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Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

‘I finally figured out what these guys do’: Man shares ‘unethical’ hack for getting out of car loan payments. But does it work?

Woman says she regrets Tesla after having to wait over an hour for it to charge ‘just to get home’

‘In case you’re wondering what it’s like to have a Tesla’: Woman says she regrets Tesla after having to wait over an hour for it to charge ‘just to get home’

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

Discount Tire customer goes in to air up one tire. She gets talked into buying 4 new ones

‘I can’t sleep at night knowing you use these tires’: Discount Tire customer goes in to air up one tire. She gets talked into buying four new ones

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

Luxury car dealer shares the difference in selling luxury cars and used cars

‘Moving to Luxury was the best decision I ever made’: Car salesman shares the difference in selling luxury cars and used cars

Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

Melody Heald

Tesla owner shares why you should never buy one

‘I’ve never seen it like this before’: Tesla owner shares why you should never buy one

Tangie Mitchell is a creative writer, journalist, and editor based in New York. Her interests include pop culture and entertainment, poetry, and morning cups of herbal tea.

Tangie Mitchell

young man in car with caption "I love selling luxury cars"

‘I would’ve cried on the spot’: Luxury car dealer says he never expected customer to tell him this 

Vladimir Supica is a Serbia-based freelance writer. He enjoys traveling through Europe, reading non-fiction books, and playing with his dog Max.

Vladimir Supica

Woman says she was ‘tricked’ into going into car dealership to trade-in her car, shares what to look out for

‘They really tried to get me’: Woman gets ‘tricked’ into trade-in visit to car dealership. Here’s what she says to look out for

Woman talking(l+r), Hands pointing to contract(c)

‘Everything the finance managers don’t want you to know’: Car buyer details what not to say when you sit down to do financing

Woman talking(l+r), Hand holding car keys(c)

‘I chose the guy with the biggest chain and the biggest ego’: Salesman ‘low-balls’ woman’s car during trade-in process. Here’s how she ‘lied’ to get a deal

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

Enterprise customer confronts worker after rental came up to $30 more

Enterprise customers confront worker after rental came up to more than they expected. Are they wrong?

Driver says there’s a new ‘trend’ of people getting intentionally hit by cars.

‘EVERYONE. NEEDS. A. DASH CAM’: Driver says there’s a new ‘trend’ of people getting intentionally hit by cars. Here’s why

Sasha Rogelberg is a Philadelphia-based freelance journalist and author of Inboxbox, a Formula 1 newsletter.

Sasha Rogelberg

Woman claims that extremely bright headlights are making it difficult for her to drive at night

‘No way are these legal’: Woman claims that extremely bright headlights are making it difficult for her to drive at night

‘Mine keeps going UP!’: Credit coach shares PSA on how to lower car insurance payments

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

Turo user says Tesla came back damaged after renting it out

‘Don’t put a vehicle on Turo if you actually care about it’: Turo user says Tesla came back damaged after renting it out

Brooke Park is a former reporting fellow with the Daily Dot and a journalism senior at the University of Texas at Austin. Her work has appeared in Texas Monthly, The Dallas Morning News and The Texas Tribune.

Brooke Park

man scraping leftover crash wrap on car with blade (l) McDonald's building with signs (c) man scraping leftover crash wrap on car with blade (r)

‘When you get paid as much as you would at McDonald’s, I don’t blame em’: Employee complains about young worker walking off job over hard task to work at McDonald’s instead

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