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accidents

BMW M3 Plowed Into House By Idiot Teen Driver

Potential idiot parents take note — the 2008 BMW M3 is a finely crafted, high-performance, German-engineered rocket sled. It is not a present to buy for your LA-area 19-year-old. When parents like you buy cars like M3s for your kids, things like this happen — they pile a couple of guys in the car, then take it out for high-speed foolishness. At the peak of teenage testosterone, they will hit the "M button," rocket up a hill, lose control, jump a curb and bash into a house.

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4:40 PM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
16,336 views, 115 comments

Latest by luima: Dial M for Murder... stupid parents more »

2009 nissan gt-r

Top Gear Crashes Nissan GT-R

Top Gear Magazine was recently having some fun on the Isle of Man with a Nissan GT-R, but the playtime ended unexpectedly when the driver of the GT-R slammed on the brakes. That would be fine in any normal car, but Godzilla came to a halt so abruptly that the Audi behind it just couldn't stop quickly enough. [GT-R Blog] Update: The guys at CarTribe say this is indeed the same GT-R that the Stig had out on the Top Gear test track. We also know that the black beast (the only GT-R officially imported by Nissan UK so far) was quickly repaired and is now back to normal, as can be vouched for by anyone who saw it run at the Goodwood Festival of Speed just a few days after the accident.

12:40 PM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By Mark Arnold
19,894 views, 56 comments

Latest by bmoredlj: Stupid Audi and their "New Luxury". Just a fancy name for bad brakes! more »

offbeat news

For Sale: Clean Mazda Miata, Slight Water Damage

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novelties

It's Like A Three Stooges Bit, But With Cars

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offbeat news

Attack Of The Killer Lexus RX300!

It came from a northern Ireland supermarket parking lot, it had a lust for Porsche Boxster and Toyota Celica blood, and it would not stop until it had crushed both into submission: It was the killer Lexus RX300! Dun, Dun, DUUUUN!!!!! Local news reporters assumed it was the result of poor automatic transmission shifting skills, but those in the know won't be turning their backs on any RX300's any time soon... they're all out there, just waiting to crush your ride next.

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1:40 PM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
3,329 views, 54 comments

Latest by Naturally Exasperated?: @delsydsoftware: Its a Celica. more »

industry news

IIHC Wants Car-Like Truck Bumpers, Has Never Seen Aftermarket

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) will today formally petition the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to consider bumper standards for light trucks which are more car-like. For the sake of argument, let's forget about that whole BlockerBeam system on Ford trucks, and how the difference in vehicle mass contributes to the damage as much as relative contact geometry. We also have to forget about retrofit diamond plate bumpers and grille guards, and lifted trucks too, but we're getting sidetracked by details. The core question is, "why would the IIHS be interested in seeing lower bumper standards on pickups and SUVs?" More »

11:20 AM on Tue Jul 1 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,849 views, 77 comments

Latest by n/a: Holy, did they empty the trailer parks out for this thread or what? Trucks=bad. Period. more »

nascrash

Introducing: Monday Morning NASCrash!

We know despite our own usual disinterest with America's favorite racing series, there's at least a few of you NASCAR fans out there. Even for those of us who aren't fans of the always-turning-one-way-action there's one thing we can all come together on for entertainment value: the crashes. It may be the dirty little secret of NASCAR fans, which is why we're so ready to pounce on this idea with such reckless abandon. Thanks to the folks at SpeedTV, we've been able to create a mashup of all of the fantastic crashes from the past weekend of circular racing action — we're calling it "Monday Morning NASCrash". It'll be all the big bang-ups from all three NASCAR series of the past weekend: Sprint Cup, Craftsman Trucks, and the Junior Varsity Nationwide Series. Yes, whether you call 'em wrecks, bang-ups, or fender-benders, we can all enjoy a good, clean racing accident at the expense of someone else. [via The SPEED Report]

10:00 AM on Mon Jun 9 2008
By Mark Arnold
3,372 views, 40 comments

Latest by BLS: @smokyburnout: I agree. I don't care for NASCAR or Indy but I would rather not drive (which I don't) and have something fun, entertaining, etc. done with some of the fuel I save. Like racing or gocarts. The one thing that more »

offbeat news

Old Man Backs Over Cop Car... Accidentally

Everyone gets a miffed when the cops write you a ticket. Even though you may have gotten nabbed and don't feel it's fair, that's no reason to back up and over the officers squad car. Well, according to the Daily Herald, 70-year-old Henry Raskin of Niles, Illinois was pretty miffed at the ticket he received, so miffed in fact that he intended to speed away from the cop. Problem is the car was in reverse. As a result, you can see yet another classic instance of the automotive mating ritual . We're sure this was only an accident and the officer was totally understanding.

[DailyHerald via Motive]

4:40 PM on Thu May 29 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
6,531 views, 51 comments

Latest by n/a: how about.. rally style+ Watch video more »

safety

Car Technology Predicts Crashes, Braces Itself

We never knew that European engineers were in the Miss Cleo business, but it seems so with a new safety technology being developed. This system is pretty simple to explain, really. Radar sensors mounted throughout the car watch for potential crashes. If it senses a crash, 230 milliseconds prior to impact it will deploy a brace-bar to help transfer the energy over a wider area and lessen the damage. On a side-impact test the bar was able to reduce the crash damage by 10 centimeters, which could equal one life. The one question does remain: why not always have the bar intact? More »

1:20 PM on Wed May 28 2008
By Travis Hudson
1,076 views, 29 comments

Latest by SeanKHotay: @Ash78: They're getting away from the exterior airbags due to the lack of precision of the landing zone, bouncy bouncy. See the latest Phoenix lander last Sunday.... BTW, they use exterior airbags on helicopters to minimize spinal compression injuries more »

offbeat news

Detroit Cop Struck In Second Accident While Investigating First

While investigating an accident along the metro-Detroit I-94 freeway, Officer Jason Zukowski was struck in a secondary accident involving everyone's favorite world car, the Ford Tempo. Zukowski managed to get two people out of the path of the accident, but was himself struck and rendered unconscious, leading many news outlets to dub him a hero. Remember, kids, pay attention out on those roads! [WXYZ Detroit]

1:20 PM on Tue May 20 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
4,317 views, 42 comments

racing news

Rum Bum DP Riley BMW Plays Bulldozer In Laguna Seca Dirt, Goes Up In Flames

If you found yourself accidentally watching this past weekend's Grand Am race at Laguna Seca, you may have actually witnessed some entertaining stuff. Now, while it certainly was fun to see just about every car drive straight through the dirt and completely ignore the corkscrew, the hottest action of the race was this series of unfortunate events which happened to Matt Plumb's Rum Bum-sponsored Daytona Prototype. We knew that burying a fire with dirt will extinguish it, but who knew that burying a car with dirt will cause it to ignite? [SPEED]

11:20 AM on Mon May 19 2008
By Mark Arnold
3,920 views, 34 comments

Latest by Adamskiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiy: @MyDragonLovesBruce: Nice pictures overall....my two favorites: RX-7 - omg its my car!!!!111one $$$ - this is awesome more »

accidents

Starbucks Coffee Shop Takes A Chrysler 300 Break

Patrons at a Bellingham, Washington Starbucks got quite the surprise yesterday when a 2008 Chrysler 300 driven by an elderly man crashed through the floor to ceiling window and across the shop. Five people were injured in the incident, though none seriously, and the driver is facing a charge of second degree negligent driving. Fortunately for us, a table was embedded in the grille and it makes it look like the 300 is sticking it's tongue out. We're assuming the injured will be suing for millions to cover the cost of spilled coffee. (Hat tip to R_Evolution)

[Source And More Photos: Bellingham Herald]

4:40 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
5,289 views, 55 comments

Latest by n/a: i like how he cleanly smashed into the center of the window. very prussian. more »

accidents

A Brief Lesson On How To Fail At A Toll Booth

This is one of those videos which leaves you just shaking your head. Operating an automobile is apparently a monumental task for this E-Class driver and the result is both amusing and confounding. And sad. Since she just drives away after her and her band of friends assess the damage. We're assuming she went directly to the toll office to pay for the damage. Yeah, that's what she did. [JoyBreak]

10:00 AM on Tue May 6 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
6,512 views, 52 comments

racing news

McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen's Close Scare

There was a scary moment at yesterday's Spanish Grand Prix that may not have been as scary as Stephane Ortelli's car flying through the air with the greatest of ease, but was scary nonetheless. The fear factor began when some part of the front left tire wheel on Heikki Kovalainen' McLaren Mercedes exploded, sending the car straight into a wall. Race stewards at Barcelona worked for about 10 minutes to safely free the Finnish driver from the wreckage who was taken to the track's medical center wearing a neck brace. But all signs point to a full recovery as he gave a reassuring thumbs-up sign to spectators. Mike Utley did that too, right? Kovalainen is said to be in stable condition, which is more than can be said for the shredded McLaren MP4-23. [AP, Axis of Oversteer]

9:40 AM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Mark Arnold
3,926 views, 22 comments

Latest by sos10: It was a rim failure.. they make these rims as light as possible. Bridgestone has been complaining that it has become very difficult to put the tire on those light rims without braking hem. more »

racing news

VW Touareg Red Bull Rally Truck Catches Huge Air In Spectacular Crash

We all know that the annual Paris to Dakar Rally was relocated this year due to the middle east being in a total state of chaos security concerns, but it seems that this team thought the race was changed to a Red Bull Flugtag event. The crash happened in Hungary when the Volkswagen nose-dived into the ground, hurtling the vehicle into a series of flips before smashing back down on the ground. Despite the carnage, driver Giniel de Villiers and navigator Dirk von Zitzewitz walked away from the wreck. They even cleaned up after themselves by picking up the debris off the road. At least it's better than having to dodge RPG fire from al-Qaeda.
[via Axis of Oversteer]

5:00 PM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Mark Arnold
8,918 views, 40 comments

Latest by Jimbo: I hope everyone appreciated that the VW logo was undamaged. more »

offbeat news

In Belarus, Police Make Road Block Out of You!

Under orders to stop a drunk driver at all costs, police officers in Belarus stopped four civilian cars and ordered them to form a line across the road — acting as a roadblock. As brilliant a plan as this is, it failed to take into consideration that the drunk driver would be crashing into the makeshift barrier, placing six people including a child in harms way. Thankfully, after the inevitable crash, all of the unlucky drivers were fine and the drunk was caught and is now recovering in the hospital. We're wondering if those Belarussian cops were drunk themselves when they came up with this plan. [Russia Today]

9:20 AM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
852 views, 16 comments

Latest by NovaloadMissesPolar: So...the cops got tired of running and out of breath? Because if they'd had cars, this doesn't make sense. Oh, wait. more »

accidents

So I Crashed A Motorcycle...

"I don't like helicopters. I've only been in one once, and it crashed."
That's the first thing I remember saying, as the paramedic was strapping me to the back board. Apparently my argument worked because they decided to cancel the air lift and take me to the hospital by ambulance instead.
Note to our queasy readership, graphic arm reconstruction images below the fold More »

4:20 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Wes Siler
11,053 views, 136 comments

Latest by aesthari: Get well soon more »

accidents

Lithuanian Audi TT and VW Golf Accident

When you're living in a former iron curtain nation and sporting a last generation Audi TT, you're probably even more likely to suffer from German car driver syndrome. We're betting this driver suffered from a serious case and overdrove his abilities. Or it could be the fault of the VW driver, who knows. We can't really tell what happened here, but we can sit in wonder at the spectacular carnage unleashed upon these automobiles.

[Autoplay in Russian ]

10:00 AM on Fri Apr 11 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
3,203 views, 45 comments

Latest by Jealousy: The "fun" part is that this TT has red number plates. Which means the car isn't yet registred. Which means he took it for a test drive from dealer. Ouch. more »

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