Quotes about C.A.R.S.

"CARS is one of the most consistently strong consumer groups...Consumers can thank CARS for today's lemon laws, air bags and generally safer cars." -- Clarence Ditlow, Executive Director, Center for Auto Safety, Washington, DC. "Safe Passage: driven to push for better auto laws," San Diego Union-Tribune, June 15, 1991

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CARS Founder, Rosemary Shahan, is "as tenacious as a bulldog, consistent as the Milky Way, and as humane in her own way as Mother Teresa." -- Ralph Nader, consumer advocate. Safe Passage: driven to push for better auto laws," San Diego Union-Tribune, June 15, 1991

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"Auto company lobbyists here not only know who [CARS founder Shahan] is, they acknowledge that she does their homework. Automakers are reluctant to discuss Shahan, but during the past year they have begun to gripe informally that she knows all too well how to draw national attention to air bags, which auto makers have fought for for than 15 years as being too costly...in sum, says a Toyota Motor Corp. lobbyist: 'She has everything it takes to cause this industry many headaches for many years.'" -- "Auto activist steers fight for air bags," Detroit Free Press, Jan. 11, 1987

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"There's going to be a big lemon aid party in Lemon Grove, CA...[CARS Founder] is planning to celebrate the passage of the 'lemon law' bill giving vehicle owners increased rights when it comes to cars that turn out to be lemons... It was her encounter with a dealership in Lemon Grove that started the push for the law... Since then, she has pursued making getting lemon-aid easier for other consumers...
One manufacturer testified that his firm might take 30 tries to have a single problem fixed. The new law says that if a substantial defect isn't remedied after 4 repair attempts or 30 days out of service, the owner is entitled to a refund or replacement." -- "After 3 1/2 years of bitter struggle, the lemon law finds sweet success," The Daily Californian, July 10, 1982

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CARS Founder "has proved that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Three years ago, she was a lone picketer, protesting at an auto dealership in Lemon Grove...she started lobbying for a 'lemon law' bill, fighting her way from San Diego to Sacramento, where she watched Gov. Edmond Brown Jr. sign the bill into law...Assemblywoman Sally Tanner, who authored the law, flew her to Sacramento" for the signing ceremony. -- "Originator of 'lemon auto' protest sees it bear fruit," Los Angeles Times, July 9, 1982