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Old November 4th, 2007, 5:22 AM   #1
 
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Hawaii buyer sues over 'lemon' Lamborghini

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Auto dealer Morrie Stoebner thinks he knows a lemon when he sees it. These days the owner of Honda Windward said he doesn't have to look farther than his own parking space, which houses a yellow Lamborghini Murcielago purchased for $285,579.

The sleek "super car," which can hit speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour, is at the heart of a legal dispute between one of Hawai'i's biggest Honda dealers and one of the world's leading exotic carmakers.

Yeah, I know it's late, but I didn't notice this article the first time around in the papers. I only saw it after I was prepping my Newspapers for the recycling bin.
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Hes purchased a Italian car.....and hes supprised why? images/smilies/tongue.gif
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Don't you mean a German car? images/smilies/wink.gif
lol its both if you wanna be technical.

seriously though....

what did he expect? he bought a Lamborghini from a Honda dealership.images/smilies/lol.gif that says lemon all over it.
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what did he expect? he bought a Lamborghini from a Honda dealership.images/smilies/lol.gif that says lemon all over it.
I dont think he bought it from a Honda dealership, he owns a Honda dealership.
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And this is why i never would by a Lambo (pre-audi).

If i had the $, i would rather go for a 5 year old ferrari.

..oh, who am i kidding... i'd buy a porsche images/smilies/smile.gif
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Umm, isn't the Murc post-Audi?
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edit: crap, some damn Canadian beat me to it..images/smilies/tongue.gif
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A $285'000 lemon is nothing, don't you all remember the $2'000'000 lemon that was a Mercedes CLK GTR Roadster a-year-and-a-half ago...? In fact 20% of them were lemons... images/smilies/lol.gif

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A $285'000 lemon is nothing, don't you all remember the $2'000'000 lemon that was a Mercedes CLK GTR Roadster a-year-and-a-half ago...? In fact 20% of them were lemons... images/smilies/lol.gif

http://checkengine.spb.ru/Mercedes-Benz/CLK%20GTR%20Roadster%202002/CLK-GTR-Roadster-1.jpg

but but it looks so hot...

didn't this car have the highest rate of issues out of any MB ever?
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but didn't it have issues since MB didn't have plans on making a road version? i can see that happening since they wouldn't of had time to develop it for the road.
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A polite way to say piece of crap, essentially. Usually in terms of how it was put together, not necessarily bad design.
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