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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...

FORAGING; 90,000 Miles, $2,500, and It Runs

WHATEVER happened to planned obsolescence? R. D. Sand's Original New York Auto Auction seems never to have heard of it. Four times a week, it auctions off cars that have been around the block more than a few times. One recent Saturday morning, in the auction's parking lot in Hollis,

Lemons are being easily laundered by out-of-state sale

When Stephen and Michelle Steiner won their lemon-law case against Volkswagen of America last fall, the Stratham, N.H., couple were thrilled. At last they were free of the 2003 Passat wagon that they were afraid to drive. But delight turned to dismay early this year when Michelle Steiner, curious about what

U.S. District Court of Eastern Virginia case summaries

The Top 10 shows of 2006 (and 10 runners up).

Whittling down my TV favorites to a mere 10 shows isn't easy, and the networks _ both broadcast and cable _ aren't making things any easier. Not that I'm not complaining. As I peruse the shows that made the cut, one idea jumped out at me: A whole lot of

Homeowner organization lobbies at Capitol

Texas homeowners met at the Capitol Tuesday to support the Home Lemon Law, which would force builders to buy back defective houses. An organization called HomeOwners for Better Building says poor construction and defective building materials are issues that Gov. Rick Perry and Attorney General John Cornyn cannot ignore. "We

The Boston Globe Consumer Beat Column.

Governor Mitt Romney wants to put the state's item pricing law up for sale, giving a select group of retailers the chance to pay the state a relatively small fee to avoid the law's costly and controversial requirement of marking prices on individual items in their stores. Under the proposal,

Wisconsin woman's lemon law odyssey comes to an end.

Aug. 9--It took 38 months, but Wisconsin's lemon law finally got Del Garcia out from behind the wheel of an oft-ailing sport utility vehicle. When Garcia invoked the consumer protection law in the fall of 2001 to unload a Mazda that was in the repair shop as often as her

Federal Regulators Asked to Police Rogue Auto Makers and Dealers.

Eight consumer groups petitioned federal regulators Wednesday to crack down on rogue automobile manufacturers and dealers who re-sell defective vehicles to unsuspecting customers. Spearheaded by the Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, the activists urged the Federal Trade Commission to take steps to assure all problem-plagued new cars are labeled

NORTHEAST JOURNAL; Consumerism In Massachusetts

Massachusetts has a new ''lemon law'' that the state and automobile makers call one of the toughest in the country. The law establishes a state-run arbitration panel to deal with complaints from owners of glitch-prone new cars. The panel members will be appointed by the Department of Consumer Affairs. Auto

PSC picks must be okayed by Senate

Gov. Charlie Crist succeeded in removing two members on the state board that regulates utilities, but his replacement picks are not guaranteed a spot. A spokeswoman for the state Senate, which confirms nominees to the Public Service Commission, said Monday that the resignations of Isilio Arriaga and Ken Littlefield, a former