This Is the First Cybertruck Reportedly Cleared for Sale by Tesla, Might Be the Cheapest Zainal Abidin, 20/11/2025 It was about time. The first Cybertruck, apparently cleared for sale by Tesla, has been listed on an online auction website. The seller claims that he has the documentation to prove it. With three days left to go, this Cybertruck is the most affordable on the used car market so far. To avoid car flipping after all these years of waiting, Tesla introduced a no-resale clause in the purchase contract that all Cybertruck owners must comply with.Otherwise, the carmaker may seek injunctive relief to prevent the transfer of title of the vehicle or demand liquidated damages from the seller in the amount of $50,000 or the value received as a consideration for the sale or transfer, whichever is greater.Whoever wants to sell the Cybertruck they just got delivery of must first notify Tesla in writing of their sale intention and give the automaker time to buy back the vehicle at the purchase price listed in the Final Price Sheet minus $0.25 per every mile driven. This means that, for a Cybertruck with 10,000 miles on the odometer, $2,500 should be subtracted from the price.However, Tesla may refuse to buy the Cybertruck back. If the owner wants to… Continue Reading
Good deal or scam? What to look out for when buying used car Zainal Abidin, 19/11/2025 WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – An indictment against the former owner of three used car dealershipsaccused of altering odometers and falsifying readings, raises questions about how to ensure that you’re getting a good deal with a used car purchase and aren’t being scammed.“Whenever you’re buying a car, the first thing I would always do is do your research,” advises Mike Gisick with Midwest Kia in Wichita.Gisick sells vehicles and knows the importance of knowing exactly what you’ll be getting when you’re thinking about making a big purchase. The best way to find out details on what you’re getting is to conduct an online history check through a source like CARFAX.“When you’re looking at the AutoCheck or the CARFAX, it’s gonna give you the odometer reading,” Gisick said. Now, the average consumer is going to drive about 14,000 miles in Kansas, so that helps you figure out how many miles the car should have to start with.”Most dealerships get cars from trade-ins, off-the-street sales and auctions, which can be a gamble.“Unfortunately, even at auction, we’ll get a bad purchase ourselves,” he said.You can do your best to try and avoid those bad purchases by… Continue Reading
Used car market facing unprecedented shift Zainal Abidin, 18/11/2025 A new report predicts that electric vehicles will make up 28% of all used car sales in the period between 2024 and 2027.According to the latest four-year market forecast published by Cox Automotive, up to 2.3 million used EVs will be sold before 2027, representing a 160% increase in market share.Meanwhile, hybrids are expected to account for 25% of total registrations, with two million units sold.Trending in the opposite direction, diesels will shrink to just three per cent with only 62,000 units registered in 2027, while petrol sales will fall 12% to just a 35% share by 2028.Philip Nothard, insight director, Cox Automotive said: “The registration of the millionth EV in the UK is an important milestone in the transition to zero-emission motoring. But with two in every five new cars joining the UK car park this year forecast to be EV or hybrid, and with that proportion destined to grow rapidly in future years, dynamics in the used market over the next four years will arguably rival the complexity and impact of those experienced during the pandemic.”He continued: “It’s almost impossible to overstate the shift in the UK car park over the past four… Continue Reading
There’s A Brand New Tesla Cybertruck Foundation Series For Sale On Cars & Bids Zainal Abidin, 17/11/2025 Deliveries of the Tesla Cybertruck are slowly but surely ramping up and people who reserved it years ago are starting to receive delivery dates. But what if you want to skip the line and get your hands on the angular pickup without waiting weeks or months for Tesla to ship the EV?Well, there’s one for sale right now on Cars & Bids, the car auction site started by none other than our friend and YouTuber extraordinaire Doug DeMuro.Get Fully ChargedThis Cybertruck goes on sale a second timeA brand-new Tesla Cybertruck AWD Foundation Series has popped up for sale on the auction site Cars & Bids. Currently, the highest bid is $150,000, which is 50% more than what the car originally cost.The bidding is currently at $150,000 but the auction ends on Friday, so we expect the price to go even higher. In fact, even as it stands now, that’s a pretty penny–50% more than the original retail price of $102,235, but if Tesla’s first-ever pickup is everything you’re looking for, go for it. 14 PhotosThis particular Cybertruck is a dual-motor Foundation Series model with roughly 70 miles on the odometer, so it’s pretty much… Continue Reading
Why auto insurance costs are rising at the fastest rate in 47 years Zainal Abidin, 16/11/2025 As car prices moderate from a pandemic-era surge, insurance has pushed the cost of car ownership to the brink for many Americans.New data out this week showed auto insurance costs rose 20.6% from the previous year in February, matching January’s increase as the most since December 1976, when costs rose 22.4% over the previous year.On an annual basis, motor vehicle insurance costs rose 17.4% in 2023, the most since a 28.7% increase in 1976, according to data from the BLS.The sticker shock hitting many American drivers is being driven by a rise in accidents, the severity of accidents, and geographical factors combining to create a perfect storm and push costs higher.Read more: Tips for getting cheap car insurance‘Severity’ and bodily injury claims on the riseThe most alarming factor driving insurance costs higher is more severe claims.“In general, the numbers of crashes, injuries, and fatalities are up, and inflation has made the cost of repairs more expensive,” AAA spokesperson Robert Sinclair told Yahoo Finance.Sinclair said motorists developed “bad habits” on the road during pandemic lockdowns, contributing to current behavior. For example, as the New York Times reported earlier this year, researchers in Nevada… Continue Reading
Inside abandoned used car dealership where cars have been left half-repaired – Car Dealer Magazine Zainal Abidin, 15/11/2025 A ghost ship car dealership has been uncovered by urban explorers complete with half-repaired cars and filing cabinets full of paperwork.YouTube channel ForgottenBuildings published a video this week looking inside the dealership where display cars are still in situ in the showroom and cars hoisted in the workshop up on the ramps.The Kia and Lada showroom – dubbed ‘the dealership of the apocalypse’ – is located near a busy main road ‘somewhere in Germany’.The video shows the explorers starting out the back of the dealership where they found a number of vandalized Kia models. They then climb in through a broken window to an office with shelves still full of files.Most of the cars have been ransacked for the expensive parts – including exhausts and interior trim. Offices in the showroom have posters on the walls, shelves are still full of brochures in the showroom and even the fridge was left with food inside when the dealership was shut down.The store room is still packed with ‘thousands of Euros’ worth of stock, including bumpers, wheels and smaller parts.It’s not known exactly when the showroom was abandoned – or why – but a more modern … Continue Reading
Here’s why auto repairs are so expensive right now Zainal Abidin, 14/11/2025 SAN ANTONIO – If you’ve had to take your car in for repairs lately, you’ve likely had to dole out more money than usual.Car repairs are not a luxury; they’re a necessity, which is why spiking auto shop prices are hitting customers hard.“The cost of doing business and the costs of parts and the cost of labor, it’s all increasing in today’s market,” said Miracle Body and Paint CEO Manuel Rubio.Rubio first pointed out the general vehicle inventory issue that has been a problem for a while.“You can go back to inventory of January 2020. There were 4 million cars in America available for sale. Today, there’s 1.9 million. That’s half,” he said. “Vehicles in general, have increased in the past four years, from 2020 to today, 20%. So what was running $35,000 back in 2020 is now costing $44,000 or $45,000.”Rubio says supply chain issues lingering from the pandemic and current inflation have forced a spike in the price of parts, up an average of 15%.“Parts have also increased anywhere from 10 to 20%. Headlamps are going up, tail lamps are going up, sheet metal is going up, doors and hoods. Really in… Continue Reading
Straightaway Tire & Auto Acquires 2 Repair Shops in Minnesota Zainal Abidin, 13/11/2025 Accurate Auto & Tire Service and Wayne’s Automotive have a combined experience of more than 60 years in the industry.Straightaway Tire & Auto expanded its reach in Minnesota by acquiring Accurate Auto & Tire Service and Wayne’s Automotivefacilitated by O2 Investment Partnerswhich announced the move.“We’re very excited to welcome the teams at Accurate Auto and Wayne’s to the Straightaway family,” said Jeff Matt, division president of Straightaway. “They have each earned loyal customer bases over their decades in operation, and we look forward to working together to uphold their reputations for great customer experience.”The two well-established businesses have a combined experience of more than 60 years in the automotive repair industry.Accurate Auto has been a cornerstone in the Maple Grove, MN, market for over 25 years, offering comprehensive auto repair services. Similarly, Wayne’s Automotive, with more than 35 years of operation, has been a key player in the Grand Rapids, MN, market.“The addition of Accurate Auto and Wayne’s will further strengthen Straightaway’s already robust presence in Minnesota,” said Joe Vallee of O2 Investment Partners. “Furthermore, the transactions highlight our commitment to support Straightaway’s continued expansion by leveraging platform-wide resources to drive localized… Continue Reading
Automakers struggle with Europe’s EV charging issues Zainal Abidin, 12/11/2025 The comments Sander and de Meo made last week at events in Brussels — where the European Commission has set a target to eliminate emissions from new vehicles sold just over a decade from now — speak to anxieties that have flown under the radar relative to the race to lower costs and increase battery range. These are among the more nuanced complications that the industry and regulators have little time to resolve.The EU should take inspiration from the region’s efforts to develop a European standard for mobile phone telecommunications, which led to the creation of the Global System for Mobile Communication, or GSM, de Meo said.“In Europe, we invented the GSM standard, and this thing was copied everywhere,” he said.Regulators do not necessarily see a role for themselves in this process. Klaus Müller, president of Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur, who oversees the country’s electricity and telecommunications markets, believes that setting a common EV charging standard in the EU is not a job for the bloc’s 27 regulators, but one “for the car producers and their self-governing bodies.”“It’s more practical to rely on industry standardization,” he said in an interview this week.One automaker that hasn’t complained about… Continue Reading
Health & Medical News & Analysis Discoveries Zainal Abidin, 11/11/2025 Olivia Munn’s breast cancer prognosis is drawing attention to a regularly used breast most cancers danger calculator. Dangerous Bacterial Infections on the Rise, CDC Says The CDC is warning health care suppliers within the United States to be on the look forward to a uncommon bacterial sickness that may lead to meningitis and probably dying. How genetics combined with pink meat consumption might increase colorectal cancer riskRed meat is a identified carcinogen. Now researchers say it raises colorectal cancer danger even larger for folks with a genetic predisposition. Getting too little sleep linked to high blood pressureResearchers say people who get less than 7 hours of sleep a night have a greater danger of hypertension. Chemotherapy after surgical procedure is usually done to prevent most cancers cells from growing or returning.This work is supported by further income from advertising and subscriptions.To find a good dealer, she advises, “undergo either Healthcare.gov or your native state division of insurance coverage to seek out anyone that is licensed and in good standing.”Not Getting Enough Sleep May Raise Hypertension Risk, Especially for FemalesNew analysis suggests that sleeping lower than seven hours an evening might increase the risk of hypertension, particularly for… Continue Reading