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Empty Lots, Tight Credit and Five-Hour Deals Drag Down Car Buyer Satisfaction
New-car shoppers spent September learning an old lesson: the price on the window is only one of the problems. CDK Global’s monthly Ease of Purchase survey, which asks recent buyers whether getting their car was easy, slipped to 79% last month, CDK’s September scorecard shows. July and August both sat at 81%, so September marks…
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Constable: Tahoe Theft Suspects Had List of 2026 Buyers
Before sunrise on Thursday, Sept. 17, a deputy with the Harris County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office broke up an attempt to take a 2026 Chevrolet Tahoe from a driveway in Houston’s Garden Oaks neighborhood. Investigators say they found a laptop connected to the SUV’s onboard computer, and Constable Alan Rosen told KHOU 11 that his…
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Watch: Garbage Truck Crew Releases Bear Locals Call ‘Chungus’ From the Back of Their Truck After a Worker Realized the Animal Was Inside
A waste collection crew released a bear that locals call “Chungus” from the back of a garbage truck after a worker said he realized the animal was inside, according to video ABC News posted with an Oct. 2, 2026 date on screen. The video does not say where it happened, and The Auto Wire has…
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Watch: Sheriff Posts Video of Woman Doing Donuts on Indiana Courthouse Lawn — Now She Faces an OWI Charge
A woman in her late 60s drove a sedan in circles across the lawn of the Jennings County Courthouse in Vernon, Indiana, on Monday, Oct. 5, and the sheriff’s office had a surveillance camera pointed at the whole thing. The sheriff’s office said she was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and what it…
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San Diego State Can Barnacle Your Car After 5 Unpaid Tickets. Your HOA Can’t.
San Diego State can immobilize cars with five unpaid tickets. California Vehicle Code 22651.7(b) bars private lots and HOAs from doing the same.
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Ford’s EV Sales Keep Sliding, Mach-E Inventory Piles Up, and Hybrids Fill the Gap
Ford’s third-quarter sales release covers a lot of ground. It talks up retail share, Super Duty production, Bronco records, and software subscriptions. What it doesn’t include anywhere in the narrative is an electric-vehicle sales number. The only EV mention is a sales incentive near the end. When a company that once built its future around…
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Charlotte Police Stopped an ‘Actual Couch’ on Two Lime Scooters and Said ‘Rethink the Ride’
CMPD stopped two men riding a couch on two Lime scooters down South Tryon Street. The bigger exposure sits in Lime’s user agreement, which voids rider coverage on a breach.
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Florida Deputies Grappled a Wanted Driver on I-75. His 16 Felonies Don’t Include Fleeing.
Hillsborough deputies used a Grappler to stop a wanted driver on I-75 near Fowler Avenue. His 16 felony charges include two car-reporting counts and none for fleeing.
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Ford Recalls 565,691 Broncos Over a Wiring Harness That Can Chafe, Arc and Risk a Fire
Recall headlines love big numbers, and this one has a whopper. Read the actual federal filing, though, and the story becomes less “every Bronco is a fire hazard” and more “Ford found a weak spot in a wiring harness and decided to wrap all of them.” The numbers, straight from the filing Ford’s Part 573…
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Trump’s Red Diesel Order Turns a 24.4-Cent Fuel Tax Into an IOU
The Oct. 5 order defers the federal tax on red diesel used on highways through Dec. 31. The seller usually owes it, and interstate truckers still owe the states.
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Police Say a Baker Act Patient Left a Hialeah Hospital, Took a Woman’s Nissan and Hit 85 MPH
Police say a Baker Act patient left a Hialeah hospital, took a woman’s Nissan and hit 85 mph. A Florida burglary law is why he’s held without bond.
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Chevy’s Pink Corvette Pace Car Pledges $500 Per Caution Lap to Fight Breast Cancer
Nobody in a NASCAR grandstand cheers for a caution. This month, Chevrolet is giving fans at two tracks a reason to at least tolerate them. Chevrolet is bringing back its specially themed pink Corvette Stingray to pace the NASCAR Cup Series field at Talladega Superspeedway and Martinsville Speedway, according to the company’s official announcement. The…
