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Two faulty Jeeps teach lessons on how car buyers can ‘reject’ faulty vehicles
ANALYSIS: On October 4, Canterbury man Michael Henry returned a faulty 2011 Jeep Cherokee to the dealer who sold it to him for $27,782 just under five months earlier. “He has not seen the vehicle again,” Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunal adjudicator DM Jackson recorded in a decision published in late March. Henry’s car was not repaired until February 8, the day before the tribunal was to hear Henry’s request to be allowed to “reject” the Jeep, Jackson said. Under the Consumer Guarantees Act, buyers have legal protections when they buy vehicles from dealers, which ensure that those vehicles are of acceptable quality, cases before the tribunal have established. READ MORE:*…
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Bubba Wallace rebuilds confidence on track, community off it
A slow start to the NASCAR Cup Series season — two crashes and an engine failure through six races — has Bubba Wallace looking internally for the steadiness he needs to pull himself out of this early slump. It was his mother who encouraged Wallace to do some self-reflection. “It’s day by day, right? Just got to be a better version of myself,” Wallace told The Associated Press this week. “My mom had said to me, ‘You know, if you want things to change, you got to change yourself.’ So I’m just trying to change myself and be more active, working out, eating better, and just trying to have a…
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94th Arkansas General Assembly/Tires: Legislation Introduced to Amend Used Tire Recycling and Accountability Act | Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C.
Download PDF Senate Bill 508 (“SB 508”) has been introduced which would amend various aspects of the Used Tire Recycling and Accountability Act (“Tire Act”). SB 508 was introduced by Senator J. Payton. The Arkansas General Assembly enacted legislation a number of years ago whose purpose is to ensure the appropriate management of waste tires in Arkansas. Amendments have been made to the original legislation including an extensive rewrite that created the Tire Act. Both the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the Arkansas Regional Solid Waste Management Districts have traditionally played an extensive role in the program. For example, DEQ has had…
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Heart of Racing program elevates women in sports cars
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Inside this former textile mill, a retro building built in 1892 with massive floor-to-ceiling windows and sturdy brick, Toyota has planted a future seed with the GR Cup. Once a hub for making cotton dye, the first floor has been turned into a factory that churned out spec sports cars for the past year as Toyota Racing Development prepares to launch its first single-make series. The inaugural season of the Toyota Gazoo Racing GR Cup will begin this weekend at Sonoma Raceway, the first of seven SRO-sanctioned events (each with two races) featuring a field of homologated GR86 production models that have been modified for racing with…
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Car Maintenance E-Commerce Platform Tuhu Updates Prospectus to Debut in Hong Kong
Tuhu Car Inc., an e-commerce platform for automobile maintenance, has updated its prospectus on March 30 to debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. This marks the company’s third submission of a prospectus and it is being jointly sponsored by Goldman Sachs, CICC, Bank of America, and UBS. Tuhu, a Shanghai-based company established in 2011 with the goal of simplifying car maintenance, offers users various services and products such as tire replacement, car detailing, and automotive supplies. The company submitted its prospectus for an IPO to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in January 2022. However, its application status was changed to “invalid” in July of that year because it did…
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Realtimecampaign.com Asks the Question Why Invest in Auto Repair Software?
PRESS RELEASE Published March 31, 2023
