Lemon Laws

You thought the car was awesome. It's paint job certainly was. But then you drove it home and the union workers who built it were angry that day. So they left a few pennies in the doors. They rattle. Then a few of the carbuerator hoses weren't sealed properly and one flew off. Then there was that bubble in the tire and the scratches that started happening on the windows. The car was just "not meant to be"--it was a lemon. A bitter tasting thing that was not meant to be eaten alone. So you were able, under your state's "Lemon Laws" to take the car back to the dealership that day for a full refund, leaving it up to the dealer to then go back to the manufacturer to placate the workers who messed it up and fix the car so it could be sold as something better than a Lemon.

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