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I work at a Ford dealership and see all kinds of people buying cars that are way out their league. Kids, old women, guys who have never owned anything but a truck. These are the people buying the new Shelby GT 500.
I'm sorry, but with the new cars putting out insane levels of power to the general public, just because your credit score says yes doesn't mean you should be able to drive it away.
Remember, when the factories were selling cars in the '60s with 500 HP you had to be someone in the know just to get one. Not anymore and this is the result. I know you can drive anything fast enough to get killed in it, but with a less powerful car you might not be tempted to show off in it.
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You know, how many of us could have been these kids.... I know could have been that kid soooo many times over. Dont know if its luck or what, thankfuly I got that crap out of my system when I was 16 and 17 and I managed to do it without killing anyone. I read this the other day....the passengers I feel sorry for...the driver...not so much.
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Some of the high-end European cars include a performance driving school with the price of the car. Ford should do the same with the GT500 (and the GT supercar when it was being sold), Chrysler with the Viper, and GM with any of the new Corvettes, as well as Caddy with any of the V series cars.
I instruct at some club HPDEs, and the variance in skill level in the novices is pretty eye-opening ... especially considering the capabilities of some of the cars the people show up in.
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Ed N.Ed Nicholson - Caledon Ontario - a bit NW of Toronto
07 Mustang GT with some stuff
88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe 5-speed
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I've seen a lot of pictures of wrecked Ford GT's, Lamborghini's, Ferrari's, etc. on this website:
It's pretty clear that a lot of the people who have the money to buy something like this just don't have the common sense or driving skill to handle it. Handing a 500 hp M5 to an 18-year old is pretty stupid. You'd better make sure he's mature enough to handle it, and then take him to a high performance driving school, or he's probably going to kill someone. The high insurance rates from all the guys wrecking them is one of the things that killed the muscle cars off the first time around. I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen again.
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Originally posted by ImpalaKonradits amazing how diffrent you drive 500 horses if you buy them as opposed to building them yourself!
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The parents who put this kid in that car should be haunted by this their whole lives... 500HP is a BUNCH of power for a street car in the hands of a teenager w/ a lack of respect for it... Unfortunitly this kid took a few of his friends with him.. I'm sure this ones not over, a sharp lawyer is gonna be allover this one representing the other dead kids as he should be. I drove fast as a kid, but I had been racing something ever since I was about 5 y/o so I had some respect for what I had.. I wore seatbelts when it wasn't even a law, NONE of the other kids I hung with did, hell, most of my friends with muscle cars didn't even have seat belts in their cars.
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I still remember what my Grand Dad told me when I was 16 and kept talking about getting a muscle car.
"The most expensive car in the world does not come with the talent to drive it. First, learn how to drive."BS'er formally known as Rebeldryver
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Responsibilty and maturity is a hard thing to learn when you are handed a car like that at 18. I know at 18, I thought I was mature and responsible. Now I look at an 18 year old like he's a little kid. This kind of thing can really hit close to home in many ways. I always worry about my 20 year olds driving habits. When he got his license, he went out and bought a really nice Acura Integra. I hope that making car payments and knowing that his car was not just handed over to him will make him more responsible and safe...
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