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Arnold Schwarzenegger was trapped inside a tiny automobile Friday in Paris ... but fear not ... he didn't need the jaws of life to remove him from the vehicle -- he was actually enjoying himself.

Arnold hit up the Paris Motor Show and sat inside a Toyota i-ROAD ... the company's three-wheeled electric powered vehicle that seats two people in tandem.

It's a far cry from the giant whips Arnold famously tools around in back in the US of A.

One of the Kardashian-Jenners is still getting good use out of the Jeep Wrangler Sahara French Montana bought Khloe K for her birthday ... it's just not Khloe, it's Kylie.

Kylie was spotted in the $50,000 whip while cruising around Calabasas -- and older sis, Kendall has also been driving it around town.

As TMZ previously reported, the SUV was part of French's 30th birthday gift to Khloe -- who's clearly no longer riding the gift. Or the gift giver.

Good thing Kylie's driving record is impeccable ...ish.

Without her magic powers, Melissa Joan Hart was forced to call AAA to unlock her car Tuesday afternoon ... and it was pretty urgent.

Melissa left her keys AND HER CHILD locked inside -- though it appears the toddler ... and the keys ... were rescued in time.

Arnold Schwarzenegger looked pretty calm for a guy sitting in the passenger seat ... while his girlfriend Heather Milligan was in the driver's seat of his custom Bugatti Veyron sports car over the weekend.

No biggie. It's only worth around $2,000,000.

Your first reaction to watching Amanda Bynes ride a bicycle haphazardly through the streets of Manhattan might be to laugh ... but this is going to end badly unless she gets some help ... STAT.

Bynes was spotted this weekend riding a Citi Bike ... where she nearly took out a few pedestrians as she sloppily rode through a crosswalk. The video was shot right near Penn Station ... one of the more heavily trafficked parts of the city.

Early Monday morning, a Twitter account believed to belong to Bynes posted a photo of a lit cigarette that appears to be weed ... but Bynes loves to say how she doesn't smoke pot. And if you believe that, we have a bridge we'd like to sell you ...

As TMZ first reported, Bynes flew from L.A. to N.Y. on Friday and her behavior was all over the map. Amanda's friends all think Amanda needs help ... or else she might wind up in serious trouble.

Tyrese has gotta be the best boss in the world, cuz he just hooked up his kids’ nanny ... with A NEW CAR!! Buuut it has plates already, so it might be…. A USED CAR!!

Also she has to sign paperwork so it could actually be … A LEASED CAR!! Ok, it’s definitely a car.

Tyrese Gibson reduced a grown woman to tears -- surprising his longtime nanny with a sweet new ride!

TG handed over the keys to a black Audi sedan Monday ... totally shocking the woman a la Oprah -- and the video is pretty awesome. He says she's been taking care of his 7-year-old daughter Shayla most of her life ... so she's earned the bonus.

Toward the end of the clip there's a shot of her old car. We'll just say ... serious upgrade.

We just hope Tyrese learned from Oprah, and paid the taxes for her.

Jermaine Dupri lavished his friend with a free place to live, a free car, free studio time and several other gifts ... and the guy repaid him by trashing his hummer and then having the audacity to sue him.

Dupri says Taddrick Mingo is a leach who did nothing but take, take take:

-- free recording studio time
-- 4 years free rent in a 2 bedroom condo
-- use of Dupri's Hummer
-- free computer
-- referrals so Mingo could get studio work

Jermaine says Mingo then turned around and sued him ... claiming he worked as Dupri's assistant but never got paid.

So now Dupri has fired back with his own lawsuit, claiming Mingo was NEVER his assistant. And Jermaine wants money for the financial beating he took when he sold the whip at a loss.

Amanda Bynes was arrested in Los Angeles Sunday after cops determined she was driving under the influence ... and our law enforcement sources say she was on a STIMULANT ... but we're told she has also developed a serious weed problem ... again.

Here's what we know -- Bynes was driving a Mercedes in the San Fernando Valley when she stopped in the middle of an intersection on Van Nuys Blvd.

A CHP officer spotted her and determined she was under the influence. She was taken to the LAPD Van Nuys division where a drug recognition officer determined she was under the influence of a stimulant. Toxicology tests are being performed now to determine the exact drug or drugs.

According to the incident report ... Amanda had a "disheveled" appearance.

Amanda was then booked for DUI. She posted $15,000 bail.

Amanda has had trouble with mental problems for years now. Her parents had a conservatorship which ended earlier this month and as one source says, "Things started going haywire."

We're told Amanda has moved out of her parents home and is now living in an Orange County apartment. We're told she has been smoking weed for weeks and things are bad again.

The arrest triggers a legal problem. Amanda is on probation for a reckless driving conviction last February.

Michael Ian Black NAILED a guy on a scooter Sunday afternoon.

It went down at 3:00 PM Sunday at the very congested corner of Highland and Santa Monica Blvd. Black's Toyota struck the scooter ... sending the rider tumbling to the ground.

We're told the scooter driver suffered road rash on his left leg. An ambulance showed up ... but apparently it wasn't serious enough ... the scooter driver was not transported.

Black was not ticketed. Accidents happen.

We reached out to Black for comment ... so far, no word back.

JLo and Leah Remini are MADD ... because they got rear ended by a drunk driver .. TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell us .. Leah, who was driving JLo's car with the singer and 2 kids, were riding along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu when they stopped at a light. We're told a driver in a small pickup hit them from behind and then took off.

Either JLo or Leah called 911 ... describing the driver and the pickup. Deputies raced to the scene and found the driver a short distance away, determined he was driving under the influence and arrested him for DUI and hit and run.

No apparent injuries ... but whiplash pain is often delayed by a few days.

JLo posted this Saturday ... "Sitting at a light. Riding high right before some drunk fool rear ended us in my new whip!!! Thank god everyone ok."

Bruce Jenner just went out and did what all men do when their woman is finally out of the picture ... drop $50k on a sick new toy.

Bruce bought a NASCAR-approved UTV race car. Kris Jenner's soon-to-be ex bought it from 928 Powersports who built it for NASCAR superstar Robby Gordon. And we're told it was an impulse buy ... we're guessing a celebration of sorts.

Bruce made the deal Monday at the Sand Sports Super Show in O.C. ... the same day Kris filed divorce docs. And, our spies on the ground tell us Bruce was literally grinning from ear-to-ear.

The Olympic gold medalist is a speed freak ... as in hardcore race fanatic. We're told he plans to break in his new speedster in February at the Griffin King of the Hammers in Johnson Valley, CA with sons Burt and Brandon.

Being single does have its privileges ... many privileges.

The Bonnie-and-Clyde burglars who broke into Miley Cyrus' house and stole her Maserati and jewelry ... will both serve years behind bars ... TMZ has learned.

Tylor Scott and Naomi Charles both copped pleas Monday ... guilty on 1 count of felony residential burglary. Scott also pled guilty to felony grand theft.

Scott will spend the next five years in state prison. Charles got off a lot easier ... 1 year in county jail. The judge hammered Scott because he has a prior record and he had a gun during the burglary.

Body shop workers are blowing the doors off the reality show "Texas Car Wars" ... accusing producers of treating them like slave laborers.

The show was a competition between body shops to find junkers to refurbish. It aired for a season on Discovery Channel.

Some body shop workers are now suing ... claiming deception. They say they never actually worked for the body shops ... the show's producers hired them ... but refused to pay even the $7.25 minimum wage.

The guys from "American Choppers" got major props for creating a wheelchair-accessible motorcycle -- only problem is they allegedly stole the concept from a disabled biker, and cut the poor guy out of the deal.

Christ Tavantzis -- who suffers from polio -- claims he patented the modified 3-wheeler and pitched it to 'AC' stars Mike and Paul Teutul Jr. at a bike show in 2008.

Now Tavantzis is suing the Tuetul bros because he says they went ahead and built their own version of his trike -- without him -- and then unveiled it at a charity event for the Chris and Dana Reeves Foundation ... where they were lauded for the creation.

In his suit, Tavantzis says it's bad enough polio has taken away his physical abilities -- but now he has to fight to protect his thoughts and ideas too. He's suing for fraud, conspiracy, and discrimination against people with disabilities.