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Boulder-Size Chunk Of My Manhattan Apartment Building Falls On BMW 3-Series, Reminds Me To Make Sure Life Insurance Paid Up

So I'm prepared for anything when I leave the apartment building I call my New York home (as opposed to my Detroit home, which is in Royal Oak). I can deal with the rats of unusual sizes, cockroaches as big as my fist and even the occasional manhole explosion. But I'm beginning to have a problem with the random shit raining down from the heavens every few days in New York City. First it was just one crane. Sure, it took out an entire building, but whatever, accidents happen. Then it was a second crane — only two dead — that's not too bad. Now, it's a giant chunk of the building I live in falling down on top of a BMW 3-Series parked out front. Like I said, I can deal with a lot. But when the buildings start attacking defenseless cars outside my pad, it's time to start reevaluating the ability of a city to regulate itself and its construction business. Although they did leave a nice note on the car, we're still totally telling the board to never use East Coast Restoration again.

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3:06 PM on Tue Jun 10 2008
By Ray Wert
5,415 views, 59 comments

Latest by Gilbert: To this motorist's credit, his/her 3-Series is extremely well-manicured. I guess this goes according to the ol' adage on clean underpants. I wish I could say the same for my very (uncharacteristically) dirty IS250. :-( more »

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Flying BMW Crashes and Kills Occupants, Darwin Wins

UPDATE: Seems that the young'un involved with the Ocala BMW crash was a frequent poster to a BMW M5 forum. Racing down the main runway of the gated "Jumbolair Aviation Estates" in Dad's BMW probably seemed like a fun idea whether just for the thrill of speed in a test of machinery against an opponent. It was a fun idea right up until the point when the runway ran out, and the car went air born off the 85 foot berm at the end. 200 feet later the car and its five male occupants met their end half way up a tree as the vehicle split in half, spilling the youths into the wilderness. So fierce was the accident, our well trained eyes can't tell what kind of BMW we're looking at. When you watch the video, we think you'll agree the scale of this carnage will assuredly place these gents as early favorites for the 2008 Darwin Awards. And yes, as every other outlet is reporting — the crash occurred at John Travolta's air strip. We've yet to find what bearing this has on the price of tea in China, but when or if we do, you'll be the first to know. [via MSNBC]

9:45 AM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
22,262 views, 104 comments

Latest by n/a: I hope daddy reads this! The father, Mr.Ammirato, is just as responsible for the death of these five kids as if he gave his son a loaded assault rifle to play with! I read a blog stating " How could more »

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Show Us Your Hand: Joey's Endos

Earlier this year, Rolex Sports Car Series driver Joey Hand turned his BMW into a bouncing Betty at Mid-Ohio. Thanks to YouTube, we can all count the endos. One, two, three, four, five, six ... [Thanks to Curtis and David for the tips.] More »

11:08 AM on Mon Nov 6 2006
By Mike Spinelli
301 views, 8 comments