A more comprehensive list for buyers to consider might read something like this: $1,741 for a new headlight, $600 to replace a cracked windshield -- and the instant respect of valets and your little brother's friends. Call it the unconscious cost-benefit analysis of the luxury car buyer. It's a calculus more of us find ourselves making. Luxury vehicle sales
One Stop Car Shopping Online
Car buying can be a chore regardless of whether you're buying a new or used vehicle. But now the Better Business Bureau is trying to make the whole experience a lot easier. They're teaming up with J.D. Power and Associates on their website to create a one-stop shopping center for car buying. You can use the J.D. Power information to view their ratings for a vehicle. Then you can check up on a local dealership with the BBB's ratings. Once you've decided on the kind of vehicle you want from the Power ratings, you type in your zipcode and indicate how far
Lexus requires all certified cars to include histories.
Starting Monday, May 1, Lexus Division will require sales of its certified used cars and trucks to include vehicle history reports from Carfax Inc. Executives of the luxury brand say the policy will help its dealers comply with a new California law called the Car Buyer's Bill of Rights. Other states are considering similar measures. The California law takes effect July 1. Among other things, it seeks to...
Roadside Distraction: The Trouble With RVs
Mary Lou and Herb Humphries sold their home in Massachusetts last July to travel the country full time in a new, nearly $500,000 motor home. But so far, they haven't gone much farther than the dealership lot. Since they bought the luxury Beaver Patriot Thunder, made by Monaco Coach Corp., they have faced problem after problem, including burned-out fuses, mold, misaligned doors, and a broken alternator that caused a breakdown on the highway last fall. Since buying the motor home last August, the Humphries, who live in the coach, have split most of their time between the dealership and the manufacturer's
More bends in legal road for Benz case.
The price of your typical Mercedes-Benz CL55 ran about $120,000 just five years ago. And it was the price Akron resident Tom Ulrich paid for his new ride in 2002. Today, Ulrich's car is worth about $500,000, although most of that could go to Ulrich's attorneys. For nearly five years, Ulrich has battled Mercedes-Benz in court, contending his luxury sedan is really a lemon dressed in high-gloss paint and a rich interior. This week, the...
Revolution or Evolution for Law Libraries?
We have read and been told that the old days of beautiful, comfortable, completely stocked law firm libraries are gone and are being replaced by electronic, streamlined "convenience store" special libraries where attorneys go just to look something up quickly. The conventional wisdom is that online, compact libraries are much more cost-effective for the firm. That may be true, but there is one big problem with this scenario: Attorneys and administrators don't always share the same opinion about how a law firm library is used and what types of resources make up the tools of the trade today. How does
A new car shouldn’t need repainting before it’s sold
QUESTION: About a month after I purchased a new luxury sedan, it got dinged in a parking lot, resulting in a small dent and chipped paint in the left rear quarter panel. I took the car to a body shop for repairs and learned there that the left rear door and quarter panel had been repaired previously. I contacted the dealership and was told the car had arrived with defective factory paint. The dealer had the left rear door and quarter panel repainted at a collision and paint center at a cost of $551.65. I was not told about that
Buying and Selling a Car
Mary Butler is managing editor at cars.com. She has more than a decade of automotive and personal finance experience and looks to empower auto shoppers so that they can make smart financial decisions. Very much a consumer advocate, Mary was part of the site development team that launched cars.com in June 1998. This discussion was about buying and selling a car. The transcript follows below. Editor's Note: Washingtonpost.com moderators retain editorial control over Live Online discussions and choose the most relevant questions for guests and hosts; guests and hosts can decline to answer questions. _____________ washingtonpost.com: Good afternoon! Welcome to this
U.S. District Court of Eastern Virginia case summaries
A Virginia plaintiff who is suing a Subaru dealership over a vehicle allegedly purchased in Virginia but inadequately serviced in Kensington, Md., has his consumer protection suit transferred from federal court in Virginia to federal court in Maryland. Plaintiff sues under the Virginia lemon law, the Magnuson-Moss Federal Trade Commission Act, the Virginia Uniform Commercial Code and the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. He seeks damages in the amount of the "full purchase price" of the vehicle, plus collateral charges and finance charges; incidental and consequential damages; treble damages under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act and costs and attorney's fees. It
The Orange County Register, Calif., What’s Your Problem column.
It's no fun getting a lemon for a car. Just ask Marci Shumaker. A few months after buying a Ford Explorer in early 2004, the SUV's engine would rumble and lurch forward seconds after acceleration, she said. Honoring the new-car warranty, the dealer tried to fix it. But a few weeks after getting her car back, the SUV hiccupped, again. The "hesitation and surging" of the vehicle almost caused an...
After 3 Years, Lemon Law Is Proving Handy for Car Buyers
EARLY last year, Daniel Barry of Brick Township bought a new Isuzu Trooper from a Toms River automobile dealer. Two months after he bought it, the Trooper would for no apparent reason occasionally fail to start. Mr. Barry returned the car to the dealer several times for repair, but the
The Business Press, Ontario, Calif., People on the Move Column.
Palm Springs-based KPSI (920 AM) has named Arlette S. Poland as host of a call-in talk show, "Arlette on the Law," from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays. Poland is the author of two books about car buying and is billed as...
Implement anti-lemon law to save money, urges solon.
AN ADMINISTRATION congressman yesterday called for the full implementation of a 2003 law that features, among other things, an "anti-lemon provision" to ensure the quality of the goods, projects and services bought by the government. Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. (LP, Camarines Sur)...
It's enough to make your head bobble
In keeping with the bobblehead mania that's all the rage these days, I've decided to proclaim today's installment my bobblehead column. Truthfully, I don't quite get the significance of the bobblehead dolls. (Which explains why I gladly passed on my loose-headed Scott Podsednik souvenir handed out at a recent Brewers game to
State news of national interest
Residents voted in favor of a six-month moratorium on new stores, hotels, restaurants and theaters near the Topsham Fair Mall. The 2-1 vote makes Topsham the latest community in Maine to put the brakes on large retail developments. Three midcoast towns – Damariscotta, Edgecomb and Nobleboro – voted last
Car Group Wants To Squash Lemons
When you're out looking to buy a car, there are laws to protect you from getting a "lemon." But what you may not realize is that if you buy that car in another state, its history doesn't always travel with it across state lines. But one group is trying to
New Web Site Offers Information about the Lemon Law
Everyday people get taken when buying new cars, trucks, SUVs and mini-vans. The Lemon Law covers all fifty states in the U.S. and is set up to protect consumers that purchase new vehicles. Each state has different standards and procedures, but all have similar coverage. There are other laws
Attorney-general position takes brains, Democrats say.
As Republican candidates for attorney general trash-talk their way into next month's primary, Democrats in the race are waging a battle of the brains. Who scored the highest on the bar exam? Who finished law school the quickest? Who can come up with the most impressive plans to protect
Time for Redmond to reinvent itself
Down to the very neurons of its corporate brain, it has recreated itself. In December 1995, after seeming virtually oblivious to the power and promise of the Internet, the behemoth of software companies officially left its perch in the computer desktop-centered universe to carve up an interactive empire in cyberspace. That was
Behind the news with Crain's writers.
Spirited sales of liquor boost state's intake * A big year for drinking in Ohio has put a big bulge in the state's coffers. The state announced last week that $138 million in revenue from the sale of "spirituous liquor'' (defined as intoxicating liquor containing more than 21% alcohol by