theiceman

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/plano...ano-police-say

A good friend of mine in Texas sent me this. These girls were her daughters friends

We can only pray that these girls were killed instantly. Such a sad and tragic loss.

Turbodan

very sad story. Sorry the families have to go through this.

Imo000

Sorry to hear this Clive.

aviography

There was a news in 2008 of a teenager bragging on a BMW forum of his father's M-5 sedan and asking how fast would the car go.

A few days later an M5 with 5 teens on board entered an airport at night without permission, got on the runway on a high speed run, left the runway at high speed it was airborne for 200 feet before slamming into a tree, splitting into two and killing all 5 on board.

The car was driven by the teen asking how fast the car would go on the BMW forum.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4198416

ansonintoronto

As a parent, I will NEVER hand over keys to a high-performance vehicle....period. Just like a firearm, just because you "can" does not mean the operator has the mental capacity to diligently operate the said device.....

Turbodan

my advice to owners of high performance cars with teenagers in the home is to lock the keys away safely. Even if your kid wouldn't take the car maybe his/her friend may have a wise idea and we all know these cars can be a handful in the wrong hands.

Rally Guy

Tragic loss, but would we call a Macan a "high performance" vehicle? I think this is just a case of tragic teen misadventure, the nature of the car prolly had little to do with it.

Rk

Imo000

Not handing over isn't enough. You better hide the key really well, ALL THE TIME. All the gearheads I know well enough (myself included) have stolen their parent's cars at least once but usually many many times before they had a license. I've made a duplicate of the original key so I can go undetected. Whatever you can think of, they WILL think of and do it.

bronson7

Very sad, so very sad. Prayers go out to the family and friends.

StanThePorscheFan

Really sad.

One of the reasons I opted out of my Macan GTS order are my kids. I realized it was just too much a car to let a teenager borrow. I changed my order to a 4 cyl 2.0T Macan, but even that is a lot of power. Same motor can be found in half the VW and Audi line up, so this could have happened in any vehicle.
Get your kids educated about machinery from early age. Get them to respect a vehicle and understand its capabilities as early as possible. Take them go carting, get them many driving lessons, defensive driving schools, whatever you can to make sure that when they borrow the car and go out with friends, they know a vehicle can kill.

theiceman

I agree with Robinson and Stan. End of the day any SUV has the capacity to kill or any car for that matter. I doubt the headlines would have read the same if it was a Chevy SUV.
Still a tragic tragic loss.
I'm really surprised more manufacturers don't have a performance limit program on vehicles parents can set for anyone who borrows the vehicle.
The technology absolutely exists.

I did not let my son get his license for over a year and a half after he turned 16. The maturity just was not there needed to drive a killing machine.

The girls.

993GT

THIS. Hate it always being that it was the car's fault...
I know more people who have died or been in major accidents driving econobox/slow cars than big HP toys...It's about driving capability and respect for that level and the machine
I grew up from knee-high driving cars/karts/tractors/anyting with wheels and was regularly driving my dad's 930 at 16 when I got my license; I bought my GT2 at 23...
It should be encouraged/educated to learn the limits in a safe environment; if the average person never learns the limits of what their car/machine can do in different situations, then are they truly safe for any road or car?

jumper5836

Sad, RIP

911 Rod

So young. Very sad.

bronson7

I've been saying this for many years and I'll say it again, 16 yrs of age is way too young to drive a car. Move it to 18 and hopefully the extra 2 years will help with the maturing process of our younger generation. Also, the drivers test should be completely revamped, much too easy.