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.

[byndbad914]

all I can say is glad I am still alive. I had a 70 Mustang I found in a barn when I was 16 in Iowa and bought for $700. That car went 117mph. All the time. The front end would be floating and I would just keep going. I drove to school wide open at least once per week. Blew that thing up (broke rings on 3 pistons) within a year doing burnouts at valve float and wheel hop on a pretty regular basis.

My uncle (who was a hot rodder) warned my dad over and over again to not let me have a muscle car of any kind. I had begged to get his 64 Impala with a 400 in it he had for sale and he refused to sell it to me, then I found a 500 cube 68 Cadillac Coupe de Ville, 64 Galaxy 390 4spd, 67 Poncho with a 428, etc and I found out a few years later that each one of those cars my uncle had blocked the sale by convincing my dad to refuse to let me have it. He did all he could to save my life. He tried on the Mustang but my dad figured it was a 302, how much damage could I do?

I feel sorry for the kids. They're just kids. And I was and am a very respectful person (my dad would have kicked my ass if I forgot to hold a door for someone behind me for instance) and he was big on respect. And I was a smart kid. But I was a 16yr old male into hot rods, so that was how it worked. I don't feel sorry for the driver's parents, they gave him a loaded weapon and said go play. The passengers, again, they were just kids and having a good time. Sucks they learned a harder lesson than I was afforded.

If you are a male and over the age of 25, consider yourself lucky, or a pansy. Either way would be the only way you didn't kill yourself doing stupid shit because you either tried stupid shit and lucked out or you were too scared to try stupid shit. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)