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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 922054" data-attributes="member: 12952">Woman takes unique road to sue Honda over mileageTORRANCE, Calif. — A woman who&nbsp; expected her 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid to be her dream car wants Honda to&nbsp; pay for not delivering the high mileage it promised.Heather Peters says her car never came close to getting the promised 50&nbsp; miles per gallon, and as its battery deteriorated, it was getting only&nbsp; 30 mpg.She wants Honda to pay for her trouble and the extra money she&nbsp; spent on gas.&quot;I was shocked,&quot; she said. &quot;I wrote to Honda and said I would take&nbsp; $7,500, which was then the limit on small claims in California.It is&nbsp; going up to $10,000 in 2012.&quot;She said she also offered to trade her hybrid for a comparable car&nbsp; with a manual transmission, the only thing she trusted at that point.&quot;I wrote the letter and I said, ’If you don’t respond, I will file a&nbsp; suit in small claims court.’I gave them my phone number,&quot; she said.&nbsp; &quot;They never called, and I filed the suit.&quot;She said she also sent emails to top executives at Honda with no response.A trial is set for Tuesday afternoon in Torrance, where American Honda Motor Co. has its West Coast headquarters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 922054, member: 12952"] Woman takes unique road to sue Honda over mileage TORRANCE, Calif. — A woman who expected her 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid to be her dream car wants Honda to pay for not delivering the high mileage it promised. Heather Peters says her car never came close to getting the promised 50 miles per gallon, and as its battery deteriorated, it was getting only 30 mpg. She wants Honda to pay for her trouble and the extra money she spent on gas. "I was shocked," she said. "I wrote to Honda and said I would take $7,500, which was then the limit on small claims in California. It is going up to $10,000 in 2012." She said she also offered to trade her hybrid for a comparable car with a manual transmission, the only thing she trusted at that point. "I wrote the letter and I said, ’If you don’t respond, I will file a suit in small claims court.’ I gave them my phone number," she said. "They never called, and I filed the suit." She said she also sent emails to top executives at Honda with no response. A trial is set for Tuesday afternoon in Torrance, where American Honda Motor Co. has its West Coast headquarters. [/QUOTE]

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