This is really sobering. Options

[KaptKaos]

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Colum...rticleId=124526

Its about that kid that launched the M5 off the runway and died. Evidently, he was on a forum, not unlike this one. The M5 board seems to be down right now.

Since I can't read the forum, and see what people were posting, I'll need to wait until it's online. But I can't help but think that maybe someone could have reasoned with him not to drive so fast. Terribly sad.

[bigkensteele]

I bought my first car when I was 15 from my paper route money. It was a '73 Camaro with a sluggish 350 and a 2 barrel for $300. I spent another $1500 bringing the car back to pretty nice shape (I had a buddy who worked at a body shop). I had the money for a 4 barrel and dual exhaust, but my dad would not allow it. I was pissed. A year or two later, I found a '69 Camaro Z-28 RS with a 302, hugger orange, cowl induction, etc. for $3500 (now $50k in piss-poor condition), and he would not let me buy it, even though I had the money which I had earned all by myself.

These days, I thank God that my Dad loved me enough to save me from myself.

It seems that parents these days gravitate toward the two extremes - there are those who won't let their kids ride a bike without a helmet or climb a tree, and then there are those that give their kid access to a car with 530 HP. It is sad that common sense seems to be evaporating from our parental society as quickly as Britney Spears does something stupid. The two couldn't possibly be related.

Ken