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The Drive
13-05-2025
- Automotive
- The Drive
If You Blow a Tire, Call a Tow Truck and Not Whatever This Is
The latest car news, reviews, and features. Treading lightly around vehicles hauling alarming loads is the kind of self-preservation instinct you need to have as a driver. In my experience, that's typically a pickup ravaged by rust, carrying loose tools in the bed. A red flag, to be sure, but it's frankly nothing compared to this Ford Expedition 'towing' a Saab 9-3 convertible on the North Loop off US 290 near Houston. I put it quotes because I don't think it should really count as towing when you use a single chain. The Saab in this tandem purportedly suffered some kind of 'wheel or tire issue' on Monday afternoon that resulted in its driver not calling an actual tow truck, but instead getting hauled away by the Ford SUV with only a chain—while still riding in the vehicle. ABC13 Houston spoke to a witness who is responsible for the footage we have, and he pointed out something I frankly missed trying to figure out what the hell was going on here: There's a man in the driver seat as the convertible is swaying and swinging wildly across multiple lanes of traffic, his head jerking to and fro all the while. The witness also says the woman driving the Expedition was laughing as this played out. But hey: At least they had the sense to turn the hazards on in both cars. Safety first! Unsurprisingly, the Saab's passenger-side mirror was left dangling from the door, while the front fender on the same side was scraped pretty severely. Without knowing the condition of the individual in the Saab, we can at least say that it appears other drivers gave this chaos ample room to unfold, and thankfully, nobody else was swept up in the madness. All because of a flat, apparently! Look, I have no more information than ABC13 Houston shares here, and yes, I can see the bare rim on the Saab's driver-side front tire. But it's hard to believe that even the least rational person you know would choose this as their solution to one of the most common and benign automotive emergencies there is. It just doesn't track, much like this wayward Swedish convertible. Got tips? Send 'em to tips@ Adam Ismail is the News Editor at The Drive, coordinating the site's slate of daily stories as well as reporting his own and contributing the occasional car or racing game review. He lives in the suburbs outside Philly, where there's ample road for his hot hatch to stretch its legs, and ample space in his condo for his dusty retro game consoles.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Yahoo
Absolutely Infuriating: After Crashing, Dodge Charger Thief Taunts, Threatens Witness
Read the full story on The Auto Wire After a man crashed a stolen Dodge Charger in a Houston-area neighborhood, he taunted a witness while being recorded, bragging about how he stole the Mopar. The guy even lifts up the ski mask he was wearing, showing his face, almost like he knew there would be few consequences for his it turns out the guy is right, almost like he's been through the system a few times. And that's the problem: while most people are decent and won't steal cars no matter what, certain individuals will and once they realize there are light consequences for theft, they'll do it over and over. In the cellphone footage taken by the witness, the suspect goes so far as to threaten him, saying he saw which house he came from and will be back later. We hope once authorities track the guy down, he faces consequences for that threat as well as the theft and anything else they can throw at him. We've seen so many cases of car thieves acting like what they do is no big deal, likely because they've been caught several times before and not much happened to them. When those types of repeat offenders realize they can make a bunch of money and have fun stealing cars, they look at fines and short stints in jail as just a small cost for doing business. Until this problem is addressed, the car theft problem which has plagued communities from coast to coast, and swept across many other countries around the globe, will only continue. That means your vehicle could be taken by one of these people who think it's a big joke, costing you thousands of dollars plus a whole lot of grief all because they don't want to work a legitimate job. Image via ABC13 Houston/YouTube Join our Newsletter, subscribe to our YouTube page, and follow us on Facebook.
