20-year-old writes off dad's £275,000 supercar

[jumpy]

One thing is for sure, she's not going to put out now.....

...crash and burn fella, crash and burn.

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427

a purpose built race car. how you lose control over a turn, driving quickly in a car with downforce...sickening.

But without the proper experience, down force won't do a damn bit of good.

You need speed for downforce to work, and unless you are experienced in how to take corners at high speeds, you're just not going to do it. It almost feels like theres no way the car can hang onto that curve, yet you have to go faster to stick it. It's very counter intuitive.

TG's review of the gumpert:




And interestingly enough, while I couldn't find the gumpert, the Audi R8 V10 was on there, and progressive quoted me just over $600 a year for insurance. Not bad. think i have to go buy a supercar now, as I can afford the insurance.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Well £275k may be a small price compared to if he'd done the same in a fiesta, or punto, or any other small boy-racers car where he would certainly have been more seriously injured!

[gimpy117]

look at how much money my dad has------*crash!*

[bookworm_020]

Originally Posted by MaddogK

I don't think he's too worried about is. If he's got enough money to let his 20 yo son drive a 275,000 car , he's got connections to get the insurance co to pay off.

If not he'll claim his son took it without permission (theft) and ins will pay him.

Win-Win.

If he claims that his son took it without permission, the kid will be done for theft. He's defiantly in a Lose-Lose situation.

Originally Posted by Armistead

I'll never forget doing a job for a rich customer. The kid turned 16 and his Dad had him a brand new BMW in the drive. The kid almost went into tears about it not being the right color and walked away mad. Two days later a different color was in the drive...

I wanted to pull off my belt and put him across my knee

Forget the belt, I'd take the car he refused and then give him an old bomb in the colour he wanted! Everyone's happy then!

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by jumpy

One thing is for sure, she's not going to put out now.....

...crash and burn fella, crash and burn.

You never know. He might be able to work the sympathy angle.

[Falkirion]

I hate seeing kids in high powered cars for their first cars. The amount of P platers here in Australia I see driving 3 series BMWs, V8 Fords and Holdens and various Japanese sports cars (S15's, R32/33/34s etc) is appalling.

The kid is lucky he survived the crash, luckier still he didn't kill anyone else with his antics.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by jumpy

One thing is for sure, she's not going to put out now.....

...crash and burn fella, crash and burn.

She'll probably get a kick out of the excitement.....the lucky bugga (him).