{"id":689577,"date":"2010-03-12T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/?p=40119"},"modified":"2026-10-04T11:24:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:24:55","slug":"surprise-prius-driver-is-bankrupt-wants-new-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/689577","title":{"rendered":"Surprise!  Prius Driver Is Bankrupt, Wants New Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/surprise-prius-driver-is-bankrupt-wants-new-car\/jamessikes\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40121\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jamessikes.jpg?resize=220%2C254\" alt=\"\" title=\"jamessikes\" width=\"220\" height=\"254\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40121\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jim Sikes, the man now famous for surviving the \u201crunaway\u201d Prius incident in California, is in deep financial kimchee.  Jim and his wife declared bankruptcy in 2008, and listed a combined liability of over $700k.  Toyota is, of course, listed as a creditor.<\/p>\n<p>Sikes refutes the relevance of his bankruptcy and told <a href=\"http:\/\/jalopnik.com\/5491101\/did-bankrupt-runaway-prius-driver-fake-unintended-acceleration\">Jalopnik\u2019s<\/a> Matt Hardigree that he wasn\u2019t considering litigation against Toyota.  He is, however, seeking a replacement vehicle for his demonically possessed Prius.<\/p>\n<p>So, in other words, if Toyota gives you a free new car, you\u2019ll shut up and go away?  Why am I having a hard time believing this is anything more than an attempted theft by deception?  <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s an important lesson here, boys and girls: don\u2019t believe everything you see on the news.  You are being lied to.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/jalopnik.com\/5491101\/did-bankrupt-runaway-prius-driver-fake-unintended-acceleration\">Jalopnik<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/T8ian3DRwbWzrVbtBpmqocPTO1M\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/T8ian3DRwbWzrVbtBpmqocPTO1M\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/T8ian3DRwbWzrVbtBpmqocPTO1M\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/T8ian3DRwbWzrVbtBpmqocPTO1M\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Sikes, the man now famous for surviving the \u201crunaway\u201d Prius incident in California, is in deep financial kimchee. Jim and his wife declared bankruptcy in 2008, and listed a combined liability of over $700k. Toyota is, of course, listed as a creditor. Sikes refutes the relevance of his bankruptcy and told Jalopnik\u2019s Matt Hardigree [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1332,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-689577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2Tod","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":790943,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689577\/revisions\/790943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}