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Doing A Brake Job On A Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Can Cost More Than $100,000

Jalopnik - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 4:25pm

Owning a supercar can be expensive, even if you have the means. The engineering and parts that go into making these vehicles perform the way they do can be shockingly expensive. Take what one dealership charged a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren owner for brakes.

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Nissan Versa Driver Demonstrates Why You Should Never Drive Into Floodwaters

Jalopnik - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 2:45pm

Whether you believe in climate change or not, you can’t deny that life on Earth has faced increasingly frequent and intense weather anomalies in recent years. More people across the United States and the world have been subjected to unprecedented levels of rain, and more frequent and powerful storms causing flooding,…

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[VIDEO] Texas Corvette Buyer Gets Scammed with VIN Fraud

Corvette Blogger - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 2:37pm

A Texas man found his dream car for sale online - a 2019 Corvette Grand Sport - and after he inspected the car and ran a CarFax, everything appeared to check out until he tried to title the car and learned that it had been stolen.

Continue reading [VIDEO] Texas Corvette Buyer Gets Scammed with VIN Fraud at Corvette: Sales, News & Lifestyle.

Fisker Resorts To Fixing Customer Cars With Preproduction Parts From 'Graveyard'

Jalopnik - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 1:45pm

The launch of the Fisker Ocean has been plagued with problems, and those problems are now compounding in ways that make everything worse for owners. See, problems mean repairs, but parts shortages mean those fixes could take eons to actually complete — unless you have a “graveyard” of preproduction parts to slap onto…

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Let Some Rowdy 8,000 RPM Lancia Rally Cars Melt Your Work Week Pains Away

Jalopnik - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 1:10pm

It’s nearly time to turn off your work computer, and your overworked brain, for a few dozen delightful hours of you-time known colloquially as the weekend. In anticipation of ending your capitalistic toils to enjoy an ever fleeting sense of leisure, click the play button and slather the folds of your brain in a thick…

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The V-12 engine, Ayrton Senna, Tesla Cybertruck: The Week In Reverse

Motor Authority - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 1:00pm
The 12-cylinder engine is alive and well with two debuts this week, a trailer dropped for the upcoming Ayrton Senna mini-series, and a software update completed the Tesla Cybertruck months after deliveries began. It's the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. The V-12 engine received a new lease on life as it was announced for two new...

70 Vomiting Passengers Turn Frankfurt Flight Into Living Hell

Jalopnik - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 1:00pm

When you get on a plane, there are plenty of things that you can reasonably expect may go wrong. The person in front of you might recline their seat and drape their long hair over the screen. A baby might cry. Your seatmate might be one of those sick freaks who takes their socks and shoes off. Heck, you could even enco…

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Facial Recognition Software Used By TSA Is Useless And Dangerous: Senators

Jalopnik - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 12:35pm

The Transportation Security Administration is seeking to significantly expand the use of facial recognition technology at airport checkpoints and legislators are rightfully concerned. A letter signed by a bipartisan group of 14 senators was sent to Senate leadership on Thursday and calls for restrictions on the TSA.…

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Cops Use Cruiser To Block ATV Rider From Speeding Down Foot Path With Predictable Results

Jalopnik - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 12:15pm

New video released by police in New Haven, Connecticut shows a speeding ATV rider crash into a cop car that purposely blocked its path, severely injuring the rider and damaging the cruiser. This is one of those rare instances where both parties are wrong. The ATV rider should absolutely not have been speeding down a…

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This 82-Year-Old Woman Wants People To Start Hitchhiking Again

Jalopnik - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 11:45am

When you’re looking to travel across America, do you book yourself a flight or would you prefer to spend hours on a train as the countryside flashes by? If you don’t fancy either and prefer to not fork out the cash for an expensive ticket, you could try hitchhiking. That’s exactly how 89-year-old Hilary Bradt has…

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Corvette for Sale: 1987 Corvette 4×4 on Facebook Marketplace

Corvette Blogger - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 11:37am

This customized 1987 Corvette 4x4 offered for sale on Facebook Marketplace for $10K is sitting on Chevy Blazer frame with 44-inch tall tires.

Continue reading Corvette for Sale: 1987 Corvette 4×4 on Facebook Marketplace at Corvette: Sales, News & Lifestyle.

Ford designing a midgate pass-through for pickup trucks

Motor Authority - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 11:30am
A Ford patent application for a pickup truck midgate pass-through assembly has surfaced, hinting that Ford might follow rival General Motors in adding this feature to its trucks. As described in the application, which was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on May 2 and originally filed by Ford on Oct. 31, 2022, the...

Is It Better To Buy A Great Example Of A Cheap Car Or A Cheap Example Of A Great Car?

Jalopnik - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 11:25am

You have a dream car. You know you do. What would you do to own it? Would you suffer the indignity of buying a car in a color you don’t love, or with an automatic instead of a manual if it means you can get one in your budget? I have lived on both sides of this decision. My Porsche 996 Turbo was a cheap track rat with…

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GM's Super Cruise Is Handy, But It Definitely Has Its Quirks

Jalopnik - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 11:25am

My friend group was recently looking at taking separate cars on a road trip from Los Angeles to Yosemite when we were saved from that logistical nightmare by a big Pearl Beige Metallic GMC Yukon Denali Ultimate. This Yukon is called the Ultimate for a reason; it was equipped with GM’s Super Cruise, a rear seat…

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This Is, Allegedly, A New Ferrari

Jalopnik - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 11:12am

Ferrari has issued a press release that claims the car you see here is the new V12 Ferrari that will replace the 812. And, as you can see, there are multiple Ferrari badges on the car, which typically indicates you’re looking at a Ferrari. Are we, though? Remove the badges, and would Ferrari really have been your…

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Ferrari 12 Cilindri, Cadillac Escalade-V: Car News Headlines

Motor Authority - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 11:00am
Ferrari has unveiled a successor to the 812 Superfast. It's called the 12 Cilindri, and it comes with a new platform, a new V-12 engine, and stunning looks clearly inspired by 365 GTB/4 Daytona. Both coupe and convertible versions will be available at the start of sales later this year. Cadillac is close to unveiling an update for its gas-powered...

New Doomsday Plane Will Allow U.S. Government To Live On In Event Of Nuclear Hellfire

Jalopnik - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 11:00am

You may have heard of the famous “Doomsday” Plane, meant to keep the government up and running even if our world has been eviscerated by nuclear hellfire since the early 1970s. Well, now it seems we’re getting a second generation of the plane to the tune of $13 billion. Who knows, maybe the Cold War will finally turn…

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[SPIED] Corvette ZR1 Convertible Seen On the Streets of Detroit

Corvette Blogger - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 10:56am

Our spy photographer in Detroit captured these images of a C8 Corvette ZR1 Convertible driving on the street and he managed to grab a couple images of the car's interior.

Continue reading [SPIED] Corvette ZR1 Convertible Seen On the Streets of Detroit at Corvette: Sales, News & Lifestyle.

One Of The Ultra-rare Pikabugs Is For Sale

Jalopnik - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 10:40am

As the 1990s came to a close, there were two things that were unambiguously cool as hell: Pokémon and the Volkswagen New Beetle. Combining the two created a sensation that couldn’t be matched, and Nintendo was banking on that for the launch of what would become the highest grossing media franchise in history. A small…

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2024 F1 Miami Grand Prix preview: The first of 3 US races

Motor Authority - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 9:30am
The 2024 Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix gets underway this weekend at the Miami International Autodrome, a street circuit located in and around the Miami Dolphins' Hard Rock Stadium complex. The race is round six on 2024's record F1 calendar, and the first of three U.S. races this season, the others being the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas...

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