Street Racers in Phoenix sends 5 kids to hospital

[gwoods]

This is why most G owners do not street race.

http://www.azfamily.com/news/l....html

Notice in the article 5 kids went to the hospital. Yet the van that was hit by these two morons only had 3 kids in it. So 2 of the 5 kids were in one of the trucks that were street racing. The one who is here illegally should be sent back to Mexico and put on the Felon list so he can not come back. The one who was not here illegally should loose his license for a while and have to take the bus/cab whatever for a few years so he can think about not being stupid if Arizona ever gives him a drivers license again.

[PyR0NiAk]

I think more of the reason most G owner's don't street race is because of the older age group that typically owns them. You don't have many 16 and 17 year old kids buying them.. They all want the mustangs and camaros. (Or other cars in the same class.)

[370Z/28]

Absolutley uncalled for!

They are lucky they weren't my kids. They would WISH they were back in Mexico then.

[zozoka1212]

The worst thing is most of the time the inoccent people suffer and the idiots are the one come out without scratch. Wonder if they will think about the few seconds fun they had racing when they'll get raped in the jail. I guess one would be deported soon. Good way to stay out of trouble to get immigration paper.

[johnparkyourcar]

I think more of the reason most G owner's don't street race is because of the older age group that typically owns them. You don't have many 16 and 17 year old kids buying them.. They all want the mustangs and camaros. (Or other cars in the same class.)

Not so much now. You can get first generation Gs for pretty cheap now...

[infinitgkid]

I think more of the reason most G owner's don't street race is because of the older age group that typically owns them. You don't have many 16 and 17 year old kids buying them.. They all want the mustangs and camaros. (Or other cars in the same class.)

I was 17 when I got my G...

hmm, I fear by me coming out and saying this I might have put myself under the "You're just a child who doesn't know anything and his parents buy everything for him" guillotine...

Oh well...

[370Z/28]

Nah....I don't see any of the regulars here as being like that. We have helped both of our kids get cars, but we wouldn't have done it if they weren't good kids and they are both working very hard.

[kmckis1029]

its always the people who cant drive and/or driving the wrong type of car street racing... gets on my nerves... dude in a Honda FIT reving his engine at the red light... i just laughed... but sad story...

got my G at 23 all in my name... had high insurance though... $1100 for 6 months of full coverage insurance...

lucky you, i didnt even get a car til i was 18... my mother got me my beloved jeep only cause i was going off to college.

[gwoods]

Oh it takes all ages to street race. I got my G when I was 29, financed by me and my 28 year old wife.

I think younger less expirenced drivers are more prone to do stupid things in cars but that is why the insurance rates are higher.

[SVTCOBRA]

I think younger less expirenced drivers are more prone to do stupid things in cars but that is why the insurance rates are higher.

When I added my 16 year old to our policy, it went up $188 per month!!!!

And, we had already added his 05 Focus to the policy months ago!His car payment is only $123, but insurance is $188

[BrandAidDesignG35]

I just put my fiance on my insurance, it went from 150 for two cars to 245 per month Mostly because we had separate addresses until we bought the house, and I had no reason to insure her on the G, as she rarely sits behind the wheel... that is by no mean discriminating to women, just fact

[pwlorraine]

I was 17 when I got my G...

hmm, I fear by me coming out and saying this I might have put myself under the "You're just a child who doesn't know anything and his parents buy everything for him" guillotine...

Oh well...

I used to tell my son that I'd let him drive my Audi if I ever got tired of making child support payments. My g37 gets into trouble much faster than my Audi and has the added feature of liking to turn sideways in bad weather. He turns 16 in September and I suspect if I get him something it will be an older Corolla or Civic - something that takes it's time speeding up. My older BMW e36 vert is a 323 (with some mods) but is still way fast. He plays on the varsity hockey team here and a lot of his team mates are getting their licenses this year - we've had two accidents from the new drivers so far this winter. You won't necessarily die if you drive a higher performance car but we had a 17 year old on bimmerforums who hung out on the discussion boards, got scolded for having his parents buy him an M3, and wound up wrapping the car around himself into a little ball that got stuck in the top of a tree. Drive smart - at least smarter than I did at that age - until you get experience that matches your fast reaction times.

We had some kids racing through the neighborhood last summer - usually about 2 am. This is a suburban residential neighborhood - lots of trees and grass. They'd scar up the grass occasionally as they took turns wide. Cops couldn't catch them as they didn't do it regularly enough. One of them wound up wrapping his car around a big oak tree on a slid out turn and killed himself and his passenger - both kids from the local high school.

My first car was a Datsun 1200 (look that up!) which certainly didn't suffer from an excess of power. It lasted from 16 until 19 when it literally rusted in two - the car broke in half other than the transmission tunnel - roof, structural members, everything.

On Edmunds web site they talk about their experience with a Ferrari 308 (Magnum PI car) that they bought for 30K and tried to use as a daily driver. They pointed out that a 2005 Honda Odyssey is faster than a Ferrari 308 - that all cars today stomp the hell out of cars from a decade or two back. My A6 2.7T was hailed as ungodly fast in 2000 (at least in the luxury sedan class) because it could get to 60 mph in 6.7 sec. My g37 is 5 and low change.

Peter

[370Z/28]

When you are a kid, you just want to show off and you don't realize how easy it is to lose control of a car. On the day I got my driver's license, I lost control of my Mom's '70 Charger. It was only a 318 2bbl, but it was fast enough for me to lose it in a turn. It was just the good Lord or good luck that kept my friend and me from getting hurt. We hit the curb and I was totally in her lap in the passenger seat but my foot was still on the throttle. We jumped over a median and landed in a front yard and the car died or we probably would have. I learned real quick how a car can get away from you. Thank goodness I didn't hurt anybody in the learning process. Other than ruining some tires, rims and suspention parts, the car was unhurt too.

[Poyzinous]

I dont see where Mexicans are involved. Being a son of a Mexican immigrant, I hate it when someone throws out the 'illegal mexican' card under blind racism. I am supportive of immigration but unsympathetic with morons who want to be here and just make hard working immigrants look bad. I do hope the guy responsible loses everything and gets a few good years in prison or something similar. At the same time, there are full blooded americans doing much more horrible things. Just my 2 cents, since it lights a fire whenever I get something like this in my face. nothing meant directly at anyone.

[370Z/28]

Gosh Poyz...I re-read the posts and I don't see where anybody said anything tasteless. If I did, I'm sorry. I would never mean to offend anybody here.

[Poyzinous]

I wasn't directing it at you becki...or anyone in particular. the article link was my target, and no one in general really, sorry

[370Z/28]

No problem, kiddo. We are G family here. That is all that matters.

[infinitgkid]

I used to tell my son that I'd let him drive my Audi if I ever got tired of making child support payments. My g37 gets into trouble much faster than my Audi and has the added feature of liking to turn sideways in bad weather. He turns 16 in September and I suspect if I get him something it will be an older Corolla or Civic - something that takes it's time speeding up. My older BMW e36 vert is a 323 (with some mods) but is still way fast. He plays on the varsity hockey team here and a lot of his team mates are getting their licenses this year - we've had two accidents from the new drivers so far this winter. You won't necessarily die if you drive a higher performance car but we had a 17 year old on bimmerforums who hung out on the discussion boards, got scolded for having his parents buy him an M3, and wound up wrapping the car around himself into a little ball that got stuck in the top of a tree. Drive smart - at least smarter than I did at that age - until you get experience that matches your fast reaction times.

We had some kids racing through the neighborhood last summer - usually about 2 am. This is a suburban residential neighborhood - lots of trees and grass. They'd scar up the grass occasionally as they took turns wide. Cops couldn't catch them as they didn't do it regularly enough. One of them wound up wrapping his car around a big oak tree on a slid out turn and killed himself and his passenger - both kids from the local high school.

My first car was a Datsun 1200 (look that up!) which certainly didn't suffer from an excess of power. It lasted from 16 until 19 when it literally rusted in two - the car broke in half other than the transmission tunnel - roof, structural members, everything.

On Edmunds web site they talk about their experience with a Ferrari 308 (Magnum PI car) that they bought for 30K and tried to use as a daily driver. They pointed out that a 2005 Honda Odyssey is faster than a Ferrari 308 - that all cars today stomp the hell out of cars from a decade or two back. My A6 2.7T was hailed as ungodly fast in 2000 (at least in the luxury sedan class) because it could get to 60 mph in 6.7 sec. My g37 is 5 and low change.

Peter

Well I mean I'm not going to sit here and act like I was the perfect child who didn't do anything irresponsible in my G. If I did, I'd be a complete liar.

I have done some irresponsible things (some of which you guys would flame other members for) when I first had the car... I was young(er) and curious... what can I say?

I have learned my lesson though and drive within my limits. To be honest, I only really get on it about once a week (if that). If you ask any of my peers who are into cars, I'm always cruising (with the exception of the speeding ticket I got last week on my way back to school).

[gwoods]

He turns 16 in September and I suspect if I get him something it will be an older Corolla or Civic - something that takes it's time speeding up. Peter

I spent the past two days in Albuquerque driving a 2009 Hyundai Accent may I suggest that for your sons first car?

[370Z/28]

Also, the Civic is a good safe car. My daughter totalled out an '06 this summer. Hydroplaned and took out an exit sign with the side of her car. Hit it dead center. Side airbag deployed and she and her passenger were both fine. She was a little sore and he had a cut on his arm.

Or course, safety needs to be your main concern for one of your kids.

[gwoods]

I don't think the Accent I drove had enough horsepower to hydroplane

[370Z/28]