A man in Germany who bought a new Volvo, sued the manufacturer after he found his feet were to big for the gas pedal.
Michael Herzog's size 12 feet had trouble using the pedals of his new Volvo C70 coupe, and a judge in the southern German town of Wiesloch said the car maker should have catered for them.
The German court ordered the car-dealer to pay Herzog, 5 per-cent of the price of his car back to him, approx US$2700, which he used to buy a specially made pair of shoes that allowed him to squeeze his foot into the space.
He was also compensated for the time spent changing back into street shoes each time he got out of the car to meet clients.
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