View Full Version : Never let your kid get the keys to your high performance car...


Tanner
01-28-2008, 04:44 PM
In this case, a 2008 M5.

<a href="http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid294382118?bctid=1392485027">http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid294382118?bctid=1392485027</a>

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<i>At about 3 AM early this morning, five young men were killed when the gray 2008 BMW they were riding in flew off the end of a runway's 85-foot embankment near Ocala, FL. The accident happend on the runway of the exclusive "fly-in" community of Jumbolair Aviation Estates, where John Travolta happens to live.

Police say the guys were apparently racing the unidentified (and from the photos online, unidentifiable) BMW, but don't know if another car was involved. Skid marks at the end of the runway indicate the driver attempted to stop, but was going too fast. The car sailed 200 feet before hitting a tree, breaking into pieces and catching fire. Authorities say the engine was actually ripped from the car in the crash.

No matter the circumstances, our thoughts are with the families as they go through this horrible tragedy.</i>

Fast forward a few days, more details arise. Apparently the 18 year old kid that was driving his dad's M5 above was posting on m5board.com earlier that day asking how to get it to shift better and drive as fast as it could.

<a href="http://www.ocala.com/article/20080127/BREAKING_NEWS/274162577/1053/BREAKING_NEWS">http://www.ocala.com/article/20080127/BREAKING_NEWS/274162577/1053/BREAKING_NEWS</a>

xosrow
01-28-2008, 06:43 PM
responsible enthusiasts. Kudos to them.

Usually the media tends to spin things the wrong way!

1.8TQ99.5
01-28-2008, 08:57 PM
At least he had the presence of mind not to go on a public road, but that doesn't seem to matter since he still managed to take 4 other lives with him...

And how is an 18-yr-old allowed to have access to a car like that, at 3am? People have more money than brains.

April
01-28-2008, 09:22 PM

1.8TQ99.5
01-29-2008, 03:50 AM

Carmine_S4
01-29-2008, 02:39 PM
I wasn't a total goof but I know that my 88HP (or 96HP) Topaz made sure that by the time my senses caught up with my testosterone, I was only doing 110 (15 minutes later).

Dumb parents...trying to live vicariously through their kids!

Tanner
01-29-2008, 06:58 PM
Might be a bad idea, he might get an idea he's a drifter....

1.8TQ99.5
01-30-2008, 08:42 AM
Will have to de-chip it... or just put it into valet mode.