Filed under: Car Buying, Maintenance, GM
Now that leasing seems to be going through a slow phase-out, shoppers looking for a good deal on a newish vehicle may take a harder gander at certified pre-owned...
Archive: august 19, 2008
Mechanic arrested for not giving up vehicle to angry customer
Filed under: Maintenance, Carsumer Advocacy, Humor
Remember last week when we told you about a tuner shop in Florida that got stuck holding a $16,000 bill after customizing some broke guy's Toyota Celica? That shop is resolving its dispute through the courts and will likely end up selling the car to make its money back, but a mechanic in the U.K. named Darren Tandy recently found himself in a similar situation with a very different outcome. A customer came to pick up his Land Rover recently and refused to pay the agreed upon price of £1127 for the service work that Darren had done. At first...
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Filed under: Maintenance, Carsumer Advocacy, Humor
Remember last week when we told you about a tuner shop in Florida that got stuck holding a $16,000 bill after customizing some broke guy's Toyota Celica...
Remember last week when we told you about a tuner shop in Florida that got stuck holding a $16,000 bill after customizing some broke guy's Toyota Celica...
Filed under: Spy Photos, Convertibles, Paris Motor Show, Maserati
Never underestimate a car guy on holiday. That's the lesson to be learned by Maserati, which apparently left a Gran Turismo Spyder mule...
Never underestimate a car guy on holiday. That's the lesson to be learned by Maserati, which apparently left a Gran Turismo Spyder mule...
Filed under: Chrysler, LLC., Ford, GM
After years of incremental improvement in customer satisfaction, a study from the University of Michigan shows that overall, Detroit automakers have declined versu...
After years of incremental improvement in customer satisfaction, a study from the University of Michigan shows that overall, Detroit automakers have declined versu...
Filed under: Car Buying, Marketing/Advertising, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM, GMC, HUMMER, Saab, Saturn
It is no secret that the automotive industry is hurting for sales to close out 2008. Over the past...
It is no secret that the automotive industry is hurting for sales to close out 2008. Over the past...
Filed under: Alfa Romeo
Be patient. In the inherently fast-paced automotive industry, it's quite a thing to ask. But that's exactly what Alfa Romeo has demanded of the eager legions of its fans in the United...
Be patient. In the inherently fast-paced automotive industry, it's quite a thing to ask. But that's exactly what Alfa Romeo has demanded of the eager legions of its fans in the United...
Filed under: Carsumer Advocacy
It's time once again to wield the hammer of Carsumer Advocacy. In today's episode, however, it's not the consumer being oppressed by the big, bad corporation, but rather the...
It's time once again to wield the hammer of Carsumer Advocacy. In today's episode, however, it's not the consumer being oppressed by the big, bad corporation, but rather the...
Filed under: Car Buying, Trucks/Pickups, Etc., Chevrolet
I once bought an ice cream cone with two fistfuls of pennies. It did not make me popular on that busy summer's day many years ago, but I got my sugar...
I once bought an ice cream cone with two fistfuls of pennies. It did not make me popular on that busy summer's day many years ago, but I got my sugar...
Filed under: Earnings/Financials, UK
A new business deal signed between the BBC on the one hand and Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson and producer Andy Wilman on the other could see the vast expansion of the...
A new business deal signed between the BBC on the one hand and Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson and producer Andy Wilman on the other could see the vast expansion of the...
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