·7/30/2026
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Customer Tracked Her Mercedes to a Bar After Technician Took It for a ‘Test Drive’
Tennessee’s Kimberly dropped her Mercedes-Benz C300 at a dealership to fix rough idle from bad gas. A third-party tracker alerted her the car was at a restaurant then a sports bar, not the shop. She drove her loaner over, unlocked it with a spare key and called cops. Technician Derrick Nguyen claimed it was an “extended test drive,” but the judge called his behavior “extreme and outrageous.” Kimberly sued and won $20,720 in damages in July; Nguyen faces theft charges, with his criminal case wrapping up in August. Ever had a shady car service experience? Would you act as fast as Kimberly?