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Things are going from bad to worse at Fisker. As cash runs short, the company is getting desperate for income, slashing prices on its electric Ocean SUV and courting a buyout. But the way Fisker handled its finances seems to also be how it handles warranty repairs, as employees allegedly report Fisker is cannibalizing pre-production cars to fix ones already delivered to customers.
Iowa State Troopers were called to help out a county sheriff's department during a traffic stop that was… less routine than usual. A local man had been pulled over for towing an entire mobile home using an uninsured and unregistered Ford L-Series dump truck, which he reportedly dragged out of retirement. The driver says it was an effort to help out a friend.
I can't help but think of Tommy Callahan'sglue-sniffing fairy speech when I hear about product guarantees. How well can you trust a company's guarantee, when there are likely countless little asterisks in the fine print, preventing the company from actually having to guarantee anything? Thankfully, like Callahan brake pads, QuikTrip sticks to its word, as 2024 GMC Sierra 2500HD Duramax-ownerJared Guynes recently learned.
If you're reading this, you probably know engine coolant and oil should never mix. The coolant effectively negates the lubricating effects of the oil, which subsequently negates the engine's ability to keep running. That's what happened with this turbocharged 3.0-liter Audi V-6, which was still largely new when pulled from a 2022 S5. Now, it's a mechanical lump filled with an oil-coolant cocktail that resembles a chocolate milkshake.
Because he worked as a technician servicing Tesla's Superchargers, John thought he had job security, especially as that network started opening up to other automakers.
One of the technologies that's supposed to sustain Tesla's lead for the next generation of electric vehicles is the novel new production method of "gigacasting." It's expected to make producing car bodies faster, simpler, and above all, cheaper. But that doesn't seem to be panning out perfectly, as Tesla is reportedly abandoning its plans to cast cars' entire underbodies.
«A fool and his money are soon parted,» the saying goes. I don't know how much money the owner of this 1-of-1 McLaren Senna has to their name, but crashing against a building in spectacular fashion won't help the 'ol bank account once the repair bill arrives.
Following its initial preview earlier this month, the 2024 Peugeot 408 has now made its official launch in Malaysia, arriving in three variants – Allure, Premium and GT, priced at RM146,055, RM166,055 and RM196,055 on-the-road without insurance for the respective variants, and this is locally assembled (CKD) at the Stellantis plant in Gurun, Kedah.