Kim now pushing around with kanye's $500,000 luxury car

Kanye West MUST be getting serious with Kim Kardashian -- he's letting her drive his $500,000 whip in L.A. while he's in NYC. We got this pic of Kim driving Kanye's Mercedes SLR McLaren this AM to Barry's Boot Camp in Sherman Oaks. Kim's family just signed a $40-plus million deal with E! for their reality shows, so she could probably afford to buy her own. BTW, Kim owns a Range Rover, a Ferrari, a Bentley ... oh, and a Rolls Royce Ghost ... but it's way more fun to drive your boyfriend's car.

The truth, according to Kim Kardashian who rode in the vehicle with the rapper, is not as juicy as some would have liked. After the picture above was captured over the weekend, some websites alleged that Kanye's pants were down because the two were fooling around in the backseat of the ride, but Kim says that's not what happened. "He was getting out of the car and the buckle ... his belt got pulled by this hook on the car door and he was trying to pull it up quick, and his belt was really heavy. It was a wardrobe malfunction, but it wasn't anything intentional. It was not scandalous," Kim tells E! Sure, Kim. And BTW, is that a thong Kanye is wearing? Weird.

Just days after Kim Kardashian and Kanye West were caught holding hands in New York, the pair was snapped out and about in the Big Apple again, with the loquacious rapper having quite the wardrobe malfunction. After Kardashian and West dined at N62 restaurant in Manhattan Friday night, West stepped out of his Maybach with his pants down, exposing his thigh. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star seemed oblivious to the fashion snafu as she strolled to West's Manhattan apartment wearing similar leather pants and Christian Louboutin stilettos. Luckily, West must have felt a breeze: He quickly pulled them back up. (Tmz & e online)