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Ajax9/Getty Images It’s almost Fourth of July weekend, which suggests parties, celebratory fireworks and disappointing burgers served by dads who don’t actually know what they’re doing on the grill. But hey, that is nothing a pleasant, thick slice of unmelted cheddar cheese cannot make worse. Unfortunately, I could not give you the option to persuade everyone to serve something higher than overcooked baseball-shaped burgers, but hopefully, I can at the very least persuade you to be extra careful on the road this week and provide you with a plan to avoid drunk and even tipsy driving on one in all…
WBNS 10 TV/YouTube Authorities in Columbus, Ohio, were forced to shut several lanes on Interstate 270 on Sunday after a fuel tanker full of an estimated 8,500 gallons of gasoline overturned and began an enormous fire. In accordance with local police, though, the crash and resulting fire weren’t necessarily the driving force’s fault. As an alternative, they blame the driving force of a black pickup truck, who authorities are still trying to find, WBNS 10 TV reports. Initial reports suggested the pickup truck driver cut off the tanker, causing it to crash, but police now say it was greater than just…
Andrew Lichtenstein/Getty Images Whether you’ve got heard of Latest York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani or not, the one thing it is advisable know is that the town’s ultra-wealthy are absolutely terrified he might actually win the Democratic primary. And while nothing is guaranteed, it looks like he might actually do exactly that, even with Cuomo supporters doing their best to blanket the town in ads and mailers claiming Mamdani is an antisemitic socialist who will destroy every part. The anti-Mamdani fervor has gotten so aggressive in recent weeks that he’s even received multiple death threats, including at the least one…
Chevrolet When Chevrolet first revealed the C8 Corvette in 2019, it was a revelation. It offered a 495-horsepower V8 wedged behind the motive force, making it the primary mid-engine Corvette if you happen to aren’t one among those, “Well, actually, it’s technically been mid-engine for some time,” nerds. Even higher, for a short while, it also carried a sub-$60,000 base price, making it far cheaper than a number of people expected. Nowadays it starts at somewhat over $70,000, which still is not bad in any respect, and you may probably pick up a high-mileage used version for like half that (or…
The Smoking Tire/YouTube Name a more iconic duo than the Mazda Miata and a V8 swap. You possibly can’t, because those V8-swapped Miatas are mainly perfect. Except, the number of individuals actually stepping as much as trade their hard-earned money for a V8 Miata was so small, when Flyin’ Miata stopped doing them, it took years for people to truly notice. But while it’s going to never quite be the identical, Flyin’ Miata will still happily sell you a turbo kit in your Miata that also keeps the (possibly soon-dead) California Air Resources Board glad. You get a quicker automobile,…
BMW As a general rule, people within the U.S. do not buy station wagons. They could be more practical and look higher than the sedan alternative, but there are only so many professors in Latest England, and most of the people would fairly drive a crossover. So when BMW announced plans to sell the M5 Touring within the U.S., we were pleasantly surprised but removed from optimistic. Weighing in at roughly 5,500 kilos, the brand new plug-in-hybrid M5 was already controversial enough, and BMW planned to supply a good harder-to-sell version, as well? Seems, we were the fools since the…
Design Engineering, Inc. While there should still be some consequences for outright racism and homophobia, more nebulous attacks on “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,” or DEI, proceed to proliferate after being branded “woke” by President Trump and his high-profile advisors. Apparently, attempting to be sure that jobs don’t all go to the hiring manager’s unqualified buddies is bad, one way or the other, but one unexpected casualty — beyond Goal’s stock price — is automotive parts supplier Design Engineering, Inc. That DEI just desires to make automobile stuff, but is now coping with unwanted fallout from an unwanted political association, the Wall Street Journal…
Toyota Well, well, well, it’s finally here. Meet the 2026 Toyota RAV4. For lots of enthusiasts, that is going to be an enormous ole yawn, but it surely doesn’t get rather more vital than a brand new RAV4. In spite of everything, Toyota sold about 475,000 of them last yr, and depending on the way you count truck sales, the RAV4 was the best-selling vehicle within the U.S., as well. Sorry, Ford F-150. And identical to the most recent Camry, the largest news is that the brand new RAV4 is now only available as a hybrid. You continue to get…
State Police arrested Chester, Latest York highway superintendent John J. Reilly — relationship to actor John C. Reilly unknown — on Saturday for allegedly shooting a lost DoorDash driver who had simply been in search of directions. Thankfully, the motive force is anticipated to survive, although the shooting left him with “serious physical injuries,” the Times Union reports. Reilly now faces three felonies, including first-degree assault, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a firearm. In response to a release from the State Police, the shooting took place on Friday night when the motive force got lost and had…
Hyundai It could be great if there have been one universal best tire on the market, but sadly, that may not really possible. Where you reside, the weather conditions you drive in, what you drive and even the way you drive all affect which tire is true for you, and that is all before you get to one of the vital necessary aspects — cost. Costlier tires often last more and can prevent money in the long term, but in case you do not have $1,000 to drop on tires, that advice definitely won’t assist you to. Electric vehicles also…
