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    TeenTrackAttack Puts UK Teens In Ferraris, Lambos

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    Image of drewdrawshashtags drewdrawshashtags
    07/09/09

    In reply to TeenTrackAttack Puts UK Teens In Ferraris, Lambos
    Crap. I haven't even gotten any sexting yet and these kids are getting rides in supercars?

    I am SO doing it wrong.
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    07/09/09

    In reply to TeenTrackAttack Puts UK Teens In Ferraris, Lambos
    This doesn't seem like a good idea.

    Put the spoiled good-for-nothings in Escorts and Cavaliers. They deserve no better.
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    Image of jp182 jp182
    07/09/09

    @Ford Tempo Fan: shit! i'd love to have the Escorts they have in the UK :-(
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    07/09/09

    @jp182: I prefer the escorts in Amsterdam, but to each his own.
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    Image of I was drivin' that Model A I was drivin' that Model A
    07/09/09

    In reply to TeenTrackAttack Puts UK Teens In Ferraris, Lambos
    So they're training a future generation of those leasing the car to understand what they're burning, right?
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    07/09/09

    In reply to TeenTrackAttack Puts UK Teens In Ferraris, Lambos
    In Finland they call this Tuesday.


    aaah, Do I have to drive the wet track today?
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    Edited by Dr. H. F. Danger at 07/09/09 2:53 PM Dr. H. F. Danger was starred Dr. H. F. Danger was unstarred
    Image of two wheels are enough two wheels are enough
    07/09/09

    In reply to TeenTrackAttack Puts UK Teens In Ferraris, Lambos
    After reading just the title I had pretty much made up my mind to bash the idea ("Teens in supercars?! This is madness!" "Madness? This... Is... BRITAIN!!!")

    But if you think about it, it's not a bad idea - for a price, the kids get to live out their speedracer fantasies and (hopefully) not get anyone hurt in the process. Give 'em an opportunity to do some harmless supercar hooning and get it out of their system, and they might even be better drivers for it.
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    Image of Dhillaz 2.0 Dhillaz 2.0
    07/09/09

    In reply to TeenTrackAttack Puts UK Teens In Ferraris, Lambos
    I hate how excessively high our insurance premiums are, but I can honestly say it's like that way for a reason:



    I left school a year ago, and since then:
    one person flipped their Clio,
    another wrote off their brand new Polo and the S-Class he crashed into,
    another crashed his Rover straight into a lamp post...writing it off of course,
    another needed his brand new Yaris' engine rebuilt after an accident.



    Today I saw another classmate who was suspiciously riding in the back of someone else's car.



    Considering these cars all have displacements of 1.3 litres or less...I'll call the T-Shirt printers.
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    Image of baldy_pm baldy_pm
    07/09/09

    In reply to TeenTrackAttack Puts UK Teens In Ferraris, Lambos
    "Because the folks running this aren't insane, the cars are fitted with a passenger e-brake, the teens are on a course setup with cones, and they go out supervised."


    I would add a kill switch
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    07/09/09

    @baldy_pm: And ruin all the fun and excitement?
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    Image of pres pres
    07/09/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli:

    I would add a driver eject system.
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    Image of ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD
    07/09/09

    In reply to TeenTrackAttack Puts UK Teens In Ferraris, Lambos
    Well, I guess it's better than stealing them.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    07/09/09

    @darkstar:Onlyslightly.
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    07/09/09

    In reply to TeenTrackAttack Puts UK Teens In Ferraris, Lambos
    Why does the adult looks as young as the teen?
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    Image of ThreeLitre ThreeLitre
    07/09/09

    @Syrax: Probably because only a young adult would be naive enough to think that putting 480bhp under a 15 year old's right foot wouldn't be unconsiounably redonkulous.




    EDIT: that said, if this was around when I was learning to drive, I would be a much poorer, much more adrenaline-hooked soul today...
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    Image of FormerlyPreferredCustomer FormerlyPreferredCustomer
    07/09/09

    In reply to TeenTrackAttack Puts UK Teens In Ferraris, Lambos
    $140 for 15 minutes? That's actually a great deal--I spend $35 in entry fees at an autocross, which is about 4 minutes of racing, and not only do I have to bring my own car, I have to stand around in the sun (or rain) for 6 hours and run after cones to boot.


    I'd do this in a heartbeat. Can I get a fake ID that says I'm 18?
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    Image of .357 .357
    07/09/09

    In reply to TeenTrackAttack Puts UK Teens In Ferraris, Lambos
    This could work, but what's gonna happen when they have to Twitter while driving a Ferrari?
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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    07/09/09

    @.357: Twitter is a noun, the verb is tweet, okay?
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    Image of .357 .357
    07/09/09

    @mr_dude:
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    07/09/09

    In reply to TeenTrackAttack Puts UK Teens In Ferraris, Lambos
    I'm 23, but generally have the mentality of a 5 year old. That averages out to 14 - I'm hoping I could still theoretically participate, because that's my only chance at driving any of those cars.
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    Image of .357 .357
    07/09/09

    @Maymar is breaking in the commenting system...: I am the average age of 14 too. After all, I have season passes to Wonderland. I would definitely pay $140 for this.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    07/09/09

    @Maymar is breaking in the commenting system...: Do you think the gas pedal could overpower the e-brake?
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    07/09/09

    @.357: At this point, Wonderland's like paying $140 to drive a hopped-up, ratty C3 Corvette. Too much shaking and rattling for me to feel comfortable.
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    Image of .357 .357
    07/09/09

    @Maymar is breaking in the commenting system...: I have little cousins, so it's like being forced to go anyways.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    07/09/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: If it's an e-brake as in locking up the rear wheels, I'm not sure I'd care - 180s are plenty of fun. If it's just a regular brake like a driver's ed car, that's just a killjoy.
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    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    07/09/09

    In reply to TeenTrackAttack Puts UK Teens In Ferraris, Lambos
    I guess that MJ's gone now, so somebody has to do it.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    07/09/09

    In reply to TeenTrackAttack Puts UK Teens In Ferraris, Lambos
    What an unbelievable idea. I wonder how they wrote this business plan? I would have loved to have been at the sales pitch for this one.
    So you want to do what?? Put teenagers in exotic sports cars?!?!
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    Image of Matt Hardigree Matt Hardigree
    07/09/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: And tobacco... there's gotta be tobacco!
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/09/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: Seems like a good plan. It's basically a $560 an hour car rental service. The difference is that you have a guy sitting in the car to make sure they don't drive the shit out of it like a normal rental.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    07/09/09

    @Matt Hardigree: Or at least a tobacco sponsor.
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