[DCBryan1]

Just kids doing the exact same stupid crap I did at that age.

The dumbest story I ever heard was five (5) teenage boys taking their dad's BMW M5 out on a runway to see how fast it would go......

For some reason, no one in the car figured out that aircraft runways, do eventually end.

IIRC the car left the freeway at 150+ MPH and flew into a 300 year old tree. The police/EMT at the scene said that it was the most gruesome scene they ever encountered and that they had to use DNAblood types to match the body parts together.

Even the superior safety of a BMW can't compete with mother natures's laws of physics

[cripplecreek]

Even the superior safety of a BMW can't compete with mother natures's laws of physics

Unfortunately I think kids don't even have the slightest grasp of fundamental physics these days. I did stupid reckless crap but I always had some kind of awareness of road conditions, inertia, and reactions etc. My screw ups tended to be more the result of underestimation than complete oblivion.

Kids these days think that when you slam on the brakes the car stops like magic.

[spetznaz]

If that was in Florida, the driver of the Bimmer used to belong to a BMW website I used to go to. He was bragging about his M5 (actually his father) and how he drove, and a poster straight up warned him to watch out or he'll end up in the news. That weekend he, and his friends, passed on.

Bottom line, no matter the car, at certain speeds you are simply meat-ware strapped onto a missile. The head of that extreme rightwing Austrian party died in a VW Phaeton ...an extremely safe car. Princess Di died in a Mercedes S Class, a veritable tank. At certain speeds, even a Range Rover Vogue will be scrapped. Drive safe.

[coop71]

At my 15 year college reunion in April, someone reminded me of the time we borrowed a friend’s BMW. I got it up to 130. When my friend brought it up, I felt physically sick at the memory. How STUPID of me, and how careless. I was 21 at the time. I knew better but did it anyway.

In high school I routinely stole my parents car at 3am and took it on joyrides to see how fast I could go. Then I’d replace the gas I’d used and roll it back in the driveway - they never found out. Again, I feel sick at the thought of what could have happened. I was a stupid young woman, but very lucky.