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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...
California Passes Power Plant Construction Measure.
Sep. 1--Hoping to protect the rest of the state from skyrocketing electricity rates already plaguing San Diego, the state Legislature Thursday night approved a bill creating a new fast-track approach for the construction of additional power plants in California. As they worked toward a close of their 1999-2000 session, lawmakers
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
Business Digest
Investment Firm to Buy Corning Consumer Lines Corning, whose name has for decades been synonymous with Pyrex, Corning Ware and other household brands, said that it would sell a controlling interest in its consumer products operations as it focuses instead on high-technology businesses. The buyer is AEA Investors, an investment
Lemon law extends to leases
he ruling marked the second time in 10 months that the state's high court ruled in favor of consumers in lemon law disputes. In a case involving the state statute, the court ruled in July that a Hartland woman who had repeated problems with a new Mazda Tribute did not
State Senate votes to approve break on gas tax.
Senate Democratic leaders last night passed a temporary suspension of the state's 25-cent-per-gallon gas tax proposed two weeks ago by the Republican minority. The tax relief, which Republican legislators sought to enact from Memorial Day to Labor Day, had been opposed by House Democrats. But Senate President Pro Tempore
Aston Martin is subject of suit.
Secret agent James Bond relied upon his Aston Martin Vanquish automobile, down to its machine guns, in the 2002 movie "Die Another Day." But Gary Mathes of Sunset Hills, who presumably has no weaponry on his, says in a lawsuit that he cannot get even the basic systems to
Carlos of Spring Hill FL writes (7/27/01):
Pontiac Montano wagon. Passenger rear door recalled, same door in for repairs 5 different times. Still does not operate as it was supposed to do. We were told we were beyond warranty and did not complain about problem. Wagon was taken for repairs 5 separate times, that itself makes a
'Lemon Law' claim requires privity of contract, rules Ohio Supreme Court.
A consumer had no 'Lemon Law' claim against an auto manufacturer for breach of implied warranty under the Magnuson-Moss Act because there was no privity of contract between the two, as required by state law, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled. The plaintiff purchased a...
Not All Car Owners Succeed under Washington's Lemon Law.
-Tammie Dahinden walked away from her arbitration hearing confident she had made her case, sure she was on her way to unloading a car with chronic brake problems. But when the arbitrator's certified letter arrived a couple of weeks after the July 17 hearing, Dahinden was disappointed to learn she
Missouri bills address truck enforcement, idling issues
Several of interest to truck drivers are on the rise in Missouri Capitol. Among these efforts, incentives to reduce inactivity and the local situation of the implementation of the provisions of heavyweights. The Committee endorsed the House Transportation Tuesday, April 1, to approve a bill that would make the maximum