Having a vehicle that is covered by a lemon law issue makes it a LOT cheaper to reach a solution with the manufacturer. Since the Slingshot is not covered by the lemon law, any legal action is going to be MAJORLY expensive. No lawyer would take these cases on a contingency basis, and any quality law firm billable hourly rates would probably start at the $300 per hour for paralegal work on up to the high hundreds per hour for am associate attorney. That alone makes manufacturers less than inclined to settle early on based on simple statements of "I'm going to sue". Trust me on one thing - as a LOT of forum members here know, I was screwed out of close to $10.000 from a Slingshot aftermarket vendor. After speaking with several law firms, the best consideration I was able to receive as an offer to represent me was writing a letter threatening legal action which received no response (Just as I had told them it would). They then returned the remainder of my retainer and said it would end up costing me close to 90% to 95% of my damages with no guarantees of a winning judgement. Plus even if we were to win, the odds of collecting that judgement would take another few thousand dollars. So as much as it sucks, big business is in the drivers seat and could care less about how many unit sales they lose from bad reviews as there are people willing to step up and fill the voids. Not all buyers do their research before tossing their hard earned money at a limited production product. Bottom line. I'm out the original amount plus legal fees and can't even use that loss on my tax return.
I had even thought of starting a go fund me page to raise enough funds to make me whole and any extra funds would be used for some big time partying in Maggie Valley during the next Slingshot event.
Which FL dealer has it now? Adventure Motor Sports.
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