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Car Salesman Becomes Belgian Prince After DNA Test, Don’t Expect Smaller Dealership Markups
Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover At one time or another, you’ve probably stepped onto a dealership lot looking to purchase a car and dealt with a salesman who believed they were better than you, as if they had a divine right to a commission. Maybe they just might. A 26-year-old former car…
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At $6,500, Would You Let Nothing Stand In The Way Of Buying This 2003 Mercedes ML350 Overlander?
Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover If you want to get away from it all (and these days, who doesn’t?), today’s Nice Price or No Dice ML350 should let you go as far as possible. Let’s see if its price tag keeps its purchase within the realm of possibility. If you enjoy noshing…
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Can You Camp At An RV Park Indefinitely?
Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover So you got your fancy new RV, and you’re looking to take it camping. Great! Pick yourself out a campsite and have fun. But if you’re one of the hundreds of thousands of Americans who’ve been priced out of stationary housing and now need to move into an…
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The 240 Mile Stretch Of American Highway With No Services At All
Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Alaska is home to some of the most beautiful scenery in the United States, with mile after mile of green splendor largely untouched by human hands. Unfortunately for those looking to see all that scenery, though, you may have to bring some extra fuel with you when…
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American Drivers Think Speeding Is Okay Because Everyone Else Is Doing It
Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover What’s a little speeding to you? To the rest of America, and some U.S. officials, it’s seemingly not a big deal. According to a new AAA study, three out of ten American drivers said speeding is perfectly normal and no one actually drives the speed limit anymore.…
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Here’s How Much A 2021 Infiniti QX50 Has Depreciated In 5 Years
Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Part of the second-generation Infiniti that launched for the 2019 model year, the 2021 Infiniti QX50 compact luxury SUV drew praise for its attractive styling and upscale, comfortable cabin. It was also the first vehicle fitted with Nissan’s novel VC-Turbo engine, which can switch the compression ratio between…
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Texting While Driving Bans Exist In Every State But This One
Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Texting while driving is something most of us would likely not even consider. Not only is it dangerous – the consequences of distracted driving being widely known — but it’s also illegal. In fact, fines used to run as high as $10,000 in Alaska, with drivers also facing…
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Here’s What Jalopnik Readers Think About Chinese Cars
Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Chinese cars are coming. How soon is anyone’s guess, but I’d be surprised if a major Chinese brand isn’t selling cars in the United States by the end of the decade. I wanted to know how the readers of Jalopnik felt about that, so I asked them. Over…
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Volkswagen’s Adorable New Tukan Pickup Is The First MQB-Based Truck
Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Volkswagen may not have a pickup in the United States, but south of the border the Saveiro has been a best-seller for years — just last year, Volkswagen sold more Saveiros in Brazil than Ford sold Rangers in the States. Now, after being on sale since 2009,…
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Empty Tanker Pays $4.6 Million To Cut Panama Canal Line
Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover While the auction figures over Monterey Car Week were jaw-dropping, the mountains of cash being ponied up for spots to get through the Panama Canal is the product of the volatile global energy market. A South Korean liquefied petroleum gas supertanker paid a record sum of $4.6…