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Walmart's Botched Oil Change Destroys Your Engine
UPDATE: Walmart Refuses To Pay For Engine Damage Caused By Faulty Oil ChangeHaving just arrived in Paonia, Colorado for the summer, reader Ashlee thought she should get her oil changed. Not yet familiar with the area, she went with a name she recognized—Walmart. The oil change seemed to go fine so Ashlee and her friend decided to embark on a trip to Denver. Thirty minutes into the road trip, she heard a strange noise coming from the engine. She pulled over and intuitively checked the dipstick which revealed zero oil. Ashlee then looked underneath her car and saw oil covering much of the undercarriage. Eventually, she got the car to town where a mechanic discovered that the oil cap had been put on improperly, allowing the oil to escape. Later, she received an estimate from GMC of $5,875 to replace the engine. Ashlee's letter, inside... More »
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Wal-Mart Fails To Change Your Oil And Lies About It
Tipster Toland pointed us toward the Stonecipher Report which contains an entry about a weary traveler who, against his better judgment, decided to get his oil changed at Wal-Mart. After his car was returned, he noticed that his oil monitoring system was still indicating 10% oil life. He asked the Wal-Mart employee if the oil had actually been changed to which she replied, "Yep, I know it was, cause I did it myself." He then went to go check the dipstick and discovered the oil hadn't been changed after all. His post, inside... More »
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Energy Department Says $4 Gas Here To Stay Through Next Year
Hope you're getting along OK with $4 gas because the energy department says its here to stay. More »
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Sears Auto Sucks As Hard As Sears Repair
While Sears Auto may not be the division of Sears that leaves you without hot water for three weeks, or refuses to refund the money on the TV they never delivered, they are the division that magnificently screws up changing a tire then tries to bill you for the labor it took them to fix their mistake. Reader R writes in to tell us when he needed to replace a damaged tire, Sears Auto had the cheapest price. After three hours and two different tires, he left Sears Auto with the damaged tire he drove in with. Sears botched the first attempt at a tire change by giving him a tire in the wrong size, then presented him with a bill for the additional labor it took them to get it right. When R balked at paying to fix their mistake, the manager on duty put the busted tire back on the car. Classy! Read his story, inside. More »
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G.M. Will Close 4 Plants, May Sell "Hummer"
Gas prices are changing consumer behavior says G.M., forcing the manufacturer to slash production and close 4 plants as they make the shift toward more fuel efficient vehicles. They also announced that they may sell the "Hummer" brand. More »
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POLL: Did $4 Gas Make You Drive Less On Memorial Day Weekend?
AAA is claiming that Americans drove 4.3% fewer miles on public roads in March — the first year-over-year decline since 1979, and that for the first time since 2002, Americans said they planned to drive less this Memorial Day weekend. So, with the national average at $3.936 per gallon, did you actually drive less? More »
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K2 Auto Group In Minneapolis Uses The "I Hate You, Get Out" Sales Method
Jesse sent us a copy of the letter he recently sent to CarSoup.com about the treatment his mother received at the K2 Auto Group car lot in Bloomington, Minneapolis.The salesmen who "greeted" them employed a novel sales technique whereby you treat the customer like she's not rich or smart enough to even own a car, much less one of your beauties. Oddly, it didn't work, and they left without buying anything. Read on for the salesman's amazing technique in action. More »
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Your New, Sealed Copy Of GTA4 Contains "Boyz N Da Hood" Disc
Some scammer out there has a sense of humor (and a shrink wrap machine), because when Greg opened his apparently "new" copy of Grand Theft Auto IV, he found a used copy of "Boys N Da Hood." More »
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6 Gas Saving Myths... Debunked
CNNMoney has compiled a list of gas saving myths and asked Consumer Reports and Edmunds.com to debunk them. Here's the list: More »
grand theft auto iv
Activist Who Once Called Video Games "Killographic" Praises The ESRB Grand Theft Auto Rating, Boos Proposed $5,000 Fine
Phil Villarreal of the Arizona Daily Star has located a more reasonable voice to weigh in on the GTAIV controversy in (surprisingly enough) National Institute on Media and the Family founder, David Walsh. Walsh has been praising the ESRB for its "improved enforcement of not selling M-rated games to kids,” and says he trusts the ESRB's "M" rating for Grand Theft Auto IV. More »
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Anti-Grand Theft Auto Political Advocate Tragically Unfamiliar With Grand Theft Auto IV
Phil Villarreal of the Arizona Daily Star has interviewed a spokesman from the Parents Television Council, a group that is lobbying for a $5,000 fine against retailers who sell "M" rated games to youngsters, about the scourge that is Grand Theft Auto IV. It seems that the group's spokesperson isn't really all that familiar with the game... More »
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Chrysler: Want $2.99 Gas For 3 Years? Guaranteed?
Chrysler is betting that you're worried about volatile gas prices. So worried, in fact, that you'll leap at the opportunity to "lock in" a price of less than $2.99 a gallon for 3 years by buying a new Chrysler, Dodge or Jeep. More »
Copies of the new "Grand Theft Auto" game are being stolen by UPS drivers en route to retailers. Guess this game causes crime after all. [ArsTechnica]
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Progressive Responds To Question About Using Recent Military Service To Determine Rates And Eligibility
The Progressive auto insurance company saw our post "Why Is Progressive Using "Recent Military Service" To Determine Rates And Eligibility?" and responded to let us know that it's just to make sure that service members aren't penalized for having a lapse in their coverage due to the fact that they've been deployed overseas. They've apologized for the confusing wording on the website and have pledged to rewrite it for clarity. Full official statement, inside... More »
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[Update: Progressive responded and clarified that the fine print does NOT mean they will use military service to give you a higher rate.] We got this email tonight from Ceaser, who wants to know why his military service would negatively affect his car insurance:
Why Is Progressive Using "Recent Military Service" To Determine Rates And Eligibility?
[Update: Progressive responded and clarified that the fine print does NOT mean they will use military service to give you a higher rate.] We got this email tonight from Ceaser, who wants to know why his military service would negatively affect his car insurance:While searching for new car insurance on progressive and sadly other insurance carriers, figuring what the rate check would be I answered a few questions. Some questions asked were if I was currently in the military and in college, I am both. As an Iraq war Army vet I am currently going to school with the GI bill, and tuition assistance from the Air national guard, so I put that I am both a student and national guard.More »
