Kid wrecks dad's brand new GT500 *vid*
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11-02-2006, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Ashburner
I've almost done the same thing in my GTO. I don't park in gear- but if I ever have work done, they usually leave it in gear and I have to be careful.
11-02-2006, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by joerockt
Why should that even matter? You still have to step on the clutch to start it.
11-02-2006, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by joerockt
Why should that even matter? You still have to step on the clutch to start it.
Thats what I was thinking. So the dumbass kid has the clutch in, starts it, releases the clutch, car takes off, sounds like he gives it some gas, then comedy transpires?
11-03-2006, 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by joerockt
Yea, thats not a Shelby Cobra. Sounds like he was on the throttle when going through the garage. Comedy.
LOL, "So how much horsepower?" VROOM!!
LOL, "So how much horsepower?" VROOM!!
He probably wasn't on the throttle, my gto takes off like that when letting the clutch out in first, it goes up to 9 mph real quick on it's own. it's pretty typical of cars w/ a lot of torque.
btw, the kid sounded like he was 6-8, I wouldn't have known any better myself.
11-03-2006, 10:08 AM
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^ I'm telling you, I thought it was a girl at first, not a 14 year old boy 
Good call. Didn't know they made an "Elenor" package now 
BTW, I hate to admit it too, but I did something similar. My dad was letting me pull his car into the garage and I mis-judged it and tapped the rear of my mom's car. Luckily I was doing like 5mph and it just put a small ding on my dads car, so no biggie... but yeah, I guess that stuff happens at that age. Although I've never come close to going through a garage like that
Originally Posted by CLpower
BTW, I hate to admit it too, but I did something similar. My dad was letting me pull his car into the garage and I mis-judged it and tapped the rear of my mom's car. Luckily I was doing like 5mph and it just put a small ding on my dads car, so no biggie... but yeah, I guess that stuff happens at that age. Although I've never come close to going through a garage like that
11-03-2006, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by juniorbean
Although I've never come close to going through a garage like that
had either of the cars we crashed had some torque, we would have
11-03-2006, 10:33 AM
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I know many people who tend to leave their cars in 1st gear as a habit. I guess if your e brake fails and you are parked on a hill theres nothing stopping your car from rolling down the hill in neutral?
My buddy was telling me about the time he let his older brother borrow his car. His brother left his car in 1st gear and my buddy hit his remote start... Same thing happened, the car went through the garage except with no one in it.
My buddy was telling me about the time he let his older brother borrow his car. His brother left his car in 1st gear and my buddy hit his remote start... Same thing happened, the car went through the garage except with no one in it.
11-03-2006, 10:39 AM
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I'm still laughing!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZT5mQLy5C4
.....looks likes a third Anglo-American war broke out in the comments to this video on YouTube.com.
11-03-2006, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by CLpower
He probably wasn't on the throttle, my gto takes off like that when letting the clutch out in first, it goes up to 9 mph real quick on it's own. it's pretty typical of cars w/ a lot of torque.
btw, the kid sounded like he was 6-8, I wouldn't have known any better myself.
btw, the kid sounded like he was 6-8, I wouldn't have known any better myself.
11-03-2006, 03:14 PM
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I know the car wasn't for the kid, it was the dad's but just letting a kid get behind the wheel? 
around here... in the "OC" you see a lot of folks buying their (h.s.) kids cars like that... or STi's Mitsu EVO's, M3's... and they go out and race'em and crash'em... we've had a couple in the past year that died (I think it was a kid in a M3), and ya know what? I have absolutely NO sympathy for them.
around here... in the "OC" you see a lot of folks buying their (h.s.) kids cars like that... or STi's Mitsu EVO's, M3's... and they go out and race'em and crash'em... we've had a couple in the past year that died (I think it was a kid in a M3), and ya know what? I have absolutely NO sympathy for them.
good way to collect life insurance money to support the CA lifestye
11-03-2006, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by is300eater
... in the "OC" you see a lot of folks buying their (h.s.) kids cars like that... or STi's Mitsu EVO's, M3's... and they go out and race'em and crash'em...
11-04-2006, 12:13 AM
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^ inexperienced drivers and fast cars don't mix.
Any parent who has common sense will NOT buy their kid a $35,000 (Mitsubishi at that lol) EVO, and I have yet to meet a kid who owns an Evo ( under 21, and not paying for the car and insurance themself ).
Although I know several kids whos parents bought them G35s, TLs, TSXs and 350z's
Any parent who has common sense will NOT buy their kid a $35,000 (Mitsubishi at that lol) EVO, and I have yet to meet a kid who owns an Evo ( under 21, and not paying for the car and insurance themself ).
Although I know several kids whos parents bought them G35s, TLs, TSXs and 350z's
11-04-2006, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by joerockt
Listen to it as it goes through the garage, you can hear the engine reving.
yea, as I said, that's what happens to a car w/ a lot of torque when you simply let off the clutch in 1st gear. (atleast every one i've driven)
11-04-2006, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by CLpower
yea, as I said, that's what happens to a car w/ a lot of torque when you simply let off the clutch in 1st gear. (atleast every one i've driven)
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