Odds and ends

When a tractor trailer full of lunch meat goes missing—which we're going to guess has happened, in human history, at least once previously—most folks aren't going to jump to the assumption it had been traded for crack cocaine. On that note, we'd like to introduce Arkansas trucker Larry...

A pair of dogs decided to go for a bit of a joy ride when their Yarmouth, Nova Scotia owner walked away from a car they were in. A few onlookers noticed a Pontiac Vibe slowly rolling out into traffic, and saw not human drivers at the helm but rather canine controllers. One onlooker managed to snap...

So you’ve decided to live a life of crime. You steal cars, and you use stolen cars to go steal other cars. You’re not a good person. If you’re Donnie Jaydon Terry, you’re also not very bright. ALSO SEE: Porsche 918 Spyder Chases Koenigsegg Agera R On Autobahn: Video Terry is...

Challenge: don’t laugh while watching this video. Don't worry. You will fail. ALSO SEE: Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 Track Tested At VIR: Video The scene: an older gentleman named Clint is seated in the rear of a car, trying to get out to take a walk during a stop on a road trip. Why trying?...

After years of attempts, remote-control car enthusiast Nic Case has finally built a car that passed 200 mph, possibly setting a new land speed record for R/C cars. We’re not talking scale but actual speed here, meaning Case’s R/C car, nicknamed the Bullet, will be able to put many...

Germany has long been an essential place to visit for speed freaks all over the world, and not just those willing to take on the infamous Nürburgring Nordschleife race circuit. No, Germany's Autobahn freeways are popular too—as certain sections remain some of the few unrestricted routes...

A lowly pickup truck driving along a rural highway near the town of Tofield in central Alberta, Canada was struck by lightning this past weekend. Inside the pickup were Al and Betty Perry, who described the sound made when the lightning struck as being like a sonic boom. MUST SEE: Dubai Police Cars...

A late-model Aston Martin has succumbed to a pet pooch in the U.K. The car, a black DB9 Volante similar to the one pictured above, was the pride and joy of builder Royston Grimstead. MUST WATCH: Audi S5 Snow Drift Goes Very, Very Wrong: Video Upon arriving home one day, he found that his border...

Some people go to extreme lengths to own the car of their dreams. Theft. Selling drugs. Getting tickets to see Oprah and hoping she's feeling generous that day. Other say they'd sell part of their anatomy. Some, like Mark Parisi, actually do it--selling one of his testicles to medial science for...

The founder of tuning firm A. Kahn Design, Afzal Kahn, has rejected a £6 million (approximately $9.35 million) offer for his prized "F1" number plate. Kahn originally acquired the 109-year-old British plate in 2008 for only £440,000 ($685,700), which remains a record for the United...

Almost anyone who works in a modern office will know the pain of being inundated with numerous emails throughout the day, and the wasted time of checking an inbox full of emails that often don’t even concern its reader. It turns out Ferrari employees suffer from the same distractions; so much...

Remember Falcatron? The Transformer based on the Australian Falcon sedan that was developed by Ford Oz to celebrate the launch of the new video game Transformers: Fall of Cybertron? Well, the people behind Falcatron have now come out with a second Transformers character, and he goes by the name...

We’re sure many readers can relate to this situation. You’re driving down a narrow two-way street when in the opposite direction a huge truck or bus comes into view. Most sane people would acknowledge that maneuvering a truck or bus out of the way would be very difficult, so typically...

Every now and then we come across a news report where the accounts really do need to be seen to be believed. For example, take this latest story of a crash near Blackduck, MN, where a passenger was ejected from a car yet the driver and another passenger initially failed to even notice. According to...

The mayor of Triberg, in the south of Germany, has introduced a controversial new set of parking spots in one of his town’s publicly-owned car parks. Only female drivers can use the special parking spots, which are marked by the familiar female gender symbol and said to be...

As manufacturing becomes ever more automated, it's much easier to appreciate the work of traditional craftsmen, slaving over blocks of wood for hours on end and producing works of art entirely by hand. It certainly makes us appreciate the work that went into this teak, full-scale 1955 Mercedes-Benz...

They say that a dog is man’s best friend, but we wonder just how many people out there would leave their pet dog unattended in a car that stickers for about $2 million. We now know of at least one individual that would. Pictured above is a Bugatti Veyron parked curbside on a street in West...

We’re still trying to fathom why somebody would take to the interior of a fairly new car with a high-pressure washer, let alone a 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS, but here’s video proof that there's at least one person out that considers this normal. Forgetting about the untold damage that would...

On the same day of the announcement of production plans for the very modern ELR coupe, Cadillac chose to make a very different announcement, though one almost as special. The automaker announced that a parade of old Cadillacs, including some vintage cars, had smashed the Guinness World Record for...

While the new Lamborghini Aventador will be his daily driver, when he wants some serious fun Batman will be sticking with the Tumbler.