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Replying to: imidazol97 (Sep 26, 2004 11:20 am) |
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I don't think the law is always cut and dried. A lot of it depends on what is 'reasonable', like in "guilty beyond a reasonable doubt". In this case, I think it would have been reasonable for the salesman to drive the car first and demonstrate how to operate anything that was a little tricky. It also would have been reasonable for the buyer to be careful when trying anything tricky, like the tranny thing that got her in trouble. It looks to me like both parties were somewhat negligent. By the way, I just heard on the news here in D.C. that five teenagers were killed in two accidents over in Maryland last night. How sad. Things like that make damaging a tire, or me being upset because I hit a bad 5-iron on the last hole this morning, seem so minor. I think I will go help my wife fix dinner. |
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Last week. a couple of 17year olds lost control of their car on what is called " Roller Coaster Hill". Hit a tree...both dead. Nice kids who were good students. Funny...the town I grew up in had a Roller Coaster Hill too and I remember almost losing it myself one dark night so many years ago. |
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| I wonder how many of those teens would have survived by wearing that novelty item known as a seat belt? In my experience, and from what I have read, most of the teens that have died, did so mostly due to lack of seatbelt useage. I know, I buried a friend, age 25, he wasn't wearing his seat belt. It was his 4th major accident, this one was his fault. All others he was hit buy drunks or redlight runners. He didn't like wearing his belt, it crimped his style. He was an only child. Was such a nice kid, new him since he was 14. | |
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Replying to: bowke28 (Sep 26, 2004 8:47 am) |
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Sep 26, 2004 10:12 am) |
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Replying to: cargal2 (Sep 26, 2004 5:29 am) |
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Reminds me of a story decades ago about the customers who returned from a test drive during which the hood popped open and was ripped off the convertible by aerodynamic forces. They were naturally fearful as they drove in with the hood in the back seat. They were surprised at the reaction of the dealer - "Hell, don't worry about the hood. We have insurance for that kind of stuff. How did you like the drive?" Ole Cal got one fan that day with that PR move! |
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| Good Ol' Cal, good for something besides entertaining commercials. | |
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Re your comment: "Your comment is just an example of one of societies (sic) major problems these days, no sense of responsiblity.' I have to agree with you but I didn't realize you could see the dealer wasn't wanting to take responsibility and pay for the tire/wheel and/or have his insurance pay for it. He probably wants to keep his claims down on insurance. Note the later comment: "They were surprised at the reaction of the dealer - "Hell, don't worry about the hood. We have insurance for that kind of stuff. How did you like the drive?" That's how the dealer should have handled it. But dealer doesn't want to take responsibility and do the business-wise thing. "one of society's major problems these days..." --businesses who want the government to pay their costs or reduce their taxes while the people pay for everything....
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