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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...
Consumer Group Calls on Schwarzenegger to Make Consumer Protection Week Real.
In a letter sent today to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) called upon Schwarzenegger to make the declaration of this week as "California Consumer Protection Week" real by immediately unfreezing rules and regulations his Administration has shelved, setting his first meeting with consumer
The Sacramento Bee, Calif., Dan Walters Column.
You're cruising the local auto mall one Sunday when a fire-engine-red Whizmobile sports car catches your eye and makes your heart beat faster. You slip behind the wheel -- just to try it out for size, mind you -- but find yourself an hour later signing purchase papers after
Move touches off a judicial chain reaction in 5-county circuit.
Jun. 5--TAVARES -- Fifth Circuit Judge Willard Pope has agreed to finish his term on the bench in Marion County, a decision that has touched off a judicial chain reaction in Lake County. "It was a hard decision," said Pope, a former deputy and assistant state attorney who has an
Complaints spur U.S. safety engineers to probe H2 models.
Jul. 21--Iris Ziroli's new beast seemed invincible: It could haul a trailer with 6,700 pounds of cargo, climb slopes at a 60-degree angle and zoom through water 20 inches deep without flinching. Or at least, that's what the pamphlets from her Southern California Hummer dealer promised. That's why the Murrieta
Breeders have bone to pick with bill
Battle lines appear to be forming around a puppy-mill bill that's expected to be introduced next year in the Oklahoma Legislature. With 645 federally licensed breeders, Oklahoma is the second largest puppy-producing state, behind Missouri. Oklahoma also has numerous breeders that are known as "puppy millers," who breed purebred dogs
Leases should be negotiated; find car's cost
: Leases, like purchases, should be negotiated. Do some homework and find out what the dealership pays for the vehicle you are interested in leasing. You can research vehicle costs online at sites such as Edmunds.com or from Consumer Reports magazine, where costs are provided to you for a
Sports of The Times; Living Up to Image Can Be a Burden
PLAYING their favorite characters on screen as in themselves -- star athletes can find script selection burdensome when they are expected to live up to their lines. For years, Kobe Bryant displayed the levitation skills of a genie in every scene at the rim, and a jersey was sold to
Mrs. Davis Goes To Washington.
Will San Diego's Newest Democratic Representative Be Able to Succeed In a Sharply Divided Congress? The 2000 election has left the country sharply divided. The question of who won the presidency has not yet been settled, while Congress -- nearly evenly between Democrats and Republicans -- may face gridlock. But
Lemon Law Attorneys Named Rising Stars by Law & Politics Magazine.
Lemon Law Attorneys Louis Dobi, Jr. (Glenside, PA), Shannon M. Ryan (Ambler, PA), and Amy D. Cox (Furlong, PA), associates with the law firm of Kimmel & Silverman, have been named Pennsylvania Rising Stars in a recent survey by Law & Politics Magazine. The findings were published in the
Communications Industry Again Tops AG Consumer Complaint List.
For the second straight year, problems with the communications industry, including telecommunications and on-line services, topped the state Attorney General's 1999 list of consumer complaints. "The increasing popularity of the Internet, cellular phones and pagers, and the intense competition among long distance telephone service providers, have brought new opportunities and