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.

[BMXerror]

Manual transmission? What? (from the article. NVM)
I said it on the sandbox, I'll say it again here. No sympathy! I don't pitty the kids, because they're dead now. They can't tell the difference. I don't pitty the driver because he KNEW he was in over his head and still continued to drive like an ass. The only people I may have some sympathy for is the parents of the other kids. They may or have known about "Josh's" driving history, but it's unlikely.
Hopefully the parents of the driver will get a wake up call from this. However, as it always is with people, "It's not my fault. He was just a reckless kid", or much more likely "BMW shouldn't have made such a fast car. Time to sue!" I will say that I'm glad that they wiped out into a tree off the runway instead of into a minivan on the highway.
And by the way, you can kill yourself just as dead with a 70 HP teener, or anything else for that matter. When I see the stupid ricers around here doing 110 (maxed out) in their 89 Civic Hatchback, weaving through traffic, I'm HOPING for them to pile into the center divider. I've talked to a lot of those guys, and they drive that way because they LIKE to feel out of control. That's why I get in their face when they try to compare themselves to real racers, because racing is all about being IN control. Again, I just hope they lose it off the side of a mountain, instead of into a caravan.
That being said, I take the 914 out into the canyons from time to time and have my fun with it, but if I ever start to feel out of control or AT ALL over my head, I shut down. I also leave a rather large margin of error for all the unknowns found on public roads. Do I cross the line sometimes? Maybe. But if I do something stupid and it kills me one of these days, don't pitty me.
Rant over. You can start writing your letters now.
Mark D.