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🇺🇸 Happy (early) Independence Day! 🇺🇸

RADD is coming at you a day early this week. How lucky!? Just like you, we are devoting tomorrow to celebrating the amazing country we live in with our family and friends.

When it comes to The Fourth, we consider ourselves to be experts of sorts. We love our country, and we love the auto dealers that keep it’s people moving.

So, sit back and get your dose of independence brought to you by RADD

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First and foremost, let’s talk fireworks. What’s a complete Fourth of July Celebration without some colorful pyrotechnics?

Fortunately there are no shortage of shows taking place this year.

Click the button below to find the closest to you!

While we’re on the subject, let’s not forget the most iconic firework connoisseur in modern history, Mr. Joe Dirt

RADD’S Top 10 Strangest 4th of July facts

1. Eating salmon on the Fourth of July is a tradition in New England.

2. Three presidents have died, and one was born, on the Fourth of July.

3. The Declaration of Independence wasn’t signed on July 4.

4. It is believed that there are 200 original copies of the Declaration of Independence printed.

5. It is technically a violation of The U.S. Flag Code to wear flag printed clothing.

6. There have been 27 different versions of the U.S. flag.

7. The 50th star was added to the American flag on July 4, 1960.

8. When we look at the costs, Americans spend over $1 billion on fireworks every 4th of July.

9. John Adams believed that American independence should be celebrated on July 2, as that’s the actual day the Continental Congress voted for independence in 1776.

10. President Zachary Taylor died in 1850 just a few days after eating spoiled fruit at a July 4 celebration.

I know all that is on your mind is grills and flags, but let’s take a quick break to recognize our local dealers who are out there making a change!

🇺🇲 We are honored and excited to be the premier sponsors for the Bel Air and Kingsville Fourth of July parades!
We love to support our community and celebrate the red, white, and blue! ❤️🤍💙

Join the fun-filled celebration this Thursday! 🤩

At Thomas Automotive, we care. ❤️ That's why we were proud to be partnered with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) through Subaru to donate cozy blankets to patients receiving cancer treatment at UPMC. Sending them comfort and a reminder that they're not alone in the fight. #SubaruLovestoCare #LLS #CancerResearch #Community #Hope

Hot Dog Drama

If you haven’t been following the 2024 Nathan’s July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest and Joey Chestnut drama as closely as we have, let us give you the skinny.

First of all, Joey Chestnut is a 16-time world champion and multiple world record holding competitive hot dog eater. He is the face of the MLE, and year after year crushes his competition in the Annual Nathan’s July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest.

Shocking to everybody, Joey took to Twitter 3 weeks ago to express how “gutted” he was after discovering that he was BANNED from Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Competition due to a rule change regarding “partners he can work with”. Very vague..

Lo and behold, Joey’s disqualification was sparked by MLE and Nathan’s uncovering his recent partnership with Impossible Foods, a plant based meat substitute company who manufactures vegan hot dogs. You can even see him shown above posing with Nathan’s direct competitor. Outrageous!

With neither party budging over the last several weeks, the decision still stands.

The Tweet above was published by Chestnut yesterday, and serves as our most recent update on the conflict. He will be competing in Texas at a completely different competition to raise money for military families.

You can watch it live tomorrow at 5pm using the link below:

Weeks after the Cyber Attack, CDK has officially announced that services will be back online for all dealers by Thursday morning, July 4th.

In the meantime, check out Car Dealership Guy’s crowed-sourced collection from dealers for dealers on how to retain productivity amidst the CDK outage.

Among the many contributors is a quote from Sheehy Auto Stores.

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