You can have fun and put additional pressure on a seller or garage by putting a lemon sign on your Toronto airport limo and parking it in front of the dealer or garage, creating a lemon website, or forming a self-help group, like the Chrysler Lemon Owners Group (CLOG) or the Ford Lemon Owners Group (FLOG). After forming your group, you can have the occasional parade of creatively decorated cars visit area dealerships as the local media are convened. Just remember: Keep your remarks pithy and factual, don’t interfere with traffic or customers, and remain peaceful.
One other piece of advice from this consumer advocate with hundreds of pickets and mass demonstrations over the past 34 years under his belt: Keep a sense of humour and never break off negotiations.
Finally, don’t be scared off by threats that it’s illegal to criticize a product or company. Unions, environmentalists, and consumer groups do it regularly (it’s called "informational picketing"), and the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Guinard reaffirmed this right in February 2002.
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