Name: Coronavirus economy: Expert suggests exploring new and used vehicles
Uploaded: 2020-05-14T10:40:58-0400
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Description: The coronavirus has brought with it a lot of changes to the automotive industry and to drivers in general. National auto expert Nik Miles joined WRAL News to discuss the industry and urge shoppers to not only consider deals on new vehicles, but also used vehicles.

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The coronavirus has brought with it a lot of changes to the automotive industry and to drivers in general. National auto expert Nik Miles joined WRAL News to discuss the industry and urge shoppers to not only consider deals on new vehicles, but also used vehicles.

, AND THERE IS SO MUCH TO LEARN ABOUT THIS VIRUS. DR. BRENNER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. >> MY PLEASURE. >>> THE CORONAVIRUS HAS BROUGHT MORE THAN A LOT OF CHANGES TO THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, AND FOR DRIVERS IN GENERAL. JOINT VIA FACETIME BY OUR RESIDENT NATIONAL AUTO EXPERT, NICK MILES. NICK, GREAT TO SEE YOU. WE RECENTLY HEARD THAT CAR SALES ACTUALLY ARE DOING OKAY HERE IN RALEIGH, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE EVERYWHERE, IS IT? >> NO, SOME FIGURES OUT YESTERDAY. JD POWER AND ASSOCIATES DOING THEIR AUTO INDUSTRY IMPACT REPORT SHOWING THAT STATES ARE HAVING A HARD TIME RECOVERING. THERE STILL ABOUT 50% OF TAX LAS VEGAS, THE SAME. OF COURSE, THE GOOD NEWS IS IN RALEIGH DURHAM THIS WEEKEND THIS MONTH, SO FAR THEY ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD. MAY IS SHOWING ONLY DOWN BY 15%, AND SOME OTHER STATES NOT AS LUCKY AS YOU ARE THERE. >> LISTEN. I HEARD A REPORT THIS WEEK ABOUT CAR DEALERSHIPS OFFERING INCREDIBLE DEALS LIKE 72 MONTHS NO INTEREST.  ARE SUCH A DEAL TUESDAY ARE JUST A TEMPORARY FIX TO GET PEOPLE TO BUY A VEHICLE? >> YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD PREDICT THE FUTURE ON HOW THINGS LOOKED FROM WEEK TO WEEK, I'D BE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY. UNFORTUNATELY AS THINGS CHANGE , AS PEOPLE GET MORE COMFORTABLE GOING OUT AND BUYING, THOSE DEALS WILL BEGIN TO DISAPPEAR. IT'S A STIMULUS PACKAGE BY THE AUTOMAKERS. THEY ARE OFFERING SOME INCREDIBLE DEALS. WE ARE SEEING MONEY ON THE HOODS OF CARS RIGHT NOW, BUT AS THE INDUSTRY PICKS UP AND IT IS SHOWING SIGNS OF PICKING UP, THOSE DEALS WILL PROBABLY DISAPPEAR. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT INSURANCE AND WARRANTIES. NOW PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AT ALL.'S IS HAVING AN IMPACT ON INTEREST AND SOME CASES A WARRANTY? >> ABSOLUTELY. WE TALKED TO MERCURY INSURANCE, AND THEY ACTUALLY TOLD US THEY ARE REFUNDING $65 MILLION TO SOME OF THEIR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PAYING THOSE, THOSE WEEKLY OR MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS FOR THEIR CAR INSURANCE, AND THAT IS THROUGH APRIL AND MAY. THAT'S ABOUT 15% OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU WOULD PAY ON YOUR CAR INSURANCE. LESS VEHICLES ON THE ROAD MEANS LESS ACCIDENTS, MEANS LESS PAY OUT OF MONEY, SO MAKING SOME REFUNDS . ALSO CAR COMPANIES LIKE KIA EXTENDING SOME OF THEIR WARRANTIES. IF YOUR WARRANTY WAS EXPIRING WHILE WE WERE SITTING THERE AT HOME NOT DRIVING YOUR CAR, THEY ARE EXTENDING THEM THROUGH JUNE 1, SO YOU CAN GET A FEW EXTRA MONTHS OF YOUR WARRANTY ON YOUR CAR. >> THAT IS SOME GOOD NEWS. FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE MARKET TO BUY A NEW VEHICLE, WHAT ARE THE POPULAR MODELS NOWADAYS? >> INTERESTING ENOUGH, I DID A QUICK SURVEY, LOOKING AT RALEIGH-DURHAM, WE SEE BIG TRUCKS HUGE THEIR. NUMBER ONE SELLER IS THE SILVERADO 1500 FROM GENERAL MOTORS. NUMBER TWO IS THE FORD F1 50, AND THEN IT IS SUVs, BUT A GROWING CATEGORY THAT IS SHOWING SOME VERY STRONG IMPROVEMENT IS THE MIDSIZE TRUCKS, LIKE THE TOYOTA TACOMA. THAT'S THE NUMBER FIVE SELLER IN RALEIGH-DURHAM, AND IT'S ALSO UP TO THE PRESENT, THOSE MID SIDES UP 3% ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> REALLY QUICKLY, YOUR BEST ADVICE FOR ANYONE SHOPPING FOR A VEHICLE RIGHT NOW? >> LOOK TO THE DEALS. PEOPLE ARE OFFERING MONEY OFF THEIR ROOTS, BUT DON'T ALWAYS JUST CONSIDER A BRAND-NEW VEHICLE. YOU CAN ALSO CONSIDER A NEW VEHICLE. WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE OPTIONS HAVE MASSIVE DROPS IN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY. THEY ARE ACCEPTING IT FOR CARS, AND THAT SHOULD BE HITTING A LOT SOON. SO CONSIDER NEW AND USED AND ALSO SHOPPED AROUND. EVERYBODY HAS GOT GREAT DEALS RIGHT NOW. >> GRADED BY TICKET IS A BUYER'S MARKET WHEN IT COMES TO

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I'm meteorologist, Amy Wilmoth in the WRL severe weather center, a summer like day today. A lot of sunshine, warm temperatures highs will climb into the upper eighties for most of you today. We have severe weather west of us today, but that same system is headed our way. It arrives Friday afternoon and has the potential to bring some severe storms here as well. We have a level one risk for severe storms for most of the area, including all of the triangle. The biggest threats would be some damaging winds and maybe a little bit of hail. So this system as it does move into North Carolina, it weakens, but we still have that threat. We'll still have some storm energy in the afternoon and evening and we have that potential for some isolated severe storms the second half of the day tomorrow overnight, tonight, clouds will increase. We'll have a dry morning commute. So you don't have to worry about the rain in the morning when you leave. But then in the afternoon, around three o'clock or so, we'll start to notice the development of some hit and miss showers and storms and that will likely continue through the evening commute. And if you have Friday night plans, you probably want the umbrella just to be on the safe side. At nine o'clock, we'll still have some scattered showers and storms. And then beyond that, I think things will start to settle down and we'll have a little bit of a break from the rain on Saturday. But some hit and miss storms possible the second half of the day tomorrow on Friday and then we'll have a better chance for some rain as we wrap up the weekend, a decent chance for scattered showers the second half of the day on Sunday, this is just going to be rain. We don't expect severe weather. It will be a stable air mass in place. Highs will be in the sixties. So just plain old rain for the second half of the day on Sunday. So for the rest of the day today, it is dry and warm. A high of 87 today, a dry start Friday. But then late in the afternoon and through the evening, we'll have some hit and miss showers and storms and any storms that form could become become severe. Saturday. We have partly to mostly cloudy skies. Only a 20% chance for rain with a high near normal. Around 75 Sunday will probably start dry. And then the second half of the day, we have scattered showers. It's cooler with a high of 6365 with the high on Monday and we'll have lows in the forties Monday morning and Tuesday morning. But temperatures will start to go up again next week. We're back in the mid seventies, Tuesday and upper seventies by Wednesday.

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Good afternoon. I'm back. Global. Welcome to this news drawings for Thursday, April 18th, 2024. Let's get started with Carolina pick three. The first pick three numbers zero. The second is one, the third is six that are pick three. Fireball number is one. Joining me for this afternoon's drawing is our auditor for a con and Jones L LP. Now move on to Carolina pick for the first four. Number is three. The second is for the third is 54, is seven in our pick four. Fireball number is nine. The North Carolina education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support and thanks for playing.

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After 22 years in business, Armadillo Grill on Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh has closed.



WE HAVE MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. I'LL SHOW YOU COMING UP. THE LIST OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH BUSINESSES SHUTTING THEIR DOORS IS ARMADILLO GRILL IS THE LATEST TO CLOSE FOR GOOD. >> WRAL'S SEAN GALLAGHER IS IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH TO FIND OUT WITH THIS MEANS FOR THE GLENN WOOD, SOUTH AREA. SEAN, THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO A LOT OF FOLKS. >> YEAH, THIS WAS VERY ABRUPT SO ABRUPT THAT WE'VE SEEN A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE COMING UP HERE TRYING TO GET LUNCH ON THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEY'RE MET WITH THIS SIGN ON THE DOOR, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE SHUT DOWN FOR GOOD, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AT THIS LOCATION. NOW, THIS TEX MEX RESTAURANT CALL THE CORNER OF GLENWOOD AVENUE AND TUCKER STREET HOME FOR THE LAST. 22 YEARS. IN A FACEBOOK POST, THE OWNERS SAY CHANGES IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AND RISING COSTS ARE WHY THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN THIS LOCATION. IT'S THE LATEST IN A STRING OF STAPLE BUSINESSES RALLY, CLOSING CLOUDS BREWING, SHUT DOWN ITS RALEIGH TAVERN ON WEST STREET EARLIER THIS MONTH IN THE CAPITAL CLUB. 16 IS SHUTTING DOWN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. OUR BELOVED REAL SAID THEY WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION TO SERVE THE RALEIGH COMMUNITY. BUT FOR SHARE MCCRACKEN OF GARDEN SCAPE DESIGNER FOR BUSINESSES AROUND THIS AREA. THIS IS JUST A SIGN OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> IT'S ELEVATING RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO KIND OF ROLL WITH IT. NATURALLY COMING TO AN END AND MAYBE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SPOT THAT'S PERFECT FOR THEM. BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THAT THERE IS A CHANGE GOING ON ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. >> AN ARMADILLO GRILL WILL ARE STILL OFFER THEIR CATERING SERVICES HERE AND THEY WILL STILL OPERATE THEIR FLAGSHIP LOCATION IN CARRBORO. BUT RENEE, THAT'S ABOUT 40 MINUTES AWAY RIGHT NEAR UNC CAMPUS. >> WHILE CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE TO DRIVE A LOT FARTHER AND WE WILL SEE WHAT ENDS UP TAKING ITS PLACE. THERE ON GLENWOOD

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Good evening. I'm Gail her. Welcome to tonight's drawing for Wednesday, April 17th, 2024. Well, let's get start tonight with our Carolina pick three. Our first winning numbers are two. Our second number is nine and the third number tonight is six and our pick three. Fireball number is an eight. Joining me for tonight's show is the auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. Now lets move of the Carolina pick four. Good luck. Everyone who's that first number. It's a three. Our second pick four. Number is one, third, one is one again and our fourth pick four number is a nine and our pick for fireball number is a six. Well, turning now to the Carolina cash five. If no one was the top prize tonight, tomorrow's top prize is estimated at $191,000. Good luck. Everyone is that first winning cash five number. It's 33. Our second number is an eight third number. Tonight is 10. Our fourth number is 22 and the final number in our cash five this evening, 41 the North Carolina education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Get your winning numbers right here every night at your exclusive station for the North Carolina Education lottery. Thanks for playing. Have a great night.

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