Today in Schadenfreude

Want a Corvette and don’t have one? Ease the pain by watching someone else wraps theirs around a tree or fail spectacularly to perform a burnout. Because money amplifies many things, including your own embarrassment. Language and car abuse NSFW. [youtube width=”360″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sMO4qzPeTU[/youtube]

GT vs F1

Ever wondered just how much faster, though? Take a look at this side by side comparison. [youtube width=”360″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cNqaPSHv0[/youtube]

Nurburgring Wipe-Outs

Germany’s storied motorsports complex Nurburgring allows non-professional drivers to put their skills to the test, for a small cost. This allows jerks who watch racing and say to themselves, “Hey, I could probably do that!” learn first hand that, no, they probably can’t. [youtube width=”640″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfHJCv_S6iI[/youtube]

Disco Highway

These highways have photoluminescent paint, and can glow for up to ten hours. Here’s hoping if they work as advertised, Canada might get some in the twenty or thirty years. [youtube width=”360″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBTx87xiscs[/youtube]

Invisible Driver Prank

Because a low-speed collision is a totally acceptable risk for a viral video of this calibre. When your prank gives the blonde at Dairy Queen the full-on vapours, you’ll know you’ve won the internet. [youtube width=”640″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVrJ8DxECbg&gl[/youtube]

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