Dieseltec Vandalized After Failed GoFundMe Campaign
Last week, the owner of Grandville, Michigan’s Dieseltec came under fire after he wrote a lengthy and borderline incoherent Facebook post that stated—among other things—that “openly gay persons” are not welcome at his shop and that he would be providing discounts to open-carrying gun owners. This was followed in short order by another long, poorly-written […]
How to Get Discounts on an Accessible Van
An accessible van for your wheelchair greatly increases your independent mobility, but paying for a converted vehicle at full price costs a ton of money. Upfitted vans and SUVs aren’t cheap with all the modifications and equipment installation they require. There are ways you can save money when acquiring a wheelchair-accessible vehicle, including these potential […]
Man Crashes Car and Lives Five Days in the Woods
In Houston, Texas, Jose Velasquez was in a terrible car crash that injured him and left him trapped in the woods. After five days, Velasquez was found by rescuers and was miraculously alive. Drive Safely: 2018 Outlander is a top safety pick How Velasquez survived On June 26th, Velasquez was driving alone and crashed his […]
Geeks for Kids Builds Cars for Kids With Movement Disabilities
Geeks for Kids, a robotics team and club in Missouri, is putting its tech skills to good use. This extension of LEARN Science and Math Club consists of high-school and middle-school students who collaborate with local auto-mechanics and engineers to create cars for children with physical limitations. As LEARN’s website states, the cars help the children […]
Hero: Teen Sells Xbox and Games to Buy Mom a Chevy Metro
13-Year-Old Trades Yard Work and All Play to Save the Day
Someone raised their kid right. 13-year-old William Rabillo gave up his action video game lifestyle last month to aid his struggling single mother, Krystal Preston, with needed transportation. Rabillo eyed a 1999 Chevy Metro on Facebook Marketplace and reached out to the seller. While he had nowhere near the amount the owner was asking, he […]
Toyota Offers New Tundra to Nurse Who Saved Stranded Patients in California Wildfires
Allyn Pierce is a nurse in the intensive care unit at the hospital in Paradise, California. When he received the order to evacuate, the heeded the call but became stuck in a gridlock of evacuated cars. At one point, with the flames closing in, he did not expect to survive and recorded a message to […]
Inspiring Employee Who Walked 20 Miles All Night to Work Gets CEO’s Car
“Walk a mile in my shoes” –Elvis Presley | “Come walk in my shoes, because my shoes was killing me that day” –Walter Carr
If your car broke down the day before you were to start a new job and all your backup rides fell through, the majority of people would probably panic, cry, blame bad luck, and curse the world before calling off or maybe even quitting. However, Walter Carr is not in the majority. Need a New […]
Kangaroo Crossing Sign Drama Unites Neighborhood in a Land That’s Not Down Under
Barring an escape at the Columbus Zoo, drivers in Ohio’s capital city face microscopic odds of ever colliding with a kangaroo. But, as city officials are finding out, residents of one north Columbus neighborhood still take their kangaroo crossing sign very seriously. Until a few weeks ago, you could drive down Clinton Heights Avenue in […]
Orange Park Woman Living out of Car, Annoying the Neighbors
A transgender woman from a community in Orange Park, Florida is making some waves. She’s currently living out of her white Chevy Camaro, parked on the edge of a swampy two-acre plot of land she recently purchased for the bargain price of $5k. As John Gordon, one of the local neighbors, articulates: “There’s a tarp […]
This Honda Prelude Was Buried by Hurricane Harvey…Then Crushed by a Pickup
Losing your belongings to a hurricane is bad enough; getting whatever was left for you to salvage crushed by an uncaring hooligan behind the wheel of a pickup truck is even worse. That’s what happened to Chris Burns, who was forced to abandon his new-to-him red Honda Prelude down at the beach in Port Aransas […]
Crowdfunding Campaign Created to Help Dodge Viper Reclaim Its Nürburgring World Record
Members of the Viper Owners Association have set up a crowdfunding campaign to bring the Dodge Viper ACR back to Nürburgring for one final attempt to reclaim its former title and glory
For Dodge vehicle enthusiasts, the end of an era has officially arrived. 2017 marks the final production year for the Dodge Viper. During the course of the vehicle’s 25-year history, the Viper has set and broken numerous performance records. The current generation of the Dodge Viper ACR even holds 13 lap records at tracks across the […]
Repo Man Helps Elderly Buick Owners in Need
It’s the time of year when fuzzy stories pop up all over the web of humans doing good things for each other in the name of holiday spirit. After the year we’ve had in 2016, we here at The News Wheel welcome these happy stories with open arms. One of the first ones this season […]
Eric The Car Guy’s “Fixing it Forward” Tackles 2003 Nissan Sentra
With all of the negative stories on the news today, it’s easy to lose faith in humanity. That’s why it’s important to highlight when people do things to help others. One such instance is Eric the Car Guy and his Fixing it Forward series on YouTube. What is Fixing it Forward? It was born when […]
Chevy Gets a Head Start on #DayItForward by Giving Malibu to Teacher’s Aide
Chevrolet is planning to celebrate Leap Day tomorrow with a promotional campaign entitled #DayItForward, which will encourage people everywhere to use the extra 24 hours allotted to them to do something nice for someone. Chevy is going to lead by example when it comes to this whole random acts of kindness thing, and when announcing […]
Man Records Escape from Fiery Northern California Hell
Have you ever woken up and said to yourself, “I wonder what it would be like if there was a freeway just right through the depths of fiery, burning Hades”? Wonder no more (warning, some adult, but highly warranted, language): Of course, what you are seeing is, as you probably imagined, not a legitimate Greek […]
Community Gives Support to Firefighter Struck By Car
Have you noticed firefighters on the street holding their boots to collect money for a charity? Perhaps one of the most popular “Fill the Boot” fundraisers this time of year is for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, or MDA. On Wednesday, September 9th, Dennis Rodeman of the Lansing Fire Department was collecting money with his fellow firefighters […]
Michigan Woman Who Survived Crash Surprised With Chevrolet Traverse
There are few things more terrifying than a car crash. Not only does it cause injury or loss of life, but oftentimes those involved are left without a reliable means of transportation. On July 7th, while on the way home from running errands, Savannah Peterson and her 8-year-old daughter were involved in a collision on […]
College Student Pays Parking Fine Using Pennies
Parking tickets are the worst. There are few things more terrible than coming back to your vehicle after a nice dinner or a relaxing yoga class to find a dreaded ticket adorning your windshield. But most of us do the sane thing—realize we were in the wrong, and pay the ticket using a credit card […]