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Aussie Son Crashes Daddy's Ferrari 360CS

IronEagle — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:58:13 EDT

Used to sneak out the 6 month old 5 speed 89 Mustang GT when I was 14. Stayed home sick from school a couple times and had some fun. I'll never forget that one late sunny crisp morning cruising around the backroads listening to the Top Gun soundtrack on cassette. It was pure heaven.

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mr.chophoppers — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:03:30 EDT

This is hard to admit to on Jalopnik, but here goes:

I think my dad is still secretly disappointed that I never stole his car.

mr.chophoppers

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LandofMinos, is begging congress for more hotpants for GM — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:13:14 EDT

@Hotrodelectric: The buffing joke...

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LandofMinos, is begging congress for more hotpants for GM — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:11:56 EDT

@Hotrodelectric: It would be a sad day for some of us if that joke didn't get used on every post that involved car damage. Thanks mate

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Hotrodelectric — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:40:02 EDT

OK- I'll do it.

"That'll buff right out" Annnnd:

"My dad's a tv repairman. He has this totally awesome set of tools. I can totally fix this." /Spicoli

Hotrodelectric

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Naturally Exasperated? — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:18:01 EDT

"......driver only has minor injuries"
SO FAR!

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Naturally Exasperated? — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:07:59 EDT

how many times does it require saying?
"NEVER trust your kid with you car!"
Doesn't matter whether its a '87 Hyundai Excel Sprint or a Veyron. The same disastrous results can be expected.

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mytdawg — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:10:20 EDT

Grandma had a 1969 Impala 2 door with a 350. That mist green with a dark green vinyl top. She gave me that car when I turned 16. My dad drove it through the winter that year and then made me sell it. I got $300 for it. That was about 1980. Dammit.

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Stuntdriver — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:25:01 EDT

@cyclopticgaze:

i was laughing at the same comment...hahahaha..

that´s one of the worst things can happen to you as a teenager...
i think he get castrated...

@AllenK:

wow....she is hottie....
but what the hell did she say???

we need some subtitles here...

Stuntdriver

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something_unique_and_descriptive — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:06:48 EDT

Yeah, I never "borrowed" the parents' car... I got the hell spanked out of me at ~8 for nipping $20. Say what you want about physical discipline but when it hurts to sit for three days you remember whatever it was that got you that spanking, and more importantly, you remember to NEVER do it again.

If I'd done this... well, I wouldn't be typing this right now.

something_unique_and_descriptive

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LandofMinos, is begging congress for more hotpants for GM — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:20:18 EDT

When I was in high school (1995), a kid brought his dads GTR Torana to school. Took it for a spin at lunch-time, nobody would go with him because we all knew this kid will most likely die before graduation. A sister of a girl in my class saw what happened next as it occurred out the front of her work(cnr Clyde St and Wellington Rd if you have cheese in your name).

He rounded a 90 degree left hander and planted the foot only to oversteer the arse end into the median strip before a set of lights and put the shiny side down. Lucky for him an older brother of another fellow student was driving his tow-truck and came upon the accident and proceeded to right the car and tow it away before any cops turned up.

Can't remember how his dad punished him but another kid lost his $200 Walkman and his dad shaved his head as punishment.

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bzr loves you long time — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:46:03 EDT

@graverobber- Same great taste, new low price!: No, the newscasters would have done a 20-minute piece on the horrors of video games, and why GTAIV is contributing to the downfall of modern society by allowing young, innocent children to be warped into Ferrari-stealing monsters.

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cargogh — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:12:58 EDT

@Mfatik: tremendously so. Thanks.

cargogh

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Schm, problems around every corner — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:09:20 EDT

"So, eh Officer Floyd, I've got a Ferrari if you want to hang out sometime. . ."

Schm, problems around every corner

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Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:39:56 EDT

When I was growing up in Ojai, CA, my family employed many local highschool kids in the winter months for part-time work in our orange orchards (lighting smudgepots on freezing nights), or at our cut-your-own Christmas tree farm.

There is a dip on a secondary road in the east end of the Ojai Valley, where a dry wash crosses. Only the heavyest rains result in the creek running.

One day one of the guys borrowed his Dad's new Caddy sedan, and took the dip in the road so fast the car went airborne and collided into the roadbed on the opposite side. No injuries, but the Caddy was totalled. His father was not amused...

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing

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crankcase — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:11:57 EDT

Does this kid know Nick Hogan?

crankcase

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joneez — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:02:10 EDT

Damn! I got my ass chewed for 'only' blowing the driveshaft out of Dad's 396 4spd Nova! Only reason I didn't get it worse was because he did the same thing 2 weeks earlier. Torque + wheel hop = broken parts.

joneez

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MagnificentBastard — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:40:58 EDT

@DeadFlorist: nice!

MagnificentBastard

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Sloop_John_B — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:28:38 EDT

Like the Falcon GT, this thing is probably already impounded and up for auction. Seeing as how it's taken the blow to the front of the car, that means there's a perfectly fantastic electrohydraulic shift transmission and a dam fine V8 in this puppy that are probably unscaithed. Oh man...the project ideas are endless/boundless.

Sloop_John_B

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boosted-lego-wagon — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:10:59 EDT

Bueller!

boosted-lego-wagon

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Kelly — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:49:48 EDT

@Froggmann:

After being down there a few years back on holiday, I can say the female population is both well-above average in the looks and intelligence departments. Plus, there is a natural beauty which appears to be rewarded, as if you see a woman with obviuos makeup on her face, she stands out as not belonging.

I was surprised how many blond women there were, too. Natural, as well, or they were damned good at doing both roots and eyebrows....

Kelly

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Mfatik — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:42:17 EDT

@cargogh: that's a long time to keep that inside, do you feel relieved from sharing?

Mfatik

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SubyDrew — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:45:15 EDT

Please tell me it was really an MGB...please! Any variety of Fierri would do.

SubyDrew

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AllenK — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:43:39 EDT

And can we see more of Officer Hottie?

AllenK

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AllenK — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:39:24 EDT

And I felt bad when the dash on my Dad's GMC mysteriously got busted one night...

AllenK

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cargogh — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:37:09 EDT

I took out my dad's brand new red and white beauty he ordered a couple of weeks before I turned 16. But it was a full-sized 1979 Dodge p'up. I prompty scraped the driver side fender wheel arch to the primer on some barrels. I had read in Car Craft? to use a paper match to fill in paint scratches, and both colors were included with the truck. When I came home from school Mom said Dad was in a bad mood. He had gone to the Dodge dealership and let the bodyshop have it for the crappy pre-delivery touch-up. They buffed it out. I told no one, but you.

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SundaySunday — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:21:04 EDT

@Novaload: Oh, I know. Actually, I remember both my grandfather and dad talking about how in high school, Dad's modded up '57 Bel Air was the "fastest car in town."

I think his teen years experiences combined with my brother and my fondess for all things fast led to his purchasing a more sedate car.

Of course, later he did purchase an '84 Charger for me to do the family taxi duty in, and I was able to do some high school hoonery. Thanks, Dad!

SundaySunday

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cyclopticgaze — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:01:47 EDT

"The driver only has minor injuries. Obviously his dad hasn't caught up with him yet."

Subtle child abuse jokes on the evening news. I love the Aussies.

cyclopticgaze

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mytdawg — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:54:11 EDT

Well it started with me taking my Grandmother's car when she was sleeping at about 13 and progressed to me making a spare set of keys and taking my mother's BMW at about 15.

I never wrecked though. Although initially I overlooked the locking gas key and had to steal the keys a second time to get one of those made.

I didn't get in a lot of trouble but I got in enough that my father and stepbitch emancipated me so they wouldn't be liable (hah). He wouldn't sign for me to get a license either. I walked out of the house at 16 and never came back to live.

I visited him twice a year for about 25 years after that, birthday and Christmas. He divorced her and now I see him every month or two (it's a 400 mile round trip now instead of 20).

I would have wrecked a Ferrari, given half a chance. Fuck 'em.

mytdawg

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FЯeeMan is slowly cЯawling out of the new commenting system — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:42:36 EDT

@Feds: "Once my kid gets to age 12, all keys will be under lock and key."

There's a certain, Je ne sai quais, deja vous, circular, meta, redundancy, Je ne sai quais, deja vous, circular, meta, redundancy, Je ne sai quais, deja vous, circular, me...

I just can't quite get my head wrapped all the way around that one. Maybe I need lunch.

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FЯeeMan is slowly cЯawling out of the new commenting system — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:38:18 EDT

@walt_chisel: Beautiful!

COTD right here, please!

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tenbeers — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:27:32 EDT

@Feds: But where will THOSE keys be? Hmm?

tenbeers

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LexicalConverter — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:12:28 EDT

If there's a chick named Floyd, then were there any jokes at her birth about Pink Floyd?

I'd kill to have someone with her accent. And maybe consider crashing a Ferrari(though not a 360CS).

LexicalConverter

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Froggmann — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:10:21 EDT

Question here... Is there any unattractive chicks in Australia? Oh damn I'd speed just to get arrested by her!

Oh wait was was the video about?

Froggmann

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LandofID — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:09:48 EDT

Borrowing the family rig without permission. Good times. Good times. A few years ago one of the offroad mags had an article on what to do, what not to do, and when to suck it up and call for adult help when hooning the family 4x4. They were so right on about the mud thing. My brother and I laughed for hours….

LandofID

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brownie — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:07:06 EDT

Reason #14 to save your conspicuous consumption until AFTER the kids have left for good.

brownie

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NovaloadMissesPolar — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:04:29 EDT

@SundaySunday: But you can hoon those too. We had a 68 Mercury Monterey with the monster 4bbl in it and one day my father said, "Any idea why those rear tires are wearing out so fast? Have you been racing that?" I confessed, my father being rather cool at the time. He said, "Well?"
I said "Well what?"
"Well, did you win?"

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Turboner — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:03:09 EDT

You guys have it all wrong, the newscaster said the car hit the pole, not the driver. It wasn't his fault.

Turboner

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NovaloadMissesPolar — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:02:07 EDT

You gotta fight. For your right. To party.

Obvy dad is rich, I'm sure he can get another set of wheels. I would be curious to know what the punishment turns out to be.
Actually, no, I'm not. I don't care. Life is too short to worry about such things.

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Feds — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:02:05 EDT

Yeah, since I am only 3 mos. into this parenting thing, I haven't figured out yet if my parents were lazy, naieve..neive...NIE-EVE!!, or actually setting a trap for me all those nights where they went out, and left the spare set of keys in plain sight.

Once my kid gets to age 12, all keys will be under lock and key.

Feds

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SundaySunday — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:22:31 EDT

Funny thing, throughout my childhood, Dad was always a Corvette guy. But as soon as my brother and I hit our car-driving teens, Dad was sporting an Olds Toronado.

SundaySunday

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POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:20:07 EDT

Midnight Embroil!

POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY

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MagnificentBastard — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:19:29 EDT

In the words a the fresh prince,Parents just don't understand......

MagnificentBastard

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SeanKHotay — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:12:20 EDT

@AshOfTheTitans: Even tho it pains me to say it (wait for it)

...That was a good one, Constashnza!

SeanKHotay

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Miscellanea — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:09:54 EDT

"Aren't you at least going to frisk me Constable?"

Miscellanea

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macecalrissian — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:06:20 EDT

Maybe he was driving backwards to try to trick the odometer

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SeanKHotay — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:05:40 EDT

@B: Holy cow, yeah! Man, I bet your butt was red for a week just over that little piece of plastic.

Good thing he didn't crash the Pontiac!

SeanKHotay

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MΩJΩ — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:02:25 EDT

I'll never forget the day I found out that the key to my Datsun 510 fit perfectly in my dads 1967 E-type roadster. It even fit the locking gas cap. We used to take my little brother for a ride around the block a couple of time to keep him from squealing on us and then we were off. It's lucky I never wrecked it although I did drive it over a curb once. The damage to the undercarriage went unnoticed until recently as it is being restored. I never got caught but my little brother did years latter and promptly told my dad about how I taught him how to do it.

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Mon, 05 May 2008 10:01:39 EDT

Hey, remember how mad he got when I broke my retainer? Come on, that was just a little piece of plastic. This is a Ferrari.

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Dr.Danger, I run the Death Star — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:01:31 EDT

If I have a car like that when my son is a teenager, I would lock the keys in a safe.

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macecalrissian — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:01:27 EDT

Ferris: "If you had access to a car like this, would you take it back right away? Neither would I"

macecalrissian

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graverobber- My Yugo Nova! — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:54:08 EDT

If this had happened in the U.S. of Ay, the newscaster would have commented as to whether alcohol had been a factor in the crash.

This having occurred in Australia, I think that's a given.

In fact, I think the news anchor is pretty lit in that clip as well.

graverobber- My Yugo Nova!

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OldeEnglishD misses Polar — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:46:38 EDT

There's no way, there's no God damn way that you came from my loins! When we get home remind me to punch your mamma in the mouth.

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Buzz Killington — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:46:08 EDT

First, that cop chick was hottt.

Second, he must have been going pretty effing fast to have done all that.

I once snuck out my moms Diplomat one night, after my idiot friend Billy convinced me that 'everyone has to steal their parents car at least once'. So I put a dummy made of socks and a volleyball in my bed (one too many episodes of Saved By The Bell), and off I went. Of course, my master plan never actually considered the fact that the driveway was directly under their bedroom window, and they promptly noticed the car was missing. The dummy actually worked a bit too well, because before calling the police to report the car stolen, they looked in my room to check on me, and saw that I was there.

Its all funny now, but believe me, nobody was laughing at the time.

Buzz Killington

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Number_Six — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:45:42 EDT

@beercheck: She's got me under pressure.

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al_beaton — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:41:48 EDT

Junior soon realized that Rosso Corsa was no match for pussy-magnet yellow (sorry, Giallo Fly) when it came to pulling, and only his kinetic parking skills were good enough to get the lovely Constable Floyd's attention.

al_beaton