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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...
Pennsylvania Gov. Schweiker Signs Bills.
House Bill 2164, sponsored by Rep. Richard Geist (R-Blair), amends Title 75 (Motor Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes so that an individual who removes or falsifies a vehicle identification number shall no longer be subject to a one-year suspension of their operating privileges. Drivers whose operating privileges were suspended
It Pays When New Car Shoppers Do Their Research
Under a big tent, some deals on vehicles can be found -- but it pays to become a savvy shopper, say car dealers and consumer advocates. Tent sales often involve several dealers who get together and set up a temporary sales site away from their dealerships. Their goal is to
Pet peeves and prizes.(Column)
A couple of weeks ago I discussed some of my pet peeves (www.nwfusion.com, DocFinder: 8551) and, as I suspected, I'm not alone; a large number of you wrote in to expand on my choices and fan the flames or add peeves of your own. I also foolishly offered prizes. An
Florida employers interested in receiving grants for auto service technician certification
Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson today announced today that Workforce Florida Inc., will work with his department to connect employers to worker training funds for auto repair shops, one of the many businesses that the department regulates. "I would encourage any business that is seeking financial assistance
What You Need to Know about Lemon Laundering
Jun. 1--Chrysler Corp. will fight a proposal to suspend its California business license for 60 days, saying it did nothing wrong and that the punishment is too severe. But the reason for the proposed suspension -- reselling defective vehicles without telling the buyers about the mechanical histories of those cars
Eric Copeland of Coral Gables, an attorney and tax professional
Democrat Eric Copeland, an attorney and tax professional who lives in Coral Gables, says the incumbent state commissioner of agriculture and consumer services, Charles Bronson, isn't spending enough time and energy on consumer issues. "I think Mr. Bronson has neglected the office of the commissioner of consumer services," Copeland said.
Attorney general releases consumer complaint 'top ten' list.
In observance of National Consumer Protection Week, New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer issued an annual "top ten" list of consumer complaints to his office. For the first time, Internet problems were the top statewide consumer complaint. According to an analysis of more than 51,000 written consumer complaints in
Ford Suit Nets Clovis, Calif., Couple $10 Million.
A Clovis couple who bought a "recycled lemon" from a local car dealership was awarded $10 million Monday by a Fresno County jury intent on punishing Ford Motor Co. "My clients were simply one of thousands unfortunately and fraudulently sold a lemon," said William M. Krieg, the lawyer representing Greg
SATURDAY CONSUMER; A Grab Bag of New Protection
NEW YORK STATE passed 79 laws last year that affect consumers who live in or pass through the state. NEW YORK STATE passed 79 laws last year that affect consumers who live in or pass through the state. Some, like the law that prohibskiers in New York from trying
What wine goes with a taste for gin?
My condolences to his sister one-in-law; Good Gin loves his nose while maintaining a dry Martini, just with the skin of a lemon, with Tonic - is not too close to half and half -- Crowned with a hold of the fat content of lime. But the nose likes wine,