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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

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

Braden Bjella

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

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

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

Audra Schroeder&#8217;s work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

Audra Schroeder

woman upset speaking outside in parking lot (l) car being towed caption "Stolen car update I was told it was a bunch of people who called this towing company to verify my story was real. How could you think... I get it ig." (c) woman upset speaking outside in parking lot (r)

‘Why is that even a trend’: Woman’s viral TikTok about stolen Hyundai highlights the ‘Kia boyz’ challenge

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

Shell electric recharging station (l) man holding on to car trunk (c) Electric Vehicle energy information screen with battery at 35% (r)

‘I would have ordered DoorDash that’s how much my pettiness would’ve kicked in’: ‘Karen’ gets mad at woman for using charging station until electric car is at 100%

Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

Charlotte Colombo

Man working holding phone to ear speaking caption "Why I hate my job Pt. 2" (l) man speaking into phone working making sarcastic face caption "Why I hate my job Pt. 2.5" (c) man speaking into phone working shocked expression caption "Why I hate my job Pt. 3" (r)

‘Reservations mean nothing’: Worker offers Enterprise customer Chevy Malibu when she allegedly reserved an SUV

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

man in car with captions "we rented the cheapest Turo in LA" (l) "every time we turned the steering wheel it honked and people would stare" (c) "also sometimes it just did it on its own" (r)

‘Cheapest Turo in LA’: TikToker claims Turo car rental honked every time they turned the wheel

car interior (l) man walking up driveway with caption "POV You pull up at midnight to steal back your car that someone stole and sold on OFFERUP for 27K" (c) hand revealing "Civic" logo on floormats in trunk (r)

Cars