Most intelligent civilized people know that there is a time and a place for certain things. Those intelligent civilized people likely aren't the ones blasting a rare and expensive Brabus Mercedes-McLaren SLR Roadster (with matching Smart) through a Paris parking garage at more than 90 mph.

A fire that started yesterday is raging in the underground garage of Paris's Ritz Hotel below the Place Vendome, allegedly caused by a Ferrari that burst into flames. The garage is typically full of exotic cars and damage could be well over $6 million once the fire is extinguished. Because, yes, the fire still isn't…

Oh to be young and stupid and the owner of a brand new Ford Mustang GT. This young swiss man experienced the full force of his 5.0-liter pony car when he accidentally drove his off the third floor of a Swiss parking garage.

To help sailors with a shift of its home base from California to Washington, the U.S.S. Nimitz aircraft carrier's hauling more than 400 private vehicles...many on its huge hangar deck. (H/t Optitrux!) Photo: Casey J. Amdahl, U.S. Navy.

Juan Vera took his brand new Volkswagen Gol to the second floor of an Argentine parking garage in order to learn how to drive it. Bad idea. Here's a gallery of the world's worst driving lesson.

Miami's amazing $65 million parking garage at 1111 Lincoln Road appears almost entirely free of walls. This despite holding 300 cars, numerous high-end shops, one really expensive home, and floors of akimbo supporting piers.

A three-story parking structure attached to the Prospect Towers apartments in Hackensack, New Jersey collapsed this morning. Emergency personnel are on-scene conducting search and rescue, though it's unclear if anyone is trapped in the debris. [NBC New York]

Witnesses are blaming the weight of a crane used by a building painter on the collapse of an underground parking garage in Windsor, Canada. Everyone's accounted for, but they're dispatching search teams just in case. (h/t to danio3834!) [Windsor Star]

The curse of poor spelling afflicts so many, and yet provides entertainment for so many more. Without it, would there ever be such a thing as a racist garage door? [Reddit]