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Hurricane Ian has been wreaking havoc on the southeast United States and especially Florida, with the extreme rain and winds causing large amounts of property damage to those in heavily affected areas. Unfortunately, part of that property damage now includes a McLaren P1, which was purchased by its new owner just a week prior. The

Cleveland Browns’ defensive end Myles Garrett has been fortunate to walk away without serious injuries after crashing his 2021 Porsche 911 Turbo S in Sharon Township, Ohio. Garrett was driving the Porsche on Monday afternoon with a female passenger onboard when the sports car left the road and came to a rest on a grass

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The driver of a 2003 Infiniti is being charged with two counts of death by auto after an accident at H2Oi, an unsanctioned car show that took place in Wildwood, New Jersey, over the weekend. The driver, Gerald J. White of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is accused of hitting a 2014 Honda Civic followed by two pedestrians.

One particularly busy squirrel in the United States has managed to hide 558 black walnuts under the hood of a Subaru Forester while preparing for winter. Every year, there are a plenty of car owners throughout the U.S. who wake up and find their vehicles stuffed with walnuts. In 2021, we brought you the story

Seldom has the phrase “check your mirrors” been more hilariously proven than on September 16, when a 31-year-old man from Chisholm, Australia, provided local police with one of its easiest busts of the year. According to Australian Capital Territory police, the incident happened at around 5:50 pm local time. The driver pulled out onto the

Most road trips seem to have one common factor: a relatively large, spacious vehicle with a good record of reliability. One man from New Jersey decided to buck that trend. He piled all he needed for a multi-month road trip into his Ferrari California T and then drove 12,843 miles including stops in Tijuana, Mexico,

A report out of Lakewood, Washington, about 40 miles (64 Km) south of Seattle, says that a woman recently drove a stolen MINI Cooper Countryman into wet concrete before getting it completely stuck in the building material. She ditched the car but it’s what she took with her that’s truly unbelievable. According to police, witnesses

Four luxury vehicles have been stolen from a Manhattan parking garage in a dramatic armed robbery. Local police report that a parking attendant was guarding the luxury vehicles when a group of men pulled a gun on him. The robbers then quickly escaped in a handful of luxury vehicles, including a BMW X7 and a

Test drives are important, but they can sometimes end in tears, as Tarek Salah found out recently while going for a ride in an early Ferrari F355 he was looking to buy. Having flown from Los Angeles, California, to Marseilles, France to test drive the car, he was understandably excited. Sadly, while sitting in the

We’ve told you about laws and lawsuits regarding the removal of emission control systems in the past. We’ve even talked about this specific truck but never did we imagine that at the end of this saga the result would be a perfectly functional truck being crushed after the owner initially intended on selling it. Months

Buried deep inside the owner’s manual of some cars is a line that reads “maintenance service and record retention are the owner’s responsibility.” And in the case of one 2015 Hyundai Genesis, the manufacturer really meant it. Rebecca Walker, the owner of the Genesis in question, found that out to her cost, when, in late

A Tesla owner claims that control of their vehicle was handed over to a European driver after the company accidentally filled in the wrong VIN information on the continent. Reddit user Robert Quattlebaum, u/darconeous, claims in a story posted to r/teslamotors that shortly after taking delivery of a Model 3, his partner discovered that something weird

Making a right-hand turn at an intersection isn’t something that any motorist should struggle with but for the following driver, this simple task proved to be a little too difficult. Admittedly, it’s not just a normal motorist featured in this video. Instead, it is a Ford Mustang driver and as history has taught us, some

Being a car owner right now in Portland isn’t great for your blood pressure. According to data provided by the Portland Police Bureau, reported car thefts for the seven months from January to July 2022 are a staggering 6,312, almost double the figures for the same period just two years ago. Honda, Ford, and Subaru

No less than 11 vehicles were damaged and destroyed by a fire in the parking lot of the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida after a tailgate party went horribly wrong. As fans got ready for the Dolphins v Patriots game, one attendee fired up a grill for a tailgate party but forgot to

Mario Zelaya, the owner of a 2013 Tesla Model S, says he was locked out of his vehicle after the battery pack died because of an alleged design flaw. Now, he says he can’t even get inside the car to access the ownership documents to sell the vehicle he has opted not to fix. Zelaya

Police in Four Oaks, North Carolina have arrested two individuals for leading them on a chase that reached 150 mph (241 km/h). Local media reports that the 2022 Dodge Charger was stolen from the Hendrick’s Dodge dealership in Cary at approximately 11 p.m. on Sunday night. It was a high-performance Scat Pack model. The chase

Some people in Boisbriand, Quebec, are still, apparently, behind the times, as two recent examples of Tesla Superchargers being ICE’d demonstrate. There’s something about these examples that is particularly galling. Drive Tesla Canada recently shared photos of one Supercharger parking spot being blocked by internal combustion vehicles on two separate occasions. In one case, a

The highway is usually a stress-free environment for truck drivers, but things can go really wrong as proven by new video footage coming from Poland. It all started when a truck driver came to a full stop in the right lane just after missing an exit, causing a terrifying accident that involved two other trucks.

The town of Schertz, Texas, suffered a pretty major inconvenience yesterday after a car hauler got beached at a railroad crossing. Unfortunately, the truck got stuck just as a train was coming, which ended up T-boning the truck’s trailer. Fortunately, no one was injured in the accident, which happened just before 2:00 p.m., according to

Regardless of economic conditions, theft seems to be a scourge that doesn’t go away. Normally though, the police come to the aid of the victims. This time, the police department itself is the victim of catalytic converter theft and it’s asking for assistance to catch the criminals. Catalytic converters can be worth more than $1,000

In order to curb the spread of the infamous “Carolina Squat”, North Carolina recently enacted a bill that forbids owners from doing it to their vehicle. Now, state police has been spotted actively measuring vehicles to check for illegal amounts of squat, with a series of photos shared to Facebook showing a North Carolina police

Today is a sad day for Rivian enthusiasts as an R1T Launch Edition has appeared up for auction through IAAI and is in desperate need of some TLC. As the first all-electric pickup truck to reach the hands of customers, the R1T has proven to be a hit but as deliveries grow, that inevitably means

A Tesla Model S Plaid was recently destroyed in Plano, Texas while being driven by an employee at a Tesla Service Center. The owner of the EV dropped the car off at Tesla for repairs on August 24 but on August 30, received the call that no car owner wants to receive. On the other

Since the pandemic started, a new trend has cropped up among Jeep owners. Along with waving at each other, some Wrangler owners now also leave rubber duckies with pleasant little messages on them for each other to find. Now, the Jeep brand is taking it to another level. Ducking started in Canada during the pandemic

Whenever there’s a case of a child or underage teen taking their parents’ car out for a drive, the story rarely ends well. And that’s exactly what happened with this 13-year-old girl from Colorado who ended up causing a four-vehicle crash, one of which was a bus. According to the Boulder Daily Camera, the unnamed

The Dodge Challenger Hellcat is an awfully desirable car. So much so, that it has become a popular target for thieves. A new video posted to Instagram, though, shows the car being stolen in a manner we’ve never seen before. The video (warning: it contains a lot of cursing) shows security footage of a gray

During Dodge Speed Week, the company showed a body-in-white Challenger for a remarkably low price of $7,995. However, before the cover was taken off, it looked like a lifted Challenger and this sparked jokes about a Challenger TRX from the peanut gallery. While an off-road focused Challenger TRX sadly won’t be one of the Last

We all make a few bad decisions in our lives, but hopefully they aren’t as stupid as stealing a police car. That should be an obvious no-no, but it didn’t stop 30-year-old Chelsea Horsley from allegedly taking a joyride in a vehicle belonging to the Shelby Police. Citing the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Fox