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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...
Audi A-6 Quattro Owners Left Stranded on the Road
The law firms of Kimmel & Silverman, P.C. and Monheit, Monheit, Silverman & Fodera, P.C. have filed a class action suit against Audi of America, Inc. and its parent company, Volkswagen of America, Inc., alleging fuel gauge malfunctions in certain 1998, 1999, and 2000 Audi Quattro models. According to court
10 Ways To Outwit A Car Dealer
Rounding up a payment, say from $301.09 to $301.99. Like "ether," this term appears in Burdge's online Car Dealership Dictionary. By itself, the "high penny" might not be worth fighting about. But multiplied by hundreds of deals per month, it adds up.
Proposal To Hold Utility Liable For Storm Damages
Mother nature knocks out the power, but Uncle Sam still collects the bills. Now lawmakers in Westchester are fighting to make utilities refund customers who lose power or services during major outages. Hundreds of dollars of food had to be thrown away in the Eagans home in Harrison. The Marinos
SUV's woes with diesel don't add up
QUESTION: I bought a new SUV from a Nevada dealership. When the vehicle had just 3,000 miles on it, my wife filled it with diesel fuel instead of gasoline on a trip to San Diego. The engine lasted about 10 miles before it died. We had the vehicle towed to
Buyers get refund or replacement on faulty cars
New car buyers will be entitled to a full refund or a replacement instead of enduring repeated repair jobs. The rights could also be extended to cover used cars and could eventually cover other big-ticket purchases. Consumer Affairs Minister Tony Robinson said the lemon law would limit the number of
Murphy & Shelby Dodge
I purchased a 1999 Dodge Durango used. It was previously leased for one year and my purchase date was 7/1/00. Approximately three months later my first fuel injector failed and had to be replaced. Not one month later another one failed and about one month later another failed. In total
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 a
New York State Court of Appeals lists filings for June 16-22, 2006.
A list of appeals with short title, jurisdictional predicate, subject matter and key issues is prepared each week and filed with the New York State Court of Appeals. Some of these filed appeals may never reach decision on the merits because of dismissal on motion, sua sponte, or for time
Lemon law bill advances in Oklahoma.
A bill allowing consumers to seek either a refund or a replacement for vehicles that are found to be unfixable was approved Friday by the state House of Representatives. House Bill 1426 would provide consumers with options if they purchase a vehicle and find they...
Lemon Law comes into force
Shown in the picture is a car warehouse in East China's Zhejiang Province. China's new regulations governing the recalls of lemon automobiles takes effect October 1. The regulation, unveiled by the State General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on March 15, should enable Chinese consumers to have their