cars

This Skateboarding Video Has the Best Surprise Ending Ever

Matt Cherette · 09/12/10 07:45PM

Oh, look! Just another video of a guy skateboarding through a parking lot, right? Boring! But wait... watch what happens right after the aforementioned skateboarder jumps the curb. Hint: it has nothing to do with skateboarding and is decidedly lunar.

Here Is a 300 MPG See-Through Car

Henry Baker · 09/02/10 03:45PM

Attack of the Show last night profiled two new "green" concept cars; the GM En-V, which looks like a bubbly deathtrap with unimpressive specs (only 24 miles on a charge?), and a group of students' Bridgestone F1-style 300 MPG roadster.

Watch Two Monkeys Have Sex on the Hood of a Moving Car

Matt Cherette · 08/31/10 05:25PM

Here's something you don't see every day: amateur video, shot from the inside of a moving car, that shows a monkey just chillin' on the hood. But wait! Along comes another monkey—take a guess at what happens next.

Watch 13 Trucks Crash Into the Same Trestle

Matt Cherette · 08/30/10 12:49PM

In Durham, NC, there exists a dangerous 11'8" trestle. Why is it dangerous? Well, because—in a one-year period—13 different trucks slammed into it (forcing the installation of an emergency crash beam). Video of each crash is inside.

Pee-Wee Herman Crashes South Dakota Motorcycle Rally

Matt Cherette · 08/23/10 02:34PM

Each August for the past 80 years, the men and women of Sturgis, SD (and many who travel there) gather for their annual Motorcycle Rally. This year, they had a very special surprise guest: Pee-wee Herman. Watch what happened inside.

Traffic Jam Stretches Over 60 Miles, Nine Days

Jeff Neumann · 08/23/10 07:23AM

A traffic jam on China's Beijing-Tibet Expressway that started nine days ago is still going strong, stretching over 60 miles. Drivers are playing cards on the road, and some have suggested holding concerts to entertain stranded motorists. 60 miles!

Bumbling NASCAR Fan Jumps Fence, Steals Sign

Chris Wyman · 08/10/10 11:25AM

This clip from yesterday's SportsNation re-affirms all of our "NASCAR Fan" stereotypes, as if it were a cut scene from Talladega Nights. Seriously, if this guy's name isn't "Bubba" or "Cooter," then I'm Robert E. Lee.

It's Effin' Science Blows Up a Van With a Sonic Boom

Chris Wyman · 07/27/10 09:30AM

Sure, it may just be another MythBusters clone, but I'm in favor of any show that increases the number of alternatively-fueled explosions on television. But is there no room for a "she deafened me with science" joke?

The World's Tightest Parallel Park

Emily A. Farris · 07/26/10 04:13PM

A man from New Zealand attempts to regain the world record from China for Tightest Parallel Park. He successfully wins it back by breaking a 32cm gap, and goes even further to make it a 27cm gap.