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This Guy Is Really Into Car Crashes

Matt Cherette · 10/25/10 01:40PM

Here's a fan-recorded video from the Last Chance Heat 2 at Ipswich World Final 2010 race, featuring several cars crashing into each other. The crashes don't make the video entertaining, though—the guy's insanely excited voiceover does (NSFW language).

Two Weeks Early, the Cars 2 Teaser Trailer Is Here

Matt Cherette · 10/20/10 01:58PM

It wasn't supposed to come out for two weeks, but it's here! And by "it," I mean the teaser trailer for Cars 2, Disney-Pixar's sequel to the 2006 hit (set to be released on July 24, 2011). Watch inside.

Terrible News: TJ Lavin in a Coma After a Horrible Crash

Matt Toder · 10/15/10 10:36AM

While riding in a BMX event in Las Vegas on Thursday night, MTV Real World/Road Rules Challenge host TJ Lavin took a terrible spill and is now in a medically induced coma. Video of his terrible crash inside.

First-Person View of Guy Surfing On Top of NYC Train

Christopher Han · 10/14/10 02:48PM

On the outskirts of Queens — from the 80th St A line station — a young man does his best Slumdog Millionaire impersonation and boards the top of a train car. This begs the question, who really runs New York?

How to Spend $3 Million in 12 Minutes

Matt Cherette · 10/12/10 08:36PM

For the last four days, MUNI contractors worked around the clock replacing tracks at the corner of 30th/Church in San Francsico. It cost $3 million. Using a Canon A590, Ken Murphy made this incredible 12-minute time-lapse video of the construction.

This Is How Amtrak Is Spending Your Money

Matt Cherette · 10/09/10 03:11PM

This afternoon, I went for a walk through Queens' Astoria Park. While there, I noticed an Amtrak cleaning car making its way down the Hell Gate Bridge tracks... and dropping baseball-sized stones onto the street/sidewalk below. Video and pictures inside.

John Slattery's Smooth New Lincoln MKX Commercial

Whitney Jefferson · 10/07/10 12:09PM

If Roger Sterling's recent loss of American Tobacco is making you question the ol' rascal's ability to sell, let this commercial for Lincoln serve as a warning. And we thought Mad Men's Silver Fox could convince us to buy anything...

This Is the Car Park of the Future, and It's Awesome

Matt Cherette · 09/28/10 04:36PM

Holy moly is this amazing: check out The Cube, a new, state-of-the-art car park in Birmingham, UK, that takes any possible human error out of the equation to ensure that your vehicle gets placed—and retrieved—with ease. Video inside.

Phone Sex Takes Over DMV's Old Phone Number

Maureen O'Connor · 09/17/10 03:28PM

1-800-DIAL-DMV used to connect you to New York State's Department of Motor Vehicles. Now it directs people to a lady who moans, "You're so big baby, wanna pull it out and watch it explode all over my beautiful backside?"