Young drivers and fast cars (especially Mustangs) don't mix

[1FastCharger]

I'm sure everyone here has seen the Youtube video of the kid running his dad's brand new Shelby through the garage. Well, I see two young guys pull up to the the body shop accross the street from me in a new Roush Mustang. It seems they have a small scratch on the front bumper that they want fixed. I see them looking over a few times at the Mopars sitting out front. I guess they want to impress me so they procede to do their best burnout while leaving. This all happened on a Friday afternoon. I arrive at the shop on Saturday morning and what do I see? Yes, it is the same Mustang.

[1FastCharger]

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[69bronzeT5]

  there goes their pride . That must suck for them though but I bet it taught them not to show off, especially with a powerful car like that.

[Brock Samson]

  :scope
yeah, I can see that scratch,..
It'll buff out..

[69bronzeT5]

 
yeah, I can see that scratch,..
It'll buff out..

Looks like they nailed a telephone or lamp pole judging by the shape of the damage. And yep, theres that damn scratch

[1FastCharger]

You are right. Later that Friday the driver lost control and hit a utility pole.

[skip68]

:rotz:Did the kids live? And what or who did they hit? I am so sick of these naive parents handing "nitrous-filled/ or "Big Horse Power" vehicles to kids!!!!!!!!   Our son will get our Charger when Chuck croaks,  and our daughter will inherit the best car, MY 1967 Chevy Camaro When I kick the bucket!!!!!!!! 

Ohhhh, I know I'm gonna get spanked for that one! BTW: I love both cars,...................................................................................................................... just not equally!!!!

Mrs.Skip68

[Rack]

Well if he couldn't handle that mustang, he sure as hell can't handle a mopar. 



Seriously though, if I had a car like that I'd be showing off too. Only I'd leave the "wrapping it around a utility pole" part out of it.

[bull]

I was dumb enough to get into a 454-powered Camaro on the day it was first purchased by a bozo who had no experience or respect for V8 power. Long story short, we were in the ditch, a friend had two busted ribs and the car was totalled by the end of the evening.

[mikesbbody]

serves them right  i just hope nobody was hurt

[1FastCharger]

I am pretty sure they were fine. There wasn't any blood in the car. The interior actually looked great - except the airbags. I would have liked to snag those seats.

[69bronzeT5]

Thats one thing I'm gonna do with my Charger. I'm gonna take it easy...because of that reason......but actually now that I think of it...I'll be taking it easy because I have a 8 1/4 in it where I should have a 8 3/4..........

[Manfred318]

Yowza What a putz Luckily it should buff right out

[Rocky]

   By looking at the brake rotors, it seems that they never bothered to use the brakes either.       That may have prevented said damage.   

[greenpigs]

I wonder how many 60's muscle cars met the same fate at the hands of new drivers?  

[Marck]

Wow, that truly sucks.... 

I bet the driver was going like this after it happened.. 

[400/6/PAC]

I bet Daddy's Pissed.

[Mike DC]

     
Plenty of Toyota Corollas have gotten wadded up just as badly.   

The power isn't the real problem, it's just a little more tempting. 
The problem is kids who think they can drive because they know how to work a steering wheel & a clutch. 


Any dumbf*ck can point a car straight inside the traffic lanes under normal conditions. 
Screwing around on the edge of traction at high speed is another story.   

[69_500]

I would say that is where the majority of the missing Chargers are today. Back in the early 70's these cars were just as that Mustang is now, a car to drive and enjoy. Plenty of parents allowed their children to drive cars like the Charger, Cuda's, Challenger, Dart, RR, GTX's back in the day, and I"m sure that many of them met the same fate as this Mustang.

The only wreck I've ever been in was when I was in college. Driving along on a county road, and see a car fast approaching me from behind. Before I knew it, I was tapped in the left rear, and that sent both of the cars into opposing ditches. My car went into the right ditch, and hit a fence row, and 2 tree's, the other car a Monte Carlo hit a HUGE tree on the opposite side of the road. The driver was 16, and had misjudged the distance to me, and had simply waited too long for the speed he was going to get over into the other lane and pass me. The dent on my left rear of the car, was very slight, so I'm thinking that he barely tapped me, but it was enough to send me off into the ditch.

[TUFCAT]

From the looks of that hit......it appears they hit a tree or pole, not another car. Which is a good thing... (and hopefully teaches them a lesson) as I would be pissed if they caused damage or injury to someone else.  I  once did the same thing..... (being a dumbass), with nobody else to blame but myself

Thanks for sharing.  We sometimes need a friendly reminder of what can happen when we get too crazy behind the wheel.   

[mally69]

sorry for his luck That really sucks. What kind of power do those cars have anyhow    At least its not somones ( OLD ) charger. Could care less if it were a new charger.

[TruckDriver]

I would say that is where the majority of the missing Chargers are today. Back in the early 70's these cars were just as that Mustang is now, a car to drive and enjoy. Plenty of parents allowed their children to drive cars like the Charger, Cuda's, Challenger, Dart, RR, GTX's back in the day, and I"m sure that many of them met the same fate as this Mustang.

Yup, I agree. A LOT of '60s & '70s muscle cars were destroyed in the same manor durring that time. Last night, they had a orange '70 Superbird on B-J that went through just that. The car was fixed by Petty Enterprizes in '71, but they still had the original nose for the car that went with it.

[Mike DC]

In the later 1970s, the body shop price of replacing & painting a fender, bumper, and grille section would probably have added up enough to total the car.   People don't remember that these things were just worthless for a long time.   

Even numbers-matching factory Hemi cars weren't worth much more than the sum of their parts until about 1986. 

[72chargerSE]

From the looks of that hit......it appears they hit a tree or pole, not another car. Which is a good thing... (and hopefully teaches them a lesson) as I would be pissed if they caused damage or injury to someone else.  I  once did the same thing..... (being a dumbass), with nobody else to blame but myself

Thanks for sharing.  We sometimes need a friendly reminder of what can happen when we get too crazy behind the wheel.   

Which time, which car?

As I remember, you were being a dumbass more than once!

[markstealth91]

Damn that's freaking crazy and funny! To bad some people don't respect what they have and this is the outcome, no matter what car it is.