How to Buy a Used Car Without Getting Taken for a Ride
Dealerships do this hundreds of times a year; you do it once every five. Here's how to buy a used…
July 2026
How ‘American-Made’ Went From Ford and Chevy to Tesla, Honda, and Jeep
Every Fourth of July, Americans fire up the grill, raise a flag, and take pride...
A Tarp Blinded This Driver at Highway Speed — Here’s the Masterclass in Not Panicking
A tarp tearing loose from a truck and slapping across your windshield sounds like a...
Inside the 63-Person Ring That Shipped Stolen Luxury Cars From New Jersey to West Africa
New Jersey prosecutors just rolled up one of the more organized car-theft operations the state...
Illinois Now Puts a Governor on Repeat Speeders’ Cars. Here’s How the New Law Actually Works
Illinois just decided that the fix for drivers who treat posted limits as suggestions isn’t...
Baltimore Paid $400K After a Patrol SUV Hit a Teen. The Real Story Is What the Black Box Would Show
Baltimore’s spending board just cut a $400,000 check over a car crash that wasn’t really...
This El Paso Man Tried to Steal Back His Own Repossessed Car. It Didn’t Go Well
There’s a particular flavor of automotive stupidity that only surfaces when someone stops making car...
A Stolen Carvana Car Hauler Turned Highway 231 Into a Demolition Derby in Bay County
Car haulers are built to move other people’s vehicles slowly and carefully. They are not...
Rivian Is Turning a Dead Fry’s Electronics Into Its Newest Sacramento Showroom
The building where Northern California nerds once wandered fluorescent-lit aisles hunting for hard drives and...
Trump Skipped the USMCA’s First Checkup — And Your Next Car Might Pay for It
Six years to the day after it replaced NAFTA, the USMCA hit its first mandatory...
Recall Fatigue Is Real: What to Actually Do When Your Car Gets Recalled
The recall notices keep coming, and after a while they all blur into the same...
The Right-to-Repair Map: Which States Actually Let You Fix Your Own Car in 2026
Ask ten drivers whether they have a “right to repair” their own car, and most...
Guy’s Ford Explorer Had Cop Lights and a Police Radio, So Indiana Troopers Cited Him
You can buy a lot of things over the counter that have no business being...
California Man Pleads Guilty in $476K Fake-License Car Loan Fraud
James Raymond Hanes had a simple trick, and like most simple tricks that end in...
Mercedes C300 Flees Trooper, Hits Semi Head-On the Wrong Way on I-55
Fleeing a traffic stop is a bad bet on its own. Doing it the wrong...