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This site is owned and operated by Automotive-DIY.com. Automotive-DIY.com shall not be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages including, but not limited to:  damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses (Even if Automotive-DIY.com has been advised of the possibility of such damages), resulting from:

I. The use or the inability to use the Automotive-DIY.com;

II. The cost of procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from any goods, data, information or services purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into, through, or from Automotive-DIY.com;

III. Unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data;

IV. Statements or conduct of any third party on Automotive-DIY.com or any other matter relating to Automotive-DIY.com.

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Statements and/or opinions expressed on this web site are not necessarily those of the web site owner(s), and are not edited, approved, sanctioned, authorized or sponsored by said owner.  Any person, agency or entity, public or private who posts, issues, publishes or communicates statements or opinions to or on this Website shall be solely liable and responsible for any claim or cause of action based upon or alleging false, misleading, improper or inaccurate statements or opinions arising from such posting, issuance, publication or communication, including but not limited to actions for defamation, invasion of privacy, or infliction of emotional distress.

Any person, agency or entity, public or private, who posts, issues, publishes, or communicates statements or opinions to or on this Website thereby agrees to hold harmless and indemnify the owner of this Website for any expenses, damages, or costs, including but not limited to attorney fees, incurred by the owner of this Website in defending itself for any claim, cause of action or liability asserted against it arising from such statements or opinions.

3. Do not upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any "content" that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, torturous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another person's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, sexually, or otherwise objectionable on Automotive-DIY.com.

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Limitations of Liability

Information contained on this Website is for general guidance only. Although we make every effort to ensure that information and advice on this Website is accurate, the appropriate materials, tools and methods can vary widely based on the specific facts involved. Accordingly, information provided on the Website is unlikely to be comprehensive. If you are inexperienced in carrying out DIY work, or are unsure of your abilities, you should always seek expert advice from appropriate qualified consultants and service providers. It is your responsibility to ensure that you read and follow all product use and safety information at all times.

The on-line help and advice service is provided to assist you with your DIY projects. Any advice is provided in good faith on the basis that the information supplied by you is complete and accurate. The advice should not be relied upon in substitution for appropriate professional expert advice.

We strongly recommend that any manuals and safety instructions provided with tools, products or materials used in carrying out any DIY project should be read and carefully followed at all times.

Our Rights

We reserve the right to:
Modify or withdraw, temporarily or permanently, this Website (or any part thereof) with or without notice to you and you confirm that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification to or withdrawal of the Website; and/or
change the Terms and Conditions at any time without notice, and your continued use of the Website (or any part thereof) following such change shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change. It is your responsibility to check regularly to determine whether the Conditions have been changed.

Site Security

Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Site, including, without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for such user or logging onto a server or an account which the user is not authorized to access; (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (c) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Site, overloading, "flooding," "spamming," "mailbombing" or "crashing;" (d) sending unsolicited email, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services; or (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. Automotive-DIY.com has the right but not the obligation to investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations. You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Site or any activity being conducted on this Site. You agree, further, not to use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search this Site other than the search engine and search agents available from Automotive-DIY.com on this Site and other than generally available third party web browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer).

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