The Drive Behind the Industry
“I’m back at Jiffy Lube.” A mom of twin toddlers says she paid $325 for a refrigerant recharge at Jiffy Lube after her car’s air conditioning stopped working, only to…
‘Don’t ask how I know.’ You can finance a car. You can finance a house. You can finance a couch. But a down payment? That’s the part you’re supposed to…
“Happened to my dealership.” A car buyer is issuing a warning after someone tried to steal his vehicle—before it had even been shipped to him. It turns out this kind…
‘Every time.’ Few sounds in modern car ownership inspire more irrational fear than the BMW warning chime. The momentary panic and unexpected dread at startup create a stark contrast to…
‘You definitely should have called…’ A woman says a simple trip to eat lunch in an empty parking lot turned into a costly insurance nightmare after another driver hit her…
‘Thanks for riding with Waymo.’ Waymos are often the subject of controversy. Throngs of passengers have expressed unease about relying on a fully self-driving EV to reliably take them to…
“This is why local businesses are going out of business.” Trying to save a few bucks by shopping around sounds like a perfectly reasonable plan. You’d do it too if…
‘I couldn’t believe it.’ A car dealer says a customer walked into his dealership trying to buy a vehicle, only to discover another dealership had apparently left him with an…
‘How you know the economy is shot…” A man pulled into the parking lot of an AutoZone in downtown Austin, Texas, pointed his phone through the windshield, and filmed something…
“I just bought a Toyota, I could buy six of those.” It’s not the sticker price on the vehicle; it’s the hidden costs that make you rethink your choice to…