Welcome to our weekly round-up of the biggest breaking stories on Driving.ca from this past week. Get caught up and ready to get on with the weekend, because it’s hard keeping pace in a digital traffic jam.Here’s what you missed while you were away.Owner crushes classic Charger, blames no-show buyersA man who ran out of patience with people saying they wanted to buy his 1970 Dodge Charger 500 but then not showing up to a make serious offer has gone to the extreme to put it to a stop. He had the classic car crushed and filmed it. The video, now trending on various Mopar and classic car Facebook pages, shows the forks of a large machine coming down repeatedly on the Charger while the owner looks on in apparent ecstasy, shouting “that’s what you guys f***ing get…everybody wants to be a car guy until it’s time to do car guy shit!” Nice work, man — you sure showed them! We guess?Texas tuner turns Chevy truck into Ford Raptor rivalChevrolet people tired of Ford people rubbing the off-road prowess of the F-150 Raptor in their faces now have a little something to rub back with. The Jackal is Texas-based truck tuner PaxPower’s take on the Chevrolet Silverado 1500, with more power, more lift, more flare, more shock absorption and more more. The tuning kits come in three trims (read about them here) and start at US$15,000, plus the Chevy. YouTubers rebuild burnt-to-crisp Hellcat for US$39,000, but is it safe?The family of volunteers at YouTube’s D.I.Y. Gang managed to spend less than US$40,000 in parts (not to mention the many, many man-hours of labour) rebuilding a totally burnt-out Dodge Challenger Hellcat. You can and should watch the whole thing come together in 14 minutes in this time-lapse video, which includes a test drive with two gleeful screaming children in the back, but you maybe shouldn’t try it at home. Why? Because, despite the car looking and sounding great and moving well, there’s no telling how badly the metals were damaged by the extreme heat of the fire.  The value of older classic cars is dipping, while some newer classics soarWhat do older classic cars and real estate in large Canadian cities have in common? This isn’t the setup to a dad joke, but a real question posed by our writer Alyn Edwards, and one it turns out may have kind of a sad answer. Because the commonality between the two “assets” is that, today, some are experiencing a downturn in demand and therefore value. Much like that house on your block that’s been for sale for over a year now, many classic cars are sitting idle with sticker prices nobody is willing to pay. For proof, look no further than the Charger crushed by its owner at the top of this list! Ford to offer full over-the-air updates with Sync upgrade“Have you downloaded the latest update?” That’s the new familiar refrain replacing the classic “have you tried turning it on and off again?” at IT departments around the world, thanks to over-the-air updates that keep software on devices like computers and smartphones running smoothly. Now, Ford is capitalizing on the tech evolution with its Sync system that will update everything from infotainment to the comfort systems to the brakes and engine, fixing issues as your vehicle sits idle. The move will position Ford at the forefront of the legacy automakers in terms of automatic updates — but still a ways behind
Origin: News Roundup: A murdered Dodge Charger, a resurrected Hellcat and a Raptor-rivaling Chevy