The Drive Behind the Industry
‘My OCD cannot take this.’ Desert drives are scenic and accompanied by wide landscapes. But they will leave marks on your vehicle. Hannah Chang (@hcpepper) recently got her car dirty…
‘I just fixed mine and my husband’s. Almost $100 saved.’ A South Carolina TikToker says a Progressive customer service agent admitted, mid-call, that the company’s AI tools had quietly miscoded…
“When the Waymo gets stuck and there’s a decision to make…” The rise of autonomous vehicles has not been without growing pains. Now a woman claims one of Google’s autonomous…
“That’s a whole new level of pettiness.” The actual act of road rage is usually pretty quick and hopefully inconsequential. A person honks, gestures, and drives off, assuming that’s the…
‘Let’s be real…’ A man is going viral after trying what he says was an experiment to see whether quick oil change chains are actually doing the work customers pay…
‘Thank God he didn’t go to the car wash!!!’ Quick: think of the most Florida-type behavior you’ve ever heard of. Whatever Florida-man-inflected craziness, chances are you didn’t come up with…
‘Please don’t be fooled…’ Plenty of drivers, especially those who drive luxury vehicles, pay extra for premium gas to make sure their cars are running as they should. A former…
“Mechanic here, that’s not supposed to look like that.” Google searches and AI chatbots have made gathering car information easy for everyday drivers. Many customers will go to auto repair…
‘The car don’t sound right.’ A woman asked a mechanic to change the oil filter without oil, and the mechanic was suspicious of the request. A veteran mechanic, Dave Perry…
“There’s only me and one other manager in the store.’ A man claims he was fired from AutoZone just days into the job—and he says the reason caught him off…