Tag: offbeat news
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Tesla Model 3 Owner Locks Carjacker Inside With The Vehicle’s App
Among the handy little characteristics of this Tesla Model 3 is you may use your smartphone rather than the supplied keycard. Even though this is a convenience feature, the owner of a Model 3 discovered it helps with security. Even the Barstow Police Department in California say that on May 8, also a guy by…
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Damsel In Distress: BYD Comes To The Rescue Of A Tesla That Ran Out Of Electric Juice
While electrical vehicles are continually becoming more efficient, range anxiety and other difficulties remain a very real matter but with some kindness from a stranger, array concerns can be overcome. Photos recently emerged out of China that show a snowy Tesla Model S pulled over to both sides of the street after it ran out…
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Tesla Model 3 Goes Dancing In The Rain, Utility Pole Puts A Cork In It
Onboard cameras captured the second a Tesla Model 3 lost traction and crashed into a utility pole. The accident happened a day or two ago in an undisclosed location, even though the car does seem to use New York license plates. Video: “OMG, OMG” Tesla Model 3 Aquaplanes And Crashes With Autopilot Engaged A calm…
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A Hummer H2 On Tiny 13-Inch Wheels Is The Funniest And Weirdest Thing You’ll See Today
The crew at Garage54 has come up with yet another construct, which is as ridiculous as it is funny, crazy, quirky and other adjectives that escape us now: some Hummer H2 onto 13-inch wheels. While that was a normal size for backpacks in the 70s and 80s for cars that were comically bigger with much…
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There’s $1,000 Reward If You Help Identify These Thieves Who Broke Into 2020 Corvette C8
With many owners taking delivery of their brand new and shiny 2020 Chevrolet Corvettes these days, sadly, it was simply a matter of time until information of burglars breaking to a C8 surfaced. This episode happened within the weekend of March, 2020, at Houston, Texas, on Bellaire Boulevard in the city’s Chinatown area at a…
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Tesla Was Banned From Kansas City Auto Show, So Rebellious Owners Staged Their Own Display Outside
Tesla owners are a passionate bunch and despite the automaker being banned from the Kansas City Auto Show, a group of Tesla owners decided to stage their own screen outside the event. Should you’re wondering the electric automaker wasn’t allowed to display its vehicles at the case,. It’s because the state’s car dealer association opposes…
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Watch A BMW M2 Competition Get Stolen In A Keyless Relay Attack
It’s all well and good to have a car featuring a keyless entry system however in recent years, crooks have begun to make the most of these methods with relay attacks. This security camera vision of a BMW M2 Competition being stolen in Germany reveals how easy it can be to steal a vehicle utilizing…
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Here’s What James May Thinks About Popular YouTuber’s Cars
Go back ten years or so and you’ll find only a handful of people uploading car reviews on YouTube, like Chris Harris for example. Nowadays though, it seems as though anybody with a good enough camera can label themselves an influencer, although to be fair, those who do so and are successful, often (but certainly…
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Watch Maine Driver Refuse To Pull Over For An Ambulance
A frustrated ambulance crew in Maine recently took to social media to share a video of a driver refusing to move over for the emergency responders. WCVB 5 reports that paramedic Michael Blakemore and his crew were heading to an emergency when they came up behind a red car on Route 136 in Auburn. They…
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A Falling Tree Hit Two Tesla Model Xs Coming From Opposite Directions; Everyone Made It Out Alive
Two families, both riding in Tesla Model X crossovers, had a close encounter with death, close to the village of Sturminster Marshall, UK, on February 15, once a oak tree was ignored through Storm Dennis. What’s mind about this episode is that both identical Tesla versions were coming from other directions. Financial consultant Laurence Sanderson…