I have had two lemons in my life time (70yrs) one was a 72 Chrysler,
> the other was a 76 Pontiac. The 72 was my first new car, the ones
> before were always used. Both dealers were bad and this was before
> the lemon law. I am now on my third Subaru from two different
> dealers. One was just so so, the last has been real good. If you
> bought the car used, you don't know how it was treated before. Also
> there was a local used car dealer here that was fined and was excluded
> from dealing for four years for turning back odemeters. This is a > federal offense.
Though it wasn't a "lemon" by definition, my grandma ordered a '76 Olds Cutlass Supreme. She ordered a blue two door with a white top and interior, and the smallest engine available, a V6 I believe. When she picked up the car and turned out onto the main road, she laid a track of rubber several yards long. When my dad and uncle checked the car out after she got back home, they discovered that GM had "mistakenly" installed the largest available engine, some ungodly huge V8 that no old lady would ever want or need. Even the window sticker said it was the small engine and everything. I guess you could say that was a "good" thing, but unfortunately the car had tons of problems after the warranty ran out, culminating in a cracked engine block.
-Matt