Reviews I’ve read show most people love these things. I was concerned about the 340 miles on a tank of gas, but since they pull that off with a 9.3 gallon tank that’s actually decent. It’s been well taken care of, just not sure it’s worth $17k. Cars.com has a few across the country, ranging between $9k and $25k.

You just described the Tesla business model.

Sounds like they must have fired the electronics team that designed it and could not find anyone else willing or able to figure out the problem.

Remember this is an arrest record.  Not a conviction record.  Technically I have an arrest for failure to appear - but it was 100% the cops fault, he changed the court date on my copy of the ticket, but forget to change his.  All charges were dropped (including the original offense, which was a noise ordinance…

Just doing a quick Google search for ‘test drive car stolen’ there’s enough results that maybe dealerships should start doing a bit of a deeper dive into potential customers before test drives.

The portions of the lawsuit against the salesmen and dealership aren’t based on them knowing or not knowing about the drivers prior record, it’s about their advertisements, specifically that they “would go the extra mile (per hour) to give customers an unforgettable sales experience” during test drives.” and one post…

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For a full background check, sure. But most jurisdictions have local arrests publicly available in online databases. It won’t get you stuff from other states, or even other counties sometimes. But it’s a fast, and perfectly legal, way to quickly check. Besides vehicle crimes, it could also shed light on fraudsters,…

In fairness, the buyback was voluntary. Some people decided to keep their Solos while most turned them in. The problem is that the issue that triggered the buyback can brick the Solo while it’s moving and there isn’t a fix. Obviously, that’s dangerous enough that ElectraMeccanica would rather just destroy them then…

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Because the liability would be worth a lot more than the money they’d make selling them.

In my 13 years of working at a dealership, we’ve never run background checks on customers wanting to test drive a car. Obviously we can see their credit (or lack thereof) once an application has been submitted, as well as any potential red flags contained therein, but any sales consultant worth their salt would know…

... the drive from Detroit to the Canadian border is what? Like 2 beers, maybe 3?

After the crash, the driver, Benjamin Meece, fled the scene and was found in a nearby backyard hiding underneath a sheet of plywood. He was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, collision involving death, collision involving significant bodily injury and aggravated assault causing significant bodily injury in…

Every time I’ve test driven a car, they check my license at minimum. For high-test vehicles, they’ll typically run my credit/bank info as well. And that’s before anyone even thinks about going to find the keys.

Seems about white that she’d get such a low blonde.  

“ All American also knew or should have known that certain of its test drive customers, including Meece, were unfit, incompetent, and/or reckless”

But these guys have seen every F&F movie, so they are more than qualified to track on the streets while all of the other cars magically move out of the way for them or leave them just enough room to squeeze through. Clearly this woman was at fault for not having good timing. 

The worst part: if you really must go fast, there IS A RACE TRACK IN ODESSA. There actually used to be TWO, but one closed a while ago.