This is why pushing back against automakers making us subscribe for car features which before were just rolled into the total price is critical. Most people have no idea how many subscriptions they have or how much they total each month. Automakers have been getting in on the action over the past few years, but only recently has the media at large focused on this trend.Īs Forbes and other financially-focused media have pointed out in the past, all these subscriptions are a great way to nickel and dime yourself into poverty.
It used to be not that long ago people only paid for a newspaper subscription. After all, there are subscriptions for streaming services, food delivery, monthly boxes of whatever, gym membership, and pretty much everything else these days. If you’re like most people, you’re getting tired of all the subscriptions constantly shoved in your nose. Media Finally Realizes Automakers Are Subscription Happy Just bring me the wrecker back, that’s all that I care.” “They got my husband’s wrecker and we wanted to keep that wrecker. “I’ve been here 15 years and never seen such crime as here lately.”Īnother victim is the wife of a service center owner who passed away from covid in 2021. I think they took it to a chop shop and chopper it,” said Cliff Barnes, with Universal Motors. So if they were needing a 7.3 diesel, they just find one, steal it. “We believe they probably had a hit on what they were needing. They’re also using some kind of equipment to rip out the locks to get inside. Thieves are targeting trucks without security features and remote starts. Officials have offered the these incidents tend to happen last at night, like most vehicle thefts, but unlike cars like Chargers and Challengers, they’re on the prowl for older trucks. If you own a tow truck, especially an older model, they are targeting your vehicle as a way to steal other cars.
This cluster of thefts is not isolated to the state, as car thieves are emboldened across the country, a trend we’ve witnessed growing since 2020. North Carolina authorities are investigating a string of thefts of tow trucks, which are then being used to steal cars. Thieves Are Stealing Tow Trucks To Steal Your Car Another theory that’s floating around is people spent their stimulus checks on cars they couldn’t afford, and while I do agree that happened and probably contributed to this, it’s been two years, it takes two months to get a car repo’ed. Which is one take, but I would hardly say this started to trend upwards around the same time people started getting their tax refunds. ‘People get a couple thousand dollars back from their tax returns and they go put $2 or $3,000 down and get a car and maybe bite off more than they can chew.” “I was say tax returns, for the most part, are probably one of the biggest reasons,” Hermes Conde said. Repo guy, Hermes Conde, blames people mismanaging their tax returns. One towing company in Tennessee says it gets about 10 to 15 repo calls a day. If you’ve seen a wrecker dragging a car down the street lately, just know that it’s one of many. More and more cars are being repossessed, and it’s hard not to feel a little uneasy about it, but some say it’s irresponsible owners, not the state of the economy, that’s causing the surge. We’ve already touched on this topic, from time to time, on the site, and at a greater extent on the Motorious Podcast, and the problem continues to grow. Headlines: Car Repos Surge As Vehicle Owners Are Struggling To Make Payments Then, we reveal our inventory picks of the week.
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The media finally realizes that automakers are nickel and diming drivers with subscriptions, a California city installs dots to stop street takeover, and more than one person gets their Tesla key implanted in their body. Meanwhile, crooks are stealing tow trucks to more quickly steal your car.
There's a lot to unpack on the Motorious Podcast.ĭrivers are struggling to make car payments, causing a surge in car repos.
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