This is unsurprising. See these kinds of issues all the time with hardwired accessories. Dash cams, radar, rear seat entertainment, etc. Luckily not to the extent that it ruins a mirror. But causes all kinds of weird electrical gremlins. And usually the issue is they tapped into a circuit that just turned a test light…

Agreed - living in God’s Waiting Room, FL, surrounded by cryptkeepers, I can assure you that they die all the time in brand-new cars too. Sometimes without even crashing into anything. Old duffer in my Mom’s condo complex croaked in his car in the parking lot. Thankfully while still parked, so he didn’t take anyone…

Right. Make sure and get the tire rotation done by your trusted pro ahead of time, because: holy shit, its complicated. File this under things you get done when you have the god damned time. If anything, chastise him for not doing it himself with his roadside jack and a 6 pack in his hotel parking lot because the real…

As soon as I saw the “technician” tried to break the wheel nuts loose on a *raised car* I would have said: “Nevermind. Drop the car. I’m so outta here.” BUT YOU STAYED AND EVERYTHING THAT FOLLOWED WAS EXPECTED!

This is Jalopnik - most here don’t care of the two men just got done serial raping 8 year olds at the local grade school, robbed a bank, and tossed a litter of puppies in front of a train - NO POLICE CHASES ALLOWED!

I feel like a person who is stealing cars at gunpoint (known as carjacking where I come from) is a violent criminal worth pursuing, not just some poor homeless vet trying to feed his family or some shit.

Brake service and tire rotation should have been done before leaving.

But it was THESE workers who deserve the blame, because they... you know... did it.

So if the cops never pursued the car, and the suspect went on to rob more people at gunpoint, and possibly shot and killed one or more people in the process, I’m assuming you would agree that “it is unfortunate that those people had to die, but at least there was no police chase!” Right?

Fuck him, you don’t have to explain yourself. That’s none of his business. People just want everything handed to them on a silver platter — just like they think you were. The irony of that would be hilarious to me if it wasn’t so sad.

Not everyone SHOULD have a brand new car in the driveway. Even if their credit would allow it at a somewhat reasonable rate. And as for the “inhouse financing” used car lot load sharks???? Bury them...

Honestly, the reporting in Car dealer magazine doesn’t make things any less creepy. They name the victim, not the male salesperson. They mention her line of work, refer to her as a “26 year old blonde” and mention that she is in a long-term relationship all of which, frankly, is entirely irrelevant.

Yeah, that’s not how this works.

The tracking system has limited utility. It’s good for recovering property, but that’s about it. Most of these vehicles taken in car jackings aren’t connected to some “bigger operation” or kept at a “secure location.” They’re driven around for a while, maybe used in a drive-by or a…

Nope. Not buying your sob story. You took out the loans, you knew the repayment schedule, you knew your crappy degree wouldn’t produce a job to pay back what you owed. You also had two years to figure out a repayment plan, refinance, or save for your payments to resume.

Children? How are 18 year olds children? Old enough to vote, old enough to be sent off to war, old enough to smoke/drink in most countries, and old enough to have made a few big decisions already.  Might want to get out of your U.S. bubble every now and then.  They made the decision.  If they had parents, the parents…

why stop with student debt? Why should I have to pay off my mortgage, my car loan, my credit card debt. I never went to college. I want my free money too!!

he’s supposed to hold companies that continue to create plastic accountable.

It’s stupid to consider yourself and people at the same level of power of you equally responsible as those forces, and sillier still to think for a moment that we have an equal amount of power to change. Understanding this fact can help to unify all of us against these forces. These forces have literally lied to us…

Oh fuck off...

The responsibility of climate change should not bring to mind what people’s vacation habits are. The largest polluters by hundreds of orders of magnitude are a small handful of corporations and the US Military. Very easy to reduce such concentrated activity there, and these are groups directly responsible for hundreds…