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Car Culture Roundup June 15, 2024 | Giga Gears Weekend

Dealers are almost universally shitty. From car buying to service, only a dealership could suck on multiple fronts. Often dealers won’t take any responsibility for their horrible service and behavior, either. Take what one Acura Integra Type S owner is going through with his local dealership, for example. - Lawrence…

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Weekend Car Deals June 15, 2024 | Giga Gears

A woman in Knoxville, Tennessee had to turn to a local news station’s “Help Me” consumer affairs guy after a used car dealership sold her Ford Taurus out from under her after she brought it in for repairs. If that wasn’t bad enough, months later, the car was still registered in her name. For just one day, I’d really…

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“June 15, 2024 Weekend Giga Gears Roundup”

There have been some awesome inventions in the world of science fiction over the years. Whether it’s the Tardis from “Dr Who” and its miraculous traveling abilities or the teleporting talents of the protagonists in “Jumper,” sci-fi has a knack for dreaming up marvelous modes of transport. Now, however, scientists…

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Weekend Quotes June 15, 2024 | Giga Gears

Sometimes a song cover is better than the original. Tracks like Jimi Hendrix’s “All Along The Watchtower,” Grace Mitchell’s “Maneater,” or Daddy Issues’ “Boys of Summer” (no, not the Ataris version) all improve on their source material in some way. Today, we ask: What’s the automotive equivalent? - Amber DaSilva Read…

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“Speeding Tickets and Tungsten Cubes in Car Culture Roundup | Giga Gears”

The Tesla Cybertruck is unlike most trucks that have come before it, and thus it has attracted a new set of buyers who wouldn’t normally drive a big pickup. Owning and driving a truck that’s over 18 feet long, nearly 8 feet wide, and built like a Frigidaire isn’t for the faint of heart, as one Salt Lake City man…

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