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Isn’t this one of the known caveats to buying a hybrid?
I hope this lady is awarded NOTHING. Do some research next time you gold digger.
I have a feeling that the car has not been in hybrid mode for a long while. So it’s just like a regular Civic lugging around hundreds of extra pounds of batteries. I’m sure there’s a data logging computer on board which would indicate this.
If it was in hybrid mode, then she deserves a settlement. Small claims is the way to go since regular court class action is nothing more than a lawyer employment exercise.
The best line in the story was the one by the shyster stating that class action shysters aren’t in it “just for the money. They believe that they are representing the underdog.” LOL.
Back in the 1980s I had a girlfriend who owned 1983 4-door Civic that I used to drive all the time. I would routinely get over 40 miles per gallon (I got 44 mpg once on a trip from Granada Hills, CA to Yosemite Valley.) That’s why I laugh when I hear stories like this. If the statists would just leave well enough alone the free-market would have kept cars like that around and improved on them.
I had heard about this before but didn’t know it was a stupid hybrid. I routinely see hybrids pulled over halfway up the mountain as they stop to re-charge their batteries so they can make it up over the top.
I had a ‘88 Honda CRX that got 50 miles a gallon easily - off of gas.
Never could figure out why everyone gets so excited about hybrids that get 40-45mpg.
Sometimes I wish I still had that CRX now!
Two points on why she will lose: 1)The figures are identified as estimates, not guaranteed results; 2)Honda is not the source of the estimates, they are determined by tests done by the federal government.
Aaron Jacoby, a Los Angeles attorney who heads the automotive industry group at the Arent Fox law firm, said Peters’ strategy, while intriguing, is unlikely to change the course of class-action litigation.
“In the class-action, the potential claimants don’t have to do anything,” Jacoby said. “It’s designed to be an efficient way for a court to handle multiple claims of the same type.”
He also questioned her criticism of lawyers’ fees. Jacoby said class-action lawyers do extensive work that involves many clients and sometimes spans years. And they are not in it just for money.
“They’re representing the underdog, and they believe they are performing a public duty,” he said. “Many of these people could not get lawyers to represent them individually.”
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Wahhhhhooooo That’s the funniest thing I ever read.
Lawyers aren’t in it for the money. LMAO, This guy should go on TV he is a great comedian.
Shouldn’t she be suing the EPA? The Government is responsible for testing the cars to determine MPG.