18 year old + BMW M5 = ?

[CrazyHorse]

this is doing the rounds on the car boards, thought i'd post it here

read this first

http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=111454

then read this

http://www.ocala.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=news24

[Dare]

damn,that's a strange story

[cosworth151]

Jumbolair Aviation Estates is one of the current crop of high-ticket, aviation based communities. Home owners can land at the community airport and taxi their plane right up to their home. Note John Tavolta's home on the map. Needless to say, the home owners are all welthy enough to have Beemers for the kids, with easy access to the runway.

There is a similar one on the northwest side of Indy with an added feature. It sits at the edge of Eagle Creek Reservoir. You can tie down your plane at the front of the house, and dock your boat at the rear!

[CrazyHorse]

cossy do they have a lonely hearts for singles in the local paper there?

M5's not exactly the easiest of cars to drive for an experenced driver, so an 18 yr old kid was asking for trouble, sad but a reminder that performance cars do bite back

[Scott]

As tragic as it was - and my sorrow goes out to all 5 families who lost children - it makes me so angry.  I found myself in situations more than a few times, years ago where I was a passenger in cars driven dangerously (twice ending in non-injury accidents, once a minor-injury accident, of the motorcycle that plowed into the back of us when the moron driving the car brake-checked him), it terrifies me just thinkng about it, and I can remember virutually every second.  I was so furious with the drivers each time that I pretty much cut off the friendships on the spot.  I'm thankful that I survived.

I have in the past and occassionally still do, try to find the limits of cars I am driving, but it is ALWAYS while I am alone and am certain about the road I'm driving.

The worst part is that the innocents might have added to the problem - adding 4 adult men to a high performance car can change it's behaviour drastically.