Archive for August, 2010

If your new vehicle has manufacturing defect, that directly affects functioning and safety of the vehicle, then you can simply hire an advocate, or get help from car consumer helpline, or a lemon car helpline to get help.
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The latest buzz word in car repairs is the acronym S.M.A.R.T . The acronym SMART stands for Small, Medium Area Repair Technique. This revolutionary car repair technique is saving customers' money by repairing only damaged areas of a vehicle. There is no longer a need to repair an entire vehicle surface for a scratch on...
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According to California law, the first time that a lemon vehicle is resold, it must have a one-year factory warranty. The law requires as well that the car has a "lemon law buyback" title and a "lemon" sticker on the door jamb. The cars cannot be sold "as is". In case you were sold...
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Problem is most people ARE smart. They check the reviews, go online, talk on forums. Which is great. Issue is they depend on Internet forums instead of proper statistics. Half knowledge is dangerous knowledge. Other consumers just buy a car based on the price tag.
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You get a new car. You got the warranty. What do you do, when you are like me - a woman who is non mechanical? You make sure that car is properly maintained!!! So, I learnt these three GOLDEN rules from a car consumer helpline article in California.
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In the past, govt. has pulled out all the stops to help the 'petrol' giants by subsidizing gas guzzling cars! Look, where it got us. Instead of offering subsidies to work on alternative fuels, it is really the same old story in a brand new avatar. Same wine in a new 'obamaized' bottle!. Of...
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