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Author Topic: S0...you've just put down 370' of rubber and wrecked daddy's 68 Camaro  (Read 20258 times)
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« on: July 27, 2009, 06:28:24 PM »

A week ago last Saturday evening we were going out to dinner. I went back in the house for a minute and my wife asked me if I heard that. Heard what? Tires screaching for a long time. About a minute later we heard the fire whistle blow and saw a cop go flying down our block. She thought it was that cop's kid up the block with the PBA shield that gives him Carte Blanch to drive like a Ahole who was burning rubber.

It came from the road behind our house, not up the block. So on our way to the restaurant we just had to see what happened. There was this really nice 68 or 69 black Camaro up in someone's yard. 2 blocks away there was about 30' of rubber from 1st, then another 30' from 2nd followed by about 400' of rubber going straight, then starting to curve to the right from getting crossed up and swapping ends. I was going to post this but I didn't have any pixs.

So my wife tells me our son, Mike has pictures. It turns out it was Mike's friend's house this kid landed up in. He knocked down the mail box, no big deal, but then hit a tree which fell on my son's friend's car along with doing some yard damage. My son said between the Camaro and property damaged, the kid did $30K of damage. He told the cop he was only doing 25 MPH and that the clutch stuck...yeah right. He put down 370' of rubber. The kid is in the red shirt and black shorts. The rear axle got cracked, he got a wreckless driving ticket and the kid's father's insurance company dropped him. I'd love to be a fly on the wall in that house!











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« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2009, 06:35:43 PM »

I too would like to be a fly on the wall in that house.
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« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2009, 06:42:03 PM »

What a dumbass! 'Ol Dad's gonna be pissed.
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« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2009, 06:42:17 PM »

It probably sounded something like, "Son, these aren't toys."  Cheesy

Darn.  That looks like a nice car.  Know if the damage was significant?
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« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2009, 06:49:42 PM »

love the color
the wheels weigh as much as the budd wheels on a C70
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« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2009, 07:04:23 PM »

Ugg... that hurts.
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« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2009, 07:10:35 PM »

I wonder did he actually have permission to drive it...........
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« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2009, 07:15:26 PM »

He would not have to worry about being in my will anymore, thats for sure.  If he did not have my permission, then he may have needed his own will.
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« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2009, 07:16:45 PM »

Don't be too hard on the young man, he was just using the car as it is intended to be used, and having some fun with it. Probably needs a little more experience at handling a hot rod like that Camaro, but I'll bet he's pretty upset about what happened. No one is dead except for a few shrubs, so it could be considered a learning experience. If it was my kid I'd set him down and tell him he needs to be more careful and learn to handle the horsepower.
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« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2009, 07:17:05 PM »

If you didn't build it... you shouldn't drive it (at least like an idiot).

Nice car except for the retarded wheels.
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« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2009, 07:20:39 PM »

Id beat his ass, no matter how big he is.
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« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2009, 07:24:25 PM »

Oh my, you guys are being much too harsh. I'm sure the young man did not mean to have this happen; it just got away from him. A really powerful Camaro like this is just built to lay down rubber.
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« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2009, 07:25:58 PM »

I screwed up my dad's truck, twice, it was stock other than cheapo driving lights.
One Transmission
One Rear Bumper
One Driving Light (well, I paid for those in the first place though)
He never got angry at me, I don't know why, but I was really angry with myself when I did them, I should've known better, and thought the truck would have gotten sold to somebody who didn't wash it every week
learning experience, I would make him help fix it, and help pay to fix it
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« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2009, 07:30:19 PM »

Of course none of us knows what the family in question is about, but it would not surprise me on bit if a slap on the wrist and that's about it.  I wonder how long it will be before he drives another of daddy's hot rods through another front yard.

Sorry about being such a cynic, but I've seen it happen too often not to be anymore.
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« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2009, 07:42:04 PM »

Of course none of us knows what the family in question is about, but it would not surprise me on bit if a slap on the wrist and that's about it.  I wonder how long it will be before he drives another of daddy's hot rods through another front yard.

Sorry about being such a cynic, but I've seen it happen too often not to be anymore.

The kid's father apologized  to the home owner.
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