'69 Camaro Crashed By Idiot Kid Doing Massive Burnout

[XcYZ]

Uh, oops....

http://jalopnik.com/5325773/69-camaro-crashed-by-idiot-kid-doing-massive-burnout/gallery/

This is incredibly painful. A kid in his dad's beautiful '69 Camaro lost control and crashed after a 370' burnout on public streets. We'd trade a thousand wrecked Transformers Edition Camaros for this not to happen.

According to the post on BangShift forums, the 1969 Chevy Camaro was piloted by a 17 year old who decided to take dad's car out for some tire roasting. He made it through first and second while roasting the tires, but in third he lost control and planted it in a neighbors yard. Total damage: $30,000. When police arrived, he claimed the clutch stuck at 25 MPH and things got out of control. If you know how a manual transmission works, that makes as much sense as Cerberus buying Chrysler. He was issued a wreckless driving ticket for his bad deeds and dad's insurance company decided to drop him. He got off light from our perspective.




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[Josh69]

I just read that over on Jalopnik, was wondering if it was anyone on the forums....:wow:

[redfire69]

Ouch! That'll leave a mark...

[Swain]

He will be calling soon to get his wheels re rimmed lol

[-Freak-]

" Did Nick Hogan get his license back?"
:rofl: :rofl:

[Stuart Adams]

" Did Nick Hogan get his license back?"
:rofl: :rofl:


Now that's funny right there.

[tones2SS]

I would be so ripping!!
I'd have to walk around the block a couple of times to cool down. If that would work??:mad:

[GM Muscle]

i like how no one is wearing any shoes...

[Spiffav8]

What a tool! Kid has zero respect.

[70rs]

Did the dad kill him? Look for a follow up story....." Stupid kid taken out of the gene pool". At least neuter him so he can't breed.

Does anyone here recognize that car?

[Vegas69]

I crashed up my first car too. Luckily it wasn't a Camaro. :D

[nvr2fst]

I wonder if the kid was into cars or possibly helped his dad build and or work on the car. If not I can see why he had no respect for the car, the road and his dad.
God forbid, I dont see my son joy riding behind my back due to the fact hes involved with cars and enjoys the same passion.

[TreySmith]

If you buy your own and wreck it, it doesn't matter :)..

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I don't get why you guys say he has no respect for the car. I have built my car with my bare hands and have the the most respect in the world for it, but I still love roasting the tires and having a good time. I understand that when it is painted and nice I am going to change my ways a little, but still.

That's sad.. But how in the hell does it rack up to $30k in damage? Pop the door out, repaint it and buy a few rims... God that's like $3k at most.

[XcYZ]

I don't get why you guys say he has no respect for the car.

Because it wasn't his car to wreck. To take someone else's car, thrash it then wreck it... that shows zero respect in my book.

[Josh69]

At a minimum, he didn't respect the cars ability to bite him in the arse. Alot of kids don't, that's why they end up wrecked so often.

I was recently egged on at a small local cruise-in. I decided to (oops) go ahead and give it hell for the guys. I was sideways through 1st and 2nd ....right past the squad car that I didn't notice. I got off with a warning and a talkin' to. The primary concern of the officer was not what I was doing, but what high school kids watching from the adjacent parking lot would try to emulate. :_paranoid

Hopefully seeing me get pulled over for doing something reckless, as embarassing as it was and regardless of my abilities, was enough to keep just one kid from doing something stupid.

[GM Muscle]

That's sad.. But how in the hell does it rack up to $30k in damage? Pop the door out, repaint it and buy a few rims... God that's like $3k at most.

you have a lot to learn... aside from the wheels, body and possible suspension damage, you may have a bent axle or housing, you could have tweeked the body here or there. you also have to consider the price that they are gong to charge for property damage. ever get an estimate for landscaping? i got a bill for 2200 dollars for some ruts i left in a gas station front yard while pulling a car out of its ditch. also im sure the home owner isnt going to just let the kid slide. the kid is neglagent and dangerous.. a third gear rolling burnout in a residential area isnt the smartest thing ever done...

[cees67]

i am getting married in two weeks ......she is not pregnant yet but after she is ....and after he is born i am going to give him a shot in the arse right away just so he knows never to do this to me :D

[Yenko68]

I have mixed feeling about this. First I'm sick to my stomach !!! Second, Heck maybe I can get a heck of a deal on it. Give me a call with the location and I'll bring a trailor. It looks totaled to me:unibrow: I guess I'll have to take it now. :willy: I always wanted a 69

[jcal87]

lol im pretty sure Ive wrecked every car i have owned except the camaro knock on wood but then again i never drive it lol

[TreySmith]

you have a lot to learn... aside from the wheels, body and possible suspension damage, you may have a bent axle or housing, you could have tweeked the body here or there. you also have to consider the price that they are gong to charge for property damage. ever get an estimate for landscaping? i got a bill for 2200 dollars for some ruts i left in a gas station front yard while pulling a car out of its ditch. also im sure the home owner isnt going to just let the kid slide. the kid is neglagent and dangerous.. a third gear rolling burnout in a residential area isnt the smartest thing ever done... Yeah I thought about it, I didn't feel like going back and editing my post though.

[nvr2fst]

Because it wasn't his car to wreck. To take someone else's car, thrash it then wreck it... that shows zero respect in my book.

EXACTLY SCOTT!

Thats why am having Jason build his own car. I know its my money but just being a good all around kid is payback enough for me. My daughters on the other hand, well......................

[Ummgawa]

Only when your stuff gets taken by some dill weed and wrecked or damaged does one figure "it" out. Time will handle that.

[Streetking]

Time for a good ass wipping...

SW

[89 RS]

Because it wasn't his car to wreck. To take someone else's car, thrash it then wreck it... that shows zero respect in my book.

Scott is exactly right...that kid never thought about the time, money, and work that goes into building a nice ride. Not to mention the safety of others in the area.

[GregWeld]

Back in "the day" -- like 1971 -- I owned a 66 Vette coupe. It happened to have A/C and power windows.. My parents had a Ford F-250 with a camper on it. We swapped that summer so they could drive my nice A/C car to Carson City to see my grandparents... I used the Camper to hit the Oregon coast...

My car came back wrecked.

I had a 2008 BMW M5 -- I have two college kids... one boy - one girl. Alex is home for break... and I'm out at a car show - so I call him and ask him if he wants to come out and meet me - of course he wants to drive the "5" out - which I allow - with the usual admonition - BE CAREFUL and don't hot rod it!
It's parked out back by "the shed" -- it's a long driveway -- but also very wide!
He doesn't make it to the street - Bent the rim on a Forgiato 3 pc'r - tore up the back bumper (plastic crap) and destroys the tire... He calls me and tells me the 'news' - to which I said - WTF were you doing?! He says he was being careful but didn't see the big rocks at the end of the driveway... BS! He was doing the stereo - or texting - of whatever... but whatever it was - it wasn't DRIVING! Can't turn this kind of crap into the insurance... the tire and rim is $900 and the paint etc is another $1500... I hate him for the rest of his break. He hasn't driven any of 'our' cars since - that was a year ago. I have cool cars - he would really really like to drive a couple of them - that ain't happenin' until there is serious pain seared into his pea brain... Adrienne gets to drive 'em all -- she hasn't scratched one yet -- and because she respects the power etc - and is 'afraid' of them - I've had no 'reports' of her hammering 'em. Where I live - everyone knows my cars - and I'd hear about it before she even got home!

[jeff hanson]

That sucks.... lesson learned for him(HOPEFULLY)... brings back some memories for me! Thankfully, I wasn't driving like an idiot but I did take my dad's 34 Ford out with a couple buddies when I was about that age(20 years ago). I had a 67 Chevelle at the time but it was probably apart in the garage or something. Anyway, I was driving down the street minding my own business when this lady pulls out of a side street without even looking, sending me into oncoming traffic and into a head on collision with a full size Dodge van! Needless to say, it wasn't pretty. My dad and I have always had a great relationship and he let me drive his cars pretty much whenever I wanted(and still does!). After all, he was the one that gave me this "sickness". Actually, the year before that, I drove it down to Kentucky from Michigan with a friend for the Street Rod Nationals, but that's another story. Anyway, the lady never saw any of this but the guy behind me saw the whole thing right in front of him. He told me to hop in his car and we'll stop her. Got up to the next light and I jumped out of the guys car and went up to her to tell her what happened. I then got in her car and made her go back to the scene of the crime where she got a ticket.

After all that, my dad settled with the insurance company, got the wrecked car back, sold it, and ended up getting more money than if he would have sold it before the accident! Best part is, he was planning on selling it anyway. Win, win.:lol:

[70rs]

Lucky break on the crash/ sale thing Jeff.
I was not so lucky. I had a decent '68 rs Camaro and didn't respect the power and lack of brakes (4 wheel drum). I was 18 and even more stupid than I am now (20 years later I still learn stuff the hard way, must be genetics?). Anyway, while waiting to make a left turn through oncoming traffic I saw a SMALL opening and showing off for my buddies in the car lit up the tires, started sliding the back end to the right then caught traction. I was launched into a Ford LTD waiting on the other side of the road I was turning onto. My car was totaled, his car looked like someone went at it with a can opener from the back of the door to the rear bumper. I felt like a total idiot and paid dearly for it. The big difference? It was MY camaro that I PAID for. I also paid for all of the damage to the Ford I hit. Kids and fast cars can be a disaster. But it's when no lesson is taken from it that those kids need to be removed from the driving population. I was on the bus for a year after that and I learned a valuable lesson. I hope my son learns from my mistakes and not his own.