When I researched Indian superstitions, car-related beliefs ranked among the top 15—such as crushing lemons under the wheels to avoid accidents. It is a symbolic mix of celebration and possessiveness, never mind the number of cars that have choked our city lives with pollution and traffic snarls.

Pronouns are stand-ins for proper nouns (i.e., names), when the proper name of a person or thing is either not known or has been previously used, as in “The other children didn’t want to play with Billy because he was a bully.” In that sentence, “Billy” is a proper noun, while “he” is a pronoun.

The lemon (Citrus lemon) is a hesperidium, a berry with a leathery rind. The exocarp (peel) contains volatile oil glands (essential oils) in pits. The fleshy interior (endocarp) is composed of separate sections (carpels) filled with fluid-filled sacs (vesicles) that are actually specialized hair cells.

The lemon (Citrus limon) is a species of small evergreen tree in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, native to South Asia, primarily Northeast India….

The thought is that buying a junk car gives you the exact feeling of being hustled. While defective cars were called lemons by most people in 1960, an ad from Volkswagen cemented the term in our vocabulary. The ad featured a Volkswagen Beetle with the word lemon below the car.

Lemons contain citric acid, which is corrosive and damaging to tooth enamel. It’s not until lemon juice has been fully digested and metabolized that it becomes alkaline. So, it’s important to ingest lemon juice sparingly, assuming the acid can and will eventually affect your tooth enamel.

Consumer protection legislation typically labels vehicles as “lemons” if the same problem recurs despite multiple repair attempts (such as three times in a row over a short period, where previous attempts have not corrected the problem) or where defects have caused a new vehicle to be out of service for a prolonged …

This may come about when cars that have been through front end or rear end accidents have not been taken off the road properly and are instead used to produce one superficially, at least, undamaged car. The practice is illegal and brings with it a number of hazards to buyers.

Listed alphabetically by make and model, these 108 vehicles have a record of much-worse-than-average reliability, based on subscriber responses to our Annual Auto Surveys….Worst Used Cars.

The Act states the car must be “of a satisfactory quality”, “fit for purpose” and “as described”. (For a used car, “satisfactory quality” takes into account the car’s age and mileage.) You have a right to reject something faulty and you are entitled to a full refund within 30 days of purchase in most cases.

Yes. A used car can and often does qualify under the lemon laws as long as it was sold with a written warranty. Often times, used vehicles are sold while still under the manufacturer’s warranty and/or a warranty from the dealer. If this is the case, then your used car may qualify under the lemon laws.

In order to qualify as a lemon under most state laws, the car must:

1. have a substantial defect covered by the warranty that occurred within a certain period of time or number of miles after you bought the car, and.
2. not be fixed after a reasonable number of repair attempts.

13 Tricks to Try

1. Check the Reliability Record. A good way to reduce the risk of purchasing a trouble-prone vehicle is to select models with a good reliability record before you begin shopping.
2. Read the Window Sticker.
3. Check the Exterior.
4. Check the Interior.
5. Check Under the Hood.
6. Check the Tires.
7. Check the Steering.