Five weeks, five arrests on drunk-driving charges. That rap sheet belongs to Anderson Sotomayor, 45, of Vineland, New Jersey. The latest arrest came Wednesday, one day after city officials expressed frustration with their continued inability to lock him away. ...
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Sitting behind a Lamborghini Gallardo at a traffic light in suburban Chicago, a passenger taking a video tape of the high-priced vehicle says, "He's going to be gone," when the traffic light changes. The Lamborghini wasn't gone. It was merely a goner. ...
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Fisker Automotive told investors it plans to delay the launch of its second model by up to a year, according to documents leaked to the website InsideEvs.com. ...
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Three minutes. Two cuts. One saw. That's all it takes to steal the catalytic converter out from underneath a car. "You get under there, zip-zip, and take it off," Jeff Prior, the manager of a transmission store in Warren, Mich., tells The Detroit News. ...
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A judge has overturned a ruling that allowed a California woman to collect nearly $10,000 from Honda in small-claims court because her vehicle received lower-than-advertised fuel economy. ...
CATEGORIES: Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Fuel Efficiency, Automotive News, Honda News
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People who are overweight have always had it tough. Obesity has been linked to a myriad of health problems ranging from asthma to heart disease to cancer. ...
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Every six seconds, someone is killed or seriously injured in a traffic accident. Every day, 3,500 people are killed in car crashes. ...
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A California man went for a four-hour motorcycle ride in September 2010. He's had an erection ever since. ...
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Police officers in Albuquerque, N. Mex. set the trap and 4 teens took the bait. A presumably unmarked car was left unlocked with the keys inside...and hidden cameras rolling. 4 teens couldn't resist the urge to take the vehicle for a joy ride. ...
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A Virginia man is unhappy with the Department of Motor Vehicles' decision to revoke his "F.OSAMA" license plates due to being "profane, obscene or vulgar in nature," according to the DMV. Rick Sanders has had the plates for over 7 years and feels they make a patriotic statement. ...
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Police officers in Santa Fe, N.M. recently started using unmanned speed-enforcement vehicles to ticket heavy-footed motorists. It hasn't exactly been a popular endeavor. One disgruntled man took his dissatisfaction to another level in the wee hours of Wednesday, April 11, firing at least five rounds ...
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More than one third of car shoppers say that gas prices will have to top $6.51 before they would consider buying a more fuel efficient vehicle, according to a recent survey by AutoTrader.com ...
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A 93-year-old grandmother from Orlando, Florida may be the ultimate road warrior. In nearly 50 years of ownership, Rachel Veitch has put more than 576,000 miles on her 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente since purchasing it new. ...
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Dear Car Coach, We bought a Madza Tribute in 2005. Recently, we took the car into the dealer for an oil change and tire rotation, fluid-level check and general upkeep. We are a retired couple that drives moderately. The car has recorded 29,700. ...
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Read & Discuss »A man gets behind the wheel of his Toyota Prius, drives to a local Taco Bell and orders lunch it the drive-thru lane. What's so unusual about that scenario? ...
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Get moving or get out of the way. That's the message a New Jersey lawmaker wants to send slowpokes who block the flow of faster traffic in the left lanes of the state's highways and aggravate their fellow motorists. ...
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Toyota issued safety recalls Wednesday of approximately 681,500 vehicles in North America. The voluntary recalls affect the Venza, Camry and Tacoma models. The recall comes at a time when the Japanese company is defending whether it acted properly in its recalls of millions of vehicles in late ...
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San Francisco has never been a city associated with white-water rafting before. But such adventures were briefly possible last Friday, when a car ran over a fire hydrant on Lombard Street, the city's famous zig-zagging tourist attraction. ...
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Taylor Sauer, a college student driving home on a lonely road, was texting with a friend via Facebook when her car crashed into a tanker truck at 80 miles per hour, killing her instantly. The tragic irony of the accident was revealed in phone records shortly after: At the time of the accident, she ...
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The recent surge in gas prices across the country has brought similar surge in the number of car shoppers seeking fuel-efficient vehicles. The effect has been "dramatic," Ford spokesperson Erich Merkle said. ...
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