Posted on 08/26/2019 12:25:05 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
His mom had told him not to ride on the autobahn
(Newser) An 8-year-old boy got a stern talking-to earlier this week when he took his mom's Volkswagen for a joyride on the German autobahn, but after pulling the stunt againhitting speeds 112 mphhe's been put into psychological counselling, the AP reports. Dortmund police said Friday the grade-schooler stole the keys to the Golf around midnight and drove from his hometown Soest to Dortmund, about 30 miles away. Police say another motorist reported the child driving at high speeds in the city, saying "red lights and driving regulations did not seem to interest" him. As police searched for the vehicle, the boy drove out of town and crashed into the rear of a parked truck at a rest stop. Nobody was injured but the Golf was badly damaged.
And what did his dad say? Or do I already know the answer to that?
Someone sign this kid up for some Formula 1...
Hard to believe an 8 yo would drive that fast. Harder to believe a Golf could go that fast.
I’d try to get him into a transmission kart.
hard to believe it was reported in mph, and not kmh
My name is James Tiberius Kirk!
NASCAR on line one!...........
That’s a European Golf. If it was a US Golf that would be amazing.
Lewis Hamilton’s kid?
He was heading over to his hot teachers house for some afternoon delight
Well, a ‘stern talking to’ didn’t seem to do the trick. Maybe better to counsel now than after he kills someone - hed need a lifetime of it, then.
(IF it’s a true story... you never know anymore.)
Any possibility the kid was actually from Taiwan or Thailand?
The best and fastest compact hot hatch made today.
Top speed is 155 mph. 0-60 in 4.9
See post 16.
A Golf R is bad to the bone. Here in the US even.
>>>Thats a European Golf. If it was a US Golf that would be amazing.<<<
I was in Germany in late June. My rental was a Ford Fiesta.
I got it up to 135mph at one point. See video below. Of course, it was a Ford Fiesta ST, around 200hp Turbo and stiff suspension. Was an absolute blast to drive.
Also, the passenger was holding the phone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkZAIEDcVmE
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I figured the kid’s name would be Spritle. Did he have a monkey sidekick named Chim-Chim?
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