Filed under: SUV, Etc., Ford, Police/Emergency
There's no such thing as the perfect crime, but some criminals are clearly more perfect than others. According to UT San Diego, a man wearing latex gloves and sunglasses recently strolled into a Chase Bank in San Diego, pointed a gun at a teller and began demanding money. The teller wisely obliged, handing over $2,920 in cash before the robber took to his vehicle and fled in a white
Ford Expedition. Onlookers were quick to jot down the vehicle's vanity license plate, which read ALMDUDE. It didn't take police long to track down the vehicle's owner, 27-year-old Robert Alm.
While we're not surprised to hear of a their using their own vehicle to flee a crime scene, using one with
vanity plates proudly proclaiming the thief's name is something new. Alm has since been booked on suspicion of robbery.
Police say the man is homeless and has been living in the Expedition.
CA bank robber foiled by vanity plates bearing own name originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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A dealership in Michigan has finally caved to Internet pressure and repurchased an SUV they sold a woman that
had a "dead body smell." But now there's a new twist. The dealership tells
Jalopnik it now plans to resell it once they get it back.
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Filed under: Car Buying, SUV, Etc., Ford
The 2011
IntelliChoice and
AutoPacific Motorist Choice Awards have been announced, and the Blue Oval took home top honors with
Ford and
Lincoln vehicles winning in six categories. Last year,
Toyota and
Lexus grabbed the top nod by securing nine wins over various classes. For 2011, that number fell to five.
The Motorist Choice Awards evaluate vehicles across 15 categories and two classes - popular and premium. This year, the awards are based on the responses from over 72,000 surveys that questioned owners who recently bought a 2011 vehicle. AutoPacific uses the 48 questions on the survey to gauge owner satisfaction in its Vehicle Satisfaction Awards. Those findings are then paired with IntelliChoice's Best Overall Value Award, which is based on cost of ownership figures, to create the Motorist Choice Awards.
The
Ford Expedition took home wins in the Cargo Hauler, Road Trip and People Mover categories. That makes the SUV the only vehicle to ace three categories in 2011.
Hit the jump for the press release.
Continue reading 2011 Motorist Choice Awards announced, Ford takes home four
2011 Motorist Choice Awards announced, Ford takes home four originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Parking sideways across three parking spaces in your Ford Expedition may make you feel like a real man, but what happens when a couple of Reddit users decide to legally park in the two open spaces on either side of you? Revenge as sweet as a Bloomin' Onion.
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There are many reasons people get frustrated with SUV drivers. Crowding parking spaces like a linebacker in a port-a-john's one of them, as we see the white Suburban here doing. The gray Expedition taking four spaces? Well that's just
asshattery.
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Classy-lady Crystal Gardner rushed from her Dallas home as a repo man was recovering her
Ford Expedition. Thinking quickly, she tossed her 1-year-old infant into the back seat through the window before a 15-year-old associate came out with a shotgun.
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