BMW X5 off-roads – onto two parked cars

Vijay Pattni is your host for this week’s Weird World of Wheels video special.

Who says BMW X5s are just ‘Chelsea Tractors’?

Far from plumbing the rigorous terrain of the Kings Road, this female Beemer driver drove into a North Toronto ‘Extreme Fitness’ gym car park.

The CCTV footage shows the X5 driver swing round to find a spot – only to lurch headfirst into two parked cars, driving directly onto them.

Toronto news outlets are reporting that the driver of the X5 has been charged and is due in court later this year.

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Child in disguise

We love Transformers. Aside from the obvious charms of the appropriately named Megan Fox, it’s perfect brain-switched-off, explosion-laden popcorn fodder which cinema was practically invented for. Or something like that.

And we also love the nostalgia of seeing our childhood screen icons beautifully rendered in high-definition as 30ft robots knocking seven shades of lubricant out of one another.

So when we saw this video of possibly the-greatest-costume-ever¬, we couldn’t help but smile.

Here’s a kid, dressed up in what looks like a standard-issue Chevrolet Camaro/Bumblebee costume, which is fine.

Until that is, he reveals his party piece…

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Gallery: Click the image below to view shots from Transformers 2