I bought a car, and I hope it's not a lemon.

Oh my god guys, I'm so happy right now. The thing is, I don't even have my driver's license yet. But some colleague who works with my dad in the insurance office is divorcing, and he doesn't need his car anymore.


Because I could get is for basically nothing, I loaned a bit of money from my parents, and bought it.

a ford escort

As you all know I basically know anything about car insurance now.  Thanks to my dad I can get a low car insurance quote.

It's a good thing that I could buy it from someone I know because my cousin also recently got a buy and got a auto insurance with a low car insurance quote. The thing is tho, that after a few days he noticed the car is damaged a lot! After a bit of research and calling with the people from the car insurance, he heard there's nothing he could do about. The car insurance is not gonna pay him to repair the damages, because car insurance is only for accidents and stuff they say. What's weird because he pays a high auto insurance quote.

So I found it weird, I went googling and I found this cool information. Appearantly in the United States they call it a lemon.

A lemon is a defective car that is found to have numerous or severe defects not readily apparent before its purchase. Any vehicle with these issues can be termed a 'lemon,' and, by extension, any product which has major flaws that render it unfit for its purpose can be described as a 'lemon'.

At the core of most lemon laws is the manufacturer's breach of warranty. A manufacturer's warranty is what makes the manufacturer legally responsible for repairs to the consumer's vehicle or good. It is a form of guarantee. An express warranty is typically a written warranty. An implied warranty unlike an express warranty, is not written. The law imposes these obligations on the manufacturer, the seller or both as a matter of public policy. These vary from state to state.

Lemon laws may cover situations even when the vehicle is not under warranty, especially if the seller failed to disclose critical information such as previous damage to the buyer. Knowingly purchasing a car in "as is" condition does not void the buyer's rights under applicable lemon laws. Lemon laws are not limited to cars. There are RV, boat, motorcycle, and wheelchair lemon laws.

(source: Wikipedia )

So the good thing is, in the USA, there are laws for this. First you have the federal law, and then almost every state has its own lemon law: Lemon Law of Wisconsin, Lemon Law of California, Lemon Law of Ohio, Lemon Law of Illinois, you get the picture.

Lemon laws are American state laws that provide a remedy for purchasers of cars in order to compensate for cars that repeatedly fail to meet standards of quality and performance. These vehicles are called lemons. The federal lemon law (the Magnuson-Moss Waranty Act) protects citizens of all states. State lemon laws vary by state and may not necessarily cover used or leased cars. The rights afforded to consumers by lemon laws may exceed the warranties expressed in purchase contracts. Lemon law is the common nickname for these laws, but each state has different names for the laws and acts.

Federal lemon laws cover anything mechanical. The federal lemon law also provides that the warranter may be obligated to pay the prevailing party's attorney in a successful lemon law suit, as do most state lemon laws.

(source: Wikipedia )

 So, good I bought it from someone I know.

Also, it's friday todayyy!!!!!