That woman suing Honda in the US small claims court

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Thu 2 Feb 2012 09:35
That woman suing Honda in the US small claims court - Ethan Edwards

Over her Honda hybrids awful fuel economy and the misleading advertising that Honda ran.

She won.

$9,867 but Honda will appeal...otherwise they'll lose Billions.

http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-autos-honda-lawsuit-20120202,0,845180.story

Edited by Ethan Edwards on 02/02/2012 at 09:35

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Thu 2 Feb 2012 11:00
That woman suing Honda in the US small claims court - dieseldogg

Three seperate issues

(i)The real world relevance of the data /stats that were being uses by Honda?

(ii) The accuracy or otherwise of the advertising regarding above?

(iii) The actual usuage of the car permed with yer womans driving technique?

I moderately sympathise with her complaint but scratch my head in disbelief that there are actually people who apparently belive what the advertisers choose to tell them.

Should someone so lacking in cognetive faculties even be allowed to drive?

Edited by dieseldogg on 02/02/2012 at 11:02

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Thu 2 Feb 2012 14:19
That woman suing Honda in the US small claims court - focussed

There is simple message here for manufacturers-if you don't want to get sued for lying about the fuel consumption of your cars, don't lie about the fuel consumption of your cars in the first place-simples.

The overoptimistic fuel economy claims from most of the makers of these hybrid lash-ups is getting to be a habit.

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Thu 2 Feb 2012 14:42
That woman suing Honda in the US small claims court - thunderbird

Its different in the US. In the EU manufacturers don't test their own cars but the figures that are acheived on the simulation tests are the only ones that can be quoted plus much like any appliance you but the energy efficiency rating has to be displayed at the point of sale.

I don't blame the manufacturers, its the system which needs changing. Meanwhile just be realistic and you won't be disapointed.

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Thu 2 Feb 2012 14:44
That woman suing Honda in the US small claims court - dieseldogg

I just remembered that per our current EC test regime, a Hybrid is allowed to commence the test with a fully charged battery, the battery charge may however be significently depleted by the end of the official test.

This "missing" energy is not taken into account.

So wit a bit of finagling 999mpg should be entirely possible, with a big enough battery.

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