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Watch: A Missing License Plate Turns Into Handcuffs the Moment This Tesla Driver Says ‘I Don’t Have To’
A traffic stop over a missing license plate should be one of the most forgettable things that happens to a driver all day. Hand over identification, let the officer sort it out, and drive away a few minutes later. One Tesla driver in Orlando took the opposite approach, and turned what was likely headed toward…
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A McLaren, a Bentley, and 12 Other Cars Seized in an Alleged $30 Million Kids’ Healthcare Scam
Fourteen Cars, One Ugly Allegation A McLaren. A Bentley. Six different Mercedes-Benz models. Fourteen luxury vehicles in total, now sitting in a federal impound lot as evidence in a case federal prosecutors say involves turning a children’s health program into a personal slush fund. The vehicles were allegedly purchased using money meant to fund behavioral…
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He Wrapped His Cars in Trump Flags, Turned Down $50K, and Now Wants $100K in Court
A Neighborhood Flag Dispute Became a Federal Free-Speech Fight A Long Island man turned his personal vehicles into rolling political statements, and those same vehicles are now driving a legal fight that shows no sign of slowing down. Michael Wasserman recently rejected a $50,000 settlement offer from the City of Long Beach, choosing to continue…
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Instead of Writing a Bad Review, This Rivian Owner Spray-Painted His Truck and Built a Website
When a Bad Review Isn’t Enough Most frustrated car owners write a scathing review, fire off an angry email, or vent in an online forum somewhere. Jake Burns went considerably further. He spray-painted slogans including “DON’T BUY JUNK” and “RIVIAN IS JUNK” across the body of his own Rivian R1T, then parked the truck directly…
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Toyota’s Tundra V6 Recall Won’t Replace Every Bad Engine, and Owners Aren’t Having It
A Software Check, Not a Guaranteed Swap If you bought a Toyota specifically because you wanted the automotive equivalent of a brick that reliably starts every morning, the last two years have probably been a rough stretch to watch unfold. The latest development in the saga surrounding the Tundra’s twin-turbo V6 has arrived, and it’s…
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This Week’s Wildest Car Stories: A $25K EV Reality Check and a NASCAR Champion Winning a Lottery From Beyond the Grave
It was a genuinely strange week across the auto world, spanning a reality check on cheap-EV hype, an actual winnable 850-horsepower Shelby, a deep dive into a viral auto-debt scare, and a story so odd it barely sounds real. Here’s a rundown of the stories worth catching up on this weekend. Slate’s $25K Electric Truck…
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Why Thieves Are Stripping Ford Trucks Down to Cinder Blocks Overnight
The Nightmare Waiting in the Driveway Across the country, a growing number of Ford owners are walking outside and finding a nightmare where their truck used to be. Instead of a vehicle ready for the morning commute, they discover an SUV or pickup propped up on cinder blocks with every wheel stripped away overnight. It’s…
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Why This Uber Rider Felt He Had to Film His Own Driver Asleep at 65 MPH
The Video That Shouldn’t Have Needed to Exist A rideshare trip on one of Southern California’s busiest freeways turned into something an Orange County passenger felt he had no real choice but to document. Earlier this year, the rider pulled out his phone and recorded his Uber driver apparently asleep behind the wheel of a…
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Freed From Jail, He Allegedly Stole a Car From the Courthouse Parking Lot Within Minutes
A Second Chase, Days After the First Most people released from jail try to keep a low profile. Florida authorities say a 23-year-old from Miami Gardens did the opposite, allegedly leaving custody and almost immediately stealing a Ford SUV from a courthouse parking lot before leading officers on his second high-speed chase in under a…
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His Excuse for Doing 110 in a 45 Zone Somehow Made Things Worse for Him
A Speeding Stop That Turned Into Something Else Entirely There are ordinary speeding stops, and then there’s whatever reportedly unfolded on U.S. Highway 27 last week. Lake County deputies say they pulled over an 85-year-old man clocked at 110 mph in a 45 mph zone in the middle of the night. He reportedly didn’t dispute…
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A Waymo Blew Past Cones, Cops, and Common Sense on Highway 101 — Then Kept Driving
Waymo has recalled the software running on nearly 4,000 of its robotaxis after regulators tied the fleet to a string of work-zone mishaps, including seven separate incidents on Bay Area roads in a single day last month, according to notices filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. One of those incidents happened to San…
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Thieves Stole an Australian Mom’s Truck With Her Baby Inside — Then Drove Back to Return Her
Sarah Hill, 32, was standing in the driveway of her Garbutt home in Townsville, Australia, tidying out her black Isuzu D-Max ute on a Monday afternoon, when a group of thieves sped off with the vehicle. Her two-month-old daughter, Cali, was asleep in the back seat. In a matter of seconds, both the truck and…
